Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
ADJUSTMENTS
Belasco.

A cave man." sartoria1ly perfect In
New York, but with the conventional
ideas regarding woman and her place
In the world that obtained a quarter
OF century ago. arrives in the me-
tropolis from Kentucky and promptly
falls in love with one Of "the jazz band
set" The trials and tribulations Of
the cave man under these conditions
are unfolded in 1.-The Walk-Ons," a
new comedy by Frederic and Fanny
Hatton. produced by Oliver Morosco at
the Belasco Theater last night.
THE Walk-Offs" paints the lives and
activities Of the smart set" in colors
that disturb. Lines Of the play are
clever. sparkling at times and-per-
maps wicked" The company is adj
are clearly drawn. The audience
which filled the theater last night
laughed and applauded its way through
tne three acts In apparent enjoyment,
new extreme the play might CO.
The cave man, Robert Shirley Win
Ston. a Kentucky millionaire, brings a
breath of fresh air into the atmosphere
Edmonde Lowe plays the part with
PUNCH and vigor. Carroll McComas is
kathleen Rutherford. with whom the
cave nao man m. falls in love, Her attractive
clever acting, make Miss McComas an
IDEAL selection for the part of the sis
Yer OF an lmpecunious parasite. herself
compei!ed to live on the charity of her
slster,ln-laW and wealthy friends. but
retaining Withal sense of the real
values and a distaste for the life that
s SURROUNDS s., her Yet while willing to
Gldtlesse tnat life Miss Rutherford is
shirley Winston attack it and she un-
ueItaKes TO make him pay for his Gin
SUITS. She finds, however, that she
n nas IN met more than her match. In one
tne authors have turned to Shake
Speafe and his Tanning of the Shrew"
WITH W1hs5 a1md Plays 3 the modern Petruchio
Original and kathleen is as Irritating
as the old katherine.
1nere are others in the cast who
are worthy of particular praise.
Roberta Arnold, as the divorced wife
OF schuyler Rutherford, who cannot
i've without her recent husband, is
"a scream" She made a real person
AMY OF the part. Fania Marinoff, as
sonia orion, a model, who looks like
a child and talks Of free love, gave
an admirable bit of characterization.
Janet Travers Is Mrs. Alicia Elliott,
the correspondent in the Schuyler
seems no limit to her powers as a
vampire: Emmett shackleford. as
George Washington White, Winston's
olack boy" tells the story which
gives The Walk-Offs" its title, and
Fred L. Tiden is seen as Murran Van
Allan, a New York millionaire anxious
70 marry kathleen Rutherford He re-
talns the brute desires of the cave
man. but has none of the conventional
IDEAS OF the respect due women which
nave been handed down to the Ken
lucky Winston. Other parts are cap
ably taken by Frances Underwood,
Elmer ballard. Charles A. Stevenson
and William Roselle, who is seen as
Schuyler Rutherford. the inebriated,
irresponsible parasite,
me settings of the play are at
tract1ve. particularly the last scene,
when the curtain rises upon a roof
garden OF New York sky-scraper,
with the Hudson river in the back
ground. The characters appear in the
costumes they have worn to a fancy
dress ball. Sonia, the model, as Salome,
put minus six of the famous seven
wells, and Mrs. Rutherford in almost
equally diaphanous apparel