The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-03
No surprise In Cordial Welcome.

s. u s., not surprising that she was cor
daily welcomed back to New York at tho
Lyc"um Theatre last night Such quail
los Is Miss Ferguson possesses are rare
enough % make any actress welcome. In
n.r caso there IS special cause for graft
Ncst.o. as her expected appearances earlier
'- tsnu were, for one reason or an
other. rendered impossible So New York
wt- = ID 20 welcome her back again.
Nj, t,.su~uu's temperance was made
r,N play by Hubert Henry Davies
which was hy no means in his usual vein
HIS success lu the past has been made
ty bis light studies OF femininity in one
TORN or another. whether il be Cousin
Ka,o ~ The Mollusc" But there
b. mo-" serious stun In "Outcast."
md ..' l,ld Is remote from that In which
the playNr.ght won his previous laurels
Boz tN" leading characters in the new
drama have suffered IN life after enjoy
n. g., and just when the action of the
play begins they are at the ebb of their
fortunes The man Tilted by the woman
ne loves. who has that day married
another. : well under the Influence OF
both l'quor and drugs when his friends
ON" 60 make the vain effort 10 cheer
him up. |, is soda bottle sent flying
out o' the window that falls on the head
= the heroine which brings her into the
room
s." too has come to the end OF one
phase OF her life. She Is American, and
ne first phase OF her womanhood began
seduction and is ending In hunger. The
NO are attracted to each other and their
relation grows closer. So great does
ner affection for him become that she
resent the secret nature OF IL. But his
real love * stll with the woman who
'lrd him for another. lie cannot for
se' her even though the other woman
1as brought him back TO respectabillty
and prosperity. II il when his old love
-eturns that the woman demands she
.hal, h" seen In public with him.
sun tho shadow of his first love hangs
over their happiness. After n while the
woman who jilted him wearies of her
ch husband and wants 20 bolt with
the man she would not marry. He is
ready but the woman who came to him
whom he was most I'm need will not be
thrown of. II Is in viewing the sur
'er.Ugs Of this woman and thinking OF the
pain she has caused her own husband that
he former love decides to go back 10 her
good. duh husband. She goes. The field
= clear now for him TO marry the woman
who has saved him while incidentally
no was about the task of saving her. But
she Tll not marry him They VIII go
away together. although she processes TO
believe that wife Is a name for only the
Eool woman. one rather tillllhN was
after while, however. she will feel her
self good enough to be entitled to the
name.
The best that Mr.. Davies has accom-
pl'shed In "Outcast" - to provide MISS
Ferguson with opportunities TO sho" hef
talents IN their varied phases. Ana II
was In II, variety that her acting was
perhaps most brilliant Her rough humpr
AZ the girl u the street was no less anus
ing than her humor<s description or the
life she led in the home that her rescueT
mad found for her. IL was IN hsr on.
break Of passionate grief at the thought
sHe WAS 10 be abandoned in favor or an
other woman that she exhibited what USED
20 b." called emotional acting OF high
character, sincere. poignant and touchlns
% depth OF feeling she had never revealed
before. All Of her performance was e%-
qus.te In It's artistic finish, which does not
mean that it sacrificed BIT Of naturalness'
Good acting such as Miss Ferguson Is
'arablc 81 is more natural the more fin
shed I is. Such art Is OF that supreme
quality that conceals art The audience
appltudod the young actress enthusiastic
cs,iy The evening was a triumph for her