Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-02
NATIONAL-"The Night Boat"

When a show has the run of THE
Night Boat" in New York. and cap
tivates an audience on it's first pres
entation in Washington. the natural
inference is that. if not good, it has
elements much out of the ordinary
in the way of enjoyable entertainment
and is well worth paying money to
see. Charles Dillingham;, who brings
the production here, has had wide
ing shows of it's type. and THE Night
Boat" is far from being a sad excep-
tion to the rule.
1t isn't melodrama. 1t isn't high
brow stuff" as the cultured young
habitue of the theater would say, if
it were taxing in intellectually. 1t
isn't romance and the prospective
purchaser of tickets to see it may rest
assured it is not tragedy. 1t is q
merry, bewildering. fascinating romp
of comedy in all it's phases; Of fem
mime beauty in all its types, both
adorned end minus; of music that one
finds ones self moaning, humming, or
whistling long after the performance
is over; production OF scenic beauty
and colorful costumes that defy de-
scription, with the rainbow tints WOW
en- into every phase of it's existence
with an artistic cleverness that
strikes even the uncultivated eye. 1t
Z
is, Go see it, if you can
There Is even d plot which concerns
a young married man who, ostensibly
to escape an unsympathetic mother
in-law. pretends he is the captain of
THE Night Boat" plying between the
metropolis and Albany. AS a matter
of fact, the young mans interest has
been platonically aroused in two
charming young women and their
40 hot a fo al
until the night boat is caught in u
collision and the real captain, a Draw
Scottish towering mass of humanity.
appears on the scene. Even with all
this plot nothing is treated seriously.
Before the night boat starts there is
much to laugh at and more to admire.
While it is on it's way the comedy ac-
cumulates-and the laughter, as well
as the charm. And after the boat
reaches her destination the cause
for laughter is intensified and the
charm begins to wane for a final cur
tain.
The outstanding joy and the chief
setting in the charm of the show is
Enthusiastically Louise iGroody. whose
accomplishments defy recounting. If
she isn't a star, she will be, and that
very soon Her middle name Is grace.
to use classic of the vernacular.
and she has way OF ner own III
being coy, in letting fy-more YER
nacular-and smiling and dancing her
way into a hurricane of handclapplng
and masculine delight. when she SO
elects. that has to be seen to be APP
preciated.
Stella Hoban, too, Is an outstanding
face. figure and singer. especially In
her Left All Alone Again Blues" one
likes to remember. Besides these.
Lillian Kemble Cooper and Lydia
Scott and Jean Fleming and a be-
wildering dream Of pretty lassies In
blue, in Scottish plaid. in filmy gowns
and lace stockings and In costumes
that even gown importer couldn't
describe. not to forget. by any means.
a sextet of plot demonstrators" as
the program calls them. who never
came upon or left the stage without
hurricane of applause, are delight
full features.
Wellington Cross. John Scanneli.
John Z. Hazard. Ernest Terrence.
Hansford Wilson. the acrobatio stew
ard of the boat, and. right out In the
forefront of them all. the irresisti-
BILE Ada Lewis constitute a corps of
funmakers that make one forget the
price of admission and regard the war
| tax as d paitry insiEnificance,
Space forbids more-but this sure
| ~ is enough to indicate that THE
Night Boat" Is pleasant entertain