The evening world., 1904-02-11
One Stirring Scene in Stock
Broker Play Furnishes a
Housing, RooseveItian Exam
pie of "The Strenuous Life"
WILTON LACKAYE MUSSED UP
AeoiIan Figures as First Aid to VII
Iainy, but Unhappy Wife Cannot
Be Lured Away from Homo by
Machine-Made Music.

Wilton Lackaye called him, was dragged
before the curtain at tho Lyric Theatre
last night. a dent in his derby, his hail
In his eyes, his coat collar turned up and
the wild light OF action" in his eyes
the real star OF ''The'Pit" doomed above
the footllghts.
At FIRST glance the manager looked
like thirty cents worth OF supernume-
irary, but as he doffed the damaged
derby the man who makes mobs earn
their money stood revealed.
Mr.. Brady had come out of the heart
of his own mob. slightly ~disfgured,
but still in the ring" and his friends
in the audience raised a glad cry Mt
his d~eliverance.
"a w. A. Brady mob knows no fear,
and, Judging by his appearance, Mr..
Brady is like his mob.
Mr.. Brady's latest style of mob was a
howling, roaring. scrambling. surging
success. 1t furnished the one scene In
"The Pit hat a the true ring.
False notes had been struck in plenty
up to that wild scene on the foor Of the
Chicago Board OF Trade. where Curtis
Jadwin is wiped out" n It began to
seem as II THE Pit had no bottom.
Before this the cast-which was a mob
in itself-had been aimlessly trying to
arrive at something.
To begin with. you had the lobby OF
the Auditorium Theatre. Chicago. ION
the last night of the grand opera sea-
N. 1t must have been n memorable
night. for tho ounds heard informed
you that Chicago was getting 'Riggo-
lstto," Martha and Faust all for
the one price OF admission.
.f'- A TIresome Quarrel.
There was n tiresome quarrel be-
tween some silly youngsters, which
Mr.. Lackaye Strengthened out, and a
boorishi bully who wanted to punch
JadwinT face. whom Mr.. Lackaye, un.
fortunately. didn't strnighten ont. Mr..
Lacknye fioored all comers OF this class
and they were se~veral-wlth a hard
look.
h Icy stare melted whcn Laura
Dearborn. who vas getting her first
dose OF opera" came In with Il mixed
crowd. and the next thing. on, the pro-
gramme was that always interesting
event. n Lackaye proposal.
Laura didn't say This Is so sud
1919 puN SbN hIu hl-Illibn AitA NV
win had known her but ten days. where
upon the enterprislng gentleman an
Bwered simply that he was n bust
ness man."
The next diversion was an outdoor
rehearsal Of Romeo and Juliet" so
absolutely name that 1t was enough TO
turn THE Light that Lies In Woman's
Eyes n Jealous green. No wonder the
man who owned tine lawn. Charles
Cressler. ran into the house and shot
himself! Possibly II was disastrous
speculation which drove him to this.
but any coroncr's jury would have boon
justified in placing the blame on that
rehearsal.
Here was grim tragedy casting its
thadow on the light mask OF mirth. a
Ia 1.-The Moth and the Flame"
Kept on Specializing.
This was supposed to be n horrible
fxample-and possibly 1t was-but after
Jadwln married Laura he kept right on
kpeculating. despite her promise to give
him q kiss II he'd stop.
Then. like many o broker, he began
heglecting his wife, but. let it be added,
only for business.
G. enc WAS 50 lOuelS lnht an artistic
lover happened around. and. with the
aid of an aeolian. which played some
ding sad from "Lohengrin, he told her
just what allied her. But. peevlsh and
falterinG in her faith though she was.
Laura wasn't to be ~lured.away from
home and hubby by machine-made
music and villainUus r-citative. 1t really
keemed too bad. because this would
have been SO novel, and Charming
Pollock. who dramatized Frank Norris's
novel, might have made u r~eput%>ion
for originality right there.
Laura wasn't happy until her husband
was ruined; then perfect peace came to
her. She was glad he was broke" in
stead of a broker.
I'm going broke Mr.. Lackaye be-
came dishevelled for the first time dur
ing the evening. Before hat he was a
changing fashiOn-plate and every move
was a picture. He talked as though
he had Il cold in his head, but he was
The clutches of Mr., Brady,s mob, escao-
ing which he performed his best feat. a
.eally clever curtain speech.
Jane Oakes, the l~achrymose Laura,
ooked handsome first. last and all the
lime. She dressed to kill" and Il great
do OF the time acted with similar
-aadlS effect.
DER so well that his suicide was to be
regretted, ana White Whittlcsey played
,he love-making Sheldon Corthell as
well as he played the aeolian, {. j.
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