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Show ITOR'S FUND DAT IS FAILURE if $12,000 Realized; $150,000 Was Expected j yiNEES "POORLY PATRONIZED irnal Factional Troubles Contribute to Non-success Non-success of Charity Plan; Several Houses Withdraw From Agreement. By Vanderheyden Fyles iNt-a- York. April 2. ISH. iCHOOL FOR SCANDAI.." Th ceriM from A Irlr'1'' rhtfrldan" comelj. WalliiPk's r Tr - Crril Maude Surfer- ShPlloy Hull 'urf"' .Moiiinnuo Ixv Mile Marsrrj .Mwdc UMMV A comedy In Jour ajt. bj Har-. Har-. O'Hlpftlns anrt Harriet TorTi. Jlnlnn shr- . Arthur E. Hon I orati John K. Wheslor BabhlnR Joseph Brcnnan Cook Krnrat True . 'bull Merodllli I'rank Connor ll rfiHart IMwnrd Kills , koRhan In"pli Tunhy ,v rTSlmonnon .....Charles Mrloti fl . . Nicholas Judela ti 'iMrrrdllh Edith Shnyno ?t JMorcrillh loyre fair marl Ada Dwyor tf fttflBAlTV SHOP" A musifAl contwly In " iTtrif Hook and lyilcn by ChannlilK Pol- P find KnnoIit Wolf. Mulu by Charlw J. h: pal; A-tor tlicnlor. i (Klia.p Harry Hnrnwen Jl' arnla Jorph Herbert. 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Goodricli nKlybiiiu Jonoii Crotby Maynnrd Baf court O.iw.tld Ioxtur fll'crlcr N'cll l-Mgcrlon fri'Voo(Ulo(.k riAiicen MuGralh I'iMSliaeklctoii Cecil Kern II) CANARY" A musical comedy by Will lono and William Lo Barou. Music by Jrlob. Lyric theater. Speed . . . . .V.'.V.V.V.V.V. V.'.V.PhlV Rylcy onnol Nil McKay pjolin T. Roy Barnes Trevlllo - David Rcmo Adclu Rowland t, . , Ida AVntennau ner Nltn Allen . Iella Jlushes UTII"-A comedy la four acts, by Clyde Utile theater. Sydnoy Bootli , Ferdinand GotUcbalk ., Conway Tciirlu Monol Hoenrth Gulhrlo MrCllntlfilc rder Gracu George ou Iaabol In'liiR er Kauny Harti plKtiy cldn. Scars tfisappolntlng to expect $150.-aiul $150.-aiul cot n bare ? 12.000. That ui what happened on the llrst al Actors fund day. The Idea ''. Jto Het auldfc one day each year ' , in all the theuters In New York, .' ton, Philadelphia and Chicago nji Id give a matinee of its current "land donate the gross roceipta L. tie very worthy charity that plains a comfortable, attntctlve jrft ie for aged or Infirm actors on ct2(t ;en island, in New York harbor. ? ;as thought, and reasonably. Unit. a money would tab made In this lt--- ;tlmn tt a single all-star "mon-? "mon-? 'ii hencllt in the largest theater JC? ttach clt. which has been the jj'ks hod of previous years. Some of cmj Sfallutrt was due to an Internal rt 'rel between the rival managerial t; Ions. The Shuberts and Wlnthrop R. , under the leadership of Wll-ff0, Wll-ff0, il A. Brady, withdrew from the Urtlj imc about a week before the day it,o S?tnd that meant a great loss. , is people declared their action was (V- fto a feollng that the scheme t'ked too much of personal ag-Idlzemtnt ag-Idlzemtnt of A I.. Erlanger, wlio ePj jii fait, conceived It, and whoso .ern, with those of Cohan & -rill Cls, were Hie leading ones to itW th(' i(lea 10 a '5Uly. But Ihcrn !if J(? whisper lloatlng about that a iPlP"1 reason v;ts the fear of BV ,, miners 'hit businena would or? Bid which would put their en-1'kK en-1'kK Innic-nts on reord as playing to Sirii t: receipts. Inasmuch as the clr-itantrs clr-itantrs made It sure the box of-ntic of-ntic tatiiients would become public. P1,. y c.tMe. tills aiiprchension came .14 V Y Take "A Pair of Sixes" and 0li' mrcl Aiiglln's revival of "Iidy u'i lorun'ie's as instances, bc- i" lltcre Is no question that both -. jrj jjajlng to vcrv large business at TuiiJ '""'"'O-nces and "capacity" at 'i Yot In both cases ho few peo-lil? peo-lil? onnw to purchase seats for the i&p, ' natinocs that the pcrform-i90 pcrform-i90 Hiio called off. Clearly. New ' i,e's cannot bt drawn Into the un-W.u un-W.u J, thing of going to u matinee on iV ntilch- alt muted by an ox-t ox-t & kllniirv indiicenicnl. It is slg-(0r slg-(0r UPV thi.t the female burlesque lul l ul'lil give dally matinee?. "iUJ nbiHctl larger receipts than any VJ tS"e o( l,lc otlcr fourtuon tlic- bCJ I ffi: rK bl?;:(,sl takings of the day '..I V'-V il1 WnMnck's. because Cvrll flC ''"''""ingod a special and at-i.&Zi at-i.