The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-15
BROADHURST FARCE SUCCEEDS
g., FOOL AND HIS MONEY" Is
r,.NNY. IF A TRIFLE TOO LONG.
raj. Of the Rich Youns Man vine Seeks
Poverty 10 show He Can Earn Hls SALT
and His Cemicai Adventures There-
,uer-Light Touch and inferred Wit.

and His Cemical Adventures There
,uer-Light Touch and unforced Wit.
Mr.. George II. Broadhurst, when he
answered the uproarious curtain call at
,he Madison Square Theatre last night.
vss the only person in the building who
v,s not laughing. Possibly he fancied
,h., Il would not be In good taste to smile
=, his own Jokes; he wrote them all in
"A Fool and His Money farcical comedy
-hch certainly achieved an unqualified
.,ccess. The piece Is undisguised foolery
and when il is shortened-it In an act too
many-it will hold its own until the hot
weather drives 1t to grass.
The third act alone would save the
foytune OF a less-favored play. The action
taxes place in the apartment OF two young
n.o hard pressed by fortune-one Ia the
am Of a millionaire, the other his friend,
faithful in adversely, an artist whose pict-
rres do not sell. But the poverty Is self
sought; the young sprig Of wealth has dis
carded his father. stung by the reproach
that he cannot earn his salt. Against his
htber's will-who relents more rapidly
than most stage fathers-Mr. Jameson Lee
Tipney goes into the cold world In search
OF adventure.
This il the authors improbable thesis.
which he further complexities by endowing
bin hero with a genius for inve ntion.
The first two acts move rather slowly
and are woven Of wind-more or lees In
home wasting his fathers money In friendly
roulette and frivoling with girls. The
nther returns suddenly. There are re-
prosches and the young mans mind IL
made up. Act II. IA Q gollng links. The
news il noised abroad. our gay blade Is
disinherited, friends melt like Ice In the
efrigerator-gradually.
Ban Francisco and the painter.
Then we get the real fun. Up to that
time some wondered II Mr.. Broadhurst
vas setting forth an heredity problem.
But he was not. His pain OF castaways
with no money and healthy appetites are
comes into the shabby room. She is a
'slavey.- We remember her. frst such
part in my Friend from India, and her
latest Creation" Ia likely to duplicate its
laughter breeding predecessor. She Is very
funny. Her monologue at the dumb
waiter is rib-expanding.
The two boys read recipes in a Marion
Harland cook book. and in conseduence
their boiled eggs are not quite artistic.
A patent trunk, which combines a refrig..
orator, is one OF the features OF their comicai
act =,
MIR. Broadhurst knows how to play with
meaningless words until they become an
obsession. This hero is always explaining
matters and with the usual mystify1ng
results. However. the wit is pungent,
enforced and good lines abundant
II is pity the last act was written, though
II served to introduce another vict I'M OF
mystification, the Aunt Amelia from keo.
kuk, Iowa, who is supposed to buy all OF
Arnold Days pictures She was excel
Mr.. DAILY, the jean Girdrd, demonst rates
his versatility. He il volatile and does
not burlesque character that In less dis
eliminating hands would lend itself TO
exaggeration. MIR. Finney dominates the
stage
He has seldom been seen to better adj
vantage and though his role is said TO have
been written for Willie Collier, he did not
cause us any regrets by the way he enacted
II. He was admirable. II il all nun
and cool -guying.' but this young actor 3
touch il light and he deserved the honors
sydney Herbert, always welcome
figure, had little to do as the soft hearted
parent with the stern and shaven upper
He looked pleased when his son cleverly
ouidid him in a business transaction. The
German Baron was impossible, and the
golf masters Scotch accent was too Celtic
10 be Gaelic. The young women were
Anita Bridger. Mabel Dixey and Brandon
douglas. They did not have much to do
One point: San Francisco girls know golf
and are not quite 10 coy as Mr.. Broad
bursts heroine. Miss Dizzy is Harry
Oixev's daughter. She made a pleasing
Impression. There was a large audience
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