The Washington times., 1921-02-06
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drama by David Arnold Baich. viii
be presented by the Messrs. shubert
at the shubert- -Bslasco Thsatsr TO-
morrow night. The cast Is An ex-
&C client one. including olive Tel. Tom
Powers, Edith King, James sseiey
Sylvia Field. Leonard Doyle. Marie
l. Day. Cyrus Wood. Harry Hama
iaipsn. and Harry Humphrey,
The story of the play 10 this; EI-
mer stubbs, an ex-soidier OF the A. u.
H., returns from France brinsing
with him a French bride. The mem
bers of his family, a Vermont family
OF the soil, are not too enthusiast G
about her. First, she is foreigner
person they do not understand.
therefore look upon with suspicion;
and secondly. she Is OF dinerent re-
| ligion.
But the little French girls naive
simplicity and charm. and her helping
them out Of nnancial difficulties. com
pletely win them over at last. and
they are all well on the way 70 faii
as deeply in love with her as Elmer
| when Earl Watkins, q friend OF the
young husband and also an ex-mem-
ber OF the A. Il. #. calls at the Stubbs
home.
| 1t is Sunday. the family is at
church, and he Is admitted to the
house by Marcelle, the bride. He at
once recognized her as "Cognac. q
girl notorious In the cafe life OF
Bordeaux, whose brandy drinking
propensities have earned her nick
name. He Immediately makes ad-
vances to her. and when she repulses
him and begs that he will respect her
love for her husband, he attacks her.
She defends herself by threatening
| to blow him up with a Mills bomb
Elmer has brought home with him.
Enraged. he spreads her III fame
abroad, and, OF course, II comes to
the ears of her husband and ms
family.
In the depth Of his rage and despair
Elmer casts her OF. and orders her TO
| return to her companions in Bordeaux.
| Why he cannot cast her on. and why
! his love eventually gets the upper
hand of his outraged pride. make one
of the most gripping and romantic
stories seen on Broadway for long
while-and II must be left to the
play to tell.
Miss Olive Tell, who is playing
the leading role in "Cognac. was
prompted to enter upon profess
sional career because of her natural
born talent and ability for theatri-
cal work.
Miss Tell is descended from a long
line of theatrical entertainers. Her
grandfather and grandmother were
both professionals, and when her father
was young man he followed the
stage for several years before go
ing into business for himself. Miss
Tell was born in New York city. but
when she was quite. young her
parents sent her and her sister Alma
to England for education. She at
tended schools in London with her
sister, and later both young girls
went to ireland where their grand :
father has a large estate, known as
Castle Strange The estate is few
miles from Dubiin, where the sisters
attended school.
| 1t is hardly necessary for Olive
Tell to adnii! her Irish ancestry.
Tell, by the way is not the family
name, but one early adopted for
professional reasons. There is a
CLINT of Irish wit in her depe blue
eyes, and a naive Irish wit which 10
readily discernible.
1t did not take Olive and Alma Tell
long to tire OF the quiet life on the
farm of their grandparents. SO they
decided to return to America. New
York was like new country to Olive.
1t was like opening a page of her ia
yorite fairy tale. Elocution had been
one of her studies while living near
Dublin. and when her friends in New
York heard her recite they at once
advised a theatrical career.
After much delay. Miss Tell Joined
class at the Academy of Dramatic
Arts, where she progressed so rapidly
; that her future success was assured.
| cfa ~ pt in
stock, in which she played second
parts and leads. Then she was given
a part in "The Marriage Game" on tho
road and later appeared with Julian
Eltinge in Cousin Lucy" with Rob
! ert Edeson in Husband and wife,
and with Lou Teliegen in "A King OF
Nowhere" She played stock en-.
! gagement in Rochester, N. Y, and re-
turned to New York last season to