The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-04-13
NEW SCREAM
ON BROADWA
BSCuRE "ST0Ck" ACTRESS
REACHES FAME IN A SINGLE
NIGHT.
Billie Burke in Pink aiamas-Rich
Mr.. HOggenheimer Revived With
Sam Bernard in the Title Role.
By Beau RialtO.

NEW YORK, Apr 13.-Instead of ;
young woman appearing in all the fuss
, and feathers of a soubrette, dancer
or new conner to the stage who has
arrived on some wave of scandal, &
hard working, graduate of stock.
playing the poorly clad part of an Eng
lish slavey is now one of the sensa-
tons of Broadway
For thirteen year Maude Eburne was
a character actress in stock compan-
les. She appeared once before in New
York, but no one remembers the oc-
casion, and Miss Eburne went back to
stock. Last summer she was with u
company in Rochester, New York 1t
was there that a "A Pair of Skies,
was tried out. Miss Eburne came to
New York with the company, having
secured the part of Goddess" the
English slayey Then from obscurity
in stock she flashed across as a Broad
self can hardly believe it is true.
instantaneous Hit.
"a Pair of Skies" was an instantan-
eous hit. The farce deals with the
quarrels of two business partners who,
being unable to agree on any plan of
dissolution, assent to the proposal of
their lawyer that they settle their af-
q ha
ners have constantly slurred each
other as not being fit to be a servant
and on the result of a single hand
of showdown poker it is agreed that
the loser shall become the servant in
the house of the winner. Of course
the sweetheart of the loser discovers
him in the house of the partner serv-
ing as a butler and suggests a scheme
which restores peace, but it is in the
scenes with George Parsons, as the
butler, that Miss Elburne scored with
her Goddess
She is not English despite the cock
ney accent used in "A Pair of Skies"
From her first appearance until the
last she keeps her audiences in an up
roar of laughter, and fairly reaches a
climax with fall which, lin the be-
ginning became a part of the business
of the play entirely by accident.
Makes Hit With Fall.
During rehearsal, Parsons, in II
spirit of fun, interpolated the line,
Goodies take my advice and always
remain a maiden She laughingly
asked that he repeat the line, then
bump his nose against the scenery and |
she would do fall This was carried |
out and the line and the fall were i'm
ordered retained as a regu-
lar part of the scene. Miss Eburne was
not confident of the success of her
fall. She had gotten laugh by falls in
stock" but she feared Broadway. Now
her only fear is that she will break
every bone in her body as she ker
plunks each night. She was the most
person in the theatre at the
first performance of "A Pair of Skies
when shrieks of laughter greeted her
at the line spoken by Parsons
Drew and Barrymore.
The followers of John Drew and
ethel Barrymore are looking straight
through April and ON into May when
hese two stars are to appear together
n Sardou's "A Scrap of Paper"
This combination effected by Charles
will bring the representa-
ives of these two noted theatrical
antilles together for the first time
ince 1894. Miss Barrymore then made
Ter debut with Uncle John in THE
3auble Shop"
Wears Pink Paiamas.
Billie Burke in pink pajamasi In
Jerry" the new comedy in which Miss
'urke opened two weeks ago at the
.yceum, she appears IN just that
L possibly them. Jerry" has not any
reat cause for it's being, but it does
i've Miss Burke a chance to appear
lst as the Burkeites apparently want :
Billie Burke. The pajamas
rive, in the last act, which Miss
urke plays in bed.
Just why she should wear h'sh 4
eeled slippers in bed is not explain