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Show 1 heatres Ludicrous situations In which Reginald Regi-nald Irving, wife or Angelica Irving, found himself, caused merriment last evening at the performance of "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath," at the Orpheum xheatre. Reginald was as meek as a lamb, but his wife loved to look upon him as endowed with fatal beauty and pos sessing Irrlsistablc attraction tor worn-I worn-I en, but was secure In the knowledge that "her Reggie' was safely attached at-tached by his matrimonial anchor. The illusion thnt Reggio was a bold, bad man, was carefully promoted by George Haywood, a friend of tho family, fam-ily, who, through a friend on a society ' paper, kopt the "Tattler1' column supplied sup-plied with thinly veiled articles re-jgardlng re-jgardlng Reggie. "Mrs. Irving delighted in the popularity of her husband, but when one of the "Tattler" articles seemed to implicate an acquaintance. I Leila Crorton, Mrs. Irving mado things !so unpleasant "that Leila related the llrue character of Reggie. A handwriting handwrit-ing expert was called into determine 'the origin of certain letters which J Reggio had written to himself on varicolored vari-colored and nerfumed note paper and ' after narrowly averting exposure. Reggie was prevailed upon by "Jeff" to have an "affair," it being arranged that Angelica should witness the incident inci-dent and become convinced of her husband's infidelity. Jeff volunteered his suite at a seaside sea-side hotel and Reggie set out with a complete set of instructions. Jeff made arrangements whereby Polly Hathaway, reporter, who compiled the i "Tattler1' column, should be the woni-in woni-in the case. All would have been well had not Reggie mistaken the Identity of his nartner in crime. Before the evening' was over, Reggio had implicated three ; women in his affair, which, while Inno-' cent, was fraught with seeming evi- dence of wrongdoing. I Matters were finally straightened -out to the satisfaction of all, Mrs. Irv-iug Irv-iug being convinced of the heartbreaking heartbreak-ing powers of her husband. The cast was well balanced and the outstanding star of the show was Edna Ann Luke, as Polly Hathaway, society reporter. Wilfred Rogers, a bell hop, played by Will Archer, was another outstanding outstand-ing character. Etta Bryan took tho part of Nlta Leslie, while Mary, a maid, was played by Gail Sheldon, Virginia Embroy, a fiancee, was played by Gail Ford, and Leila Crawford, beautiful divorcee, divor-cee, was played by Gertrude Webster. Jane Aubrew, was Angelica lrvllng, played opposite Walter E. Perkins, who characterized Reggie. "Jeff" Haywood, wsa played by Fred L. Lewis, Frederick Leslie, Samuel Barkis and M. Carroll woro tho other' characters in tho play. oo No one disputes that the teachers should have more wages. Tho disputo I aries when the tax bill to moot the I raises comes around. |