Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1921, Page 72

THE SUNDAY 9 o STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—ROTOGRAVURE SECTION—-JULY 31, 1921, Among Us Mortals Summer Stock Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Inc. ) K ag ol Wonderful presence of mind has Grayce, who is doing the French maid in “Up in Mabel's Room.” The leading woman has gone com- plete}yfup in her lipgs alnd 1Gr:n,yce {:s i‘nterpolnt‘- ing a few extra “Oo la, las” and “zut zuts” Business in the drug store receives an awful setback w it is discov: during what might otherwise be an awkward the purchaser of a lemon phosphate at the soda fountain clll( noh:: (;:h‘:l’d;h(fl‘;l :;idl;::E pause. u;gnr‘r:::p of the stock company playing at the Grand. The soda clerk has lost all power O on. e f Frbee S e iwd Miss St. Clair does ‘“Peg o’ My Heart” this week—: weel‘( “Madame X,” followed by ‘“Oh, Lady, Lad;." "l‘v[‘ for “versatility” is Miss St. Clair’s middle initial. The small town lady, socially inclined, and with a leaning toward “salons,” adopts all the mem- bers of the company for the summer and gives a great many Sunday evening parties. ome brew is the bait. A summer stock company in the throes of a very high society play. The character . The general utility woman has spared no pains in costuming the part of the nouveau riche climber. The 4 man. General utility pick of English high society is shown giving her the frigid stare at the Duchess of means that Percy Clammage’s hunt breakfast. \ has to look like a R policeman one week and a dope fiend the o next, with an Eng- lish butler and an Italian nobleman to follow. Nothing phases Percy. “Naw, she don’t like him: An’ he don’t like her! Naw, they ain’t crazy 'bout each other! Sure, I know! I seen her call him down only last night —and, believe me, boy, Stock actress gomng Jane b his name was ‘mud’ when Cowl one better in “Common 2 she got through with Clay.” And next week she * him!” The usher, who is going to show Maude knows all the back stage Adams’s admirers a few : affairs, in the act of dis- things in “The Little Min- 9 pelling the prevalent ister.” idea that the leading man and woman are desperately in love with each other (c] One of those haphazard cpening chorus numbers all about *’Tis Noon of a Tropic Day,” done by a summer opera com- pany at Scavenger Beach or Refuse Bay Park, or whatever the lucky resort happens to be called. The hired costumes are what the costumer sent on after carefully noting that the program called for ““Spanish senoritas, bullfighters, car- penters, joiners, flower venders, etc., by others of the cast.” . Q