New Britain herald., 1916-02-29
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| bedside, does not like the plain Vest
 ern style of Katie and spirits Peter | away from her influence, not know 1 Ing they are married. They arr,ve l back to Peters New York home.
 only to be followed by Katie Once 1 in the Cortlandt mansion, she has | troubles of her own. Her husbands 1 mother does not like her. his sister
 does not like her. nor does his sis | ter'S husband. Not even the butler 1 likes her. And her husband who IS
 somewhat under the influence of in ] toXicants, is not overjoyous of he" ] presence. After Katie flashes a re- 1 Volver on the party they decide to l pay attention to her and the upshot l of it is she is allowed to remain il
 the household and be educated while her better half is sent on another business trip,-this time to South America.
 And while he is gone Katie makes good, in the Eastern fashion. She takes as her model. her sister-in law, woman of the world She dresses in the height of fashion. attends Gll the society affairs, and soon becomes the belle of the town. She is going along fine and wins over everybody to her side, with the exception of her
 
 ing point in her career. This same
 Katie, is infatuated with Dr. Barlow,
 to the utter neglect of her husband. She is on the verge of eloping with the physician and leaves a note to that effect with her mother Katie. alter conSollng the grief stricken mother, goes out to prevent the foolish woman O from following her Whlm She meets and upbraids the runaway in the doctors apartments. While they are there Peter Cortlandt and his uncle appear. From then
 on there are more complications, Katie is branded as untrue. shields her slster-in-law from an indignant husband, and is almost made the sub ject of a divorce. But the truth comes out, Peter and Katie are brought back to each others arms, and the play ends happily. All in all, it is very beautiful story that requires the three hours of stage telling and not the hurried sketch of newspaper review.
 Miss Herne as Katie Murray is immense. It is better than anything she has done since coming to New Britain. The vast number of out-of- town theatrical people. and critics present at last nights performance branded Katie Murray a character as delightful as Peg O. My Heart and stronger than many others. As | Peter Cortlandt Crandall, the youl'g rake who marries Katie Murray. AL fred Cross scores his biggest triumph He was accorded a great reception on his appearance last night and gave wonderful support to the actress dramatist in making her play a sue Cross in this character than even as John ! storm in "The Christian.' or Robert Stoddard, in Bought and Paid For,' parts in which he cXcelled.
 J. Irving White has the third best l part, playing the character Henry l Gilsey, advisor of the youghtful ] Peter and husband of his sister. l Dora Booth plays opposite MT. White l and gives a good aracterization Of 1 a petted and spoiled woman. one who 1 never has been crossed, who has her 1 way in everything. With the eXcep- l ton of a few scenes when she tended l to overact her part Miss Booth did 1 great work J. Irving White but lives l up to the reputation he has already l secured in New Britain,-one of the l finest character actors that eVcr 1 trod the boards. He has many things 1 to do and does them all well. He ! helps materially in keeping tn play l going full tilt
 Because of the way the play is con 1 structed Mrs. Adelaide Hubbard has l not much to do this week; but the 1 nart assigned her calls for all the grace and dignity that must be en- bodied in a matronly wife anu mother of fifty years, a woman raised in ultra refinement, a sympathetic pood-natured soul. And Mrs. Hubbard succeeds in conveying this impression as only Mrs. Hubbard can.
 A newcomer to the local stock com rany is Eugene Weber who plays the ,,art of Dr. Barlow and succeeds in ] Making a good impression. He has ,h, portray the cold -blooded man of ] oScine, the one who lavishes his ] ae'IH ons on women in the same way i; aicoenses his medical advice,-as |
 ,,,atte1 of fact. He is the un1| n1ntional ,l,ti doctor. MT. Weber'~ does "erit Phinn Sheffield is giyea( the part of
 1ananese bStler a,Hd more than sncceeds. He ha}stof,ly a few appear arces working in but one act but bis every bow is cause for a laugh, his every word a mirth producer. Seldom does one see a better depic' 1 tion of charao5er. Girard Patterson oives a good impersonation of the 1 conventional butler. In all, An 1 on+sider' is show worth while.