▁the ▁title ▁role . ▁Local ▁reviews ▁of ▁her ▁performance ▁were ▁highly ▁positive : ▁" M rs . ▁Patrick ▁poss esses ▁a ▁joy ▁of ▁living ▁which ▁contrast s ▁with ▁her ▁family ▁whose ▁other ▁members ▁are ▁ ▁cant ank er ous ▁and ▁bro oding ." ▁Another ▁observer ▁noted ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁" a ▁wh oles omen ess , ▁a ▁bread th ▁of ▁style ▁and ▁a ▁sympath etic ▁quality ▁in ▁the ▁acting ▁of ▁Miss ▁Hall ▁that ▁make ▁her ▁an ▁ideal ▁selection ▁for ▁this ▁particular ▁role ." ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁year , ▁Dal y ' s ▁Theatre ▁on ▁Broadway ▁presented ▁Girls ▁in ▁April , ▁and ▁Hall ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁cast ▁but ▁was ▁ultimately ▁replaced ▁by ▁B ess ie ▁Ton er . ▁Hall ▁was ▁in ▁a ▁three - act ▁drama , ▁New ▁York ▁which ▁premier ed ▁at ▁the ▁G arr ick ▁Theatre ▁in ▁Philadelphia , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 1 0 . ▁Produ ced ▁by ▁William ▁J . ▁H url but , ▁the ▁play ▁was ▁introduced ▁at ▁the ▁Columbia ▁Theater ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C ., ▁several ▁weeks ▁later . ▁ ▁A ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁st aging ▁of ▁Children ▁of ▁Dest iny ▁at ▁the ▁Sav oy ▁Theatre , ▁ 1 1 2 ▁West ▁ 3 4 th ▁Street ▁( Man h attan ), ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁negative ▁review ▁by ▁one ▁critic ▁who ▁called ▁it ▁cl ums y . ▁Hall ' s ▁participation ▁was ▁received ▁in ▁a ▁more ▁positive ▁light . ▁She ▁was ▁cred ited ▁with ▁con ve ying ▁an ▁underlying ▁gent