The Washington herald., 1914-09-27
The Dramatic Season
Up to Date in New York

I more conservative generation to terms.
The contest wages with varying fortune
on either side, but, Of course, advertising
eventually wins out The whole thing is
\ a hilarious spirit Of the humor Of the
day, and thanks largely to exceptional
good Judgment shown in the selection
of the cast there Is not dun moment
| or q serious one in the piece. Ruth
Chepley, Louise Drew, Grant Mitchell
John w, Cope, and WIN Deming are 1T
ted with parts as though they had been
measured for them by an expert dramat-
ic tailor. This Is particularly true OF
Grant Mitchell, who has made several
New York successes, and VIII Deming,
who was discovered by some theatrical
bush scout.
1T Pays to Advertise" seems to be an
other piece that will run out the season.
other Light Ones.
Farce has been largely the fashion So
far this season, but Twin Beds" is the
only one that has seemed to find any
thing like a permanent place. 1t is from
the pen of Margaret Mayo, whose Baby
Mine is still on its joyous travels.
Twin Beds" is not nearly so original
in conception, basing its fun on the COM
plications that ensue from an inebriated
gentleman tenant in an apartment house
making a mistake and going to bed in
the wrong fiat. A burglar scare is also
introduced to help the confusion along.
The result is a whole lot of fun, IL the
spectator happens to be in the proper
mood to enjoy this kind Of a play. Even
il he comes to the theater sad he is
likely 10 go away cheered up IL he will
only let himself drift with the hard
working fun-makers on the stage, for
Twin Beds" is a farce of the strenuous
ind ~ aoEN
of the artists.
Three of a Kind is also a farce, en-
ploying the services of Walter Jones and
Taylor Holmes. 1t savors OF the French,
as it employs for its fun that never ex-
hausted theme OF the gentleman with a
suspicious wife and a fondness for find
ing pleasure outside Of the domestic
fold. The play has stood the test of be-
ing transplanted from one theater to
another. so perhaps 1t has developed
merits which were not in evidence when
it was first produced Or perhaps 1t is
being groomed and trained for an out
of-town career.
st. Anthony Again in the Spotlight.
Last Saturday night there were rumors
that The Beautiful Adventure" a
Partisan success imported by Charles
Frohman. was about to be taken from
the LyCeum boards and sent TO cold
storage. II this was so, Anthony Com
stock interfered at the critical moment
and applied to the district attorney to
have the play stopped on grounds Of de-
cency. OF course. that means that the
piece is now doing a good business. and
is likely to continue to, except in the
doubtful contingency OF the Comstockian
crusade proving successful.
That Anthony should suddenly emerge
Beautiful Adventure" is cause OF
laughter for regular theatergoers, who |
know OF so many worse plays that have
two or three years without a word OF
protest from Comstock and the society |
that pays his salary and expenses.
The Beautiful Adventure" is a French |
detailing the adventures of q |
young girl who has been forced to q |
marriage with a man she does not care |
for and leaves him at the altar to elope |
with one for whom she does. The run
away couple round up at the house of
the girls grandmother. who persists in
taking them for bride and groom and |
oestowinE them accordingly. This leads
10 complications which are handled very
iscreetly from the stage point Of view.
and are certainly less insidious in their
effect on the morals of the beholder than
much Of the hook fiction open TO the
reading and discussion OF any one OF
any age or sex who can become inter
asted in il.
The play is very well acted by a COM
0anv. including Mrs. Whifren. Ann Muir
dock. Charles Cherry, and Ernest Law
ford. all in suitable parts 1t is rather
talkv, hut is funny. and has considerable
distinction in polite comedy way.