&Zi vx? of "ovcltk-s, intnead of , ' iC'irront programme, as at tin- t),cnlV1"'' nftccu hundred dW- I -lf'i' thore. the nudlenc; . -i Vj ' laigelv made up of actors. One it55 cse w.-i- .Margaret AngUn. who ' .jtjr as the reason for calling off her P'oi ll.o fact that Marge'rv 1 r m w,, l'111 Ldy U'lnderriiere. 1 K ."c 10 :irl L(lv Teazle In her i ii i'B nrtftinmcnt. David , Be- ' ,rw3 7'. as i'ooii for with- ! tf.d !Hc."."uI '''cl" (he fact that , tl ;ca otnrrp health would not per-iSt per-iSt US1 i1,0 Blvc )x Performances in I lUl 8UWH5-'n ns two a day on ' rrdaysru,n,V,np' H'oiiKli until I c5l recently ,MIs .Starr plnvod two- ' tti rVS'o'l! the y-nr round, when her d r fwecic probably looked more wcl- Ifo her than her $500 now. How- : LuIr- RfJ'''fio promised a lati-r ' Pnn,.uT for. thv d Miss iir' iBf 1,1 '',' '-'nvk for ?r,0. Mr. Kr- '9 r-bought a scat In his Now Am-be Am-be WIi theater for ?f,0U: and Bijou TdVi w' ,u,,'p'""oiin of her lime Ibor, oorrallod enough attnu-ttvc S! i1.0 Pc1 .''owc-iii and pro- J . 1W r 1 filie "welled llio laklngH bv , i pe- , n2MJ,d?1,K,,,r,"1- Th" "" niBrei-JMllng niBrei-JMllng about the groat .miccom 1 "iB' iom,KCO,n-' nm"y ""jr i-b.i,- ntf "JmS, 'J?1' '',:.",CH this, ill purl. ZZm'lr ' ""' Ehmp.M-s or , 1lQm9H ll,H ,,1UKt l'"Piilar rob-', in I the case of an actor so versatile, it w.-ix to be expected ho would choose three pari of, widely di.-fclmll.ir character; char-acter; and he did. .Laurelie Taylor who .sat in.n box. Isn't any more vr-i vr-i Miiile herself; and ll Is no disparagement disparage-ment of her art to say that she could not be a ragged Thames embankment tramp, an Indolent, shy. sap-headed young nobleman and a crusty old gentleman gen-tleman of the eighteenth renturv so successfully. O DDLV '-'"ough. the two modern PIk.vs brought forward bv the i-.ngiisli actor, one entirolv new hero una the other little kr.oivn. were bj Americans. The first ,as "The Particle Par-ticle let- Pet." which Edward Knoblauch Knob-lauch wrote several years before Kismet and "MllesioneF" made him a dramatist to be reckoned with. His work has made him a rich man now but he flirted with the drama ner.rly seventeen venrs before achieving achiev-ing jiny nosltlve success, getting adaptations adap-tations from foreign pieces on the, stage occasionally, and acting as plav-rendor plav-rendor or Lena Ash well. The "Pet" piece Is one of these adaptations, being "L'Aslle de Nujt." bv Max Maury But Mr. Knoblauch and. Mr .Maude, who first produced It al his London theater In l!0i. have made -It ihorouglily ICngllsh: nnv. more cockney. cock-ney. H is only one act Jong, and is nothing more than a character sketch for the actor. But how delightfully Mr. Maude fills it In. He In a dlrtv. ragged turnip from the Embankment, who scuffles In for a night's lodging at a "casual ward." His hoarse tones are very humble. But, lo and behold, he is receivi-d almost like a prince. He never finds out why; but we know that Hie superintendent mistakes him for a reporter In disguise, having heard that "one of Ihose newspaper chaps ' proposes '"writing up" the Institution In-stitution from the "Inside." And how gorgeously funny the loafer's dismay Is! Then, too, .Mr. Maude Introduces enough of his own personality to make the bum somehow winning, so wc are glad that he does not wake up to the cold facts, at least, so far as the play Informs us. I'qt It ends with the tramp turning his dirty, unshaven face toward the audience and exclaiming exclaim-ing ".Vow, who's the partlck'ler -pet.?" There Is nothing in the world In common between the grimv Albert Edward Tutt and Lord Meadows except, ex-cept, perhaps, their laziness. "Toddles "Tod-dles ' was very successful In inrinn when Mr. Maude produced It there In 1907, but It failed when shown here the following sea-son. That was in no way surprising to anyone except, perhaps, the manager, who had the bad Judgment to think John Barry-more Barry-more could fill the placo of Cvrll Maude. Mr. Barrymorc has learned much about acting since: but at that time his resources wero very limited, and "Toddles" Is at best a flimsy farce that can be carried through onlv by a