Location:
Theater:
Date:
Type:
The first part is styled "The
Ladles' Suffragist Club." written, so tbe program
announces, by Sam Rice. There was Just one bright spot In the
piece and this was the work of May Belle, who
led the anti-suffragettes. Pearl Laight handled
the women's rights leader cleverly and there were
a couple of the chorus girls who played parts. John McCabe, Tom
Barrett and Charles Saunders formed the principal
comedy trio, with McCabe leading in most of
the rot supposed to be funny. Archer and Crocker
close the olio with some comedy acrobatics.
There seems to have been no limit set for the
distance the men are allowed to go to gain laughs,
but despite the efforts of the principals, there was
little evidence that even the vulgarity had the desired
results.
Source:
Variety 16:2 (09/18/1909)