Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-23
ADJUSTMENTS
New National.

A reactionary influence asserts Itself
IN ION With the Dance" shown at the
New National last night. This latest
drama. whose prompt book is provided
by Michael Morton and whose pocket
book is provided BY A. II. Woods. is
emphatic protest against one of the
fads and follies of the day. No early
English moralist denounced beruffied
extravaganza with more earnestness
than this play dencunces the craze for
the tango and it terpsichorean kin.
The old assailant of mammoth ex-
son when he referred 10 starch the
DEVILS holy water The '.Counte blast
Against Tobacco" was q mere zephyr
when considered in relationship to this
whlrlwind of righteous indi gnation.
Those expressions We're mere literature
whose perusal might be interrupted
By the cry of a passing street hawker
or the smell OF burning bacon from the
Kitchen. This is vivid picture cal
culated to rivet the attention of audi
ences who, having paid their money.
will insist on following the argument
as closely as possible IN order to get
value received.
.'On With the Dancei'' is the title .'Dn
with the dance" is its real significance
The head of buckingham himself was
not doomed with more peremptory de-
audience began 10 be impressed with
Overpowering suspicion. The dance is
what is making all the trouble for So
ciety. 1t would not have been surprls-
ing to discover that the kaiser himself
Is dancing man in addition to being
poet. painter, musician and other
things The microoe is less deadly than
the tango lizard.
The tango lizard in this case is no
snfeebIed modern sample Of his species.
He harks back to the old days when
saurians stood their ground and We're
monarchs of all they surveyed. Billy
Sutherland is the particular saurian
Of this story of home wreckage. He is
Q society saurian. His name in a din
ner party list is almost valued as his
tip On the stock market. He is de-
voted to the dance and makes il serve
his predatory purposes. Like that good
old minstrel man, George wilson.
Waltz me again. is the motto of his
life. He could die Waiting. And he
did. When the husband whose home
life Is on the verge Of ruin shoots Billy
Sutherland through the heart. he stTug-
giles on through the may PAGES the
orchestra has set and dies game,
dancer to the finish.
Actors of greatly admired attain
ments are employed in the performance.
John Mason plays Billy Sutherland.
William Morris, whose work has SO
often been approved in this city, APP
pears as the manly husband. who feels
compelled to take the law into his own
hands. Eileen Huban Is the charming
wife whose love of white way gayety
precipitates the tragedy. Julia Dean
as the cast-off victim of Billy Suther-
lands wiles, waits long time for her
big opportunity. Her denunciation Of
her betrayer, a long speech. rings out
with vigor which gives II the force
Of q dramatic climax. Edward Abeles
gives an easy yet forceful interpreta-.
ton of the man whom the Wall street
gamble has reduced almost to the level
Of the INSCRIPTIONS tout.
The four acts are equipped with ex-
ceptionally beautiful scenery, and the
costumes evidently have been objects
Of much care. That of Miss Dean was
particularly striking. The production
10 made on a generous scale and the
stage management of George Marion
II one OF Its important features. 1t is
4 melodrama de luxe