Show f PERCY HAMMoNDS HAMMoND'S NEW YORK TORK Fb Fob The Th Pro a 0 a remote ind manger for wh what t ore are to b bo th the better thIngs 10 now flow In the th hands hands hand's of ot ow now tenant tenants Such td young men II as a Eugene ONeill O'Neill N 0 the th playwright Kenneth K nett MacGowan the critic and nd Robort Rob rt ramond Jon once the tho th c artist are r occupy OCCUpy- OCCUpyIng OCCUPYing occupying ing It at nt present with high and laudable aeration T Th o first thing they did cUd after taking liking posse ion 11 slon eon WIlS wal wa The Th Tho Spook Sonata an e say In m that t proved too maggoty even ovon to for who are ar ell eU versed III in the tb Inner r 9 of o the Continental stage Needing recreation after fter that dire with decompo decomPo- decomposition eltion and nd the th g of mad mad- madmen madmen men mad men thy they exhumed this wk week A popular American Amerlean Am comedy of or 1 4 i and nd made solemn fun pf pt f It It The Tho ThoI Th ie I was Va hi arlou arlous arid and nd not at t all 1111 1 rash Ion a play bv b Mi Me e Anna Corn Cora 1 woe was wa se- se selected for or It Ite author art an n N Y T gentlewoman driven by Ill III fortune to seek eek k a a 11 0 upon the tho boarde boards Wa was WIlS a pop pop- popular popular popular ular player of at Pauline P In The Th Lad Ld Lade of at 1 Lions one to Ur tho Claude Melnotte of I E 1 L Davenport She waa as II a vir- vir virtuous vir- vir and dIgnIfied actress and nd her home the th ancient chronIcles chronicle Bay 1 IlS ae a a a 0 center ot of c and re- re refinement r Edgar Edgal Allan Poe Po then the the dramatic critic of or TIle The N New NewYork York Literati and ond The Th Broadway Journal raved about bout her hT I olow from tram top to to toe He was waa particularly concern concern- C DC log inc hor h r tray gray o ye hIps tier her r auburn hall her lir er fragile figure her Iler light step and ond her hT graceful gei- gei g turee turea She Sh WILe wee the eort of at nice nl woman who would InvIte a ce ae Indeed she ehe did plays play entitled Gulzara Or the tho th Persian Slave Slav Eveln Or a 0 Heart Hurt and Ar mend mand Or a Child of at the th People It seemed emd a bit cru cruel l therefore when n Mr MacGowan MacCowan and his rIbald young assocIates associate danced on the grave o of Mrs Mowatt's As a document It would auld base hav been amusing enough but they v ero er not n content to reproduce It as It wa nith Ith ith all Its ite ludicrous They caused it to be b rouged by Mr BrIan Hooker the adapter o of at Mr Hampden's C C rano and to be at Um times Umes a In the I that e even een cn the th master maste masterworks works w worK of 01 Mr Ir ir 0 u Anna Nelll i em ia Christie or The Th e Hairy Ape po vu DO at ss tul i- i lous lou If It subjected I by y Mr Ir Ir Mac Mac- MacGowan MaGowan Gowan to ht his merciless fun tun But youth must be b and despite that handicap 1 Mr Mile Mac MaGo Gonan Go an managed manage to present an adroit blending bl ot o bur bur- burlesque lesue lesque and the th solemn twinkle t of at saUre aUre The Th play was a II en- en endea dea or to expose and to remedy of at the th tollies follies of 1845 1141 Mr and Mrs Mra Mr Tiffany though of ob- ob o cur provincial origin were haughty New Nw Yorkers who desIred to marry their daughter to the Count a French Ira Ira- lr T l They were w r rather cruel cruet to lu Ithe th the lovely Gertrude a and a teacher and thy they th catch her hr Innocenti Innocently guilty with Ith the count In her bar bedchamber In thOe tho away tor away ar-away nights men went to those women room rooms not omen omon to tomen tC men s e a All I Is 10 now tf tho custom Mr Tiffany is a 0 forger forr r at the tho th mercy ot of his hi r who propose In exchange ex chango for tor forthe the tb band of Miss Mlee Ml Tiffany Gertrude Gertrudo Is I proved pro to be b the th long lone lo lost t granddaughter of ot tho the rich and old Adam Trueman Truman tram from from and ond the th count an x and a II false tal jewel jewl on the finger r of society le Is I I as the th betrayer of at Mile Mil I Ithe the tho It French housemaId houa mald maldIn In 1846 1845 Mr roe Poe Po alone alon among the denounced ai a I totally deficient In verisimilitudes verisimilitude's He resented the tho resonant soliloquies and a ld the lc e L and ana b at dramatiS per ona Ho He H said that It paid no attention to the th dictates of o common sense ense n e and that as a a slice lie of life lite lit It was waa unworthy of at notice P Perhaps Mrs Mowatt had refused to go to lunch with him Still Vr fr I poe Foe admitted I Ithe th the ceo ry wa wai 1 ery good Indeed and Indeed and the th carpet carp t the tho ottomans and the tho th chandeliers chand ll r 1 nere ero The Th entire setting lup up he h said wa was admirable and the lh play compared with mo most moet t Amer Amr- American I Iloan Ithe loan lean drama very vory