The Washington times., 1915-11-10
Personal Note Sounded in "A Pair of Skies"
Doubles Exactly One-HaF the Comic Values
Edward PepIe's Farce, as Pre-.
sented by the Poll Players
This Week, Assumes Mean.
, Ina II Never Had Before.
By FLORENCE f. YODER.


As A. H.. Van Buren, knclt on the
floor last night. and removed the
shoes from the feet OF Mark Kent.
inieed, when he had jcered and raved'
at Mark in tho 1r,t act and there
after, the writer who has seen "A
Pair Of Skies" exactly four times.
laughed convulsivcly at n fifth per-
formance OF Edward Peple's farce.
Because as played this week oy the
Poll Players. It assumes a meaning
that It never had before. sounds
personal note. which doubles exactly
one-half the comic values
Mr.. Van Buren,. the leading man OF
the stock company. and Mark Kent.
a no less valuable possession known
as the character man, have playeh
in the same company for many years
They are good friends. aye. their in
timacy is even brotherly--so brotherly
in fact, that the delightful hunSor OF
the hrst act. wherein the partners IN
the pill-flrm call forth one anothers
weaknesses, and laud their own vir-
tues and business abilities that the
effect Is startlingly realistic.
Spontaneous JOyousness.
Would It not appeal to the sense Of
humor in any one that his nearest
business associate be compelled to re-
move his shoes twice daily. in front
OF an audience?
Would II not be delightful to have
q perfectly legitimate opportunity to
publicly denounce. In lightsome vein,
of course. the business associate with
whom you spend the majority of your
time in life?
This is merely conjecture. however.
made In an effort to try to fathom
the spontaneous joyousness and abah-
don with which Messrs. Van Buren,
and Kent have entered into the por-
trayal OF the two members OF the Arm
OF the Eureka Digestive PHI Company.
The peculiar chain of circumstances
Van Buren, humbly serves Mr.. Kent in
the capacity OF valet. are the result
Of the inordinate conceit Of both mem
George B. Nettleton mark KcnO
made the pill he made the insides Of
upon the inner man and made it pos
sihle for him to digest nails, crabs.
milk. and pate e-de-foie -gras. But In
the form which he presented II. tho
swallowed unless ono had an iron
stomach, and II one had an iron
stomach there would be no need for
swallowing It.
Public Falls Upon Pill.
His pill was at a standstill until
T. Boggs John came along with $500
and an idea. He invested his money.
covered the pill with sugar. and COL
ored It a lovely shade Of lavender.
Tho public. at last offered some
thing That they could swallow with
comparative fearlessness. fell upon
tho pill and began TO net a fortune
for it's inventors.
But at this point the nrst scene OF
the play opens, at the precise mo-
ment when. the pill having attained
tho heights OF a best seller. wicked
envy. vile conceit. and consuming
Jealousy beset the two members OF
Each wirhes to claim the honor of
having nut the pill out, and each
apxiously strives to undermine and
/ belittle the work OF the other. After
which q customer Of great Importance
, 10 lost, they call upon their lawyer to
dissolve the bonds which hold them
together. and settle for once and all
the parentage Of the famous PILL.
Pride Before Destruction.
Utterly unable to bring either one
to an agreement the lawyer prevails
upon them to play a game OF poker
+, the loser to hire out as r servant t.
the winner, for the course OF one
year.
This idea was the result OF the oft
quoted remark that one was b''' At t.
he the servant OF the other. and tn,
lawyer. who knew his clients bette
than they knew themselves. sewed then
up tight and fast to an agreement be
fore witnesses. and then dealt out th'
fatal hand.
Surely pride eoeth before destruction
and a naughty spirit before fall
For as the fatal hand IL dealt out. T
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