comedian of authority, experience experi-ence and Invention. The late Clyde Fitch took It. from a French source At the matinee the other day, Mr. Maude gave only the second act. It Is the morning of young Lord Mead-ows's Mead-ows's wedding day. He is not at all happy about It. Indeed, he cannot bring himself to get out of bed and face tire day. All through the act he slouches about the room In pajamas. Erankly. the costume is not so' becoming be-coming to Mr. Maude as to Blllio Burke Meadows is a shy and indecisive inde-cisive young sap-head. He doesn't know whether he wants to marrv or not. J lis family and his creditors, however, are very sure they want him lo. So they and his best man Iry every means to get him out. of bed. Into his clothes and off to the ceremony. cere-mony. But the lordllng. while by no means shrowd. has all tho stlck-to-itness of the mollusk. Every effITt finds him finally back In bed. usually with his head drawn down under the bedding. Finally a former "affinity" turns up, the only person of his way of thinking about Ida marriage. But . she does not know of his reluctancy. In fact she steals his clothes. Which sends Lord Meadows back to bed wllh a jovous bound; for he "can't be married today'" HPHE historic walls of Wallack's A must have been delighted to hear the words of the "School for Scandal" once again. Shades of Lester W"al-lack W"al-lack and John Gilbert not to mention men-tion Rose Coghlan. who Is the most robust Shade on deck. A1ien "Tho School for Scandal" was revived at the New theater, some loyal old-timers old-timers could not see whv Miss Coghlan should not reappear" as tho youthful Lady Teazle. And It was adding Insult to Injury when she was cast for Mrs. Candour, a. part Identified Identi-fied with such dowagers as tho late Mrs. G. II. Gilbert and Madame Ponisi. Grace George was the Lady Teazle, with Annie Russoll succeeding succeed-ing her after a few weeks. "With Miss Russell's advent, it was said hut, of course, it couldn't have been aUE?ifrwSri)riinn SYCIS' A tlurmius 8cene iu "Tho DruB Terror," an exclusive six-part photodraiua at the Utah theater, true; in any case, don't say I told you that Miss Coghlan took great offense. "I consented lo play Mrs." Candour when Miss George was the Lady Teazle," she said, according to a gossipy, malicious bird; "but I nover expected a Lady Teazle as old ns myself." my-self." If Miss Coghlan made such a remark re-mark (observe the "if"), her turn came when she said to Thais Law-Ion, Law-Ion, the Lady Snecrwell of the same revival; "Of course, 1 have been recognized as the groalest comedienne comedi-enne of the century!" To which Miss Lawton gave back, demurely: "Which century, Miss Coghlan?" Mr. Maude and 'his company gave three scenes from the Sheridan comedy, com-edy, the two from the second act In which Sir Peter and his lady "make up" only to fall to quarreling all over again, and the famous "screen scene." They only served to whet one's appetite appe-tite for Mr. Maude's crusty, kindlv. doting old Sir Polcr In full. Montaguo Love, of his "Grumpy" company, who . has made so good an Impression on his llrst visit to America that David BeIa3co lias engaged him to return next yoftr for the more important position of leading man with Frances Starr, was an admirable Joseph Surface; Sur-face; and Shelley Hull, 'Tent1' for the occasion by Blilic Bnrko the Bride, was a spirited and handsome Charles. Margery Maude appeared as Lady Teazle. She Is a very pretty young woman. 11 is sincerely to be hopod that she soon marries a very wealthy, In every way worthy, man who Is firmly opposed to having his wife on the stage. No small pari of the mallnee's success suc-cess was due to the appearance of Cecilia Loftus In some imitations. In addition to the sheer delight they gave us, they reminded us once more that as a mimic she stands as far above all others as the Statue of Liberty Lib-erty Is above the waters that lap the shores of Bcdloes island. Desdemona is forgiven. Tr OT May 1, but Easter Monday -t-" proved to be moving day In the theaters. In addition to four now plays. Maude Adams revived the