The evening world. Newspaper, May 13, 1913, Page 17

**Tolanthe’’ Far the Best Of Casino Rebibals. ‘BY CHARLES DARNTON. “an that confirmed entr'acte speaket, De, Wolf Hopper, remarked at the r Saino last night, the hard-working members of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera company at leant managed to get the music into their lungs. “'Franknesa is all very well in tts place, but it certainly should not be allowed to overstep the footlights. Mr. Hopper might have remained content with his role of Lord Chancellor without “giving away the whole show” before it wax over. As @ matter of fact the production proved by far the best of the Casino's spring revivals, Although much of its humor was misaed, “Tolanthe” was eplendidly sung. This revival had a two-fold interest, ‘gocording to whether you belonged to the older generation that remembered or to the younger one that had to be shown the superiority of operetta over the dmbecility of musical comedy. The Casino has, of course, offered o} portunity for liberal education along this line, but at the same time “Iolanthe,” * considered {n relation to ‘The Mikado,” “Pinafore and other Gilbert and Sullivan survivals—t “Se mach the better! 4 no disputing this word!—is a comparative stranger. ‘The fantastic charin of itn setting and ite glancing political satire are perhaps less obvious than has been the case in other instances, And isn't {t odd how new an old thing may seem to ua? Burely, “The Arcadians,” which we hailed as @ novelty not many seasons was a¥" least ohalf—the fairy lialf—oft-spring of “lolanthe.” The wonder > Ne, Mostian suftragetter, in their attacks upon F At to their extensive repertoire, If Gilbert were alive to-day he might be eating bombs tnatead of grapefruit for breakfaat serene in the thought that had suggested a gentle influence, at least, upon | tion, We last night's performance was better in intention than in execution, na serious ‘fault could be found with the voices, Granting there was no delical shading in the acting, or for that mat ter In the singing, the muglo did not auffer greatly, The firat act, with fair- jes that were chorus girls pure and far from almple, nes more than a little disappointing, act brought a decided improvement in both general deportment and sti ment per gave the perform {ts humorous turn. Under the most elaborate wig that has ever adorned his celebrated dome, he has emphasized the fact that; he ts seg and shoulders above other | comedians on the comic opera stag In spite of a personality overcome only by her that can be effort, he has A sense of character that in equalied only by his ability to talk of himself he might of a very dear friend. remarks after the first act about the song he was to sing in the second act had the unselfish note of a free adver- ment, while some of the lines he was compelled to speak sounded like a co! feasion, But that throbbing ditty to a Kate Condon as The Fairy Queen; De Wolf Hopper as The Lord not succeeded in completely absorbing “Iolanthe,” they | that | rliament, have not added | ‘AS was confidently expected, Mr. Hop-| @ When the Wires Get Crosse (Copyright, 1012, by Dodd, Mead & Co.) Bxvovais ov PRECEDING CHAPTERS, ee ee Ss face ae Wie tae oe Barrates ‘the rat ofa io May, ABIES . A. jeweller ane, bas ‘from headache couldn't have been better 1 nancellor. _ Granseiia Mr, Hopper had learned it with a wet! powel ted about his he ad. It must be sald, however, that the first song sumebow missel fire, | aly assumed large proportions as the fairy queen, As/ she acted with both authority and humor, and not only | common sense” on her song tn the last act but @ volume of | the richest thing of the evening. Moreover, every word #! tered could be understood, “Arthur Cunningham waa also distinct as the Ear if Mount Ararat and he tang of “good Queen Bens's time’ lusiaem, fle was in such good volce that he put in @ word for this land of | Mins Kate Condon a shat “influential fairy turned ti Hberty that Glibert forgot to write. i Misa Cecil Cunningham, as Phyliis, displayed a voice that was almoat as} “hood as her figure, but there was no expression in her face nor charm in her | sting. Miss Cunningham aid George MacFarlane, an Streppon, were at thelr | yest in that charming duet of the first act. Mr. MacFarlane acted @ith his usual ardor and looked like 9 Watteau shepherd with @ kness for rouge. 