Marriage problems are still occupying center-stage at the St. James. Last week the Boston Stock Company, in "moonlight and Honeysuckle," showed various ways of acquiring husbands; this week in "The Butterfly on the Wheel," the talented cast reveals the correct methods of losing them by the divorce court route.

"The Butterfly on the Wheel" is the story of a young wife who, by her love of men's company and admiration, is led to do many things which, although perfectly innocent in themselves, form an imposing array when marshalled in the divorce court. The scene of the trial is by far the best one of the play, and reaches, in the hands of Miss Ann Mason. Mr. Samuel Godfrey, and Mr. Ralph Remley an unusual height of dramatic interpretation.

Peggy Admaston played by Miss Mason, is the wife of the Hon. George Admaston. M. P., whose political life occupies all of his time. In company with three friends Peggy, who enjoys the implicit trust of her husband, starts on a trip to Switzerland, but by a series of occurrences which she believes to be accidental. she finds herself, as the play opens, in the suite of a Paris hotel with only one of her travelling companions her old friend Roderick Collingwood. played by Paul Gordon.

In the meantime Admaston has been warned by an anonymous letter, that his wife is in Paris alone with another man. He hurries to the scene and arives jus; after Peggy's missing friends. He is greeted with a shower of lies, all of which he is able to lay bare. The divorce proceedings follow directly. In the court Peggy protests her innocence, and in a passionate outburst, flays a legal system which demands the truth, but will use only so much of it as is applicable to the purposes of the prosecutor. In the final scene the writer of the anonymous letter is revealed, the husband returns, and all is finished as it ought to be.

Miss Mason, during the whole performance, continues the high standard set last week in her return to the Boston stage In the divorce trial her acting is admirable and makes possible a comparison of that scene with the famous court scene in "Madame X". Paul Gordon, as the correspondent, gives an excellent interpretation of his part. Houston Richards, in spite of an unconvincing make-up, carries off well the amusing role of Lord Ellerdine. Viola Roach, as Lady Atwill, and Anna Laying as Peggy's sympathetic maid, Pauline, do good work.

"The Butterfly on the Wheel" is an interesting play. It inspires some, but not too much, serious thought, its humorous touches are happily injected, and it closes in an unimpeachable manner. Above all, it is well acted throughout.