| Show II I THE PLAY LAY IN NEW YORK YORKI Special IW YOH July 2 To son sen senI I Coney Ioney orley Island Is to have huo a good N J time Utie tm and ind to have that Ihal one on must never be critical Ono One must do doas doas as alt w we did di yesterday j pick out a a ii broil bron broiling bronIn Log ing In day do a most moat attractive gill gillit It Is and alid selfish to go aon non alone be raid mid UI up your put purse to genial ald aldI I oil and nd Just Jut dont cone card what so 10 loog as ns happens of if f iteMs I s consider UH us Ul evaporating In tr III stood upon by who have hae no 10 objection Q to 10 our tool foot OK UK u a hoof floor on al a is Brooklyn train then to io in hi a II fran frantic trai frantie tie tic le lelur search rot for that rat ral rarity ralI ity I it of transit a unu Park larit mm amid then Ihen at last Jest to 10 our ourselves ourselves selves seI in a 0 train ittin on tile tha way IY Upon our It Immediately changes changed his ls mind und lind Ild from a It Jekyll bu ho come Colt a U local but all uli la he yuil wel save aavo for foJ balancing two WO small children on one foot avoiding losing ones hat In iti II thu Iho lunge of a I rut rat lady Icily und sold prevent preventIng Ing u a descendant of ot the tho ancient In from doing worse than thul dislocating on one of our ou ribs rib Incidentally by hy a IL a 1010 what ute Ule of or the illS knee and nl ci bow w WI WO havu B time tho attractive girl huh half hai a u seat let she in is II hot and nl excited arid and a tI I little alarmed nt at lt no so much novelty novelY nil 11 nt Lit t once hut but she rhe he IK is II game pune and be believes 14 It II U iS I tun fuli fUl H it J U is I Possible jo to go to 10 tonE in 10 n A I motor stylishly but thu Illis li II linot I Inot not advised unless of course e you hn a n motor or II nut can rl afford to rent remit on oils WI Ve tire ore Ir now nt itt lt c tl U easier casler writ dono and amid 1111 a perplexity ot of lt possibilities rO wo we WI wander around Willie 1 do II their musical al worst what list firm to do da Timis Thil ThilI I scull minute In which we wo seriously 1001 resolve to wo see O everything hung tho 1511 Ihl I The liw way wa Y to IL Coney Concy Cone U tl 5 with w Wit 1 good lood Intention We tVS for rol III tl to In hOlt lime tha bubbling balls bails bils In II a ii 1111 gallery lel and Old Instead of ot out our Intended three shots wo te shoot 30 10 Wo We are ara ar hungry now and anil ani to eat cut From experience those contemplating a I trip trill ih to Coney Canoy are aro ad advised n earnestly to lo dine In New York further comment on 01 the tho chefs of la ill It unnecessary lr An As Al a 1 stimulus to dictation wo we deter determined determined determined mined upon Ov r tho Groat Divide at a Dreamland which Is a new now namo for tor a n scenic railroad that shoots shoot you ou through black tunnel over gorges around curves cUles and Ind finally down dawn a 1 1111 Incline At tin In angle angie algle of Cf 50 tO rO degrees and up till tho the opposite mountain H it I makes i ha mIte girls scream and you OU wonder wander an as al you clutch your hat whether tho the car ca over goes loes ort oft the tha track But wn so WI went weilt throw times tunes hi itt II succession for tor forIt torI forit It I Is I fascinatingly tl exciting rInd Ind probably probably ably nb quite IUlo dangerous hut but that m 01 litter fitter As a contrast we glided through tile the of Venice quite quie romantically moonlit Under tinder tm or blue calcium but really realy Over the tile Croat irot Divide le is II much bet bat bettor betler bator tor ler or Still longing for or thrills we sought limo tho chute the tho chutes clute It U was W good but It was we also alHO wet we I Tills Till Th N Is II a C natural at al attribute attribute tribute of or the but bul the tha unnatural ral rat part hart was that we wo tera thoroughly wet too U It 1 wan 11 cooling to us both loth but bil our collar and her shirt waist sait not nol beautified thereby Wo We off orl offset it possible pneumonia by y punching punch In the bag and Inc testing letting our lungs lung Wo We 1 sero rather worried about our 1111 lungs uns for we in 1 a lio Io this thc hell bell ring 11 ni WI Thou Incautiously wo we hied hlo ourselves to animals hold forth Hero here we got Rot roars moro thrills thrill of tf r different kinds II I s Wu watched tha trained find leopards and stIll lon and amid old when nen n tt 1 tiger I lre I a tI iud den con for tor tIle the roof root of ot th lbs tho cage cago ITA wo yo very hearty murly lied el It tt wits waa only gallantry ry anti and ml frightfully strong will willpower wi willpower power that kept us u l the attend attendant attendant ant assured allured IKuro un 11 Dial Ihal the tha tiger get eel out mil htmL II It looked R as If It h he could and amid ald tie the tle effect wo wits W t the Iho I V y Tr y 1 h P j 11 I It m jI j I 1 I If Ii I i t V f I 5 V V iP A J JI I I I VV il V i MISS JOSS BELLE