Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1912 — “A Modern Eve,” Now In Its Eighth Week. [ARTICLE]

“A Modern Eve,” Now In Its Eighth Week.

"A Modern Eve” has saved Chicago’s reputation as a summer-show town. This delightful musical entertainment, staged by Mort H. Singer and now in its eighth week at the Garrick Theatre of Chicago, promises to break the records established there, six and ejght years ago, by “King Dodo,” “The Wizard of Oz” and the “Babes in Toyland.” ■ This production, with its rich American humor and its delightful Berlin score, has walked straight into the hearts of Chicago’s theatre goers. In hot weather or cool, this summer, the ample auditorium of the Garrick (•Theatre is filled almost to capacity at every performance. With the thousands of visitors now there to attend the Republican National Convention in Chicago, “A Modern Eve” Is enjoying a prosperity which has never been equaled in Chicago since summer shows were invented. The piece is based, in a whimsical way, upon the tyrannization of husbands by the new woman. A very pretty romance, in which the daughter of the ‘Modern Eve,” who tries to boss the world and her bridegroom are involved, gives the story plenty of sentiment. The songs are all hits in every sense of word: “Goodbye Everybody,” “You’re Such a Lonesome Moon Tonight” and “Is The Girl You Married Still the Girl You Love,” are the favorites of the summer in Chicago. The cast of “A Modern Eve” is brilliant in every detail. William Norris Is the hen-pecked husband; Georgie 9rew Mendum, the domineering wife; Adele Rowland and Harriett Standon, the two daughters; and Josqph Santley and Charles Brown, their two sweethearts. Supporting these are Phil H. Ryley in an admirable characterization at a French count, Jane Grover as a seductive adventuress; Marion Roddy, May Thompson and Rae Morris.