New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-02-09

JUNE, THE FAIREST
WOMAN IN THE WORLD

This week at the Lyceum is the
most successful the Walter Naytor
players experienced since coming to
New Britain It is now assured they
will remain in our midst. Seldom
if ever, has such an active interest
in things theatrical been displayed
as that which marks almost every
performance of THE Misleading
Lady Miss Virginia Perry has won
a high place in the hearts of local
theatergoers. Her presentation Of
the leading character in this comedy is
all that can be, desired. Playing OPP
posite her, Philip Quin is kept busy
combating the wiles of the young
society girl who undertakes to play
the roll of Siren In drama-de-lux.
Ralph Murphy has the real comedy
role OF the play. "Boney," the escaped
lunatic, who aside from tmaging he is
Nhlopeon, starts a young war of fun.
Rehearsals are on IN full swing for
next weeks performances when the
Naylor players will present Eugene
Walters typically American drama,
1.-THE Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
The leading character, in that play
which Is modelled from material in
the novel Of John Fox, Jr, is one that
will appeal to all lovers OF beautiful
young American womanhood. June is
her name. So like June she Is wond-
erful lovable, sweet. demure, the soul
Of poetry. June Is primitive noun
tain girl, Superstitious and imagin-
ative. she loves the lonely pine, and
each morning at sunrise and each
evening at sunset. she steals away
from the mountain cabin where she
was born and sits beneath the pine
listening to the sobs and signs that
come from its branches, and fancy
ing she hears the voice Of her dead
sister urging her to go out into the
world and learn. Hale, the city bred
engineer who goes into the Cumber-
! land valley, discovers June and en-
cages her in conversation, question
| ing her about her home life in the
mountains, laughing at her coy re-
plies and enjoying her whimsical re-
marks. He wins her confidence and
encourages her to reveal more of her
thoughts and dreams bringing out
! such surprising characteristics as
! depth of emotion, loneliness, breadth
of soul, and originality, so that he
| finally persuades her father, VINO, al
! first also resents his tntruding. to
permit her to attend the new school
at the Gap. Her departure from the
cabin in the mountains to the new
school In the valley has started
| gossip among the factional clans about
| her relations with Hale. Hale, who
has all along rega rded June as child
is surprised at the generally accepted
| idea that he is having her educated SO
that she can marry him.. June, can
/ not understand all the gossip and
sends for her pap" to come and take
her back home. June fixes the cabin
to look a bit more attractive and
then Dave again begs her to marry
him, she tells him she doesn't 1ntenc
to marry anyone now. And thus the
story goes, bounding from one emotion
to another, full Of action and human
interest, heart throbs and romance
1.-THE Trail Of the Lonesome Pine Il
without doubt one of the truest pic
lures of interior American life ant
manners ever drawn. Miss Virginia
Perry, herself a native born Vlrgin1an
will have the greatest opportunity O
her career In this city to portray
character that is the love and ad
miration Of all who have seen THU
great drama. AS June, Miss PER-!
will bring touch of realism to thu
local stage which would not b.
possible for one not familiar with tn
manners of that quaint people Wh'
live in the mountain steadfastness o
the Old Dominion. Miss Dorothes
Antel Will have a part in this play tina
promises to set forth her h1strloni
ability In a way to make q lasting i'm
preston on New Britain theatergoers