BELIE THEODORE THODOR Company Hn Hns same s me though the tho thC physical result snit was far tor a loss lose I I damaging damo than If ho hull had h es us escaped coped When the tho th animals anImal open nail and growling fearfully mado rushes at nt the trainer wo ire WI hoped of ot course oUr the thc man bo be hurt but we lingered long bog at Bostocks hoping for tOI the hOSt best fearing for tho the worst worst Then rhen for tor one thrill we wo tried Hell Itoh Date Oate na which consists of you ou around In circles and then down downa a n gaping watery walery waler Incline Into ten a it pitch black hi lck tunnel l You 10 If it It ought to be lie BO so dark If It something has hD gone gono Iono wrong and us as you yon bump along In the tho blackness you hav havA little creepy sensa sensations tons But eventually WR we came came out all allright al allright right save that whom where tile the chutes huts wet us U the waist up Holl Hell Onto com corn completed the process l CeS Strictly mindful of ot tho the fact that thai tl by this thU time It Il was wai WIS tar far til Park Palk after arter 10 JO and that Luna una Was I y yOt it t unexplored unexplored we wo determined to leave leao not seeing Eoln Creation Craton or the Arabian Nights Nishi or Feast or 01 Pharaohs Daughter all alt oC of which wo we have hUB no itt doubt are ar perfectly good entertainment but there wile was Luna Lupa left lett and BO o we ave went Dream Dreamlands lands rival Is lit filled with novel and anI spectacular attractions as ns Night anti and Morning Toe Tue WI ot of 49 t The Wreck of o tho the Hesperus and but bul hats tho use well bo tic all we wc did at ut Luna was to chute the chutes and ride In itt the thu dipping thrilling railways s where Coney Concy Is shrewd It IL caters to 10 the tha American of speed and ond excitement arid ant It Is so 50 arranged that it Jt takes two to or 01 three visits to see lee even oven part of at It And Acid WJ W u get jet home at that till 2 Dramatic criticism In Now New York IB is l the most curious profession In III tha th world said tho tl o nina man In the street Profession sneered tho r trade you mean and ld not nearly so Im Important as us bricklaying Oh Ohl I 1 dont know observed ob the tho Press Pross agent criticism Is 11 Influential Influential V objected the tho author Its Ils homicidal Well W ll I 1 never pay pr much lo to It Jt said the moan man with tho the 2 bill billI i iI I see sec a n show allow the critics say Is great and I can IAn hardly sit It out But nut what do you usually think when they the say tt tI play Is lit bad 1 asked the manager managerI alter alterI I never go to 10 bud bad plays Exactly triumphantly observed tho the theauthor author you sea seo the critically accepted play disagree with the critic anti then dont doitt give the tho author a square deal by ly going to the tho had play and learning It If you disagree then too Well Ive seen soen what the tite tl V E critics if call 5 bad ploys plays and liked em Bin expostulated the tho man In the thc street Exactly shouted the author that tbt proves my tny theory But Dut ho he saw taw tho the bad jim play on a ft pass PIlS objected the tho press agent ngen t That Thal doe nt alter niter tho fact that its UI pretty unfair to allow one man num to damn a 0 play publicly when of ot his hla readers might like it V But the tite one man is la supposed to be bean bean bean an expert export Said aId the man mall In the tho street Expert nothing Interjected tho the au nu author thor llio thorAnd And nd It experts that make a play pIny playa pInya a success added add d the press agent Its It usually easy cosy marks mark smiled the tho man Dramatic criticism in Now New York Yacht Is a II necessary evil ovll sighed tho thu th manager It I t object tol Sal cried tho the author all itil sana people welcome honest criticism Its till the tendency Lendt ney to tobo tobe tobe be bo personal to be humorous for the sake of at a IL a phrase the truth bo be hanged the cynicism of boredom the sion Bt ot of mere opinion as fact ana anu ami the tho eternal desire never to look on the tho bright side Bide never to 10 give anyone tho the benefit ot if tho the doubt never to express a tentative opinion and leave the hits decision to the tile people who pay their money mooney and und take their choice these are aro thu things I take exception to lo There Is n Il lot In 11 what you say re remarked reo remarked marked tho the press pres agent I It Ie H e 1 bad imad the tho public will decide It U Its good Rood true mournfully agreed the lost on critical sue cesse and mado It back bac somo of oC It iton ln on critical failures allures I L think the thu trouble la Ia yuu managers bow too much to the critics make em feel tool that your our careers depend on ou what they write and of oC com course HO Unit that makes them chesty and hypercritical Seriously though said acid the tho mana manager manager ger what whitt I object to Is 13 the tile average ut critics attitude and ana