Evening star., 1915-11-30
qAl2luSllFllzld[l6

pottery genius awakens at last and
humbles the man who has fattened on
his labors and brought him shame
through his son. All these are brought
| out in the course of the four acts of a
play whose craftsmanship is beyond
cavil.
In the role of Blenkarn last evening
| Mark Kent whose early retirement
from the company is announced, held a
| large audience throughout in rapt' at
enthusiastic applause 1t is one of the
pest character studies Mr.. Kent has
given since his connection with the
Poll Players and fitting climax to his
| fine career
Florence .Rittenhouse, as Mary .Blen-
karn. has role well suited to her per-
| sonality and she plays it effectively.
| 10 Ralph Remley. as Jesse Pegg, and
| PeEgy Camerson, as his sweetheart,
Nancy Blenkarn. are assigned the COM
| better work than he did in "Wildfire.''
| Howard sSchoppe, in gray beard and
hair. does very well. all things consid-
cred. for it is a hard job to be twenty
and act sixty. Ben Taggart, as Capt.
Julian Chandler. has winning role,
In which he shows that he can be quite
as pleasing hero as villain. which
latter work he usually does. Imogene
Fairchild makes a very chic Felicia.
The other roles are well cast.
Gayety.
The Twentieth Century Maids in
Man, Girl, Bottle and Bird" with
Harry Cooper, an old burlesque ia
vorite, in the leading role. is the attrac-
ton offered at the Gayety this week.
The entertainment is little out of the
ordinary, but the fun is clean and
wholesome and keeps the audience in
good spirit throughout The music is
catchy and more than twenty prettily
| costumed chorus girls make it all
the more effective Harry Cooper.
Jim Barton and Frank Leonard in
comedy roles make. an effective
trio. and keep the audience in constant
| laughter. During the entertainment
the Old Town Four sing number of
pleasing selections. A pantomime en-
titled "The Apache" presented dur
ing the last half of the first act is
the company. During the wineroom
scene James Barton gave an excellent
Characterization Of Charlie Chaplin
The Chesleigh Sisters, Irene and Mae
comedy singers. offer few comedy
songs. Julia De Kelety. with her pleas
ing personality. assisted by the com
pany, sings when 1 Leave the World
Behind" in way to merit special
mention.
| b. r. kelCnS.
Keiths offers a bill made up
| of laughter. temperamental dances
| sketches of merit, two headline attrac-
tions and pictures of local interest
Meehan.s CANNES opened the program
with exhibitions of high vaulting;
Harry Lambert and Anna Frederichs
| pleased with lightsome songs and
, dances, and in the sketch, "Cranber-
| ries." Marian Day. Neil Pratt and
Frederick Karr interpreted with whim-
steal naturalness the roles of girl.
a boy and a financier. Herbert Clifton.
boisterously feminine in somewhat as
tonishing chiffons over gray trousers,
sang in the clearest of sopranos, clos
ing with a Japenese aria, in which he
exchanged his ludicrous get-ups for a
really splendid kimono of yellow and
gold. Florence Roberts & Co, in ''The
Woman Intervenes." gave a glimpse Of
human nature that carried genuine thrill.
Linda Abarbanell, former star OF mu-
scal comedy. vocally reflected Nine.
Sherry and other operas: she was espe-
cially plea sing in the every Little
Movement" selection, which she danced
to the measures Of the hesitation. tango
and one step. and in her final number
which served as a third recall Hawthorne
and Inglis, cut up in sKit appropri
ately styled "A Fool There Is" and the
altogether attractive bill had for its clos
ing number The Clock Shop" a musical
fantasy, in which Sam Chip and Mary
Marble appeared as a couple of quaint
little Dutch Clocks