MRS. CORNWALLIS-WEST.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 598, 28 August 1909, Page 11

MRS. CORNWALLIS-WEST.

HER NEW BOLE. ■ Your -joaders . vnlK hayev long' known MrsGeprge ' Cornwalls-West' (Lady* 'Randolph as .a lady- of the - most varied .talents (writes ithe London; correspondent- of ail Australian . paper). -- - She -has just .blossomed - out .in- a, new.; character—that of playwright! . Her . first ' .oomedy called ''His 'Borrowcd>iPlumes''—was 1 produced • the other day l at- Hick'a Theatre; :with" all i the advantages-.■ 'afforded l / by-'. a- fashionable audience -and :.a.' star-. cast. 'Mrs - Patrick .Oampbelh- Miss- Gertrude# Kingston,'' Miss Annie -flushes, and Miss ; ■ SteQa■■ Patrick Campbell .took J.he'- chief; feminine iparts. ' Mr: Herbert ~Ainley,;and. Mr. ::-Dawson- Milward were the:-leading ' Unfortunately tho play ■ proved.., considerably.-:'less > interesting than ; the.-players: washer own ■•manager;', The .lavish, expenditure which-, enabled her-:-to -get -such ; a cast- for .ta... few. mafciiiee.performances'■•did not .provide, a ::teasonable plot; telling situa-tions,'-orgood . dialogue. ' The hero 'was a- • gallant) V but tdutider-headed >< ma]or: • with :a passion, for-.play.-writing,-.' who unconsciously annexed. 'the.' ''plot'' ■. from -avnovel "by « his clever\wife/:.';Nowadays,-:;stago>wiT}es;are:<gen- • .vde> and; stage .husbands dvuider- 1 headed.:: -An ; adventuress.i-.-of .-the':iapprOved : "Family.: Herald!'..'ty.pe -. assisted 1 . In / the - annexation Finally, -the wife (Mrs Patrick Campbell) i thrust.;the' : M.S^'bf l /thG'.novel, , 'into i'ihight ing a successful 4 play, The last act takes place -DE ./the- stage of' the. National Theatre'ihe "curtain.-has;-fallen?.for f the- last ,-time. The, ! ,audience'vcalls .for-' author.- . The . wife watches „her (husband:\t3ke"7hls - '"callv'. , :v''He cannot'know of tho * theft. No, 1 she'Ma : wrong;-,.:. The <■ adventuress 1 vhas? confessed ...The ma]or; teUB-tile crowd"-ttrat = the "play is r his Certain I; Mr? '„Comwpilis '"West .'interest.-with a,/4beral:. supply iof'iSo-caljied'.epigfamß^snoh .asi-'-'We .coulaf all- dress /well if :we: could afhei;.: husband, or v.yaS'.divorQed—peopleV'donit trouble emuofod about ( the t distinction 1 *now-a» ...Most; people, *wo(ild'-have:'.felt. more kindly towards Mrs. Cprowalhs Vfesfa effort . oijnfided.. to ;':&>• r£V3owor ; the oirciynstances under which it was x written r "ft v ff 4 B jn 'the ®Hintry,; Ayeats.'ago:''> A single weekl A playwright With influential and vlessvspare, cafeh';.would have had doubts' whettfer, »t>-was. ; not.' ail insult-to -the f )

public to ask its opinion upon so hasty a piece of work. ■ : ■ ■ It 'must not' be believed'that the only fanlti in-"His Borrowed Plumes"/is its' aristocratic ongin It is not impossible for a well-known society woman) .to • produoe a striking theatrical: success: During ■ the ..War,, Mrs. Arthur..-. Paget's;* -masquo, , ace im I ? d War »" was Biven at the Hay- „ 11 , realised no less than 4-/UUO for the Guards' War Fund Programmes were sold for one guinea each But then Mrs Arthur Paget spent'more than ,0116/ wcck. -in devising her masque.' 1 vA-1 ::?/■ ■' :iC ' ■'< M,i.h

THE PERILS OF THE, SEA. Amonpa, where nobody seems to have time rtnM» ? r y ,« ?i g 1 U 4. h 4 stlln S after the almighty dollar, is the last place where one would ex£T£ meut -, Ycf little ceremonj which has juat been performed on the Potomac, liiver, and ftjndh, was-inaugurated about seven years ago, has that pretty touch'of sontimoni ff? .?W'■ Prenoh, oouans are so renowned-: It consisted of sending out'to soa a boat laden with flowers-red Yosea, yAllowi daisies, red MM*. and ' SMje..carnationsi.and ibanks'of ■ ferii; , tribute t° the notions claimed by the ooean during the preceding jear ' Tho boat was started on .its bdurse in th© presenoe of great crowds ,of spectators, who stood bare headed as they Sang "For Thoie an Peril- On the oea>. ; .-aiia ds,- the, little, craft; with - its fragrant cargo was Morne-by the tide towards Chesapeake Bay the warships and mefchani vessels m the river, .dipped; their;flags ( in:respectful salute.' •- •

/■ Oollootorr-"This .bill-, haa.been staodia'g for four y^s.Hardup—''TW wliy doa't you'giva'it a' rept." ;