Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-05

than that-he is all artist.
Douglas Gordon.
'rIiE MISLEADING LADY"
PROVES VASTLY PLEASING
or course, II all depends upon tho
point of view, hut The Misleading
Lady" appearing at tho Bijou last
night for the first time In Richmond
ihislcd no one save herself and she
'wisod up" so to speak, before tho
curtain fell on the last act, which was
| just as II should have been. All OF
which is but another way OF saying
that Dorothy Mortimer and her fellow
players are now batting just 1000. with
two distinct successes and no failures
to their credit.
The Misleading Lady" is n comedy
with mclodrama,c touches Briefly
skotched. she is a coquctte whose CO.
Iuettishncss is all veneer. She wants
TO he al actor. does :his misleading
lady. and she hampers with real
mans heart In order TO prove to n wait.
ing producer that she. the dar;;kter
OF the socially elect, can realty act
Tier name is Helen Steele. In TIL play
and the man is Jack CraiGen. cua:ted
by Guy Harrington. She succeeds. sue.
.eeds far too well. and thereby hangs
the story.
Jack has lived In Patagonia and
they cause the timid heart 20 liar.
| through force in Patagonia. He trios
inc method upon the city bred young
Woman. after she has politci: given
him the mitten. and he succeeds. All
Of which is brief, bat true
MisN Mortimer scored. and scored
heavily both AS the hcartlcss rirl who
, wins the heart OF man on Is. wager
only to cast il aside. and as the for
lorn maid in the mountain brrralow
who, though harshly treated, realizes
that the author of the harsh treatment
Is her lord and master. Her artistry
was clearly proved b. the manner in
which she handled an exactin;; role.
Guy Harrington gave very life
like portrayal OF the man with tile
wounded heart, who studied Helen that
he might learn more % women in gem
cral and Helen in particular.
IN very fairncs" II u,-'St uc IN, down
mat Edwin Burke, - director Of
the company, CAV. one Of the best
charactcriZations seen here on any
stage as "Honey." the hi.lf-witted In
hividual who believes himself to he n
( leincarnated Napoleon. His was a
pninstaking. artistic piece of work for
/ which he deserves unstinted praise
Clarence Chase 2avc a pleasing and
| weil-actcd performance, and his bow
was before ar audience that liked him
! Immensely. The same can be said OF
Rae Rcckard, whose premier was also
recorded In a word. all OF the mem
bers Of this really excellent co,npany
Il was notably good performance
OF splendid play. There was moth
| Ing lacking 10 make IT enjoyable, from
the production To the very nearly ca
pacity audience on hand. Well worth
seeing. The Misleading Lady" should
weld Miss Mortimer and her com
pan% even more firmly In the affection
OF Richmond playgoers.
Tip-Top niiI Mt Lyric.
Taken ou the whole, or by and
large. the Lyrics bill for the first part
OF the week is about the best presented
| by the management this season. There
is not poor act on the program. and
It's hardly worth while TO name tho
! head!!ner. for everyone will choose his
own bi!ltopper.
| George +. Howard and Kitty Ross
| open the show with a real novelty in
! the way of musical act; Mr.. Howard
! Is bit of "a comedian and all sorts
: OF n banjo player and banjo tuEgler.
! while Miss Ross sings several numbers
from opera In the tenor clef. that is
( 10 say, she sings a whole octave lower
! than soprano or contralto would
sing the same songs.
ward ana Fay, two young men are
! eccentric dancers whose turn IS hub
bling with good humor and wholesome
fun. They are followed by Flo Irwin
and n company of three in Edgar Allan
. n
! The sketch is divertinG without heing
vulgar. and it is particularly we'll
played, Miss Twins method is similar
TO that of her famous sister, which is
TO say it is Infectious
Little Cleo Gasco!gne. the juvenile
soprano, is n remarkable singer. Her
voice is large. wel!-placed and a pure
soprano In horid songs want Of
!leNibility very naturally shows itself.
nut IN the moving style and in sof;
passages her voice is very lovely in.
deed.
Billy Bouncer closes the show with
trampol!ne. or bounding, act. Billy
is not an extraordinary performer, so
far as he showed yesterday. but his
turn is made highly amusing by the
amateurs" who are challenged TO irni-
tate him.
Altogether, the bill is worthy of the
Ano!cnts and Honorables.