ever-welcomo ever-welcomo "Peter Pan" for a series of matinees, cabling a "dare" to .1. M. Barrie to como across the Atlantic for a peep at one of them-, and four established successes moved to other theaters lo extend their New York runs, having been turned out of their earlier homes by previous bookings, these favored entertainments being "Seven Keys to Baldpate," current on Broadway since lasL August, tho operetta oper-etta "Sari," the ridiculous but vastly popular "Omar tho Tentmaker," which started at tho Lyric theater, moved to the Booth, returned to the Lyric, ran up to Harlem for Eastor week and goes to the Manhattan opera houRo tomorrow, and Margarot Anglln's delightful revival of "Lady Windermere's Fan." which was made for only a fortnight hut surely will "The Lion and the Mouse," Charles Klein's Greatest Dramatic Success, to Be Presented at the American Theater, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. j Scene from ' Tho Lion and tho Mo use. ' bo playing to big houses until summer. sum-mer. Harriet Ford and Harvey .1. O'HIg-glns, O'HIg-glns, who gave the public exactly what It wants In "The Argyle Case." have hit It again in "The Dummy."-and Dummy."-and hil il hard. The new detective comedy will enjoy a long run because It combines A, B, C sentiment and humor that any goat could understand, under-stand, with mystery and suspense. The little daughter of a couple on the verge of divorce is kidnaped. Each thinks the other has spirited her away; but Hie fact is she has been stolen by an organized gang. So detectives de-tectives are called in. They employ a New York messenger boy, the dummy, dum-my, who pretends to be deaf and dumb and contrives to be seized bv tho same gang of abductors. There you have II! Sprinkle this sentimental sentimen-tal and heroic concoction with an unlimited un-limited Jot of New York slanjj and "humor" and simply stand aside ajid watch the crowds come In. The piece Is done at tho Hudson theater, and Mrs. Henry B. Harris can merely stand at the door for months to come, quietly knit, and sing, "I Jove tlie cow's a rfd "'Chickens, but this is the life!" T DON'T believe a trio of such rare and racy humorists as Raymond Hitchcock, Rennold Wolf and Chan-nlng Chan-nlng Pollock could fall to be funnv If they tried their darndest. In "The Beauty hop" the authors have stuffed the role of Dr. Budd us full of comic, witty lines as a Christmas turkey is of chestnuts, but not one wheeze Is a chestnut. And no actor In musical comedy today can get more out of a line than Hitchcock. Ho Is a genius for putting over points. Dr Budd conducts a beauty parlor, where business is brisk because, as he points out, "most women would rather rath-er own to a double life than a double dou-ble chin." Tho only trouble is that his customers forget to pay. So, of course. Budd himself can't pav, which brings a horde of creditors down on hlni. But the "skin doctor," as thoy unkindly call Jilm, shuts them up In the sleamroom; whereupon he has some, peace for singing and the tango. The music of "The Boautv Shop" Is not its best element, but there are some agreeable, jingly tunes and at least one song lor "Illtchy" that is a treat in Itself "All Dressed Up and No Placo to Go." The first act, In the beauty parlor, par-lor, ends with all the characters off to Corsica. Budd has received word of the death of a rich relative and Ills creditors urgo him ably seconded second-ed by a lusty chorus to go after the tortuno, not' deeming it necessary neces-sary to mention the manner of the uncle's taking off. &o peacoful Dr. Budd arrives at tho Corslean inn entirely unaware that ho has inherited in-herited a furious family feud. To end It he quaklngly consents to wed into the family of his uncle's enemies, trustingly, even bllthcsomely. engaging engag-ing himself to "the fairest flower of Corsica" on her relatives' bare word.' His own words, when he finally sees the "fairest flower" are "a poison ivy! Furthermore, the chief of Ills enemies Is himself in love with the. overripe 'maiden. So Arbutus Budd sees that he will be shot if he marries mar-ries her and shot If he