In his hili own mind his superior perception No au IJU author author thor has Itati his play because as his V thinks It Ii I bad no nu manager 1 spends pend his thousands because ha lit expects to LU nayl navo a IL failure no actor three weeks week because u he ho thinks hell holl have only a 0 weeks engagement 01 Everyone cone con with the tho piny according to tn his hili position Is upending spending ills hili time imla hie mon man money monC ey CT C his labor and his brains braille because ho hS wanta wanlo to milk make a success Then comes cume tho thit first night The fhe crillo critic In welt well chosen choson phrases often witty ones as assumes the tho manager lu in a II brainless Idiot blot tho the actors asinine and the tha author authar a I a sheer heel imbecile are ant right but today failure Is IB often otten tomorrows success a and this the dividing line lIno between failure and success Is always Al way alight slight BO gsa why not give us the tho benefit of or the tb doubt If Jt It Is bod buti Its bad If Ia ils s good Rood good goo 1 but l It on the night its Ita only pretty good Rood damning criticism may kill bill the tha play and the tho author and the tho manager Why WIly go A looking for tor faults faiths why Wily not nol try to Boo Bce In the play plo that mad made mads a somebody think It worth producing Most Molt critics critic tho the manager malinger contin cantin continued U have J play I Y In their pockets pocket they tha I cant Mil and knowing the getting nn Cit opening op on II one ono they won ij to gentler I mn mars WOUld I their viewpoint Ill htmL m theIr al Usually makes 11 thorn them tour lour nL t Mt 1111 lh in itt perSonalitIes SOd UI nl el opinions oPinion Instead of tf pt 1 clam based 0 o on oh knowledge opinion H UI um J hoi bOil oa And AmId lId anyway the ho their v those or at a n few tew men ono I Other between the acts flint ami yet Y proved to lo inn 1111 that hat critic Critics rio ho one on I of at heaven n to lo guIlo the tho id nr lire are I hol taste me lile critics critic In Ill ft used sarcasm cause AU O pain and an I their as ita well nell as dollar dollars there were cro critics of It department Sll j Sup o lI a i New Nei cw York paper I morning as all It this tho Diluted j itt Its dress diess critic that thai Q Puns Paris dresses w wea o not st S that they were not Parisian worth L m 10 Own 1 iii hi oj nAIl los the pu public 1 dr amId thom t I Mr Mi emit 1 bo un ho keep tile tho wires thi papers advertIsIng Would Mr d Critic be lie fired gl ha the C m iy II And Anel he lits h would CTt g a t job as a a dm dran Ho tic tb critic agreed the thc actor n Well Veil thill thaL the th ivay iya I 1 feel reel eluded the tho manager m er I all right the tho author enthusiastically you yost 01 can oan lmae R It P next 1 t pia ehe c i Theres probably pro a goon good deal at e j tica In n your point of ot viet vl V calC J man In tho the street hut but theres n somo Saint In tho thio critics side Hide too IJo fe gets his hili side In ill print ltd said author luthor OI and ald were Just ju t talk 1 Well drawled tho the man Inan with th lbs tho you lou ou go on talking all a ai I noon nO I Im tm going to buy A JI s ticket that new nc show I 1 Mo nee se its ite n a grat cess See Seo WHAT ASked tho lh jealously Yes Yell saId the tho man Inan waving tb huh bill I lee ace by the Papers pOIS Its Rte tl By Dy y the tho papers the tho M agur ager tho the use of ot The Time papers aro are all right cj the euth r its my play pin Ones Onos opinion of criticism I the tho point o of view Jew said Iho th Ih man In I street all right rl If Ir they say tay yo 1 great groat said laId the press agent n ent Jut But very cry bad said the author Wall WellIm Im going to get my m tick lick said the men man You fellows malta make me inc tired j havo hayo no personal per point paint of ot View j 1 change with this the wind commented manager Soy Say 51 observed man In i m street str It wee was your now nets n l hit hitA fA f A frost said raId the tho manager You ou dont doisS say The Tho Th critIc In i Record this morning f said It was u arsi Did ho h Weli Vell ho lie always wa was id n a tha best besl In town ton tonIt It does 1 depend deJl nd on ones view murmured tim the press aged himself v Tho The Maid and the tim Millionaire t produced this Ilmis week on tb t tp l Mad ad V Square Boot l Garden The Tha boils booi lyrics and the tho music are fire all nil by Fred It was a II hot night the j 4 was wall cool tile the moon was most V ivo lire tho stars glimmered etl 1 the waiter was wa there ii 1 r son SO and aud what hat moro than all this ought ask or expect on a Il a summer roof root par gar garAs parAs As for tor Limo tho rest wa we sat behind a I 1 Iwi with wi U a Il a roof garden gardon ot of her own Oln flowers and fruit and two wo large featt over her hol left lert oar that hid bid all nil tho the ch arid and most of the tha book It was wu eno no however to look at tho the moon V tho iho bottom ot or a o glass I 1 |
