WOMEN AND "THE THIEF."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 48, 15 February 1908, Page 3

WOMEN AND "THE THIEF."

MAY THEY STEAL TO PLEASE THEIR HUSBANDS! -Mr. George Alexander says that the ipicstion which seems to interest the feminine portion of the audiences attracted by "The Thief" to the St. James' Theatre is whether or not a woman who ilresees well does so to please herself or someone else.

"The thing about this play," said Mr. Alexander, in an interview last month, " is whether or not a woman can possibly conceal from her husband the fact thill she m stealing money in order to dress and make herself look attractive in his eyes. 1 did not want to do a sillv thing in this play, so 1 got the opinion of clever detectives, who told me that it is not only marvellous what plots of this kind thc feminine mind cm conceivc'nml carry through, but that it is astonishing how difficult it is to mai;c them own up to it when their guilt is proved. A man, they tell me, will, when confronted with the truth, admit it. Not so a woman; and if, as in this case, she thinks she was justified by the fact that the object was the binding to her of a loved husband, it is hard to convince her that the wrong-doing was as bad as others think. From what I am told, and learn indirectly. I tind that the vast' majority of those that come to ■The Thief are sorry for the woman. It is a very curious peep, this, into the temiiiine mind."