Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-19

The expression "Nightie Night is the
ancient salutation, Good Night, Dear"
with the whiskers off and which is used
by some mOderns instead of the aged
and more sedate invitation for one to
depart.
In other words this expression "Nightie
Night has been given as the name for
a rapid series of complications in q
farce. In seeing "Nightie Night" at the
Murat last night, l could not help but
feel that in couple Of years the good
night expression will be "Pajama-
PaJama," or something like that. We
certainly are travelling fast these days
and this farce moves along at a deli
ciously rapid pace.
"Nightie Night might be called
"Pajama Pajama" because the leader of
all the mixup in the farce appears most
of the time in pajamas over which is a
bed comfort. Of course during the
usual chase from room to room, the COM
Fort is dropped.
The farce may properly be defined as
naughty" but nice, with the naughty
being used in the misc hievous sense as
this play will not corrupt your morals
nor will it induce you to read Ibsen.
This play is to make you laugh and it
does 1t about 1fty-nine minutes out OF
every sixty.
The story concerns Billy Moffat and
his young bride, Mollie, who is very
jealous of her Billy, because hubby.
prior to his marriage, had an Innocent
affair" with an actress by the name Of
Trixie Lorraine. Billy can't tell the
truth. The play starts on a Pullman car.
Billy Is returning from Washington to
New York and he runs onto Trixie, who
tells him that she has married Jimmie
Blythe and that her husband had left
her three hours after the wedding be-
cause she did not tell him until after the
ceremony that she had previously been
married. or course the poor dear could
not tell him that she also was the mother
Of son by her former husband.
So Trixie persuades BlIIy to help her
regain Jimmie and Jimmie turns out
to be a friend Of Billy. Trixies watch
falls to the floor of the car and the
crystal breaks. The watch goes into
BilIy's pocket. Billy arrives home. Wife
finds watch Wow. The fun starts jim
ME arrives for sympathy. After Moffat
had lied his way out about the watch,
the Moftats decide to rent their apart
ment and 60 to California. A third party
who rents the apartment Of course sub
let's 1t to Trixie.
The actress arrives and sends out her
only gown to be cleaned. All the poor
dear has to wear is a nightie effect, which
Is really pajamas. Mollie discovers
Trixie in Billy's arms Jimmie arrives
and the talkative sister of Billy's also
lands on the scene. Then the mixup
starts in earnest and laughs are handed
out as the pajama clad actress tries to
escape from Mollie and Jimmie. or course
II Is also explained in the kitchen In the
last act and everybody is happy.
II "Nightie Night does nothing but
make you laugh, you are bound to be
grateful to the producer OF casting Olive
Shelley as Trixie Lorraine, the actress,
who wears the pajamas Miss Shelley
IS a good actress and must be a happy
person. as she goes through some terrible
ordeals. such as rolling mp in rug.
jumping into a tub and allowing pots
and pans to fan on her IA a pantry. This
play is really Miss Shelleys triumph.
The remainder Of the cast is generally
adequate in putting over the scenes and
includes Bruce Elmore as Billy MoRat,
Sidney Dudley as Or. Bentley; Lucille
Wall as Ernestine Dare; Emma Cunning
ham as Mollie Moffat George Pierpont
as Philip Burton; Ruby Craven as Norah
the maid, and Reynolds Evans as Jimmie
Blythe. One must get accustomed to
some OF the facial expressions produced
by Mr.. Gilmore at Billy, but he obtained
the laughs last night.