The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-28

to go right out and thrash her tra ducer. as well as to return the tainted money. No character is surer of hp- plause than the one who goes wrong obdurate,y until he turns right ahont and goes right nobly. All of "The Three of Us" Is pretty good stuff. but that single scene is sufficient to pop ulariZe 1t.
 If John D. Rockefeller as charac-
 ter in The Lion In tn" House. was d good thing for that drama of mlilion- aireism why shouldn't Rockefeller with
 Pierpont Morgan. Russell Sag". li. IT.
 Rogers and Thomas w. Lawson he five good things in another play about high finance? Cora Maynard thought SC evidently. for she assemblies them in The Measure of a Man" Her piece was written before tle;n's was pro duced, yet I infer that she took from his one trust celebrity tn" idea of pre- senting five in bunch. As they came on the stage, fin the opening perform ance they were recognized at s'Sh' and cynically applauded. of ""nrs"' their names are not used. and thcr" is nothing but the likonesscS of mako ur on which to base lihel suits. The plot of this drama is that d com many is organized to boat the steel trust, that if gets under hcAdWaN L" surelv succeed, hut that it's principal stockholder, looking lik" Sage. and nS- ing tactics commonly as"rthcd t" Rock efellor. consnircs with its pr"si- dent. who resembles lawson personal - lv and m some of his copper corner methods. to rlundnr the ""mpanN lut enrich themselves with the Swae t@ M Holland enarts tA" Rocket" Her Sa gc- Morgan amalgamat man, making him marvel of cunning dnplicity, while Robert DronNt depicts tH" law son fellow as inherently good hal Ter
 The difficulty encountered by every writer of play on business is {"
 make 1t interesting to wom"n+ Tho Measure of q Man" is dangerously etN-. on over to the new steel process and
 th process to steal it. Ih" tormailpn of the company, flotati"n of the stock and ruinatlon of the cnte"pr 70. ar" shown hy Miss Maynard in m1nh"r to interest men. She has worked two
 women into the case with view 10 euErossing their BOX. fh"y Hr" tn" wife and daughter of the dominllt "p- orator in tho deal, both iovi"I tn" iunior and using their in 'lucn'" with him. the on" for evil and tn" "tH"r for good and they are enforced upon all tcntiou b. Percy RaswNH %nd Mary
 IInlI yet they don't hor"m" Important
 factors in a play th t Is nor" s"rdld tlIn sent 'mrntaI. l n" spf''di S''H'
 as stage folk phrase. it. is where tn"
 vnuHvpr maker of mill"ns cnni"s@S ! in d directors meeting, -Nes np his ambition to outd" ';"'h''i 'l"r aiii promises restitution Iii s"lacr is to be the good woman for Wit,
 American audiences require l we stor-
 les in their love dramas. Tn lack of one is the ruinatiun of sam Iious ton
 The historic hero iS delinr tt"d Witn simplicity aud power by Clay Cl'mrnt
 author and actor of tl' role. Tn" nionccr life of Toxas. which lI"ust"H dominated. is repr scented ihltntuIlE
 This is a good work in it's way. but 1t Is not m q Way to entertain people not already interested in the subject
 Paris likes plays exploitlns Bonaparte, but New York has never cared Tor
 Washingtu on the stage. and what chance has Houston in a city which has street named alter him, but calls if "Uowston" instead of Hew@t"u"
 At matinee counted fiftv-three persons on the stage and forty-ninc m the auditorium.
 It Is easy to say T told you SO