Show 1 I r I PERCY HA OND'S LETIER j i 4 NEW YORK reb I el 16 The 16 The The of o the American drama ml come to the conclusion that th tit o 0 will 11 be no Do strike ot of the actors I when hen 1 their present truce with tre man man-I man man- alters ogere expires In June It I le agreed t that the employers realize the tle dis dle I diS-I disadvantages advantages of ot their situation and that after arter some Borne further feeble gee gee- gestures gestures tures three of protest I w li succumb to the demands demand of o their heir embattled vassals I One of ot two of o the Hie Ir Mr Cohan and Mr henry Miller 1 may may prefer retreat to I Mr Cohan In particular gives definite defInite nite evidence of ot deciding to Quit I rather than to capitulate He Ito I li is the most pathetic figure In the controversy contro- contro verey contro-verey vere versy as ae he prepares e to wrap Vial the tho drape draper ot of his hie couch about him end and lie down to unpleasant dreams The two great houses of ot the tho American drama Erlanger drama and Shubert find find t I r IVe-r e r predicament andI I more complicated Encumbered by ast Investments Investment In the real estate e tate as aI well as aa the art ot of the theatre they can ill III afford to Duffer Buffer a re- re revolt revolt re revolt volt of ot the actors Vacant theatres theatre and pIa plays plais s produce neither fe eDues nor esthetic V the spoken drama Idle and prostrate Its fc cold Its stacks belching no rumen rumes the tho sly cinema its It shrewdest bu business s lne ad- ad ad usa would further fortify It- It Itself It Itself self In the hearts of ot o the tho drama 10 era en The scouts of the Actors Actor Equity association report that the have learned that the big Interests of the American stage plan to or- or organize or or a stupendous Incorporation of Indoor amusements amusement the profit profit- profitable profitable able ablo shares of which would be tor for purchase by the gen gon- general gen general eral public A strike and Its ac- ac ac accompanying companying deficits a would the act act- acton act actors ors ore suspect Impede the consummation consummation mation mllton of ot that enterprise So they rest reet easily In the assurance that when June comes nith Ith Its hum hum- hummingbIrds hummingbirds and daffodils the tho man man- managers managers managers agers will remark Back to the tho thomine mines mine artists There II 11 be no strike today r 1 r Moreover there theN seems to be bo an on Impression among the employers that Mr frank Gillmore who lead leads i Ih dl dissatisfied men is a conscientious conscientious opponent One of the more Important pro pro- pio described Mr Gillmore to tome tome tome me not long ago as liS the tho most pow pow- powel powerful pow el erful ful mn man n In the tho theatre and the thele le least t selfish In his use of hi Ills his power Radical but not a 1 fanatic Mr more sees both Hides aides of the eon con con contention Holding In his soft hands the thunderbolts bolts of union labor labor he refrains from unjust application ot of them His counsels and chastise chastisements ments menla are addressed alike to em- em employers em employ ploy eis and Therefore the Ie less Bourbon of the managers e that since the heel bed o of the OI oppressor must some Limo timo be put upon their necks nocks It Is better that It b be Mr Gillmore s lenient rubber heel D Eson El on Mr hose chose I tremulous lamentations rend Palm PalmI Beach s summer skies sIdes and moan I tho that t there will III be no more Fol lies may ma be b reconciled vs hen Illes June conies comes to Mr Gillmore's vel- vel velet velet et et 1 As one who does not lorten often wager wafer I desire to make a small bet tint that when the Democracy arrives In New York for tor Its na- na national national na national com convention contention It will III find all 1111 the dramas and folles toile In hospitable and profitable operation and upon a union scale The Actors Actor's Equity though po- po potent potent po potent tent In the economics of ot the dram drama le Is no not so good at producing pros pro pros porous porous plays plais Its Ite theatre In Fort Fort- Fort fourth fourth street treet for tor t two tw o 0 seasons ha has been rather a house houe of sorrow Last week It tiled hied another pia play l Ia The Tho New Englander by Abby Mer- Mer Merchant Mer-chint Mer chant with the usual result It was as about a 10 loving Ing Massachusetts wid- wid widow wid widow ow Miss MIgs Katherine Emmett who wished hod to send end her eon son to the peni peni- penitentiary penitentiary In order to mike make of him hima a better man She had condoned himI I his father fathers s a embezzlements with 1111 ill success and she determined that he hei i also an absconder should othe ha 0 I the benefit of state s Imprisonment It Jt It will III be succeeded In a weep week or t two tao 0 by a revival of ot ro a The Thunderbolt The Slit Off Show by George Kell aull or of Tho The 1 Torch Bear Bear- Bear ti u lI I Is Ii d a IIO hit hit at Mr DI Brads Brad's ad a s a 1 a crafty and engaging comedy about life In a 1 simple household of suburban The Show Off of the title I Is a pompous and euf self lent young oun four Gusher the son ROn In I In Uw w of ot the family Aubrey PI- PI PIper Piper Pi Piper per by name h lie he 3 I li is given a shallow hallow bombast and post A clerk at 32 3 50 Q a week seek In the freight of- of offices offices of offices of the Pennsylvania railroad rl h he pretends 1 1 tends that he ho I la is the chief of his depal with many man men at athis athis his beet bee oI and oIl l call all Ills lIs laugh lI Is loud I his Ulanee enOl enormous and ho he I ii gifted a cheap cheal and aud noisy noly Ie elo- cle oane gance lie He wears al a upon his hId hl head and a carnation In la his buttonhole Ho Ito borrows borros s the money al and l the automobiles of hi his friends frienda and he e alanes ah a s makes a 1 cheap ho show short of himself He lIe I Is 10 loved cd by his retty wife M s sj Wallace and abhorred by b his law In ln Miss Helen Lo Low Lon ell elt while his hlo sis ter ter te In ln la law IV Miss Crosby Crosb pities and despises l es Him He Would be were sere ft he not 0 o by Mt III Kelly and a I little overplayed ed by bv Mr Louis John D Bartels n Il rec- rec recognized rec recognized 1 typo pe of parasite As Ac he Is ho he Is prepo preposterous and preposterous highly favorite with the spectators spectator I |