The Washington herald., 1916-04-30

, women players, we fnd fewer instances
meritlng critical celebration. Aside from
the admirable performance of Emily
Stevens in THE Unchastened Woman"
(this actress was starred only after she
had created a deep impression in the
leading roie)i the following are. approx
imately the only instances Of uncommon
skill: Madame Mathilde Cottrelly in the
Potash and Perlmutter play, Madge KEN
nedy in Fair and Warmer" Geraldine
D Brien In ''The DEVILS Garden" Marie
Reichardt in Margaret Schiller" Len
ore Ulrich in THE Heart of Wetona, ="
and. possibly. Lillian Albertson and
Cathleen Nesbitt In "The DEVILS Gar
den" and Justice respectively. And
yet the sob-sisters of the New York
daily gszettes and monthly magazines
are busy proclaiming II as having been
a Uoman's theatrical season.
So the summary of statistics.
Twilight bills at New York's two for
eign playhouses, the French theater in
Forty-fourth street West and the Ger
man theater in Irving Place are, respec-
lively, Edouard Psilleron's mossy piece
''le monde on on s'enui," done original
rly in the Comedie Franchise thirty-five
years ago, and THE Princess of the
Nile an operettA in three acts by the
Messrs. Arthur Landsberger and Franz
Cornelius, with music by Victor Hol-
lander.
For the presentation OF the Pailleron
antique, NJ. Bonheur, director Of the To-
cal Gallo stage, assembled his better
known numbers and, with the kind as
sistance of the gentleman who printed
his handbllls. SO obtained what is known
as an ''all-star" cast. Nine. Diska ap-
peared as the sap1ent duchess, Mile. Gar
rick as the saucy Susanne, NJ. Saulieu
as the green-eyed Roger, Mile. Greuze
as Jeanne, and NJ. Becman as the young
under-pretect. After the performances
Of this farce. the theater will present
Brieux's "L'Engrenange," Mon Ami
Teddy and La Petite Chocolatiers'' for
one week and will then drop curtains un-
til the autumn.
''Prineess of the Nile"
The Princess Of the Nile" is the sue
eessor to the Irving place success, Roy
atty Dances Waltzes." Why this latter
should have attained to a run of ninety
performances In the local German theater
is somewhat difficult of displacement
recall having seen the opsretta something
like four years ago in the Kaisergarten
in Vienna and Of having been unable to
persuade myself to remain out the per-
formance. The performance Of the piece
at the Irving place. l did not see. Its
special adroitness may have been, to some
OF the commonplace material In the local
Teutonic community.
The Princess of the Nile" has been,
1t would seem, equally auspiolous in cap
turing the fancy of the Irving place the
atsrgoers. The operetta was imported
from Berlin. where the war has not
availed to impede its lengthy run.
The noretto of the piece is Of the ac-
QUESTION by one Zeddelmann, an ANTIQUE
dealer, Of an Egyptian mummy who, for
plot purposes, comes to life one day every
thousand years. Duly coming to life the
mummy, princess, falls upon the avail
able Psnnekieker, rum-hound, as her
father. The comedy results from the ef-
forts of this Pannekieker to marry OF
the troublesome princess and so stimuli
taneously marry OF a vast accumulation
Of bills which the hussy has contracted
for personal finery. Christian Rub is
the Pannekieker. and Margaret Christiona
an attractive princess. The soubrette
role Is handled by Elise Gergely. Others
In the case are Willy Frey, Hans Inter
kircher and Eugen Keller. The tunes are
light and not unpleasant. Mr.. Hollander
will be recalled as the composer Of
"Sumurun."