The Washington times., 1915-02-28
Shaw and Milwaukee Comedy Strive Play ReUal
TWinkling Stars and a
Satellite or T1vO
BY GARDNER MACK.

ing. is Twins mp TO her reputation. \
person with more than her share Of
good lopks-thig being Il sister actress
estiintac-shc is said to he the ,egiti-
mate successor of Elsie Dc Wolfe I" the
title OF the best dressed woman on the
stage. Further than this she is said 10
possess o charm of manner that Is most
taDtrating.
Miss Dale is a Canadian. n native OF
Montreal. She comes of I"rcTch-Ca-
madam stock and it is only natural that
after u varied theatrical cxpcr"n"" si'c
should become a popular leading woman
in New Orleans, where she hsg played
several Seasons She has appeared in
support of su'h stars as Mary Manner
ing and Maude Fcalcy and comes 10 the
Poll Plsvcrs after extended engagements
in. Springfield. Mass, and New Orleans.
Lew Fields has forsakcn burlcsuue
entirely, and hereafter Will he seen in
nothing but straight comedy. lie de-
Clares that, as principal counsel for
comedy in the case against burlcsquc.
he cannot see burlespue as an artistic
and satisfactory form of entertainment
not with microscope. But let him
tell il.
No. Sir. no intelligent iuiy-and all
juries are pre-supposed 10 possess i'm
telligenCe-could ever, in the widest
delirium common in jury. rooms find
cause it has no valid defense. as II is
not founded on a reality, on real life.
as we see 1t around everywhere, but on
the unreal, on so-called life which is
never seen except on the musical COM
cdy and burlesque stage.
When ] play part l want to rep
resent man as ! feel he should be.
want to make this character grow
Nisiblv before the eyes of the audience.
| until it assumes an organic shape, such
as that of a real man, a living type.
one that everybody who has seen me
play shall have to say he knows to be
true to life.
You can't do that in musical comedy.
especially the kind | have been used TO.
with burlesaue trimmings. why. just
about when | would think that I had
begun to give shape to character,
| some luck performer would enter upon
the scene and sing coon song. And
by the time he and the chorus girlies
had finished. every trace of the char
acter ] had so painstakingly built M
would be obliteratcd from the memory
of the audience.
But now all that is changed. and |
am happier in the straight comedy IN
The High Cost of LOVING which il
apd-fire fun from beginning to end.
| II will seem like regular old home"
| week with Jimmie Lackaye back IN
pany Old homo weeks always bring a
| crowd. and Jimmie l.ackayc comes
| nearer being crowd than tho person
about whom the joke was originally
| sprung.
| There are few of the old amateurs in
| Washington who will not take occasion
! to give Lachayc greeting and bid him
welcome homo. For Lackaye is mem.
bcr of the extensive family that started
! near the corner of Fifth and + streets
some years ago and has hranchcd out
| along several dramatic routes in an en-
| deavor to reach the hall of fame.
| As becomes his general ensemble;
| James has chosen two routes and
| reached fame in both of them. For
year or more It was thought the motion
pictures had completely weaned hin,
: from the stage, but the ache to project
! his voice over the footlghts came on
him this fall and he Is back in the fold
| again.
! Speaking OF the Lackaye family. it
might also be mentioned that James is
! the only comedian Of the lot, and that h"
has created a real reputation as an
actor of a very wide range and great
capabilty His part in The High
Cost Of Loving is one of the most i'm
portant in the piece. and the way h"
presents it is a great pleasure to his
! friends and we'll wishers.