The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-01-08

ss only she can play such . charac,
ter. Her sincerity was always felt. :
Though the acting In these two In
stances was admirable. II soon became
apparent that the author. Owen
Davis. had nothing TO say. He simply
drew . contrast between the wicked
city and the virtuous country In the
old familiar way. His young heroine
was saved from nothing worse than
q trip 10 Atlantic City. There's no
knowing what might have happened
TO her II she had gone there with her
gay fr1ends. The point u she wNs
denied this experience. But she bare
~ escaped the horrors Of restaurant
dinner with music. Just ~ Hiida
Newton. who graced the fat sinners
establishment and felt herself quite
lost TO Great Falls. NJ. H.. had put
Mary into n dinner frock designed to
encourage Iumbaso. Horace Worth. .
good but tacticss man, arrived from
Great Falls with grave news Of Mrs..
Horizons health and Indicated his de-
sire to hurry right back by giancing
suspiciously about the apartment and
thon declaring In high ana righteous
tones: Il can't breathe this air for
longi"
But the poker same was really
funny. with thrifty little Polly rakins
In the shekels every time she dealt
the cards and losing no opportunity
to remind her gentleman friend"
That sxtravasancs was not his be-
setting sin. When he vas silent for
moment she concluded he was
drawing up . mental trial balance.
There was . great deal Of slAngy
humor that reused spontansous
laughter. but the play took . con-
ventionA turn when the naughty
New York ladies and their compan.
ions found themselves In . sweetly
rural homo and were handed hymn
books. while the versatile Polly
pumped away At tho parlor organ.
This could hardly be accepted a. Q
true picture Of New England life. It
was moro like . highly coiorcd
chrome. Unfortunately. the unex.
pected visit was marrsd by the
troubie-making Horace. VINO told
Marys mother just who and what
her guests were after Polly had gone
to tho trouble Of saying they were
properly married. But honest Bob
Merrick. who had come along after
making his pile" out West, promptly
declared himself ~ . candidate for
Mary's hand. and although her
mother was In danger Of . relapse
because of the row, the invalid bore
girl settled his case 10 far a. Mary
was concerned by making tho shock
Ing revelation that he had said
something to her" while bringing her
home from prayer meeting only the
week before-the double-dyed villain.
Then the doctor who had done SO
much for Mrs. Horizons heart went
further by appealing to Hilda's. He
could not love her as In the old days.
but he wanted her to stay and help
In ais hospital work. When the fat
sinner learned Of Hilda's decision to
leave him and the primrose path he
tTicu W buhaoh tuc uoStOt ohu uVsksy
died of apoplexy In tho attempt. -
True to type. Polly started back to
the wicked city to get moro money
for the chicken farm on which she
had set her heart-dear child! Our
best wishes went with her. for Miss
Nash had made her q general favor
lite. She divided honors with Miss
Dunn. who was an appealing little
figure as the mother. Gertrude Dali
las was q handsome and we'll poised
Hilda, and Alice Brady an attractive
Mary. though after the FIRST act she
could not disguise the fact she was
playing "a somewhat mechanical role.
Walter Walker looked the part Of the
confirmed sinner and played II very
well. John Stokes was amusing at
times as the pious Horace. Robert
Edeson took the lover very seriously,
and Charles Richman made the doc
tor almost too good to be true.
SINNERS" Is the play that was re-
Gently brought out In Sing Sing.
There's nothing like being sure Of an
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