6trangely enough, Arthur Aldridge, as the Earl of Tollifer, acted almost natur- | ally for five minutos, only to suffer is usual stroke of histrionic paralyats, However, he aang wel!. Miss Viola Gillette was a plump, if not altogether Tolanthe who looked more than seventeen. John Hendricks sang} 4 cut'a commanding figure as Private WilMs, but hin accent was hope- | lesaly foreign to the part. It was his singing votce that saved him. + There are so many good voices In the company that the performance really @ musical tre:tt, and In rising from the stream after all these years lanthe” te as ‘refreshing as spring water. It by no qreans needs that paivels post Mne, which ls wholly out of place, to bring it to the door of music lovers. . noe somentannanaaeh, | Betty Vincent's | ' .) Advice to Lovers this twentieth century he occasionally ral ead | I to object to the contemplated marriage of one of his children. How much heed should be given to his protests? Of course I believe tnat no young man or woman should marry before the of twenty-one, aven with the parents’ consent, and few sensible péople would advocate such mar- riages if the parents on either aide are unwilling. But after young people have reached legal maturity it seems to me that they should be allowed to decide for themselves thin matter of marriage, which 4s of chief {m- portance to—themselves. If the parents interfere it is usually from the best of motives, and these motives should be appreciated, [ut the interference itself should not be final, ‘ » Another Girl. should walk on the'end next the curb, Which ts correct?"’ “F. 3." writes: “1 am very fond o ia capraat. young girl, but we are not enga ‘ Bee ie sailing for Europe very soon, { Would ‘it be proper to pay-attention to another.girl while she is abroad?" Yes,seince you are not en ‘ acca 2,6." ri ME American parent ts an obliging soul, “G, G, writes: "I am engaged to « girl and. have given her many presents, but she has never thanked me for any of | them, not even for the engagement ring. | What sort of a girl would you think ‘A bets that o gentle: /ner?” two ladies should! An exceedingly rude and ungrateful that he ona ie with great en-, [asian ‘Soma og diam Seta 2 il ettire, “and om the following ming {t wae found that Sade in, the toy of hie "burglars prot” ‘ate ‘and bis hoard uf diamouds stolen. Ker ly slincovers the hole was Uurued. thnagi bye. litieanowe pialat a “thermit.”” Hie euspiel {all'gp Kahan." dead man's parton, cksnaedy ad dig up a ‘apparatus oA wan a, 8. he who 7, then £0 y portions, Kens Pe as. Nene robber, em “Siamons CHAPTER VI. (Coatinued,) The Diamond Maker. mm RAIG smiled coolly as the ven- tiation @eared the room of the deadly cyanogen. “On the window alll outside ie a selenium cell, & @ bad conductor of electricity i and an excellent conductor when exp: to light. hat, and the light from the furnace hich was going to suffocate us played through the glass on the cell, the cir- cult was completed without your rus- Pecting that [ could communicate with friends outside, @ bell was rung on the Street, and here they are, Androws, there Is the murderer of Morowitch. and there in his hands are the Moro- witch" —- Polssan had moved towan the fur- With a quick motion he seized the long tongs, There wi choking vapor. switch and shut off the cu the tongs he lifted out a shapeless piece of valueless black graphite. left of the price! Moro- he exclaimed ruefully. the murderer.”” morrow @ certified check for And $100,000 goes to Mra, Morowitch with my humblest apolog and = sympathy,” added Andrews, “Prof, Kennedy, you have earned your retainer, CHAPTER VII. The Azure Ring LES of newspapers and in- numerable clippings from the Press bureaus littered Kenne- desk in rank profusion. Kennedy