Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-18
SOCIETY FOLK PRESENT
| PLAYS TO AID CHARITIES
Successful Performance Given at
Casino Theater by Members of
Washington Stage Society.

Brevity proved to be not only the
soul of wit, but of satire, pathos and
the romance that springs eternal in
the breast when youth is twenty
three, at the Washington Stage So
ciety's presentation Of three short
plays last night for the benefit of local
charities, in the Casino Theater.
In each of these varied bits of dra-
matte miniature prominent young So
ciety people did surprisingly well and
contributed a pleasant evening to a
fair-sized audience of relatives and
friends.
The most serious essayal was the
melodrama. "One Day More" a dram
atization Of Joseph Conrad's "Tomor-
row." with unusual lighting effects,
the most impressive scene being enact
ed in lantern light. In this bit of
near-tragedy John j. Cunningham
gave a clever character study OF Capt.
Hagberd. whose one thought in life is
for the return of the SOD he had driven
from home sixteen years before.
True to the Part.
Newbold Moves, as the staggering
man-in -the-open son. who boasts that
he always has found a woman to help
him out of his pinches, was true to the
part, and made an effective exit after a
lengthy but well sustained dialogue
with the young woman who waited
hopefully for him and cries out in vain
for his return. 1t was a tribute to the
elf-effacement of John w. Thompson
in his role as the blind father of the
girl that his friends in the audience
n nj ntpy,}U h lin, INF n
referred to the program. Hannis Tay-
lor, jr., likewise was unrecognizable
behind a large black beard when he
walked across the stage as the lamp
lighter.
The concentrated pathos of the whole
piece was empha sized in the closing
tableau, where Mrs. Elizabeth Noyes
Thompson, as Bessie, the patient
daughter of the blind man. comforting
confidant of the other old man and
abandoned by his son, is seen in her
distress between the personifications of
selfishness. One of these is the scold-
ing and complaining blind father, the
other the cackling old man whining
for his sons return as an appeaSement
of his grief at having driven him from
home for opposing his will.
Comedy Touch to Program.
The wholesome fantasia of Sir James
NJ. Barrie as shown in the spirit and
lines of ''Rosalie," the story of a young
actress who wished to enjoy the de-
licious twilight of middle age" gave a
comedy touch to the program that was
much appreciated. Miss Edith Goode
did even much better than live up to
her name. Her acting was such as to
bring the audience into sympathetic ac-
cord with her whimsical duplicity in
playing on the affections of the boyish
sutton who believes her to be her own
mother. George West Triplett as the
admiring youth, while somewhat self
conscious, gave a portrayal that won
the sympathies and approval of the
house. His closing scene with Miss
Goode made a happy climax. Miss Les
lie Cameron contributed some good
dialect as Dame Quickly.
A farce satire on society ION the
sophisticated style of Oscar Wilde" was
well received curtain raiser. Miss
Anne Hopkins, Miss Lillian BRINE. Ma
son Wright, Frederick Michels and
Commander c. r. Jewell all had clever
lines and gave them with good express
sion.
The reverse of the programs an
nounced that the industrial department
of the Neighborhood House extends a
cordial invitation to friends of that in
stitution to attend an exhibition of
weaving, basketry and sewing at 111S
G street during February and March.