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Show oo "Nightie Niqht" Cleanest and Best Acted Farce of Present Season "By far the c)o crest cleanest and best acted farce seen In "'gden this ea r ' That seemed the general erdlct of the playgoen who were fortunate enough to bi- at tho Orphcum theatre last night when ' Nightie Night" was presented There arc eight characters In the play and each was played by a finished actor And there was not a dull moment mo-ment in (he three acta and the prologue pro-logue It was plot of a thousand angles. There was the husband with a past which Ih still a source of trouble be cause of his Jealous little wife. There Is the octree with whom he formerly was In love, the sister who plays on the wife's Jealousies and Keeps the brother In hot water. And there the su rn sweetheari who hats Just married the actress, not knowing she i mimij: '. Bfli Hps siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH was an actress and not knowing that I the actress nnd the husband formerly i wore real friendly They all manage to get mixed up In the same apartment, with a brother thrown in for good measure and the fun becomes riotous, Harry' O Stubbs plays the part of ; the hubby In such wplendid fashion , that the audience actually feels sorry for hlm as one thing happens after an-1 other to keep him In hot water Thelma White, was Mollle Moffat, 1 1 the Jealous, suspicious and often lrn- tating wife. It would be hard to figure fig-ure how the part could have been' better played. Kirnan King was the I actress hvhe met all requirements and wore lingerie to good advantage. .M iVj Waueman made a splendid Jimmy' Blythe, the sweetheart, stern and virtuous. vir-tuous. Then there was Harold Hut-i chlnson. who took the part of the Wife s brother and gae a first clas3 Interpretation of the role Allie Lowe was Ernestine Dare, the husbands sis -: tor Her work was of a high order. i |