Evening star., 1915-06-22
Polls.

folfs PLAYERS are giving Washington
Its first glimpse of We Are Seven
the whimsical ihree-act farce in which
Eleanor Gates proSee she can be de-
hEhtfuliS ridiculous. as we'll as psy-
chologtcallH adept IN The interpreta
tion Of human natures more complex
emotions. as registered in her previous
success. The Poor Little Rich Girl"
The plot shows UP so laushably the
folly of amateurISh meddllnGs with
conditions which require the Judgment
Of world experience that the audience
which crowded Polls last night was
SeadA with ripples of spontaneous
laughter TO greet Young girls views
as to settlement work and the uplift
movement that calls itself eugencs
The girl was Maude Gilbert. whose ap-
pearanre of youthful innocence was in
such contrast to her uplifi ambitions
- improve the world ana all therein
as to convey the sense Of a cHild PLAY
In2 with toy balloons, As pa Mt ila
Kerr Miss Gilbert was jo%ouSlN free
of embarrassment in pursuit Of her
some what surpr sing aspirations 10 he
come the mother Of seven children
whenever she could find father they
wouldn't object to.
There is q conservative aunt who
takes her spinterish alarms 10 a for
mer admirer. and between them they
arrange that DiBntha must have a
chaperon to accompany her into the
devtpusnesses of settlement work. The
girl consents on condition that the
ehaperon be a deaf and dumb young
man with brown eyes. The former ad
Hirer. otherwise Col Robert Avery,
a lawyer. includes among his assets
scamp of nephew-with brown eyes
whose efforts hitherto have been limit
ed to practical jokes at the expense of
the other youngsters in his uncue's Of
hce. The nephew decides to adopt the
role of chaperon and fills il with such
to ,-f, trj~ lot tl,.
with touching apology to the future
"seven'-ma kes up her inge nious mind
to marry the deaf and dumb one. en-
tirely regardless of the fact that the
race is paramount. She tells him SO
with bewitchng artlessness. And he
has to pretend ne doesn't hear. There
is sCheming secretary whose designs
on the maiden aunts property develop
into a check which the official chap
eron sees him secure. And the climax
to the situation comes when this secre-
tary. dubious as to the deaf and dumb
ones nfrnities. takes advantage OF
the visits of the young men from the
law Office e-vhose unanimous object is
TO return past jokes by friendly calls.
with Earrulous conversations in sign
1angua ge-to cali the police. The eN
cnse is contemplated house robbery
The matter gets far the sta
tion house. where the nephew suddenly
demands that the secretary give up his
check. and this. one would naturally
suppose "ouid bflng the ptOt 10
close-but it doesn't.
"Diantha and the chaperon-a role
-humorously played by Albert Roscoe
behold. in a vision. seven shadowy
outlines on a moon-lit window. When
the curtain falls il rises again to a
more substantial revelation of seven
youngsters in the flesh. 1t is the one
and only link which connects the Gates
farce with that immortal cottage
Maid who forever tells Mr.. Words
worth's readers that We are seven.
Miss Gilbert and Mr.. Roscoe were de-
ughfful1y ohlivious of the motives
which brought them together, and the |
big audience regarded II only SO far as
to follow one laugh with another. Hell /
en- Tracy made lovably dignifed aunt |
and wore two lovely gowns. Gavin |
Harris was a lawyer whom any maiden i
lady might trust: Teresa Dale a DR.. |
Fanny Rice was as invigoratins as a |
tonic, and John NJ. Kline made a nat /
ural police lieutenant. With brogue at /
tached- Other characters Of minor i'm
portance were excellently portrayed by /
the players who made up the cast.