doesn't. Then, too. there is the oily undertalcer, who licks his chops at the prospect of a boom In business. He makes Budd feel that instead of a Corslean Inn ho had got into "tho Planters' hotel!" But his skill as a beautlfler comes to his assistance: he transforms the f. f. of Corsica Into a not unsightly woman, and hands her over to his rival, starts back for New York lo a lively "Wc Will Sail Back Home." and leaves the oversnnguino undertaker under-taker groaning. "Stuck with two coffins. TT i? Mild that political adherents of A William Sulzcr. the Impeached ex-ovenior ex-ovenior of New York state, are buck of I he Governor's Boss." in any case, the author and the leading actor, ex -Senator James S. Barcus and John L. Kellerd. leave no doubt that the experience of Die chief character Is Mitcnded to bo identified by evcrv-pne evcrv-pne With Sulzer. The nntural similarity simi-larity In appearance of Kellnrd and the pee-pnl'a politician Is Jielghtencd bv mako-up--the studied carelessness of dress. t!ie soft hat, the long lock of hair falling over tho right eve. and tiic. the conscious cadences " of the voice, then, alt-o. innumerable references refer-ences to actual Incidents In the official offi-cial life of Sulr.or are made; for ln-. ln-. i-tano. tho slock speculation that figured In the first newspaper "storios" of Inn Snlzer casm. Of course. Mr. Barcus focuses hi? story of Impeachment to throw the most .favorable Indeed, martyred and heroic- light on the fictitious Snlzer. He bus hardly luien Instated as governor gov-ernor when tho stat boss approaches him with schenicH that neither bono'r or the law would permit his countenancing. counten-ancing. When he i of uses to Jiave anything to do with Uiem. the bosm tell lit m plainly who k ruler In that filaio. (The character, I may mention I plnyad by George Fawcett "in bin pi'iM ndmlril "corrupt pullrlclan" Myle; hut whnl would Mr. Fnwcott do if political nlayj should go out of iN'i;oti" Well the marf ted gtn'ei-im gtn'ei-im ian n fair d tighter' Part of the boi l's si heme I to mam her to Ills no. i, fhiiH lo git a new hold on the irornor. Mie, dear thing, lovvg her lather's secretary; but In the "great third act," when the wicked schemers have brought the noble statesman to the verge of Impeachment, daughter ofTers to sacrifice her heart and marry the boss's son. Father, however, brings down the curtain on a "ringing" "ring-ing" denunciation of machine politics that would do credit to Snlzer himself. him-self. The last act is the trial; which daughter turns Into a triumph for pop by producing a clrl "ruined" by tho boss's son. thereby blasting Senator Sen-ator Fawcett's nefarious career Far-reaching, indeed, are the painful pain-ful results of the Sulzer Impeachment! TF "The Governor's Boss" gets Sul- zcr into dramu, so to speak, ulic Red Canary" at least brings M. Poiret to mind. II is all about the effect of colors on the emotions tho sensuous moods produced bv scarlet, the calm effect of white, the cheerfulness cheer-fulness of yellow and the jealous thoughts aroused bv green. The Polrct of the piece, a Parisian color-Jst color-Jst and merchant in scarfs, Is search- lug for "love blue." At the same time, the proprietor of the Garden of Birds has found ll and would like to lose It. You sec. he has a blue canary, and the effect of Its color on his patrons makes them act something scandalous. Indeed, his resort is On the verge of failure when a color-blind American dips tho bird In scarlet dye, blots out its amorous effect forever, for-ever, and, incidentally, gives a title to New York's latest opulent operetta. The piece is by four young Americans, Amer-icans, who hardly show sufficient skill in execution for the best development of their clever theme. Alexander Johnstone and William LeBaron wrote the book, the verses are by Will B, Johnstone, whose name is not by long odds Will B. Whitty. and Harold Or-lob, Or-lob, whose name Is somctliing of a bird itself, composed an agreeable, entirely harmless score. Jf his melodies mel-odies are freely diluted with water, they are, at least, a rest from ragtime. rag-time. Leila