Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-15
MRS. n P. AGES ABOUT WOMEN"
FEATURE OF fO0TuIGHTS PROGRAM
Three PIayets in Which Sex Discussion Plays Large Part are
Given With Commendabe SucCess-New Performers Dis
play Talent

Honolulu-or 90 much OF it as could
be assembled in the small Lanai theat-
er-gase the sincerest OF OvatioEs last
night TO a Honolulu woman whose
talented pen furnished the real feature
Of three-division program offered by
the members Of The Footlights. That
amateur group of Thespians produced
Mrs. II. p. Ages playle;, About
Women" side by side with Edward
Goodman's "Eugenically Speakins'
and J. NJ. Barrie's The TwelvePound
Look" It was a real test OF compari-
son, and Mrs. Agee's creation had none
the worst Of 1t. In fact, in comparison
Of story, development OF action and
character, and expressive, inclsiNe
dialogue, About Women" and the
competence Of the acting which 1t
showed, furnished the feature OF an
evening very much worth while
Last nights program is generally
conceded to be the best The Foot
lights has yet given. The three one
act playlets moved smoothly and
swiftly. The fact that the. proceeds
70 to the Red Cross, that patriotic
songs were given during an intermis-
sion by Mrs. Robbins B. Anderson, and
that q neat sum was raised by auction
ing off two canes, a bracelet and
platter, lent TO the evening a tinge
of patriotic contribution.
But in itself the program was enter
tanning. As proof Of the talent de-
veloping and to be developed among
Honolulu's amateurs, 1t was satisfy
ing.
sex O'Clock" Strikes
A few years ago, when the mainland
stage was overrun with problem plays,
the familiar triangle" domestic
tragedies, vampire shows" and other
productions in which masculine and
feminine morals were put under
microscopic observation, William Mar
ion Reedy, the witty editor OF the st.
Louis Mirror, commented, at has
struck sex o'clock" Those who re.
member this Characteristic Reedy re-
mark were reminded Of it last night.
10 was striking sex o'clock most OF the
time during the evening. While the
costumes did not offer the frank ply
steal revelations OF a certain classic
dancer, the mental revelations were
n the aspect of humorous philosophy
occasionally breaking out into farce
md buriesque.
%Eugenically Speaking is a burles.
que BIT hitting off the extremists on
that ultra-modern subject, eugenics.
In this young girl brimming with
ilHlf.baKed eugenic ideas chooses q
herculean street-car conductor as her
mate, calmly takes him from his
peaceful post to her home and intro
duces him to her indulgent but non
eugenicaIly-in father. Here was
an instance wnere the humor saves
the undoubtedly delicate subject from
downright indelicacy. This playlet in,
troduced Mrs. Cooper Macmillan as
the young girl, a pretty and Vivacious
credit; Herman Won Holt as the street
car conductor, ? mountain of en-
harrassment bur with much n1anlinessI
&C bottom, al Of which was we'll
portrayed; and brought again behind
the footlights George Potter in the
character OF the father, part given
with precision. care and completeness.
Mrs. H. p. Agees About Women. =
which was produced over her PEN
name, Fannie Aeaslip Lea, had two
main characters and one minor. Mrs
Denise Mahan Beall had the part Of
Mrs. Whitening, a woman who has
been married for seven years, is true
to, her husband but occasionally, It
seems, has sentimental moments
when she IL not ayerse to a little at.
tention from the opposite sex. viii
Levers, in the drawing-room role Of
her husbands best friend, half in love
with the wife, found opportunity TO
talk with her on the respective in
clinations Of man and woman to daily
with loves lighter suggestions. George
Lindley was on few minutes as an
impassioned young poet, wayy of hair
and with a flowing necktie of amorousi
hue. a role he performed most credit
ably.
Mrs. Beall gave o really clever i'm.
PRESERVATION Of Mrs. Whitening. She.
has an easy stage presence, delivers
her lines wen, and, as her part had a.
few hints OF the potential ''yamp." her