Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-19
ADJUSTMENTS
Belasco.


| Upstairs and Down"--socasl extremes
which seldom meet IN . conventional
world-came together with joyous IN
consequence at the Bslasce last night.
thanks to Oliver Morosco who presented
the play. and to Mr. and Mrs Hatton,
who wrote 1t.
Upstairs" meant the lounsing porch OF
the Anthony Ives summer homo on
Long Island, and the servants and the
household represented the neither section
of society's great divide.
The porch. picturesauely luxurious AZ
| to vines and hammocks. served as back
party of society's smartest set. It was
sophisticated party with no prudtsh
notions as to the value Of kisses. They
were passed around As generously as
But they were administered with such
captivating indiscretness and greeted
! with such an endless chain of laughter.
that it really seemed as II the audience
were urging the 1ove-makins along.
| The hero of the party, Capt. Terence
| O'Keefe of the Irish Dragons. de-
| lightful scamp and at heart a very
honorable gentleman, plays the game
so impartially that after a series OF pri-
| vate fiirtations he finds himself drink
| ing from the same glass with his host
! ess and an enticing young widow, via
| three long straws. But nobody takes
anything seriously: the sweet young
| thing who vows she will give her eter-
| nal soul for the dashing captain. blithely
elopes with her real lover. who is the
only bashful man in the party. And
that the audience, while theoretically
| enjoying the fun, had it's heart in the
! right place. was proved by the applause
that welcomed the reunion of the host
heard his wife confess to O'Keefe in
! sudden defiance of things generally
| that she was tired of money. and wish
/ ed she was married to butcher with
twelve children. 1t was the one real,
| emotional moment in the three acts and
was beautifully done.
| But the servants were not so humor-
| ously indulgent as the big audience
/ that filled the theater to its doors. The
butler was shocked At soinss on above
! stairs, and spent much earnest time in
| uplifting the morals Of the maids and
men, which were being endangered by
the philanderings of Capt. O'Keefe' 5
valet
The second act shows the kitchen,
| with the servants busy at a table
| FASTING scraps from the upstairs waste
| basket. The diplomatic old butler,
with a knowledge of human nature,
! combines qualification OF curiosity and
| good works by Offering a reward of 10
cents for whoever patches together the
| first letter: the money to go In a mis-
sionary box which he has instituted for
the reception of fines: splitting gravy
on a table cloth, for instance, costing
the offender a nickel.
And when, at the suggestion Of Capt.
Terence. the house party on its way to
| moonlight bathing. parades through
the kitchen in goddess garments, the
old man orders the maids to "air the
ROOM and grumbles of "fumigation."
And then. the fun being over, Capt.
O'Keefe finds that he really loves the one
gentle, soft-voiced girl in the crowd-a
guileless young creature, who has framed
an automobile accident to catch his in
terest, but who is really very nice.
The promises made for the typical Mo-
rosco company" hold good to the last
adjective. Courtney Foot, as the iovably
daring captain; Fred Tiden. as Anthony
Ives; Orlando Daily, as the rheumatic
roue: Paul Harvey, as the big-hearted
clumsly timid TOM" and Lee GARLIC
as the valet who fulfills the adage like
master like man." were as natural as men
| Of their type off stage: and all the ele-
gancies of dress. wit of tongue and charm
of personality that romance calls for
were visioned by Christine Norman, as
Nancy Ives; Roberta Arnold. as the allur-
ing widow: Mary Servoss. as the girl
who wins the heart of the Irfshrnan, and
Juliet Day. as her precocious younger
sister, who fails.