The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-21
"OUTCASTv' COMING ON
 THANK SGIVING DAY

The distinguished Charles Frohman-
 IIlaw & Erlanger success, "Outcast, ? which ran for over six months at the Lyceum theatre. New York, last sea-
 sen, will be the noteworthy holiday at
 traction at the Jefferson when it plays
 d return engagement Thanksgiving day and night, with the London com pany including the beautified young leading woman, Jeanne Eagels, who created positive sensation here when the play was first presented about two
 weeks ago. The author, Hubert Henry
 Davies. is one of the most brilliant of l contemporary dramatists, and he has
 already won the favor of contemporary dramatists and he has already won the
 favor of American theatregoers
 through his brilliant comedies. Cousin
 Kate" and "The Mollusc." His latest play, "Outcast," is in more serious vein. It was declared the best play or last season by the critics in the larger cities.
 It is play that directs sympathy to unfortunates and emphasizes the 1 sacredness of the marriage ceremony. It brings home to men their respon- sibilities as sewers of wild oats which they expect to avoid reaping, and that
 gives ik auditors generally a better
 and ki&llier understanding of their Trailer brothers and sisters. It is a play that was worth writing. "Out- cast does all that. More than that. It does it without preaching; it does 1t by presenting a cross section of life and holding it up for the inspection of the public, It is a big vital play that will live long after the authors sev-
 eral other excellent plays have been forgotten.
 The first act is all that first act should be. It grips the. interest strongly and builds broad, deep foun-
 dation-for what the audience is
 Sherwood has been tilted by his sweet
 heart, Valentine, on account of his lack of riches and the play opens on the night of her marriage to a wealthy
 baronet Two of his friends come to keep him company and find him evil
 dently in mood of black despair
 They seek to divert his mind, and one of them, with this laudable purpose in view, leans out of the window and with a syphon endeavors to squirt water on policeman below. He misses his target. however, and sprays girl instead. She stops and looks
 up He announces the fact to the others and Godfrey directs him to in-
 vite her up. He does so. She comes, and the play begins.
 Miriam-that is her name-is girl or the streets-tawdry, bold, but with
 an honest and kindliness of heart that
 speedily win for her the sympathy of the audience. Her worldly wise eyes soon discover what is the matter with Godfrey and her quick interest in his 1 trouble so touches him that he takes
 her off the streets and establishes her Tn comfortable quarters. The second
 act shows the couple so strangely met, happy together. Miriam has greatly
 improved in appearance. and in speech,
 and is deeply in love with Godfrey.
 The latter is fast falling in love with
 her. when Valentine. now Lady More land, whose life with her rich hus- band has turned out to be unhappy, calls on her old lover at his rooms She and Miriam meet. The first break comes betwen Miriam and Godfrey, which widens in the next act when Geoffrey announces his intention of calling on his former sweetheart. Then Godfrey casts Miriam off. and Valen- tine comes to his rooms. Again she meets Miriam, who comes to return