good When It if 1 er e e er you feel teel eel impatient nt with th the cliche and platitudes of at American dramatic m read Mr Poe Poo s reviews r vl wa They will wilt you yeu that th the Job Is hope hope- hopeless lee less I If U you are ore a 0 par lt of at meager meare Income possessing expensive exp lv oft oct oft you may find Instruction ln In Levis lla Beach s n new w corned Th The Goose Goof HAngs Hanf HIgh Also If It you yo are ar the th expensive offspring of o par par- parents parents par nt of at meager Income lou OU may be by attendance upon that At any rate It Is an observant written well and amus- amus amusing Ing comedy corned one on of the tb brightest of o the season teason It Is the tIle first product o of th the n now w ts Theatre Inc Ino composed compo cd of ot Cosmo Co mo Hamil- Hamil Hamilton ton James Forbes Edward Childs Carpenter William Anthony Mc- Mc McGuire Guire Owen Davis and Arthur Arthu t Richman These The play playwrIghts rights ArthurI have hav I pooled th their lr considerable I ence nc and propose propof to see seo what can CM i I ho bo b done don to the th drama without In- In from the th casual man man- managers aper agers Their Initial Is is on- on 01 In Mr Beachs Beach's play the tho Ingals are well-born well and decent people In Ina Ina a mIddle middle west wast city of at red red- dente dent Their salary small Email theIr prestige and responsibilities large The Th Ingals twin twins I think are at Radcliff Rad and anil Harvard leat learning criminology and scene paInting An A older elder Ider AIder son havIng finished college Is 18 living selfishly In New York Tork The o children are Indifferent nt to the tho tb deprivations their parents are undergoIng In order to make malf them happy and erudIte At Christmas time Christmastime tim welcomIng they thoy descend on the th welcom- welcom lag Ine household and proceed proc cd to wound It b by c exhibitions of at ful tul The t lna a 0 modern boy and a Kirl I IThe girl are ar vain charming flippant and callous On the th afternoon of at theIr at they Ury forget torget the tool feet f ol Ings inga of ot their th lr father r and mother moth rand and dash oft off to a a dInner r dance daneo leaving the th old folks to eat cat the tho home coining feast t In bewildered They peak the th and vl ld lingo of at the undergradUates under radu- radu ates atee and chatter glibly of ot sex ex and Individualism l Their airy semi semi- s ml- ml I Is ii expertly eX ertly illustrated I b by Mr Beach Dench When tor for ln lanc Ith the boy t ln discovers his elder ld brother kl kIssing the th girl Kirl to whom I he Is engaged engl cn aced h he remarks gahy ga Dont Don't mind me m Im I'm used to rut BUt IY bring ferine They spend much money keep koep late hours and accept tile the bland negligence of youth their I pont f sacrificial devotion But It is ii Intimated slyly in the begInning of at tho th play that all is 1 not well all with th the senior Ingals meals elt- elt It at City Assessor Hints are areat areat arat at hand that the tho th are nr go go- go going nr eo-nr Ing to oust him hint from Iris Ills job lire crafty Mr Ir Beach alo aliO communicates cates to you the th comforting indica IndIca- IndIcation indication tion that at th the end nd Mr Ingals Ingal Norman Trevor will get aret et happIer employment when It becomes necessary Vr Mr Beach Bench seems toI to I know that the th art of at the the ura Is IsI I the tho art of ot preparation IIO lin over ever Ithe the end crisis arrives in dramatic and the th family becomes bankrupt rupt The Tb children are ar sum sum- summoned sum summoned mooed homo home horn from their frivolous us rende ous ous and are so told b their practical grandmother Mrs Thomas Whitten tint that they are mean foolish little bloodsuckers ers rs and that au alt all their tun fun Is ia oer 0 er At this point so ao good a play d de- de deserves serves disparagement dl nt rather than th eulogy Apprised of at their fathers father tather predicament the tho children are changed as if by malic magic and become lollipops and atonement ooze from their pore Dora por ll Ie nith Ith one on another r In self accusation 1 and eagerness to mak make amends amend Th The gO TO out and get pet I they turn OHr oer to their father their thel small taine aa Ings the they refuse to 10 go sl goback back bacI to college collego and they the scheme In inmany 1 manyas many as wa s to cuso cuse him to bo be o corn com corn corn- many comfortable It Is all alt somewhat of a wallow of at sophomoric V eel tion but it thc he final curtain curtal down on a pretty emphasis of at the belief bellet that all I li ii well nith Ith the American pua fix fit I hen it is 19 put into an American pla pia MI Mlis 1108 B Kath Kath- Katherine ath- ath atherine erine erin Grey Is the th bewildered be mother and Miss lIso Miriam Doyle the th flapper turn angelic at the end enet |