himself was 90 deeply absorbed that I had merely sald good evening as I came in and het rted to open my mail. With an im. patient sweep of his hand, however, brushed the whole mass of newspapers |? Into the waste basket, “TM seems to me, Walter,” he ex- clMmed in @egust, “that this inyetery iw copeldered Insoluble for the very rea~ j to I meroly moved my coat and ™ YOU WILL, EH! Sell it tea Glass Diamond merhant chen! | cant use PH it here. son which should make it easy to sulve —the extraordinary character of its feature: inasmuch as he had opened the mub- Ject I latd down the letter 1 was read- “I wager I can tell you just why you made that remark, Craig,” I tured "You're reading up on that Wain- wright-Templeton affair,” “You are on the road to becoming 4, detective yourself, Walter,” he answered with @ touch of sarcasm. ‘Your ability to add two units to two other unite and obtain four units ia almost worthy of Inspector O'Connor. You are right, and within a quarter of an hour the district- attorney of Westchester County will be here. He telaphoned me this afternoon and sent an assistant with this mags of dope. I suppose he'll want It back,” he added, fiehing the nowspapers out of the faaket again. “But, with all due ree spect to your profession, I'll say that no one would ever get on speaking terms © with the solution of this case {f he had depend solely on the newspaper “No? I queried, rather nettied at hia »” he repeated emphatically. “Here one of the moet popular, girls in the fashionable suburb of Williston, and of the leading younger members of bar in New York, engaged to be married, are found dead In the library of the girl's home the day before the ceremony. “And now, @ week later, no one knows whether it was an accident due se it to the fumes from the antique charcon!- bragier, or whether It was a dounle suicide, or suicide and murder, or @ double murder, or—or——Why, the ex- Perts haven't even been able to agreo on whether they have discovered poison or not,” he continued, growing ay ex- clted asthe city editor did over my frat attempt as a cub reporter. “They haven't agreed on anything ex- cept that on eve of What was, pre- sumably, to have been the happiest day lves two of the best Known of the younger set are found dead, while absoluinly no or 1s is known, can be proved to have been within the time necessary io them. No wonder the Coroner saya it ts simply a case of asphyxiation. No wonder the District-Attorney ts at You fellows# bave hounded ih your hypotheses until they the facts straight. You sud- Best one solution and vefore’— The doorvel! sounded insistently, and without waiting for an answer @ tali, are, loone-sointed Individual stalked on the table, “Good evening, Prof, Kennedy," he be- gan brui am Distriet-Aitorney Whitney veater yet have right." GLASS CO. . | want a Show-window & (2 Feet For my ar tment MB uc Coo le “ib and “Quite wrong,” answered Craig. “Let me introduce my friend, Mr. Jameson knows of the Star, Sit down, Jame: what I think of the way the ne to tell him as you tended to disregard been printed, to stai it were @ fresh subject facta at first hand. Let's get right down to buainess F tell us just how it was that Miss Wa! pleton were discove: ‘The District-Attorney loo corde of the green bag and dre Dundle of documents, “I'll ead you the affidavit of the maid who found them,” he said, finger- ing the documents nervously, “You nee, John Templeton had left his office in New York early that afternoon, tell- ing his father that he was going to visit Misa Wainwright, He caught the three- twenty train, reached Wiilston all right, Wainwright house and, in of preparation for the next day, he spent the reat whero the mystery ‘a ‘They had no visitors, At least, maid who answers the bell says the: had none, She was bury with tho rest of the family, and I believe the front Goor was not locked—we don't lock our doore in Williston, except at night, He hed found the piper and pa to impreas theme facts on our minds “Mra, Wainwright and Miss Marian Wainwright, the sister, were busy about ¢, the