The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-12
YALE'S GERMAN PLAY.
NOTEWORTHY EVENT AT THE
 HYPERION LAST NIGHT.

"Die JOuFnalisten" SuperbIy Presented by the Capable Irving Place Theater COmpany-DirectiOmo of Herr conried- Large and Brilliant Audience Present..
 One of the thea trical events of the season, especially in German circles,Wa the production of the famous German play Die Journalisten" at the Hyper ion last night. The play was given un- der the auspices of Yales German club by the Irving Place theater company. Heinrich Conrad, the eminent director, was personally in charge, and this feat ule attributed much to the success of the production.
 The audience was a splendid one, rep resenting the elite of the city. An eX- ceptionally large number of prominent Yale professors and their families were present. and also many of the leading German residents. The presentation of the piece was much enjoyed, and the company was an exceptionally we'll ball anced one. Their work was received WJth great eclat. Deserving mention must be made of Franz Kierschner, who has appeared here on two previous occasions; Camilla Dalling. Otto Ott- bert, Richard Schlaghammer, and Max HauseIer.
 The entire proceeds of the entertain ment, which will doubtless be quite large. will be devoted to the library fund of the German seminary. MT. Con- reid generously refused to accept even his company's expenses in the produc- ,tlon of the performance.
 The play this year appeals more to an American audience than the other two did, because it's plot is so up-to- date. It deals with that great factor of modern life, the newspaper, and the treatment of the subject is bright and witty. The idea of the comedy may be said to be journalism as the evil genius of domestic happiness. The following brief summary will give some idea of the plot:
 Professor Oldendorf, an austere Ger man idealist and liberal in politics is all but engaged to Ira, daughter of Colonel Berg, a pronounced conserva- tive. For a long time politics has not interfered with the friendship of the two men, but now at last Oldendorf has assumed the editorship of the Union, liberal paper, and, worse still, has con- sented to run for parliament as liberal candidate, Colonel Berg is irritated and trouble begins to brew.
 Through the machinations of parties connected with the Cariolanus, the con- servative paper, the colonel is induced to write some anonymous articles for thatjournal-these articles, their author pbS iculed in the Union. The colonel is still more irritated and in that frame ot mind lends an ear to the urgent re- quest of the conservative election com mittee and consents to run for parlia- ment against his prospective son-in-law.
 ''The trouble thus becomes thick and dark, when Adelheid Runeck, an heir ess from the country and a friend of Ida, arrives and interests herself in the situation. Through clever bit of practical politics engineered by Conrad Bolz, the editorial right-hand man of of Oldendorf, the latter snatches victory from his opponent. Matters are now worse than ever
 "The colonel provoked beyond endur- ance, will have nothing more to do with
 
 who has been in former years friend of Bolz and is still interested in him. resolves on a bold step. She secures a sort of promise from the colonel that he will be reconciled to Oldendorf pro- vided he, Oldendorf, shall abandon journalism. Then she buys up the Un- ion and makes present of it, together with herself, to Conrad Bolz."
 This brief outline gives but hurried idea of the comedy. The dialogue is lively and full of hun1or. Bolz in par ticular has 8 way of saying very fun ny things. The characters are all real people; there is nothing wild or fan tastic about them. The two best are Adelheid and Bolz and about them real ly centers the interest on the stage. In no other drama of recent years is so much of actual German life and of the true German spirit to be seen as here.
 The play was written in 1852 at a time when Ereytag was himself the editor of literary and political jour- nal in Berlin. It was immediately suc- cessful, so much so that on the fiftieth anniversary of it's original production, a special gala performance was given at the Royal theater in Berlin, in which every effort was made to initiate the first one. This revival was one of the most important theatrical events of the year in German.
 The following ladies kindly consented to act as patronesses: Mrs. Arthur T.. Hadley, Mrs. Max Adler, Mrs. L. w. Bacon, Mrs. J. K. Beach, Mrs. F. H. Ia T ~ Dr;c cfoJ Mrs. Walter Camp, Mrs. R. H. Chitten- den, Mrs. A. s. Cook, Mrs. F. B. Dex- ter, Mrs. Timothy Dwight, Mrs. W. L. Pitkin, Mrs. H. w. Farnam, Mrs. IT, wing Fisher, Mrs F. D. Crave Mrs, Edward Gruener, Mrs Isham Tender son, Jr., Miss M. s. Johnson, Mrs. H.