Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-10
ELIZABETH PATTERSON

ELIZABETH PATTERSON
RETURNS To WALKER COMPANY.
Elizabeth Patterson and Mammals Az
fair" is the happy combination that
Stuart Walker has prepared for his In
dianapolis stock audiences this week.
And that IT IS q happy combination. the
reception accorded Miss Patterson last
night wnen she made her first appear
ance this season az the Murat proved be-
yond the shadov, Of a doubt The ap-
plause that gre sted Miss Patterson was
lasting and sincere. 1t was several min
utes before 20 was allowed TO proceed
with her role and then only after she
had repeatedly bowed her acknowledge
ment Of the welcome.
Miss Patterson is known and loved in
Indianapolis for the unusual and enjoyable
characters that she has created In past
seasons with the Walker players. and in
Mammals Affair" she has just such
role as her audiences revel IN seeing her
play. 1t fits her peculiar talents like the
proverbial glove.
She is cast as the frail neurasthenio
mother, who wears out everybody with
whom she comes in contact. She is
selfish to the core, yet masquerades un-
der the cloak of love for her daughter,
her only child. She is egged on and
gularly enough, also has an only child,
only this child is a son. The two moth
ers have everything all arranged for
unon of the lambs-slaughter would be
better term, especially for the girl-as
the elimination of a life long" dream.
Their dream is rather rudely shattered,
but that would DO telling and also would
take the edge off the enjoyment for those
Of you who still have this weeks bill at
the Murat to see.
They travel in a cavalcsde, does this
mother and her daughter, and the other
mother and her son They land at a
hotel in the New England mountains,
and true to her ilk, the mother, played
by Miss Patterson, looks up the doctors
as the principal attraction. and when
the coctor comes in then begins the
tearing down of the life work of the
two mothers.
Oh. you'll enjoy it. There's no doubt
about that, for Miss Patterson endures
some Exquisite suffering" and her heart
is broken all over tho place, until there
is one final complete smash that seems
TO leave her perfectly happy and con-
tented at last At least, that is the i'm
preston this regular actress gets across
the footlights
Equally as warm a reception was ac-
corded that other satisfactory, actress,
Miss Judith Lowry, who also last night
made her first appearance of the present
season. She was perfectly cast In the
role of the lifelong friend, who egged on
and abetted the neurasthenic mother.
They worked perfectly together.
And the daughter. Regina wallace has
that role. Now Miss Wallace, If she
keeps up the pace that she set last week
and is setting this week, will become as
popular, we venture to state as any
player that Mr.. Walker has ever intro
duced to indianapolis.
The doctor? In the hands Of George
Gaul he left nothing to be desired. If
more doctors would prescribe as he does
there would not be so many uratsthenic
women to clutter up this old world Of
ours, and, perhaps, some of the medical
colleges would be turned into agricultural
institutes, or could be utilized In help
ing to solve the housing shortage.
There is a rather disagreeable role in
Mammals Affair" That is, it's disagree
able from the players viewpoint, but at
fords those on this side no end OF
amusement. 1t was very capably played
by Robert McGroarty.
Did you ever see a gray haired Cupid ?
Well, there's one in Mammals Affair"
in the person Of Julia Mcmahon. And,
by the way. this week marks her 1921
bow to Indianapolis. Remembrances OF
her work of last year brought her good
hand when she stepped out in her part.
She's the doctors housekeeper, and many
of the bright lines in the play lose moth
ing as she delivered them
The busy bell-hop completes the cast
John Wray does that. Enough said.
Mammals Affair" is bright and enter
tanning all the way through. And 1t will
be at the Eurat all this week, with the