house. "Mra, Wainwright withed to consult Laura about something, She summoned the maid and asked if My Tompleton and Miss Wainwright were in the houre she would see, and thia in her aflidavit, Ahem! I'll skip the legal part: “I knooked at the library door twice, out, obtaining no answer, I supposed they had gone out for a walk or por- haps a ride across country, as they oftan did. I opened the door partly and looked in. There was a allence in the room, @ strane, queer silence. Topened the door further and, looking toward the davenport in the corner, I saw Miss Laura and Mr. Templeton in euch an awkwant position. They looked as if they had fallen asleep, His head was thrown lack against the cushions of the davenport, and on his face was a most ul iook, It Wax discolored, Mer head had fallen forward on his shoul- der, sideways, and on her face, the same terrible stare ad the same Giscoloration. Their right hands were tightly clasped, 'E galled to them. They did not ea- ow ‘Then the horrible truth Seshed on me. They were dead. I felt siddy for a minute, but quickly recovered my- self, and with a cry for help I rushed to Mrs, Wainwright's room, shrieking that they were dead. Mrs, Walnwright fainted. Miss Marlan called the doctor on the telephone ond helped us restore e , narfertty €00) wy The maid replied that ¢p, We servants should have done if she had not been there to direct wa The house was frantic, and Mr, Wainwright ‘Was not at home. “"E did not detect any odor when 5 opened the library door. “The tamily physician arrived and eent for the coroner immediately, and later for myself. You see, he thought at once of murder.” “But the coroner, I understand, thinks Gifferently,’ prompted Kennedy. “Yes, the coroner has declared the case to be accidental. He says that the welxht of evidence points positively te asphyztation. Mill, how oan it be asphyxiation? They could have escaped from the room at any time; the dedr was not locked. I tell you, In spite of the fact that the tests for poison in t mouths, stomachs and blood have wo far revealed nothing, I still believe that John Temploton and laure Wala- wright were murdered.’ Kennedy looked at his watch thought- fully, “You have told me just enough to me want to see the coroner him- he mused, “If we take the next train out to Williston with you, will you engage to get us @ half-hour talk with him on the cane, Mr, Whitney?” ‘Surely. But we'll have to start right away. I've finished my other Ousiness in New York. Inspector O’'Connor—h, 1 see you know him—has promised to weoure the attendance of any one whom 1 can show to be a material witness in case, Come on, gentlemen, I'll an- r your other questions on the train.’ As we settled ourselves in the amoker, Whitney remarked in a low voice: “You know, some one has said tha! thing more difficuk to igate and solve than @ crime whose commission is surrounded by complicated circumstances and that is &@ crime whose perpetration le wholly devold of circumstances.” “Are you so sure that this crime te wholly devold of circumstances?” asked Craig. “Professor,” he replied, m not eure of anything in this case. If I were I shoutd not require your assistance, 1 would like the crg’t of solving it my- self, Dut it le bey me. Just think of it: so far we haven't @ alue, et least none that shows the slightest promis although we ha’ night for a week. It’ are 90 simple that they give us nothing to work on. It is like @ blank sheet of paper.” ‘1 don't blame Mr. Nott, the coroner, for thinking (t {8 an @ecident. But to my mind, some master erimina! must Nave arranged this very an piicity ciroumstances. You reset! that the front door wee unlodked. This entered the house un- iffeult thing to do, for richt house is Bomewhat tse- lated, Perlvaps this person rome polson In the form of & Leverare ard in@vced the two vietlme ta drink. ee ee Strictly on the Free List. By Sophie bene Loe. Ps Friendship Is Always =? fT ead— DOBS FOv- tho Jock longing: | BATT WH MUST ADOT. To eam ly at the beau! perhepe we are fully gowned girls happiness, and thet a BALANCE auuet