The evening world., 1914-03-25


II Shaw himself had been there he
probably wouldn't have known what
the actors were saying except for a
word here and there. To me It was
nearly all Greek--or German, which
10 the same thing But the programme
went on to say In English that
"Pysmalion" is the story Of the max.
Ing Of a duchess out OF q little cock
Hey flower girl. The process Is
achieved byW certain Prof Higgins.
who Ii specialist In the science of
phonetics. Just as the sculptor Pyg-
malion turned marble statue into q
woman. with a pedigree. a soul and
all. 80 Prof. Higgins turns his 0alatea
into member of tho British artstoc-
racy. He II master Of the science
Of phonetics, and in the distinguishing
Of dialects q virtuoso. In the way Q
word trips OF the tongue he percsivss
the genealosy Of . man. In the CO.
dence of his pronunciation his birth.
place. Every Englishman recognises
the Irishman or scotchman ct the
nrst word spoken. The professor can
do more. Let person only opsn his
mouth and ne places him within eight
kilometres OF his birthplace. II he 10
a born Londoner. the professor can
INC the street in which he came into
tho world. When the daughters Of
American millionaires come to Lon
don they hasten to Prof. Higgins TO
learn from him how to pronounce the
English language in high society. But
he also works from pure love Of the
work. and 20 In the case at hand.
During q rainstorm he has met .
flower girl on the street. q poor thing
OF the lowest origin. yet respectable
The professor IL extremely interested
In this raw material. He pledges him.
self to change this child Of the people
Into . queen Of the salon by teaching
Of the play the metamorphosis Of the
flower girl 10 complete. But the little
cockney lass has developed something
on which her teacher had not counted
"A soul. Frankenstein was devoured
by the monster he created. Higgins
= annihilated-socially the Ouch.
60 he has made. He cannot live
without her. He does not dare al yet
to make her his own, but he hates
the thought Of letting another enjoy
~ company of his fair creation.
when the last curtain drops We know
that before long tho flower sirl will
the Inscription Mrs. Henry Higgins"
knowing this much and no more, I
can only say that the audience gave
every sign of enjoying the comedy.
which was acted In the lively spirit
of farce. What will count very largely
In favor Of the play when It IL given
here In English-and II will undoubt-
odly find its way uptown next season
lis the novelty Of the first act setting.
The scene Is the entrance to an opera
house. or a theatre, and the audience
that 10 coming out after tho perform
ancs nnds itself held up by a rain
storm. There Is great deal of
skurrying beneath umbrellas and
which the flower girl comes along and
interests the professor.
Tho rain had to be taken for grauted
Last night There wasn't even light
sprinkle Of the movie" variety, much
lo0o . drop Of real water to drip from
the umbrellas. But in spite Of tho dry
Anish given to thia scene tho general
effect was one of novelty. and It ia
safe to cay this will be increased
when tho play reaches broadway with
enough water to satisfy even q teeto.
taller like Shaw.
Character drawing OF q free and
humorous kind was done BY Hansi
ASnstaedt a. the flower girl who took
. bath and then went in for being Q
LADY: Heinrich rich. MARROW RIO who Va.
moment he took Eliza Doolittle in
hand. and Heinrich Matthaes a. the
girls father. who was furious when
he found himself lifted out Of easy
poverty into the uncomfortable mid
de class. It was in this charactey