South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-20
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husband and wife. he has ambushed
himself against the departure of the
| former.
The French have a theory that
every woman likes to be made love
to. 1t is easy to understand that any
woman, whatever her nationality
would like to have Mr.. Warmers
kind Of love made 10 her.
The chief result Of the afternoon
tete-a-tete is that the wife agrees to
return to the bachelor apartment TO
spend an hour or so that evening.
She suspects that her husbands
"Argentinian" is in reality another
woman, and it is more with the idea
Of paying him off in mis- own coin
than for any other reason that she
agrees to the evening appointment.
Some more of the same sort of
lOve-making is so potent that the
lady falls in a faint, whereupon her
host prepares for her a draught
which he supposes to be aromatic
spirits of ammonia. They both take
a dose Of it and Immediately fall in
TO a deep and dreamless sleep. In
his confusion the lover has got hold
Of his sleeping medicine instead of
the heart stimulant.
The third act opens with the lady
asleep on a sofa, and her host
curled up in an armchair with the
electric lights blazing brightly and
Just a suggestion Of sunlight creeping
in through the drawn window shades.
One Of the funniest bits of comedy
Of the piece is furnished at this juno
ton by Arthur Lewis. who is cast as
Mr. Warmers valet Coming in and
falling 10 notice the other occupants
of the room he turns out the lights.
throws wide the curtains and foods
the apartment with sunlight
Suddenly he grasps the true situa-
ton and with equal suddenness he
draws the curtains and. on his way
out. snaps on the electric lights.
When the sleeping partners awak-
en- the lady is. Of course, overcome
with CONSERVATION and as they are
trying to discover a way out of her
dilemma. a ring at the bell an
nounces a visit from her husband.
In panic she darts into the bath
room leaving her companion in
misery to face the supposedly angry
husband. 1t develops that hubby is.
overcome with remore because he.
too. has been absent from home all
night and before Drawing the pres
ence of his indignant wife he wishes
TO take counsel from the English
man.
It is a simple matter to straighten
out the affair so that everybody is
satisfied, but as the final curtain de-
scends one thought intrudes upon the
consciousness of the average hus-
band i'm the audience:
No American wife. no matter how
deeply involved she had been her
self. would be satisfied with the
sIeni Ter explanation with which the
Frenchman is allowed to escape the
consequences of his own dereliction.
There is a new musical comedy at
the Shubert that promises 10 stay
on the boards of Broadway for at
least "A season. This is Sometime
the book Of which is by Rida John
son Young. with the musical num-
bers by Rudolph Friml.
There is not a great deal 10 the
play except some catchy song hits
and an understudy a cherished op-
portunity 20 displace the star and
win the plaudits OF the public. Also
there are a number Of young wom-
Ell who are pleasing 20 the sight.
Francine Larrimore plays the part
Of the understudy. and while her
singing voice leaves much 10 be de-
sirer. il must be admitted that she
gives a very pleasing performance a.
an times Ed Wynn is the flea
tured" comedian Of Sometime.
The musical score OF Sometime"