of your own as¢| sake peme and wonder why| Pe . things are eo “uns " mother’s love saan vrave dot tel 70%, Must recognise THD a0 @ great things you think you would ike tol , oe Se eee y then Ilsten| 82 our out your Reart, a eymesenettc 7 to the wat; of] Su! Whe can give you @ renesuring i Ramona “Borden, | WoT@ #0 that you may go on until esme- “The Poor Little! M186 Oriahter happens, THEM te an- Rich Girt." wha] went sou? Or (he Jovens ite of guar ran away from things you crave, M Ait 1 th Mf you have o home—just euch @ heme pitts In gearch of happiness. she 2s this girl longed for, a glace whieh, wait a St] cet of war at oa es ary of boarding rest, though chools and @ paid affestion of stran-| winat of OUTERDE of i ea gele. T nad Hehin’ et Ry air t prog © trial OUTSEDE of %, at feast hed eervants at my beck and call, but I w heaton ted so Me cis Nad! be. ane ts r oe you have the love of friends who Say kaart whom 1 could pour are GLAD te se- you, te contribute to “Daughters of rich people are aot al- We facet toy Seas week ways happy,” she continued. “I Baven’t| worth while-es eppeces' the ‘wala had a home for years. What I wanted] ame..ion of etrangere” thet this ‘waa a home—just a home. I begged to Girl co deplored. jee be taken away. I didn’t heve anythiag| ater fan Bln aueeeet en, oe it wae to Pare voaae Wegare dy lg eo aaly 4 Yeo, it dows get thrreome, the daily realion Cont “with every. Geupale a ow Grind, the getting up early In the morn-| hope fe bern” and that you cannot be ing to make street care and trains, in| on the crest of the wave ALL, the time. order to Ge on time; to go over the| 1 is the wise ene whe comes to a final Seemingly humdrum routine of things) realisation that in the pureuit of hagpi- through @ long day; to want & new! nese the path is not always Gowers and Metince—theee” (tee une NOT be/ that you MUST sesept the roche alas times, Re ‘i Svornee te eebtatast cat bay pat But in the cumming up very often the the watt alive when er heartaches thus caused are ne more in Se) ONMUEDOKE tie TE degree than those poignantly voiced by| AND OVEINLOOK THE DULL. ‘Me, Joseph Cbemberieia, 1 famous otetemman paused betty tho potames cod, Dering beshened tg ene of the beep, 70 to whom be wae quite well bnows, be asked 7 the brute’s name, ‘The man Mushed esflet ond : Seoked rather eubarreet, ‘but mete no cugly, 4 ca 0 came teh, | pen, ate," the mas, “Thea whet te is?” 4 peor ~e man cromed to bo lnbetng Goder i t like te ‘nd q Aes 7 Mt, cit,” be vepited,, 4 ‘ar, ; me ite name.” ( | Fe Set vomeaty, ' fou really won't Ree i nah MH mt ieee Different Again. GTRAPPING Gems wah tig te of + x Sere among the chip Tits cnciied actions attrected the oftention } ef all the sslespeeple, and they tudiy fnew what to mate of it, A hustling young quam of 5 (he dething department walked up end autet: tage” 7m lneins Ser comethine tn ssenio dat i "M0," he roared, ‘a clatht | fetn's elothing, T can't find my Fora Bm | And then, this person must have re- Moved the evidences as swiftly as they were brought in and by the same door. That, 1 think, is the only solution.” “That is not the only solution. It 1s one solution,” interrupted Kennedy, quietly. “Do you think some one im the house did it?" T naked, quickly. “1 think,” replied Craig, earefuliy measuring his words, “that if polson was given them it must have been dy some one they both know pretty well.” No one said a word, until at last I broke the ailence. “I knew from the gosip of the Star office that many Williston peeple aay Marian was very jealous of her sister Laura for capturing the eateh ef the ‘Williston people Gou't hesitate Whitney produced another decument from that fertile green bag. 3t was an- afidevit. He handed iI ters Laura and Marian were treated by Mr. Wainwright and exactly alike. Of course, they had quarrels, just as all sisters do, bus these was never, to my certain a serious disagreement, and I was close enough to my to was murd Kennedy did not seem to attach ema importance to this statement, “Let us 900," he began “First, we have 4 i Waa, sie Pahord