The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-28
ADJUSTMENTS
New Lyric.

Characters made almost, II not quit
household gods, by George AIDE mimi
ta6la college Widow" are given a tyri
setting and Q musical background Il
Leave II 20 Jane which opened al
engagement a. the New Lyric Mondal
nlsnt Leave Il 70 Jane" made hi
musical version as popular asIthe orig,
lnai production and ii bids air 10 out,
last is moro prosaic predecessor.
70 GeorSe AIDES scintillating lines Il
ADDED the alluTtng whimsical, fanciful
haunting music OF Jerome Kern. This
master q la~tter-day light opera doe,
hot use blsre Of trumpet or namboyani
melheds IN his appeal, He rather chooses
muted brass, sabdued reed and crying
grooming strings
The y Shines Brighter Is a good
aeM lke You Said Something Wher
lou said You Loved Me" and through.
out the score Is seen the touch Of q
hahd which does 0 work to appeal &c
2 ~sensuous, the top OF the house. hui
70 charm these who do Ike something
~ leaht q little akin 20 music, even
edy,
The same characters Of the small col
tege town are ~crystaiiixed In bold sill
houette In the musical version even to
a. better degree than was possible in
ihe College Widow" b,
49, So nav Jill malQ MS Principal Elw
1eaNor while attending Purdue univer-
stY. Lafayette, Ind, was 10 get his de-
gree and dodge all the higher mathe.
MATES he could. George got his degree
but he studied higher lessons In human
NE As well There are several overall
factories, q CascaFet plant and a match
factory IN the vicinity OF Lafayette and
Ads apparently rolled all the whim-
sfoalitieR Of the village varnp and hoy.
den Of the working class into one when
ne created the character OF Flora Wig
gins portrayed Monday night by 4
charming little woman, Mildred Miller.
While Mabel Jones as Jane Witherspoon
Is some beautiful child with a sllvery
voice, brilliant in the extreme and a
personality appealing enough to win any
all-Ameriean halfback. which she does
successfully, and although Jane, the
name part OF the show, Is the fat part,
YET Miss Mildred Miller really carried
off the honors. II Is a woman what
mas suffered she tells a society girl,
ana suffer she did. A college widow
herself, she pictures a character seen
IN every college town, in fact a uni
Versal American character and a mod
ern Miss Malaprop OF the boarding
house. Mildred is good to look upon
despite her nondescript makeups which
IN themselves are good examples of
AIDES burlesque on the weakness OF the
deadlier sex, The eccentric number
"G~leopatterer" in the first act pushes
Miss Miller into the favor OF the au.
dtence and her 'Tanguayan Tangles,"
rough and tumble antics, in the trio in
the last act turn the show over to her
when she performs. II Is not every wom-
hh-~even an actress who can stand to
have her hair down, her skirts thrown
up, sometimes almost over her mead
n stu survive the ordeal, win ap-
nlAltNh ana 49, Ia VHa 1890 a. Aa *.
suggestive In her work. Miss Miller ID
worth seeing many times,
Catherine Mulqueen as the athletic girl
Is not quite athletic enough In appear
ance, but what she lacks In physique
she makes up In charm ana pep. Her
scenes with Robert Jewett as Stub"
Talrnadge kept the action Of the play
moving. with a vim. Jewett, by the way,
is the hardest worker In the cast, and
easily carries off the honors. Anthony
Hughes as Billy Bolton, the star half
back, apparently was not in good voice
Monday night for In his duets with Miss
Jones the timbre of her voice made
1t difficult almost to tell whether or
not Hughes was singing at all.
Space VIII not permit mention of the
many other excellent DEMONSTRATIONS
of the play. The chorus is the best
seen here this season, though not large.
The play moves well. II reflects the
spirit Of youth, the spirit Of college
days, II is well worth seeing by any
one, 1t ls a cure for misanthropy, mis-
ogyny, kindred and allied Ills,
we Will not say much more about
Mabel Jones, the widow, or the story
Of the play, which Is too well known.
Mabel, Just the same, Ia d brilliant
actress. The audience wanted more OF
her siren song than she would sing
and the male portion thereof all fell
Just as hard for her as did Billy Boil.
ton, She has the lure Of the siren In
her throat, the charm OF u Diana in her
figure the light Of Venus In her eyes
and the appeal of all the other olym-
plans in her manner.
Crowded houses should and no doubt
viii greet Leave 1t to fame Tuesday,
matinee and night NED COURTNEY.