Show t i PERCY ERCY HAMMONDS HAMMOND'S UTTER LETTER Dy Dr Percy Ew YORK Jan J n Th 9 9 The for tor- forme for m me ane discovered by Mr Hammer Hammer- ln iti rtIn in Rosa ROM Ro e Marie Marl Is la little In- In In to n i gold mine It Its profits Irish Rose nos Ik Ik thos of or Able lr models of remuneration and new hn produce n 1 v vas va le surplus JI As of or tills this f tr r i uro Mr r I Is b by no man linn mi-linn con con A misers miser's miser inbound taps o 01 yellow I 11 r aUT rford tord him no r atlon lIon nJ h It irk It I ur 1 a good d drat di ill III of or his hise raped ailed rall 0 e d on i big I S Song ng of or 11 the Fl m It u i-u w is so s i r spectacle that th t U It madeu made u n n nigh high rollers nS ne n Morris O and ad M U rel l fel Ilk skin kin kin- In Ini Im mil nn ih h show how now w it ir a i hI hit 1 ii d 01 OJ and hi h II tIt hb hi a 1 bun I Ir on pr h 1 I could think or ot bul bull bulI onI I I forgot orrot to shop 01 tm ID to enter enter- Th Titi r rr IllS Ih h r Song Sone or of o the Flam r- r r ml Id I'd ii hot m om on or of those I and ind rn l II nr r l ll l 0 Y Yn n mete II with d l-i l YI I It d In Its It to co 1 h run rii r i is i well IW as a amusing Tn in m my over Mr Ham Ham- Hamn n ni I r I forgot to ten vou vuu what Song of ot th Ih Flame 1 t bout I It I bout about Russia Itu ila Ia In on 01 o Its most n 1 moods all r w Ith t and end Th Flam i 1 Miss II Tessa Cost Costa l Is la a alov lov lovo lov 10 l oath Dull o I al il dlan c com com- com om- om cop ins ino no arson upon ulon th U I up- up up-ne up ne De nu m i 11 shy thi lines e a ailo ailo ilo 10 hi hi ton i h s of or r r n sett OH Olf are arr lit nd mob lIot riots riota and anO ollow th f flambeau of ot b hei hn high noba not At the thi- r nd nd Low Lov Lo turns turn her from a Into r conservative nd sh sin it l betrothed 01 is ts tho the curan cur cur- curIn cur an In tall falls to 1 a nobly an and l tenor PrInce Som Somi one ont should hould have h ve advised r Mr Hammerstein to be careful bo- bo boor beor Cor bo-Cor or h hi hr distributed this mammoth onus Bonus HI His libretto should have treated h chi hi Russian Rusian situation eith- eith gravel crave In th the manner minner of ot grand opera opa or satirically ally In lu the tho method or of a romantic revue r The Th attempt to le do both 01 of neither resulted lt 1 I some somo wart Ilk Broadway comedY disfiguring i exterior Otto OUo h 1 Ir vv plot tee seesawed see un on tall on George e Gershwin's nr m and there thero was a u hOlt hoar of or 1 0 fid r real l Russians who vh mg beautifully whenever It had haner hanc The ticket brokers n r that Son Sons Song of ot the th Flame is In hoa by bv the I cu-I CUs- CUs and It will add fur fur- fur in co toll hr n p limpness of or Mr Ham Ham- Hamn Ham n n b rt 10 will w dl ill I 1 t Josph Jos To ph Patterson Pattersons P on Dope as amplified by by Herman deb Ib Into a three act drama Is bout a bid bad as they make mak em i i Sunda nl nights night's ht's Invited 1 audi i n nee r r d at it It In hI a polite and N T Y wa way and only the th dra- dra dra math mati trine showed pity tot to It It Atherton rakes me meo m mo o th the thi owls tor for not beIng In scra ac- ac rn rn ra w Il h hir hr r views about Nance ll I u in III W ronger Than Love Sum tins she h writes U li mr beyond word words and odor Ida I am IlnI disagreeing with you so that r must relieve reHe m my mind Than Lov Love may not u n d per pcr cent AmerIcan God klows kows we have ha enough enouch t i those to satisfy MUsty the most moct raging and and and Nance Nanco ONeil O'Neil Is not I n an n engaging flapper Moreover I ally alli that In tn time q a critic must f I omi om too bias bla to like anything nd and find ind olur only In brilliant riling and aid the attitude ot of o adem- adem a dem- dem iRod god od to a worm But It seems nemi s to me that In thease the se ase of ot a play with the dignity rod nd charm ot of o Stronger Than Love and an actress of Miss Mis Iss ONeUs stature he might shake himself md and refocus his myopic eye Anyhow here her Is the opinion of ot cne ens professional non devotee of the drama I have seen all the goo good l plays plas In tow and have hav j en- en n a few tew of ot them Hamlet them Hamlet In Modern Dress The Tho Th Vortex Craigs Craig's Crale Wife I fe Accused and Chiv but alry-but alry but It seemed med to me m last nIght that Stronger Stron r Than Love hal had a deep deeper quality a more mor ex- ex exciting eit clUng citing Interest and a more mor poignant pole pole-nant nant dramatic appeal than any any- anything anything thing I had seen tor for many months month Miss ONell ONeil was at nt her best and best no higher praise can cnn be bo given elven herand herand her and and was wa supported by an un- un uncommonly un uncommonly commonly vivid cast Is merel merely the opinion of one of ot the tho pUblic but public but where would plays play be without th They might conceivably get without the th critics critic a I know exactly how Mrs Irs Ather- Ather Atherton ton ton 1011 feels when critics critic with with her I too am nm often otten nettled nettled- by their brilliant wrIting and their myopic eyes ees and their attitude of ofa ofA I a 1 demigod to a 0 worm In case they do not chime In with In my Im- Im Impression Im Impression I am nm Irritated as Mrs Atherton Is li beyond words Justn Justa Just II a few months ao neo ago George Jean Nathan one of ot my firmest ac c- c I h i i did not harmonize with me m in my Impressions Impression ot of o The I Vortex Hot phrases phrae es passed be preen us and In III my huff hurt I cnn can cancelled relied can tween celled my subscription to The American Mercury j But never have I been In a aI dudgeon eon higher hig than that reached rel lost Tuesday mornIng when I read I what the tho Ero music critics wrote about the Moscow Players In Carmencita and the th Soldier to me was the th most sting combination of ot music drama and acting I had ever run up tip against All the th senile old oper oper- operatic oper- oper operatic operatic fustian had ben replaced ced by young oung vigorous and beautiful artl- artl artificialities artl Carmen's story atory was told magicallY Bizet's music was sung sung not not and there there were so many oth other other r new ot oI oti i picture color and pantomime that you could honestly and Intelligently clap your our hands This Carmen made the th stage of ol the Metropolitan Metropolitan tan Opera rouse House look like an aay- aay asylum asylum lum for lor gaudy caudy Imbeciles Imbeciles Imbecile Yet the music critics critic the next forenoon patronized It snootily from Laurence of the Her Her- Herald herald Her Her-ald ald Tribune to Samuel ott oU oft ot of o The World t l Iwa was so o IndIgnant that following Mrs Atherton example I wrote to them an and told them where they got off |