The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-25
ACTRESSES Fur Trimmed Stock
ings Quite as Absorbing
as Hungarian Plot.
SOME EXCELLENT T
.yo,,v., held the attention Of

MIA Jolivet held the attention Of
ma audience during every minute OF
m. hrs, act OF Mrs. Boltay's Daugh-
,.rs," which wns seen for the first
TINA a. the Comedy Theatre IN Satur-
aay night. Miss Jolivet v for q
minute lost the intense and absorbed re-
sard OF every spectator In the theatre.
She was the cynosure Of all eyes in
wa, that must have gratifed n
actress. Every eye in every orchestra.
or rather every pair OF eyes in every
orchestra aud balcony seat. was riveted
on Miss .rolIyet during the FIRST act Of
this rev play from the Hungarian.
Neither the excellent acting Of Har.
ruson Hunter az her protector nor Annie
uughes's playing OF the sord!d mother
nor the chickering's of the quartet Of
p,-ls could divert the intense intercs.
OF tho spectators from Miss Jolive'.
whether she Mas motionlcss or moving
gracefully! about the stage. standing or
seated. II a at Miss Jolivet that tile
audience stared intensely during the
frs; act OF Mrs. Boltay's Daughters"
For Miss Joi,vet had on fur trimmed
ak stockings. Just the ankle
and just below the calf ran about either
limb a circlet OF dark brown fur.
Whether It vas imperial sable, min:
baum mar,rn or red FOX 4, was not pos
sihle a. such "A distance TO decide.
Whether u WAS natural or dyed WAS
equally difficult to discover. But I;
was there. The audience oHd no;
49,. ,..i.,A NTH ,,arn ~n0rNuaat in.
.ercs, L Door iittl. Rosie Quinn aud
hsr once bare knees had suddenly been
brought on the stage. Miss Jolives's
s5or, Skin, swung from side TO side
and as I: swung the fur trimmed stock
.ngs were p!quantly visible.
Hers a succe.ssuI Return.
So Miss Jolivet may congratulate her
seif OH = successful return to the local
stage. Few actresses exhibit such inn
aginatiou and uch sense OF pictorial
effect as she showed In the selection
o. her fur trimmed stockings. Nero
open work. eyen embroidery and rams
parent ,hinness are OF a school now past
and too artificial TO be utilized by an
actress of Miss Jolivet's modern and
ns,ura.istic methods.
Mrs. Boitay's Daughters is alto
ketntT European III 1ttlINS' Inc otu'Nt
Of the four girls is supported b. A
man Who ha~ made no p%re'ence OF a V
Ing any more serious Intention toward
her The three others OF the quartet
Of daughters are unhappy and poor ana
generally dissatisfied and are supposed
% he uilve'y ignorant Of tnefr sis
ts-'s relation 10 the mar who keeps the
establishment going in addition TO the
small amount which the oldest sister
earns on the stage
50 when q cer'ain yjung literary per-
son VINO combines the occupation OF re-
porte with shat Of poet wants TO marry
re oldest girl there IS naturally agita-
ton At the loss OF the family bread
winner. Bat she thinks she wants tn.
vouug man even Il Il vii. be necessary,
~ he said, 20 live In Bohemia So
sclf-s lcrihcing little sister--ths
vonrgest o! this precious b~rood-takes
i; upcT herself to visit the man OF
wealth and offer TO be TO him what her
sister was N case he will take her and
.et her .!stcr marry the poet. She Is
By way II being IL love with the poet
h'f,.lf
such 4 sacrifice IS not required OF her
She !, cent back 10 marry the young
ter, while the man OF wealth In a
Sudden accession Of principles and
s%criplr-. without which he had lived
happily throughout his long life, mar.ies
he cL.i who has for several years besr
he companion II his joys and SORROWS
So there IS an odor Of sanct!ty for the
disappearance OF Mrs. Bohoy's happ,
family.
Ethics Too Foreign.
There is much observation OF life il
n. play Of Eugen Heltai. and like most
of the plays Of the modern Hungarian
writer's which are seen here. there Is
IN il more OF life and character thar
there Is OF dramatic action. MariU
Fairfax, who adapted the play for the
family OF Hungarian origin and placed
=, il. Washington. But wherever SHE
may put them the play IN its view OF
Re ard It's ethics is altogether foreign
Imagine three American girls OF a Ger.
ain aG, who did rot suspect the atten'
tom pf a rich man to their sister who
was on The stage acting for a small
salary and stlll supporting them all. II
3 conceivable that such simplicity might
"Ns' BOO a provincial town OF Hungary,
'I, -" American Of the same age Is toe
'hy =: anything 80 simple. Then the
m"rc"uary old aunt WIS another figure
mat q, difficult to adjust 20 our social
conditions.
NJ luliyet seemed rather hard, IN
H'ilH~ IS the oldest daughter. Then
her facility in acting is almost fatal
az times. SO little heart does she seem
l. Put into II. Harrison Hunter as the
Protector OF the family acted with a
SKI and finish. a poisc and control OF
fS artistic resources which suggested