Show Another Triumph for Barrie Special Correspondence Sept 3 J M Barrio LONDON has now the secret of or What Eler Woman Knows Inos Evidently what every woman knows It I DI At any an rate the of the play pa knew better than John Shand her husband 11 II was a Il great moment when John the strong mail discovered that she knew better r than thun ho hI a still greater mo moment ment when he discovered that she hc had known all along that she knew knell better belleI und lInd had been b ell trying tl from love and lind loyalty and canny to conceal from flom him that thal it Jt was 1119 She had hod been steering him a Il little chauffeur at lit the wheel of or a 1 h 1 p motorcar Then it was wa that John for lor the Ural time the tho humor hum r of the situation Whereupon hereupon Maggie divulged to hIm the fact that It was not from the rib of a IL mUll man that the first woman was 05 made but from flom his funny runn bone And Ami then the final cur curtain curlain lain tain came ame down to such uch hearty roars of applause as liS are arc rarely I extracted d from a reserved and captious night audience In London Everybody bd was 0 at t the Duke Duko of ot York Yorks theater to 10 see C the thc play from May Iu In the first box to 10 Winston Chur Churchill ChiI chill chi and amI his brilliant mother mol her and an his In the third box for fO It was a J JIn In the air all that tho author of o Ieter l Pan one of thO greatest t successes seM of ot otte the te modern theater and of Josephine Jose Tosa phine one of ot Us Js most amazing fail failures fal ures was going to give SIo us U J something extraordinary It I is exciting 19 tt go gp to a a for you never can ean be sure ure until the very last moment 1 be author authO will wi not twiddle Ills his lingers de derisively to indicate tUl he is hl I fun by himself at t tho expense so of or I tho audience But wa no draw drawback back of this sort on to the thc success ot What Every J verY Woman oman Knows It I was wa the tho kind of success that tHai can o be I e made only ml by hy a Il man n anho who can tai 1 als make egregious gl us failures without being aware of it till lt som o It I be impossible Imp to tell toU the lot lilot of the Iho play lla without I Ifal l false fal e impression for r the tle story Is o II minor II th act a l John Shand Scotch t li alIu P P 1 l ter Is Is caught by b M father r and brothers breaking into Inlo r house hOlso to t tte te 1 learning Ie f roni tl thet books b ok agree agle to him go free but bul butto bulto to pay noton his way through l h i a 1 ft lt lr t Wd Haggle six 1 ri gl i to t bo h Without Jia Imf 11 a ture tur ago go nt 1 27 7 without li a hUH hus nl in Ih the second suit ct just as thu 1 six years uli uil oli is Ia elected W l lj parliament j t and nt marries m l i who has 11 t c lg all nl r rt tIme t in II third nut act ho his risen d o high put but Is going to spoil it I all ni by h Sloping with I going Idy In hi the lust act a t little lite Maggie Is triumphant through the device rl of it causing cu th ri tn see to of caoli e I itlo f DC chani tl and I lt ir l d It hi l i lyl d co Condon lias Seen l a i i Iny lay so lo delightful d rl tI lk aro ahn st stas as as much 1 h to Hilda r the th II 1 I gIo of pl c and nd to Gerald Du DI Iu Shand as I to tho lt Jt n 9 great moment for Miss lIt s Ill iad s eh a hanc lC since slie bp bO cn u fa I Ii ta l night I ns the Uio lt ns d Kari J li wan almost aln ost cl ry f r hl I the curtain l i 1 again n alii forshe forsh i evidently wanted to t of to I Slier h r rd d sl g robin and ilia vet nd a a good cry ery for fOI sheer sheel joy 0 t W J icko has hm ot the iha I touch t uch too in 01 his work W II but his h vol dols Uon of which l by Roy Ho n Miss Evlyn or hei h i career r this week v k as us a manager of the tho Garrick is isan an nn car It hot rf t nelo dral tic Would o ld a a woman In 11 love G with her husband publicly del dc clare herself tobo treK tic In II order nl to to save So tho other oth r man manfrom manfrom from a charge clil ge of d murder hurder ind thus li the lh other man for tor saved her husbands life It I Is ii so Jo 1 uhl to that It hurts 1 what h i is play phi In am r a i strong strong In any oilier otier hands than those of so an u actor as n Forbes F Robert Robertson son son the character ch oC ot the rc Christ In Jerome m K w pl The the ThIrd l li iDl l at nl tho th St James s theater have havo been doomed to I 1 I know as asa a matter mater Of ot fact that that ham I ln would uld hayo pr d ced the play years ems ago It was wa written n manyI months n l lh before the th production of of Rann si The Servant In the Ious which toes evolves 1 much the same idea had ha th Amerl manager and Jerome been Ible to agree aree upon uron t ati I i actor suited to the t e part p rt No mat matter m t ter ho sincerely sl and ard cleverly the tHo be drawn 1 bV ati r rI if I it Is 18 overacted If it is played a lack of S l p io ss 0 tho exactly proper prop r measure me s rc ot of restraint r tr hit It is hound bound to t be o 1 r t ami I d arouse ar uso a spirit of J th Iud c with his filie genius un Idell of his art would woul find It to approach guch ii il part pa t wiH but nce To 10 him s l any of ot lS th question q l ston of f 11 Ing up Into Inlo a I facial ru Christ ChrIst Sou ot the i In mos I hb ho has contented himself wIth little to his I heavy h a mass i ot hair The rho plays play Is in 11 thre y parl J a n p a LL play P Y and l nr an no epilogue In l I wo see se a l lne erel male and ed d together ln In n a L boarding boardinghouse house hous Thero Is I J an old ot a ss iC a scheming sehon Jew a I r 1 g with lh the th loosest 1 est of rals her hert tempter t ana td a lh 1 IS and wife In London boardinghouse ho se it must II Ht be bc said that this is I J u exceptional OX oe to lo Hud under unda one uno and caso of r Jl n Ol on tho part t Ihl thiS I l leu lt o Spirit I n In th lO 1 n I ol ki he heI on Ull ca o If tl o In tur HI his l Tho Jew ai i ll I hote t nuitt the th a mode I I tle girl l u di W tiU liil hh ier father Und 1 gi mother nl lher a Il re la lac ul thc r c In the l nil 11 lt th ll lives 10 the curtain find rm n this happY descends l i j l Ue If an nI Io for fo g acting Jerome v n str upon mm him has h s sel tho taint of or the tho id possibilities to 10 el h l ex excellent lis s ra a f In their wa bul apt c Jo prove pro 1 clont I 1 i tho CURTIS I BROWN J Ji |