The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-11
Splendid Cast Keeps Interest
In "The Unchastened Wom-
an" From tagging.
MISS STEVENS CHARMING


rhao,,. the inirty-ninth street
wnrds SATURDAY night in n few
tened Wnn,, no, 'nat The unchas-
-. WoI"Hh. by Louis Anspacher.
m,n.. iasn,on' is so typical Of the
duty. Especially does ,h,s 800.
avoidable in the case Of MIR An.nachor,,
play. Without saving that 4, a. nra,a,'
tious. It represents the work of n con
tinuous critic of the ntemnora,.o
theatre and he in turn renresents a,ch
important jnstit,tions f,r H. rafa..'
the theatre as the Drama I.,y,o o.
"The Unchastened Woman m,y ho
taken az the TYNE of dram, u,h,ch s,,,h,
forces would endeayor 10 L,a, ~, ,.a
American stage. y"
SO far as the three acts NJ tho ,ou,
play, which were rece;yeJ ,,,,h col,
control by the audience n, Sa,r,n,,
night, were devoted IN any sin,,o 49,
ject. that must have been tho re,.io-
ton of the cbarar,er NJ tho horo;no
who is described in tho ,i,ic ~, IT,,
dependent means. she liyes /, , co,ai-
ton Of moderately friepdIy co,,nanion-
shin with her husband Oh. ,r,a, %
= cheat the custom house ,,,h,r,,i.s AZ
her return from n Trim In t,urona
chaperoned by n woman friend ana ac'
COMMANDED nv n Young arcbi,.c, Sho
smokes n cigarette Wills h.r bushand
drinks "A SCDtrh and soda aud tbav dis
Cuss his mistress Her. NJ Ansn,,har
is evidently dra u,rg . nic,,ra - ~.
idle rich.
Incident. NJ ,h. EY... Az
c'ner 'hines are established in this
nrst act. IL Is soon revealed that the
young architect ana the unchastensd
woman are too much interested in each
otner for the happiness OF his wife.
She Is a writer or editorials on soctologi-
cal topics. lives win her husband in n
model tenement. and some Of her attacks
on child labor nave driven down the
value OF the very stock owned by the
husband or the woman who Is trying to
introduce her architect husband to n
world IN which his talents may be APP
preciated' a later scene in the same
act introduces the former mistress OF
tnis rich man OF aHa'rs. she mas taken
n place IN the employ or the Govern
meht. was assigned to search his wife
af'er her raise declaration ana was
rcsponsiple Tor saving her from arrest,
Inc audience was more or less alert
when inc curtain 1eli on the nrst act
TO discover IN VIVA direction ITS in
terests were TO ne led. was the play
10 SNOW the struggie between the
woman OF fashion ana her husband or
was II to be an issue between the young
architect and his wife? Where was
the former mistress TO come into the
there was nothing out comic refer Tor n
w,s oxho,.,,vs,x rs,e,,ed m. yn,ry
hush, nj had trouble win tho dumh.
waiter and could no, npd his collars
The wife beat out editorials on the
typevriter and tried 10 act IN. beneyo.
lon, puadab IN the n.iybhorbooa There
was SOM. unexplained racke, OF one
Md " ,,o,her in which tho s,,yey
servant got n black eye. but that was
moi as important as the arrival Of the
unchas,ened woman to lunch.
Sh. preceded the meal by kissing
long and feryently the husband OF the
hostess she ate little. EXPRESSED dis
gust AT the arrival OF an auarchistic
reporter. hut let him eat her chop.
When his af6anced bride arrived who
Was also the intimate friend of her
hostess. the unchastened woman i'm
mediate,y recognized her husbands
rs,etress and very properly refused In
Sit down M the table with her. She
exnlained her reasons frankly. which
h~ok, nm tho marty. and before she left
,on,. cor,. Ia nut her hostess where she
be,onrcd nv saving a great MANY fiat
tering things about her youthful and
artistic husband. and all with such an
nv % nronrie,oysbip that IN. editorial
writer sniritedIy resented the appro-
nriation OF her spousc.
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