Evening star., 1914-01-11

~ ~ USIC with a lit and music that
IN fE will linger We're lavished upon
tNs audiences that nightly attend
ed the National and the CO.
lumbia theaters the past week.
And there is promise OF more ahead At
the BelasCo a martial mess over pocket
money helped to an argument those who
felt so disposed.
, The ouIv pity that would not be an i'm
pertiuence to bestow upon Victor Her
herts latest success goes TO the title.
.-'s;Syccthearts'' is. perhaps, pretty, but II
does rot seem an appropriate name for
aH opera Of so much beauty, originality
and classic excellence as that which per
ldps the greatest American composer--n
he doesn't belong to Ireland-has provided
for the exploitation of Christie MacDon-
AIDS charm of personality and talent as
a lrirna donna. The music is written In
the masters happiest Vein and the book
supports it probably as well as anything
in the way of 4 musical comedy Gbretto
could be expected to support a compost
tiun that many believe will number with
.Mr- HerheTt'S best. To those who wan
der from the rag to royal melodies for
th,ir entertainment the score is a real
delight
!! But a rival in popular favor -bobbed up
in the queen of the Movies with its
dainty foreign color scheme, its gorgeous
.oos -stes. IS novel plot and its Broad
way swing. As Sweethearts appealed
chiefly 10 the ear. SO THE Queen of the
Movies, appealed TO the eye. and Frank
sMoulan's comedy methods lost nothing
by comparison with the original effer-
!vescence of Tom McNaughton. or the
s,irawiy humor of Lionel Walsh The
music has familiar Tilt for the COM
position of a German not innoculated
wIta the harmonies of the Great White
Way. Maybe it was made over" but
IL was well suited to the clever story of
1ue piece
To Julia Deans sple1iid acting Mark
swans new comedy, that deals with
vital issues of the domestic life of today"
.-'l'@t own Money - Is indebted for its
excuse for living. The play is construct
ed around a sordid squabble between a
man and his wife about money. An
original twist by the playwright saves
inc comedy from being a tragedy by
.lnakins u cad scold his wife for having
saved $1,000 out of her household money
without telling him of it in advance. The
average woman is likely to think Mrs.
-sIden. the victim should have had
another kind of fuss made over her for
being so clever a tinancier, especially
when those savings loomed in sight just
in time to saVe her ;liege from serious
financial embarrassment. Julia Deans
ability as an actress shines brilliantly in
the play. despite its theme.
The present week is one of excellent
,Nith Montgomery and Stone and Elsie
Janis. in The Lady and the Slipper
s4nnouuced for the New National, and
.'Aiaria Rosa. Angel Guimera's classic
drama. with Dorothy Donnelly and Lou
.Tellesen, Bernhardt's leading man, at
the Belasco. At the Columbia, an African
classic is promised, with Willis T. Sweat
nam, one of the best negro impersonators
that ever shoue on ,he stage, as the star,
.and fuerrinent multiplied for laughing
purposes as the ornament. while at
.4<s,th's and in the less pretenrious houses
.tnt. tiukle OF Vaudeville's invitation has a
tempting appeal, AT Polis Frances Neil
.svu y.iil appear a. Glad. in THE Dawn Of
"a Tomorrow, a role in which she has
already appeared with success in local
stock work.