The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-23
THTRSTIEST HEROINE
IN NEW DRINK PLAY
s.Jyhut 1t Means to a Woman"
Produced at Longacre
Theatre.
WRITTEN BY TWO WOMEN
what II Means to womnn'--At the
Iongucre Theatre.


I, was quito evident on Saturday night
ma. the authors Of what IL Means to a
Woman" thought they had hit on n theme
OF real and contcmporaneous interest for
theIr play. r. H. Gould and Frances
Whltthouse collaboratod on tho work. The
.vo writer's made their heroine a victim
OF the habit Of drink. which by degrees
gains such "A hold on her that she Is seen
N what must have been delirium tremens
or some climax equally serious. Then she
went away to the usual bungalow in the
country for restoration. but contrary TO
,he customary event OF such cases was
NOT restored to health or To the affections
Of her husband. SIN thirsty. she was
gathered to her fathers.
She was indeed the thirstlest heroine
hat the stage has seen In many a day.
A. II o'clock one monng-ve do not re-
call the day OF the week or even That II
was mentioned. but II was during the
sacond aCt-shc combined "A most expert
tango with more cocktails than we think
We ever saw AT all the tango teas taken
together that We ever attended. This
heroine possessed n sort Of bottomloss
mixer. which when lifted over a glass
went gurgling on interminably, On this
particular morning IL seemed as II the
cocktail must he some new step in the
dance one, two. thrce---cocktail then
over again. one. &c, on the steps and
cocktails went. or course the cocktails
Tot the best OF IT. When her husband
came back suddenly from business his
and the mixer was empty AZ last. But Il
had made a wonderful fight
From Cocktail to IIiHhbnli.
So she fitted on from cocktail to high
bail then back to the straight stuff. and
there was no interruption to the This
"a the NE motive during the early scenes.
Their was no putting an end to II. The
lady kept a flask in her desk drawer and
s'pped between her work on the r. :.
V ps, fcr she was very much In society.
Then the servants dared not say a word
70 her husband one day she caught the
eye Of one OF the buffers just As she wac
headed for the decauter of Scotch. lie
fnched and turned away. But she was
not " Ne ftzcd by him. So she called
ne attention to the time she suddenly
came upon him modifying the family
spoons, evidently with p.ratcal Intent. He
rs'reated In confusion AS she poured out
three fingers and tossed It on.
The first night audience knew this sort
o. a thing was not going on indefinitely.
The end OF tho play was IN sight TO the
extent that the spectators knew the stun
was bound 20 get her. 80 by the time
the third act was reached the trained
nurses and the doctor were in charge.
The heroine was pale, hut still thirsty.
Tie doctor had low her once. So had
hcr husband but he didn't say much
about 4 In the hearing OF the audience.
Several hlrhballs back--nrobably before
the play beran--he had been absorbed In
business Vie even LETT his wife alone 20
attend 10 Ms mergers and all N" other
-raat commercial operations that make
o.. CAPTAINS OF industry on the stage 80
l-in rent to the pleasures OF home life.
Ther the thirst came, and after that the
tango
O' what had happened before the spec
tators only heard. II was talked about
7, the two women who wrote the play had
wanted their heroine 20 he a real figure
before the audience, woman who might
Rave been able To interest them and seem
% 1--we her story before their eyes, they
should have given glimpse OF the causes
which helped to make drunkard of her