"The Two Virtues."
The news, which ran like wildfire through the town on Wednesday morning, that Sir George Alexander had signed the Covenant, must have stirred many hearts; but those of us who saw him on the next night as the hero of Mr. Alfred Sutro's comedy are hoping that, at any rate, there will be no fighting on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, and that sentry duty in the evenings may be performed by less valuable signatories. For in Jeffery Panton he has really found a part to suit him, and a part which should keep him busy for some months. Comedy is certainly his medium.
It is not, alas, Miss Martha Hedman's, nor is English her language. Her pretty foreign accent and tearful manner became her as a French girl in The Attack, but it won't do for every part she plays. It didn't do in the least for Mrs. Guildford. The difficulty of understanding what she said was made greater by a surprising catarrh amongst the first-night audience, so that her scenes had a way of going like this:—
Jeffery Panton (clearly). But I must just talk to you a moment.
Stall on left. Honk—honk! Honk! H'r'r'm!
Dress circle. Honk! Honk!!
Mrs. Guildford. No, no, I must get on with my work.
Stall just behind. What did she say?
Her neighbour. Something about her work.
Her other neighbour. Honk—honk! H'r'm! Honk—honk!