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Show "The Syndicate" in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21. It is difficult to say in just what category E.J. Swartz's new play, "The Syndicate," produced at the Girard Avenue theater, should be placed. It is generally conceded that the piece is a success, but it is also the general opinion that the comedy is a trifle too broad, and that the flights into sentiment are rather too abrupt, while the denouement is brought about in a painfully conventional manner. The plot is amusing. Two villages are separated by a creek and are intensely jealous of each other. Thomas Jefferson Slam conceives the idea of forming a syndicate for the purpose of inducing legislation to cause the removal of the county seat to his village. Of course he will be enriched by this if it goes through, and equally, of course, it doesn't go through. There is a pretty love story and a designing young man, which make "The Syndicate" interesting. Mr. Swartz is a bright newspaper man, and doubtless knows how to use the blue pencil, with the aid of which his play can be vastly improved. <br><br> CHARLES CHESTON. |