The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-27
OFFERED NEW COMEDY.
"rHE MONET MAKERS" INITIAL
 IF PRESENTED AT HYPERION

Miss Ida Conquest in the Stellar Rols
 of HDot" Bright, Pleasing Play
 Which should be success-SIanager
 Tom RyIey Has Secured a Capable
 Assisting Company ExcelIentIy
 Acted and Beautifully Staged.
 The eyer-increasing. neyer-ceasing craze for riches. pictured as productive of exquisite and unalloyed happiness, was the incentive which impelled two young girls to a rather questionable scheme and furnished the basis for the plot in the three-act comedy, ''The Money Makers" as presented at the Hyperion theater last night for the first time in this country. This same craze furnished the desired excitement ana resulted in the desired barrels" of money for the timebeing and all went well, but the bubble was soon broken and when stern reality was substituted for deception there was sudden crash and the transition was most amusing to the audience, but extremely exasperat- ing to the participants.
 Manager Tom w. Ryley selected "The Money Makers as a vehicle for the in- troduction of Miss Ida Conquest in the stellar portion of the theatrical firma- ment, and gave New Haveners the first opportunity of judging of the wisdom of the choice. Both decisions seem to have been happy, because there was a generous patronage last night and every evidence of satisfaction on the part of the audience.
 The Money Makers are two young women, Dot and Mabel, in love with and loved by poor young men. The i edict has gone forth that neither young woman shall marry without riches, and in consequence they propose all sorts of schemes to make money. Finally the lover of Bella, waiting maid, to Dot comes along and reveals to his sweet heart the secret of his full purse-"the races" This opens new channels, and before long Dots young man. Fitz, 4 tells of the sport of kings and punctu- l ates his story with all sorts of racing slang, particularly the word "tipster.'' z His strange language rather confuses I the girls, but they seek Bella's aid and she explains that s'tipster'' is one who advertises in sporting papers, in high sounding terms, that he has a ''hunch'' on certain races and offers to sell the same at stated terms Bella is sure that the scheme is easily worked out, and, with little encouragement, the girls agree and the advertisement is inserted. This plan Is evolved without the knowl- edge of the young men, but under the | guise of wanting 1t for the practice of charades the use of F'itz's room is se- cured, during his temporary absence, as a place to have answers directed.
 The scheme worked so wonderfully that all the young women were non. < plussed. They purchased hats, dresses flowers and fancy things galore, and l paid for them all out of their sudder wealth. Happiness soon became sor Erow, because the horse which they hac tipped to win was scratched on the day of the race and the several thousand dupes, who had enclosed their money with their orders, began to look for tht address given, and "The Major Gas tht advertisement had been subscribed with a vengeance. The fury of the sev eral persons calling may be imagined but the scenes attendant thereon ar, indescribable. All threaten arrest fo obtaining money under false pretenses.
 In the midst of this confusion good pious old Scotch uncle of Fitz's come unexpectedly to pay visit to his neph CIV. He became the butt of the jibe and abuses of those who had answeret the tad" Explanations are refused and the uncle himself is arrested a being the guilty 'tipster." F'itz return from his trip, finds the house tops. turyy and has the girls explain tn entire affair. and after a bit of man oeuvring finds that the horse did run after all, and that the girls were no guilty of obtaining money under fals pretenses, and thus "The Money Max ers' won both fortunes and husbands.
 With a company composed of Cyri Scott, Eugene 0'Rourke, Brandoi Hurst, Edmond Lyon, Lillian Thurgat and Daisy Atherton and others it ca be imagined that Miss Conquest vii receive admirable support and the pla; should meet with success. Miss Cor quest seems well adopted to the eharac ter of stDot,'' who was in feyerisl state because of her desire to mak money, and extremely puzzled by tn isace track slang, and almost hysterica w1sn she was informed that she wa
 guilty of states prison offenses. Mi Scott ws acceptable as the rash, irpet
 uous lover while Edmond Lyon, as tn old Scotch uncle was simply capita
 His character work was immense an the genuine enjoyment of his portrays was very evident.
 "The Money Makers" has a brigh
 pleasing action, and is light of chara'
 ter. It has swing which should, afte a few finishing touches are put on nak lit go and win popular favor. Ther is nothing particularly brilliant abou ! the piece, but it seems as though it wer one which would wear well and be r ceived above the average comedy. There will be repetition this evening \ \& SALOON FIGHT.