The Washington times., 1920-01-13
CHE VAH
Picture this, dear theatergoer:

Picture this, dear theatergoer:
A cast, consisting OF such actors
a. Robert Edeson, Amelia Bingham.
Effis Shannon. Katherine Kaelred.
Ida st. Leon. George LIE Guers AMI
the amusing Little Billy. presenting
a play which has for its story:
Eve Orrin. q girl In her teens. rem
dered a nervous wreck by a mother
who imagines that SHE 10 a nervous
wreck. suffers a complete breakdown
at q Massachusetts country hotel. She
has been taken there by her mother
and by the mother of her fiance. both
of whom. having grown up In the mt
tie New England town. decide that
their children should be married.
there. Eve doesn't really love Hem
ry-(that's his nsme). She's merely
been quietly buildozed into maj ~
ing him. After seeing him, we won
der how she ever consented In the
first place.
DR.. Jansen, called In to minister
to Mrs. Orrin, instead takes command
of Ewes case, and prescribes COM
plete rest for her, In the meantime
usins brutal common sense on her
mother, who isn't a bit Ill at all.
Eve 10 removed from the two mothers
and her nance. and is allowed to see
no one but tho doctor and per-
fectly practical nurse.
or course, Eve grows well, and OF
course, she falls in love with DR..
Jansen.
Well, dear reader, you know that
In the end Eve throws Henry over
and marries the doctor, but how 1t
all comes about despite-or perhaps
because of-Henry and the two
mothers makes a play that Is dif-
ferent from the ordinary run. and
as thoroughly amusing and as enter
tanning as II is different.
Justice cannot even commence to
be done to the sparkling briliiance
of the situation and the lines In
such a violently skeletoni1ed resume
of the plot as has just been given.
But the brilliance IL there-it kept
last nights audience In a continuous
chuckIe throughout three well-done
,cts last night. And the end Of each
act saw q situation that was cxcep-
.ionally sure-fire in it's effect There
was a surprise at the end or act
one, a roaring laugh at the end oil
act two, and a nice sweet love scene
1t the end OF act three. There wcren't
any more acts.
OF course, one can imagine thai
such a cast az enumerated can dc
things we'll. They do this play ex'
ceptionally we'll The mothers are
played by Misses Shannon and kaelred
in a spirit of exaggeration thai
makes the characters paradoxicall!
true to life. Edeson as the doctor
gives a more convincing portraya
than any other OF his roEs during
the past two years has permitted
Ida ST. Leon as the girl Is charming
and rises to the exacting demands
of her role in a thoroughly salts
flying maner. Amelia Bingham makes
a lovable nurse, while George LIE
Guere is a ludicrous Henry.
And that brings us to Little Bill,
last. but NOT least. You see, Lit
tie Billy's a midget, who plays q
kid bell hop with a sense Of comedy
values that is unerring. He's go
a lot Of clever lines. and he make.
the most of them.
Well, there you are. Rachel Bar
ton Butler, of Harvard, has writer
a real comedy. She's written sew
eral others, we understand, also tt
be produced very soon. II they'r,
as good as this one, they won't fai
to delight.
Mammals Affairs" is one of tn,
most delightful and amusing play!
that's hit Washington this season