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Show 1ISS GOODRICH ; PRESENTS FARGE "Sleeping Partners" is Filled With Laughable Situations: Acting Excellent UlSs Edna Goodrich and her corn-pay corn-pay entertained a fairly large audl-ence audl-ence last nih? at tho Qrphoum theatre the-atre with ''Sleeping Partners," a sprightly f?rcr taken from the French. The company appeared to decidedly better advantage than on the preceding preced-ing evening when "Shadows'" was the j offering. "Sleeping ParHiers" deals with the Kay adventures of a young man In Pa-I Pa-I rla who takes great delight in mak-j mak-j ing love to married women lie is I attracted to a remarkably beaut ;"u! i wife -md by dint of much Ingenult) and persuasion Induces her to visit I him at his npartment. Then everything seems to go wronp iad the male vamp has his troubles. "he woman 1 sonuwhat excited over I her irdlscretion In visiting ?hv Don Juan, .he lias a fainting .spell The ! man In his alarm gives hef a drink of sleeping potion instead of a stimulant ' n.l in his excitement, he takes some ; himself. It is late the next morning when they awakeh. She is hysterical, afraid j to go home, wondering what her hus-i.;( hus-i.;( id Will do. Put It happens that the hUSband tOO, hns been nut all night He comes to the man for advice as to what he shall do With the wife hiding In one room, the man advises the husband to go to bed in the other. I He tells the husband he can explain ' matters to the wife. Thus everything i ...ni es out all right. l'.ernard Thornton is the man. and ht played the part well, although In some incidents his sentimentality ap-; ap-; proachey the sickly typ-. Miss Go id-! id-! rich was the woman. Her playing wa , highly satisfactory and sho wore some (stunning gowns and wraps In a mn-' mn-' ner which showed those wearables I to the best advantage Barry Buoh- . J . . . . t l.,v I. .1 anan piay.-o me pri i un u.-w.-..-. er capably. One of the hits of the, j piece wan the acting of Harry Sedley las the servant. Lavlna Shannon SS I the sister of the husband was effective In the few scenes given her in tho three acts. |