Show i PERCY PER AMMONDS AMMOND'S j I II I 1 NEW YORK YORI March The Tho 19 rending thunders by Eu- Eu Eugene Eu Eugene gene gone ONeill O'Neill e 8 All Good Goods s a Got Wings bale o subsided with the Intimation bv b the Iro ors that they will not produce It No such uproar has hAA been raised b by the Drama Dram since Mrs frs Warrens Warren's ProfessIon moved th the public to Ii 1 noisy choler Bused Ded D ed on a een a white lady and a color color- colored colored ed gentleman It tt exasperated mem mem- members members members bers of o both boti races Thos Those negroes who ho complained to me inn about It were Indignant nant because the blond woman In the case cage was uncha-ste uncha and not worthy of her hep able ble suitor Many white folks were ere Incensed be- be because because be because with cause the comedy ended end d with the girl sirl kissing the hand ot of other other her raven husband huband Though the negro actor who was as as to have hae play play- played played played ed the principal male malo role W was S an honor man at nt Dartmouth It was as regarded as unseemly for him to be associated with Ith a white whito Broadway I I actress In the counterfeit of a re- re re revolting t romance All of this fuss tuss I suspect wu Wae made by solemn persons who take the Drama too seriously I donUt dont belIeve bellew that the pel of 11 God Cod Gods s Got would ha have hae e Induced an any of Its audi audi- audiences audi audi- audiences audiences to Indulge In the follies o 0 miscegenation o-miscegenation miscegenation The plays play's picture of black and wedlock w Is ern en more sordid than most theatrical of routine New York Tork matrimonY As I road read It In the Isue of The Tho The AmerIcan It was wag dull 11 shallow and an ueless-an useless an essay Y tn In blown over blown Impudence It If It Is at all aJI It is a not a temptation I At an any rate my m- reading of ot It ItI I warned me to keep away from It I I Mt felt secure In my be- be belief belief be belief lief that black LInck Is black and white I Is white and that the twain should I eldOm If It ever marry I knew also I that the performance e would be an offensive e bore So did many ocher oher and All Gods Clods I Got Wings Wines would have away 1 without having made the least disturbance In our harmon harmon- harmonIous harmonious iou ious color scheme As a de- de de of ot some anarchistic Ohio grandfather who ho used to transport escapIng slaves via the under ground d I t Inherit a eer- eer certain tain lain pit pity for tor the tho plight of the ne- ne negro negro ne-gro ne gro I cant can't help feeling sorry for forthe the dusk young Dartmouth man who Is thus defeated In n his artistic aspirations by the circumstances s of his color Probably he Is Inquiring Inquiring ing with the pathetic In the tho song songS Mother are there any angels black like me Im I'm as good a little boy s as I can be Still every one else excepting possibly Mr Sir ONeill O'Neill Its author seems to be glad Klad that All Gods God's I Got Wings i Is to remain In Inthe Inthe the tho shadows shadow 8 of the printed or Ii- Ii li library Drama I The early going away of Jane Cowl and Antony and Cleo I Cleopatra Cleo Cleopatra patra was attributed In this de- de department department de department to the comically false dej j whiskers fretting fretting- the boyish face of Mr R Hollo fIlo Peters who Imper Imper- Impersonates Impersonates tho the grizzled triple pillar hiIe Mr Ir peters does not e oade eade ade I the blame so placed upon his hia un un-I un unhappy happy up make he lie writes In re-I re re- re reply re reply ply the appended amusing remon- remon remonstrance remon remon-I remon lily My Dear Mr Hammond A general protest please and If ItI I humbly m ma mil a correction of ot an assertion made b by you In Sund Sundays 11 Tribune To begin with there was a eer Ce- Ce I tain certain humor to first reviews review of Antony and Cleopatra In I which the criticism of o your hum I hum hum- hum T ble blo Anton Antony centered on hie beard board Tho etc second thoughts thought etc were to quote quota our own au- au author author au author thor