The Washington times., 1914-10-04

4 scenario. Mack. true to his glorious
! name, is a speed boy of the first water.
Borrowing a dime here and quarter
there from his several friends and
touching a native son for a telegraph
blank, he carefully constructed see
mario Of three dollars end eighty cents
| worth of words and wired them to
| Woods. Woods read the scenari 10 with
| in two hours after he had ordered it.
| and within two hours and fifteen min
! utes, to the second. he had wired an ac-
| ceptance of the play and directed Mack
| to draw on him for an advance "Ad-
| the 'scutcheon OF the Macks. II is
| one of their favorite words-af,d &C
| tons Woods declares Birds of Prey"
to be one of the most remarkable plays
| he has ever read. II is-whethcr IL can
be acted or not. 1t is the first play
| that was ever telegraphed to advance
/ royalties across the continent.
OF all the people Hazel Dawn pleased
| with her "Debutante." there was prob
| abIy none more souIfuliy satisfied than
good old Paul wilstach, who bobbed up
| suddenly Monday night and just bubbled
over with enthusiasm for the opera or
| anything else that happened to be
| brought up in the course of conversa-
! ton Wilstach once held down this very
| editorial desk and started in ms career
of making friends from this office. he
I has made a tremendous success OF IL,
too, his efforts reaching a climax when
he remained for ten years the intimate
| friend and manager Of the late Richaro
Mansfield. His companionship with the
great actor for il was very close and
| intimate compa panionship more than a
business relation, rounded out his talents
| for making and keeping friends and ne
is now rated as the past master OF the
| craft. Wilstach is spending his time
writing plays and books nowadays and
when he goes 10 the theater he does so
! for the purpose of enjoying hlmself. he
| Is a living refutation Of the theory that
| living close to the stage RODS person
I of his enthusiasm for 1t and its people.
| He is today as boyishly enthusiastic
and as genuinely appreciatiVe OF the ell
! forts of actors and actresses TO afIuse
| as he was when he first commenced 10
write dramtic reviews for the 11mes
almost twenty years ago And ne Is the
same whole souled, honest sincere Sood
| fellow he was then. too. Paul spent a
| day or two shaking hands in Washlns-
ton and then disappeared again.
Virginia Norden and Charlotte Carter
! lad the pleasure of appearing in Ine
! Rule of Three before the home folks
Tor the first time in many months ana
! winning unqualified approval for the
| progress each has made on the stage
since last seen here. Eoth OF these
Washington girls have worked very
hard to win their way in their CHOSEN
profession and each gives a very good
the Iart of the young widow. Mrs.
Vincent in a way that won her the
sympathy and applause or the audlence
from the start. Most winsome ana WIN
ming she made very attractive Wldo".
Miss Garter lent piquancy and charm to
the mart of Kitty-the only unmarried
woman in the cast. Her youth ana
wholesomeness put bit or freshness III
the plalr that il seemed TO lack before
she made her appearance in the secohd
act
In THE Modern Girl" which the Shu-
berts have produced at the COMEDY
Thcater. the girl in the play Is no less
parsonage than .s Gss fhs1m,h anmInF has en% one
Of the most difficult parts of her career,
and is doing it well. Her work mas
created quite a lot OF talk IN New
York-as the play rs one OF me iioSt
is most condemnatory of the idea of the
play. but the people go TO see II win
great regularity. no matter "hat the
idea might be.
According to all accounts. John Drew
has not drawn wisely from the play
wright's grabbaE with The Prodlsal
Husband" In fact, the most important
thing in the new piece the eminent light
comedian produced in New York last!
week is that charming young woman
Jessie GIendenning. who has so many !
friends in Washington. The play tells
the story Of a husband whose conduct
caused his wife to leave him. The de-
parture was coincident with the coming
into his life Of tUelEe-year-old child
left an orphan by tho death of her
widowed mother. The husband adopts
tho eirl-a part played bv the way. in its
tweIve-year stage by no less accom-
rlished little actress than Helen .
HAYES Brown. of this CITY. In the sec !
ond act which is six years later. Inc
little girl has berOme an extremely
handsome young woman-a part mat
fits Miss Glendenning like il was writ |
ten for her She is more or less insru- !
mental IN bringing the husband ana !
VIII. together. The critics seem to agree |
that the play is rather loosely put to- !
gether. But they also agreed that the
one feature about il that lends charm !
md an Air OF sincerity is the part which |
thev declare Miss Glendenning looks |
and acts TO perfection.
The nremiere OF THE "a lafnander.
which WAS 10 have taken place TINS |
week at the Columbia Th"Ater. mas
been pOstponcd - week. when II VIII
be given at Ford's Theater. IN BAIL |
r1ore. The Scl%yns thought II better |
to postDone the prodI"tior rather !
than give il with inadequate re- |
hearsal and As \. WOODS was
ready to produce "I5irds Of iTe' an" |
mad no theatcr available. the sUbstl- /
tuition was made. The salamanca
wiz come here later in the season.