Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

tion or CONNIE ndatlon to the American
public. Her name alone has an appeal
that meets with a ready response when
ever mentioned in connection with a
theatrical production, and her personal
charm is in evidence at all times just
why Nine. Petrova should have been
linked with such play as That IN
which her managers presented her the
past week is unaccountable, unless
their storehouse is depleted and their
opportunities for replenishing it limit
ed beyond belief. The Revolt" lacks
Just three things They are the letters
"i-n-g'' at the end of its name. II the
play has anything TO commend it. re-
spectacle Washington missed its OPP
portunity to discover it.
Potash and Perlmutter," with its
wealth of quaint humor and pathos so
closely blended that often many in the
large audiences which greeted it's reap
pearance seemed unable to distinguish
them, was the big relief of the week.
It is not a caricature either in the
picture it presents or in its chief char
acters, which are faithfully drawn
from humble sphere of life, where
the people do not always stop to think
that even in their most serious mo-
ments there is aught of the comical in
what they say or do. There is nothing
from it's opening scene until the close
to wound the feelings, to hurt the pride
or to iDjure the morals of anybody. 1t
is gospel of laughter, with a serious
undercurrent that carries its appeal
home to the heart in spite Of the humor
of the performance.
The current weeks bills have no
grave problems to present and no hor-
rors to unfold Stay-at-homes may
find pleasure in the trip in lively COM
pany Around the Map" in an atmos-
phere of melodious jollity, and the
faint-hearted. who have never done
because they have feared to dare, may
find an inspiration in Bunker Bean that
will lead to high accomplishment and
success. Vicarious suffering is not an
unfamiliar term, but Bunker Bean in
PRODUCES a new one in vicarious cour-
age, and it may be that the depressed
and unfortunate may find a new outlet
to ambition with a brighter goal be-
yond in imagining they are somebody
else when they are up and doing.
4 Merifed Tribute-A graceful and
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gems of DETROIT LAST Saturday ni.b,
ie'
" cue veteran uieihstic euitor OF ehe
Free Press, George p. Goodale. Mr..
Goodale is one of the best known and
most liked newspaper men with whom
theatrical interests have come into con-
tact, and the occasion was one OF pro-
fessional distinction well as local
sentiment George V Hobart yersified
in his usual facile fashion with the
line. Fifty Years of Waiting in the
Third Row on the End" An address on
behalf of the Lambs Club was deliy
cred by Mr. Dudley Field Malone
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