not so 80 good Thore There was raa as the tho undercurrent of conspiracy In them them In fact tact It seemed quite pi that you Alexander ray my King and some oth- oth others othera oth others ers era had been dining lUning with some some some- someone someone one of ot our foremost barbers Now and Now and I 1 dont don't say this In de- de de defense tense of ot I myself myself I M saw MV a rb compact of ot I I Van a Frida Friday afternoon and up upon upon I on various youthful Slavic Slavio sat palpably falso false mustachio an beards But then the ns Russian I There Thero Is i no doubt that le Colgate and Cluett glistening cut clean-cut clean sha 0 pOsters posten have taught us to despIse I the Native Face However However ever when In the tho first agonies o fastening It Jt on I 1 little knew was BBS as to be the Beard that launched a 11 thousand quips Finally with all duo due respect to t I 3 and Mess Hepner It wn not their firm tirra that fashioned It The beard was made and surely there thero Is Js historic Interest In know know- ing knowing this by the man who made al a of oC General Grants Grant's own beards beard I Yours Your sincerely ROLLO PETERS Lyceum Theater I I II I can assure assura a suro Mr Peters that hat I 1 OO hao never nover dined with Mr I cott Miss raT mv King or a 1 n barber since I 1 1 never no have hae been Invited In to do todo so 80 I gh gho gie e him my woid 01 d that I the only time Mr con con- con consulted suited me Inc about Antony's Antonye unique hairiness was waB at the Cherry Lane PIa house the other evening when I re e Pe asked mo roe casually If It Mr Pe- Pe PeI I Antony did not remind m me I ot of Jackie Jackle Coogan made up Il os as Santo Santa Claus And I told him that he I did didI I I Mr rr F Follies has under under- undergone undergone undergone gone so many changes since Its lt I first regrettable performance that It Is almost a new show Nearly everything was waa wept swept Into the tho al- al al alley alIcy ley Icy after the opening night one ana since then there thue has been a con con- con constant constant stant revolution r Naturally enough Mr feld r chorus remains remaIn In- In Inviolate in inviolate violate In a manner of speaking It I Is the one Immutable feature of the revue The loung- loung oung women wom-en are the same Arne and the process of I their ther glorification I Is maintained In Its Ita original original- form torm or shape I Speaking of the Folt POUTS POUT'S s chorus re callI call that the art of oC musical nom nom- nomenclature nom nom- nomenclature nomenclature In the shows girl Is 10 a 11 lost alost one ono Veteran dram drama lovers lover well remember that the e of the last generation strove for sobriquets that tang sang even oven It if the they could not sing slog themselves es Thet Ther I Iwas was In those days deys It Is Said Bald an appreciation of pretty names and the chorus ladles ladle vied tied with one another for tor such christenings 8 55 s or La Rose floe There were mans roan man Maudes and on tho programs of other times but I few fe butI Sarah I I was as Innocently looking looking- 0 oer er erthe the pIa playbill bill of f the Follies not long ago and I dico discovered erel ered much mor more prose than poetry In the ea captions I Of the performers KII ge I geI was the title of one of them them them- and Sarah Granzow that th of oC another There was a Kolinsky a aI aNellie aNellie I Nellie a Millie MIDI Glosson a Hettle Hettie Cooper and ana a R Nettle Nettie JIlt JIlt- Mc-I Mc grue all grue-all all of ot them har harsh lia ah h and practical practical rather than Ideal l and flu flute flute- like flute e- e like The noble e e of the these ladles ladies Is desecrated by their dissonant antonyms as l 15 that of ot the Bush Buh Terminal or the north I Woolworth Wool They shoula be Inscribed and Pe- Pe Penelope Pe I PeI anti and not and Addle Addie I WM was wa about to eugest a asa labout a 8 for n a a ym sym phonic rolls girl Kirl when nhen hen I I herod that Wa was the name of ot beggar begg-ar maid What Is th thy name faire maid louth he 0 King said she There are arc no gar boc-gar maids among the girls nn |