Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-12-03 | Page 29 | "Potash and Perlmutter" at Wilkes Tonight

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T McNulty a as an and d Ferdinand Munier as Potash in the funny comedy to be p resented presented at the Wilkes theatre all of i this week opening tonight I Another session of laughs Is scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- for tor Wilkes patrons In the presentation pre pre- of Potash and I which beginning with tonight's perI performance performance per per- will 1 be E the offering of the I Nukes o v plaY players rs for a week i On the stage as in th the confines confineR of I the ma magazine the humors of Abe PotI Potash Potash Pot Pot- I ash and his business partner I Maw Maw- russ ruse are delightful entertainment enter enter- for never were more original nal or Interesting characters character created than these thele two by Montague Glass It I matters little whether their cloak and suit 8 business or r their thir heart interest Is profound and true psychology or not theIr their quaint speech their business schemes and above all their underlYing underlying under under- li lYing DF tenderness and nd goodness are delightfully de- de refreshing it is not surprising surprising ing that at the initial performance of this comedy In New York Hebrews themselves welcomed it ll with marked approval The story opens with the beginning of ot business for the day in the emporIum emporium em em- of Potash and and the opening of the mail mall and the careful care care- I f ful l outlook kept for checks s Is Js Interrupted by the opening of a discussion discussion discussion dis dis- concerning the leaving of the designer for tor the company compan Henry Feldman lawyer laTer for lor the firm assures them that he can secure another de designer designer designer de- de signer and having obtained the consent consent consent con con- I sent of the partners he ho introduces Miss Mis Ruth Goldman Abe and Maw russ were hardly prepared for a woman designer but after some hems and haws about salary th they y finally succumb to her charms and ability and establish her as one of ot the fIXtures fixtures fixtures fix fIX- tures of the firm They never regret their decision lon for tor Miss Goldman designs a garment that brings t fame me and consequently greatly increased l business to the house 0 of Potash and Then the black clouds of trouble ap ap- ap pear it seems their bookkeeper ep ris is a refugee from Russia and J he is ap- ap led and t threatened ot of Uie I q slid and ha ha o 0 time to 9 dJ IC S. S I L I Investigate Potash and take all their r ready ady cash and go bond for the bookkeeper thanks to the earnest of Miss Goldman and Irma Potash the latter being deeply fellow fellow tellow tel fel fel- fel In love with the handsome young o low and the former interested in him because othis talent for music Before Before Before Be Be- fore the bond is secured however Boris is on his way to Canada a fact for the that makes no end nd of ot trouble two partners partner I Then th lawyer lawyer intent intent on getting getting getting get get- ting a nice sum for tor his work as aa a walking delegate delegate calls calls a strike of the garment workers in th the establishment of ot potash and and and they are forced to sign a lease for tor or a a. new store building building on 1 Fifth avenue During these troublesome times falls In Jove love with Miss Goldman but facing bankruptcy he I cannot speak what Is In his heart and arid I Ilife life pres presents ts a doleful outlook On theother the theother I Iother other hand Abe Is having domestic troubles In addition to his business worries and finds that his wife In her eagerness S to obtain social standing for tor b better pl players players play play- y has been an an- easy sy p prey y ers than she at pinoch and as a consequence consequence con con- con con- sequence she she Bre has lost considerable money and arid mortgaged the house to meet her obligations Having also mortgaged the house himself Abe I I faces a knot knotty y problem R Roste ste wails and Abe weeps and Irma mopes mopes- but finally the clouds display their silver linings and Potash and emerge from the deluge as funny as ever ever picking and haranguing at each other In the same old way This Is one of the most difficult plays ever attempted by a stock company company company com com- pany and no doubt the Wilkes patrons are interested In knowing how the various va- va various various va va- rious characters have been cast The two principals will be Ferinand Munier as Abe Potash and T. T McNulty as Nana Bryant will ap appear appear appear ap- ap pear as Miss Ruth Goldman Charlotto Charlotte Charlotte Char- Char lotte lotto Treadway as Irma Potash and Clair Sinclaire a as af a M Mrs Potash Therole The Therole role of Loris Boris Andrieff the talented bookkeeper has been assigned t to Cecil KIrke to take care of ot and Cliff Thompson plays the part of or Mark The craft crafty lawyer Henry Fel Feldman man is il th the part played b by Frederick Frederick FrEderick FrEd Fred Fred- erick Moore George Barnes will portray portray portray por por- tray the character of Henry man and Huron I. I L L' Blyden will DC ne an nn Interesting book agent Mr MI Blyden myden stage director has git given l en en considerable study to the the stagIng staging stagIng stag stag- I ing of ot Potash and and I Morris Andrews director of the Wilkes orchestra has some fine selections to I add to the entertainment of or Wilkes I patrons Advertisement Advertisement l