Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-03
C. AT THE
THEATERS
n MAHA extended a cordial
Jgreeting to Henry Miller, Ruth
~ Chatterton and their select COM

n MAHA extended a cordial
| Jgreeting to Henry Miller, Ruth
~ Chatterton and their select COM
pany of associates at the Brandeis
theater last night when "A Marriage
of Convenience" was offered in all
of its picturesque costumes and its
bright and epigrammatic lines.
This fouract comedy by Alex
ander Dumas, and adapted by Sgd
ney Grundy, has a charm which
takes firm hold of the auditor and
carries him on from scene to scene
with its scintillating dialogue. The
humor is as delicate as the costumes
which Miss Chatterton wears of the
period of 1850. The story does not
tax the mental processes, and yet
there is enough of plot to hold the
interest until the end, when the
Comtesse De Candale discovers that
she loves her husband, the comte.
Mr.. Miller, as the Comte De Can
dale, offers an artistic Interpretation
of the male sartorial rehnements of
will 60 long ways for a friend, but
who meets an impasse when he en-
counters ridicule even from a friend
In brocades and silks and the rest
fthe male sartorial refnements of
the days of Louis XIV, this eminent
actor is himself a picture. Miss
Chatterton is the real comtesse of
the young woman's day dreams. She
is dainty and pretty and is the ad
mired of all who have the privilege
of seeing her in this series Of cos
tunes which she wears.
The use of one scene for the four
acts of the play sustains Mr.. Mil
ler's contention that scenery does
not make the play. The subtle
humor of this comedy is enough to
justify itself to the discriminating
attendant. The story reveals to
people of this day and age that hui
man nature was not much different
in the year 1850 A. D., and that
when Louis XIV was holding down
the throne there were eternal TRAN
giles and quadrangles, and woman
even then was not mistress of her
own heart. There is no attempt at
any time in this delightful comedy
to force the action for mere dramat-
ic effect.
Lucille Watson won deserved ap-
probation for her clever acting in
the role of Marion who is counselor
and maid to the comte. More versed
in the ways of the world and of the
ways of men, she teaches the comte
a few lessons in the art of flirting.
She tells her mistress that flirting
is the art of making a man love you
and then of getting rid Of him when
you are tired of him.
Charles Trowbridge, as Chevalier
De Valclos has nice conception of
the temperament of a man who loves
young woman who has married
for convenience as in the case of the
comtesse. The chevalier maintains
proprietary interest in the COM
tesse and when the right time ar
rives he gracefully retires from the
scene. The comte, 4 man who has
had an affair with a marquisette,
four times married and once a wild
ow, comes to the realization that
he loves his wife who tried the
never failing ruse of jealousy.
David Glassford made an excellent
general. The play may be accepted
as an artistic triumph and it was so
received by a crowded house last
night. Matinee and evening per-
formances today will close the pres
en-. engagement.
The Florida Four, colored quartet
appearing at the Empress theater,
are creating a veritable riot with
their harmony singing and comedy.
The oriental dancing number by
Emma Francis and her Arabs fur
nishes exceptional entertainment.