Hughes, whose voice and person are both charming with tho freshness of youth, plays and sings the chief role most engagingly. She is an American buyer, sent to Paris to purchase the latest shades In scarfs and dress materials, if buyers arc all like Leila Hughes, I quit newspaper-dom newspaper-dom with these words and take up a commercial career. Then there is Adele Rowland, who Is no slouch; not to mention a large and dressy chorus. Plenty of money has been spcnl on tho costumes and many of them are Individually charming: but some of the groupings would carry M. Poiret off with heart failure. Nlta Allen is on hand to be reasonably funny, in a crude way; Ida Waterman, doubtless walking In her sleep, has strayed Into pastures new I wouldn't have been more surprised to see my own grandmother grand-mother in musical comedy; T. Roy Barnes, from vaudeville, causes mucti mirth without doing anything that bears recognizable relation to his role: and David Reese, Neal McCay and Ceclle Renard fill other parts as well ns they need be filled. ENTIRELY delightful Is Wlnthrop Ames's revival .of "The Truth." Oddly enough, though this play of all the. many Clyde Fitch wrote in his busy, brief career is the one on which his reputation' almost wholly rests in England. Germany and other foreign countries, ll has not been acted a dozen times in New York. So tho presentation pres-entation at the Littlo theater brings il before the majority of playgoers as a novelty. Another odd point Is that It marks Grace George's first appearance in a. Fitch play. When she was in Hie early years of her stollai career, her husband and manager offered of-fered almost unlimited sums of money lo the foremost dramatist of tlie day if he would write a play for Miss George. But Fitch, usually a shrewd detector of taloni. even when mill crude, did not foresee that MIm George would become one of the cleverest clev-erest comedi'innes of the times; for, since she has become no less, It. may be frankly said she was a very weak and Ineffective actress during several sev-eral of the first years that her husband hus-band exploited her as a star. As Bocky Warder, she compares favorably favor-ably will) the lato Clara Bloodgood. for wiiom Fitch wrote the. part and whose performance of It was an almost al-most 'perfect example of high-comedy acting. Miss George Is delightful: and several sev-eral of the characters are much hotter hot-ter played than by Mrs. Bloodgood's associates. Isabol Irving hardly makes us quite forget Mrs. Sam Soihern's crisp and catty embodiment embodi-ment to Eva Llndon and her marked likeness lo Miss George misses the effectiveness of contrast that there was between Mrs. Bloodgood and Mrs. Sothe.rn: but her performance Is a fine achievement. Tho three men are all belter than their predecessors. Sydney Booth makes Warder tho class of man who might, bo Becky's husband, hus-band, which lh original playor chosen by Filch, strangely enough-ccrtalnly enough-ccrtalnly did not: he wis a typlcnl jitock-company leading-man nnd no moio possible In Becky's life lhaii the Icn man or a cable car conductor. conduc-tor. Conway Ton rio. one of the most accomplished of contemporary actoi-, brought out overy shade of the tempter's-- character; and no loss can be .vaid of Ferdinand Gottsehalk, as Becky's old scamp of a father. The "hit" of the rnvivHl with avorago spectators and the artistic blot on it the only blot Is the Mrs. Cresplgny , of Zelda Sears. She, too, was Fitch's choice, playing the part with Mrs. Bloodgood; and, If the piece were broad farce or burlesque, her performance per-formance would be' unimpeachable. She drives In her points with a hammer, ham-mer, conducts herself like nothing In this life (or, I hope, the next), and gencmllv unbalances the whole play. -But she "gets tho laugh." All of which Is doubtless fun for Zelda, but Is death for the other actors. The staging, It need hardly be said In connection with a Wlnthrop Ajnen production, Is beautiful and In tho best taste. Tn short, tho revival ranks with Margaret Anglln's "Lady Windermere" as one of the real "treats" of the season. |