The evening world., 1902-11-11
Kate CareW Says Glen Mac
donough Has Used the Shears
and PastepOt in Constructing
"Among Those Present"
LAMPooNS HARRY OLEHR.
Playwright Revamps Many Society
Happenings and Shows an unfaII-
Ing Intimacy with the Newport
HrevItles Column Of Daily Papers.

among Those Present" Is the title OF
n entertainment presented at the Gar
Zen Theatre last night by the sprightIy
Hrs. lie Moyne. After more or less
eadently sitting through It one cannot
sahe a regret at not having been In
sfnded among those absent.
Glen Macdonough confesses on the
programme. in brewer APPS. that It was
- who concocted Among Those Pres
mt" and nobody is likely to contest
- claim, unless II be his newsdealer
ana his oaste and scissors merchant
Tor Mr.. Macdonough is ION" TO tine
lSma Of the times. and. observing that
even the almanac was being dramatized
aor Charles Frohman, he went ahehd
and dramatized forty columns OF New
port correspondence extending over ~
summers.
There may be people who would ENJOY
tandom readings from back hles OF the
Raiiy papers. All the editors / have ever
Known work themselves Into nervous
nrostration on the opposing theory that
ne public must have its news steamlnB
hot. But editors are not infallible-not
always, I Mr.. M~acdonough
may be right In his belief that the play
Eoers of New York are clamoring for a
theatrical warming over of the year be-
fore lasts news. There was more clam
than clamor about last nights audience.
however.
Presents Harry Lehr.
IN dramatiZing the hl.s Mr.. Mac
nonough faithfully followed the methods
Of Clyde Fitch. He opened the pro-
seedlings with a young man OF sassiety
stunning n doll for his hostess. ones
thoughts turned to the Lehr young per-
son who sells Somebody's champagne TO
the 400 How very Fitch-like!
Then some fluffy girls sat around ana
said perfectly giddy things about d.
Vorce. In sassiety. according to tltch
ana Marlborough. people spend so mucn
time saying giddy things about divorce
that it's a wonder they ever find leisure
20 ret divorces.
Then acme automobile talk, and an
amateur chauffeur totting up the num-
Der Of ducks and pigs he had run over
But. all this was mere preliminary
~paragraphing. probably clipped from the
rNewport Brevities" column. And It's
20 be observed that Fitch Is a smarter
reporter than Marlborough, for he
acored a scoop on the automobile
racket a year ago.
5 Then a Hlndoo Swami. who must have
been clipped from the hles OF 1898, or
Whereabouts. He looked and talked and
acted like the RaJah Of Bhong in "A
Country Girl" and 1t was a shame not
70 provide him with a song, for the po0r
Fellow had nothing to do with the play.
Some of the clippings were more re-
cent. The servants strike which agi-
tated Newport last summer. for in
stance. Mrs. lie Moyne made her first
antrance most effectively at the rear OF
o. procession of new servants whom she
"a s~assiety matron with a Cottage
had rounded up somewhere, and was
driving into the reservation. Alas! That
enc entrance was the only effective
thing the poor lady was called upon
70 do.
Il Remington Anair Recalled.
In making up his Newport scrapbook
the author had not overlooked last
summers. one notable tragedy. and he
I'd not hesitate to Include in his yellow
arama a garbled version OF the Reming-
Ton AFFAIR. 1t Is here that the yellow
nrama becomes a watery sort OF melo-
Drama. A Tilted widow lady with a
Efeenish complexion announces that she
has killed Howard Pembroke, and adds.
~nonvincingly, "He il dead" Having
suffered from Howard Pembroke for
.t ,a, HOO. 4. L., 49,. p,.
81 isn't. The wound, unhappily. was
not mortal.
There is a society amateur circus in
The second act. quite a la Fitch, and
e lie managed rather cleverly. other
sEise. the principal source OF humor is
he name Tommy Dodd," which be-
longs to the youth that dressed the doll.
There is nothing odd or amusing about
ne youth himself, but the author evl-
GENTLY considers his name a masterpiece
OF invention, for whenever things be
rome u~swsually depressing somebody
Temarks, Tommy Dodd-Oh, Tommy
Dodd!'
Mrs. lie Moyne bears up bravely under
he blight of Among Those Present. %
It must be awkward for an actress to
Want to be a matron and among the
patrons stand. for good m%atronly parts
are not easy to find. There is nothing
Ia her supporting company to com
hand confidence. Society suffered rather
1adiy at their hands.
There's just one kind OF dramatlza-
Hon that would be deadller than that
~ the newspaper files, but, thank
Heaven, nobody has dramatized the
magazine yet. KATE CAREW.
1.-THE MockING BIRD"
Perhaps II THE Mocklng Bird" had
been in a larger cage than the BIiou