New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

II NE lines VI ShbuiHay W -"N'
l. show a practised hand. A char
acterstic passage is that in which Fox
croft Gray discusses with Mrs. Ercoll
his engagement to her daughter, Su-
same.
Foxcroft-It isn't good taste for me
to talk about Susanne's first husband
but / don't mind listening!
Mrs. Ercoll-I assure you it's not
good taste when ! talk about him. My
language rises to heights no dictionary
knows. Susanne's husband was hor-
rid little thing He was the man for
whom the term "cad" was coined. Also
his name was Rollo. He had Chris
tian Science smile and an adenoid in
Election. Do you want me to go
on? | cam
FoXcrof, Thank you, that's quite
sufficient. make it point Of honor
never TO refer d;sparagngly to the
man whose shoes hope to fill.
Mrs. Ercoll-I don't like the notion
of your alling Rollo's shoes either II
YOU could have seen them, Lucy. He
had tiny feet. Fancy a jealous man
with little feet Do you wonder Susanna
was annoyed when he died before she
could divorce him?
Foxcroft fiatters himself that he has
induced Susanna to abjure feminism
for his sake
Mrs. ErcollI congratulate you,
Foxy, and grieve to think that we
shall never see our dear little Susanne
on a soap box again.
Lucy--And the suffrage sash was so
becoming TO her.
Susanna enters almost at this mo-
ment, the suffrage sash conspicuous
over her shoulder
Susanne-Oh, company? Good How
DO you do, Mrs. McVey. Hello, Arthur
Hello, Lucy. (She does not see Foxy
yet. The others rise in CONSERVATION
I'm just starving, mother dear. Is there
lots of cake? What do you think I've
been doing? | spoke at two corners
square in front of the Waldorf and
then at Forty-tifth Street! never
said so many words in so few minutes,
or looked so well-it's this hat. Takes
hat of y Don't tell me-it's good clothes
draws the crowd. Tea-tea. as you
love your only daughter, tea! (Sits.)
didn't eat a thing at Dolly Vain
wright's because Sally Atterbury was
there, and we got to talking about suf
frage. and thought of a new argu-
incentive got up TO the two hundred
and twenty frst-why suffrage is right
And | said 10 Sally: Let's go out and
hold a meeting somewhere" And Sally
said: Eyes, let's. have new frock
on, too SO we did Isn't il lucky
look well in yellow? II I were sallow,
the cause would go 20 pot. And | stood
on the running-board of the taxi and
Just began saying my new argumen.
and smiling you have to smile-and
in just no time at all had a crowd
around me. | made three out-and-out
converts, and one man gave me dollar
for the cause-and the traffic police
man was as nice as anything, gave
him the dollar.
Foxcroft IS constrained 10 accept an
Intermittent form Of marriage, which
will leave Susanne free except from
Saturday to Monday.
IN musical comedy the wit is more
L objective. The Riviera Girl por-
trays couple belonging to an anti
gambling society in a small Illinois
town. who are visiting Monte Carlo.
In order to acquire a fighting knowl-
edge of the vice each has risked a few
stakes without the knowledge of the
other. and the husband, who has a
highly developed system, has lost
heavily.
Birdie Sam. there has been a dis
tinct falling off lately in your notes
about the evils Of gambling.
Sam Don't worry. I'm going to
write an article tonight that will be a
bird,
Birde-Sam, there's something
must tell you about gambling.
Sam-What about il?
Birdie-You always said il was