The Edgar Warwick Company's opening at the Lyceum will be memorable for one of the worst nights out of doors and one of the best nights indoors that one has known for a long time. The Company that Mr. Warwick has brought is unquestionably the best that has been seen here for many years. There is a uniform finish about their acting which is ¢Xtremely attractive and the list of plays brought is worthy of their steel—or cast iron as Stella might say. Stella is the heroine of "Brown Sugar," a play that runs in some ways on old lines, but is so freshly told and so full of good things that that matters little. As the heroine already named Miss Marjory Clark has an arduous but very attractive part and she played it charmingly, never forgetting the things that so upset her mother-in-law and still revealing: the soundness of the girl's character. No less good was the abominable Lady Honoria of Miss Beatrix Wynn; her study of the part was finished in every detail. As Archie, the brother-inlaw, Mr. Dudley Howarth was Archie, a character that with ever so little amiss might have been intolerable but, as played, was just right. And the same may be said of Mr. Thorpe-Mayne as Ed-munson, and Mr. Warwick himself as Carruthers, one of the finest pieces of work in the evening. But indeed all parts were so well cast and played with such skill and na-furalness that it is difficult to say more of one than another. We ought to mention the delightful secretary of Miss Dorothy Radford in the last act, in which also Miss Muriel Aked's Countess was notably good. Mr, Wheatley as the Earl, Mr, Tom Fenwick as Stella's husband, Miss Lena Flowerdew as the Shear-leader" all acted efficiently and must forgive a brief reference, due to the lateness of getting back to the office, owing to the snowstorm. There will doubtless be occasions of speaking of them again in what promises to be an exceptionally fine theatrical visit. The house was packed and as enthusiastic as it ought to be.
Tap American University Club held a meeting on Wednesday at the Union Club under the chairmanship of Mr. A. R. Hager when Mr. V. Dunning was appointed chairman of the membership committee and Mr. H. P. Sailor Chairman of the entertainment committee. If was decided to send word to the various American Chambers of Commerce to assist Chinese students in their efforts to obtain insight into American business methods, and also to publish a list of the members of the club. The next meeting will be held on February 15.
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