Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29

business. devote the first two days OF
II stock company's week to the unreel-
ing or repeater" motion picture be-
fore Enclosed orchestra chairs?
But to the PLAY, which. FOR two more
Gays at least happens to he the thin,:
In hchmond's best theatre: The
! Taller" by Marion Fairfax. is about
the best straight drama seen I'm Rich
mond since Fine Feathers" And the
word straight" tx used to prepare
III" way for Il sort OF comparison with
vaguely resembles, of which one is Il
brutal melodrama. and the other an
umdcveloped farce To Day" and
Young Wisdom" The Tnlkcr" has
much OF the power of Day" with
out any of it's oncnsivcncss without
any OF its injection OF scenes from tho
| Underworld and without any OF its
| cruci gorincss; ana il is based upon
mo same theme that undcrlics young
| isdom. but carries it's treatment OF
| 'ha' theme 10 logical and effective
| conclusion without descending a, any
| Time To broad farce.
| Indeed, though most men familiar
! Win the theatre dctcst the cxpl,Jt,
! non oil ~ play rs II moral lesson lie
cause all OF them know that there is
never, literally never. the desire to
! teach anything behind the nrcuuctinn
haturai desire to mako money We, IL
( must be admitted that The Talker"
| does teach lesson. and vcr, .ounI
! lesson. which Is also "cry. very ,imciy
young married woman becomes
imbucd with lot or new thought"
stun. From her lips trip the silly.
| futile phrases that most grown men
have hcard-and laughed at-thc right
or woman To live her own NE: "th,
path OF liberty: ito the pure all things
I AZ tt,.I,
the real virtue; sharing n mans
mental existence, not being merely his
lcSalized bondwoman': mot regarding
MARRIAGE from the old fashioned sex
point OF view and all the rest of
IN" gable that makes FOR affinity cx-
cuscs.
Fortunately for her. however. She is
only ,alker: she Is like Kipling's
Iomlinson, of berkeley square" in that
she has the courage to he neither good
nor bad. But she talks: on, how she
talks, And her husbands young sister
listens and believes. so, When tcrnpta-
ton comes, she feels strong Ia the right
10 live her own life. and disaster falls
The wreck OF the girls lie cures the
woman al hcr folly in the end. and her
husband forGivcs her, after the girl has
come homc-ill and despairing and "a
happy curtain has been provided Bu,
the lesson has been taught
IL doesn't pose as :, lesson however
Ihe description given above is only
"a bar" outline OF the story. The l,lay
IL Just as human az lie itself. where
fore there is II vast amount of clean.
/, bright comedy In Its lines and silua-
tons, and. 10 use the old phrase. the
audience vccrs between laughter and
THRILLS Several OF the scenes. notably
a "spat between husband and wife
are BITS OF delicious writing that com
pei laughter. while several Of the
al Ia,
tn. brother takes his broken sister In
his arms. simply catch the audience by
the throat
Miss La Verne. in curtain speech
after Tn" second ACT. Expressed the
gratitude OF the entire company and
the management TO Nj. Arnold who.
! though suffering severely from Il con-
thulnS Illness, was very bravely play
in0. As matter of fact. it wa- SO
apparent that the leading man WAS III
that his occasional stumbling was read
/ ny forgiven by the audience IL not
quite overlooked in the dignity and
sincerity OF his performance
Last nights audience also felt Worry
grateful to the ncw leading woman.
Eleanor Brent. VINO not only played
( convincncly, With u dcrt and certain
comedy sense IN the earlier scenes and
a p!tcous appeal later, but also covered
AZ far as was humanity possible such
slips as We're made--eithcr by MIR
Arnold. or ny Miss La Verne herself
Considering all these things and re-
Numbering further that Miss Brent is
by nature, nodded for the title role
Of Every woman her work last night
was more than a pcrformancc--tt was
an achievement
Madeleine King. as the little sister.
gave quite tho best performance thar
She has offered in Richmond. playing
in manner that struck the chord OF
more than one emotion Mr. Became
was, ns he always is In everything he
undertakes. almost iu!mitablc Mr.
Wupperman. In a bit part. again proved
that Ii Is possibl" 10 he an actor
though "A Juvenile. Miss Harrison dis
played genuinely clever acting as the
hoydcnish fifteen year old girl, and MIR
/ Wellington was satisfactory in a small
part.
The one scene called for by the play
was admirably set and lighted by IN.
director. Mr.. Lcftwich.
70 repeat: It's - pity. almost :.
shame. that The Talker'' is TO be
seen FOR only three more performances.
Douglas Gordon.
Another GOOD BiIl
Manager Rex is punching his hits
! for the last three days OF this week
The act OF Soretty and Antoincttc
opens the bin with IA laugh and a
I shudder, as the man is both an acrobat
extraordinary and comedian Of sorts
Rosetta and Rosella. man and 4
woman, follow the acrobatic turn with
Il musical offering OF n class far above
tn" average, playing number of in
StrumcntS IN manner possible only