The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

favorably known as one of America's fore most comediennes She Is surrounded by
 such capable and well known people as
 Scott Welsh, Charles Arthur, Claire
 Granville Elphye Snowden. Susan Chis-
 nell, Riley Chamberlain and an excellent
 ensemble of pretty girls.
 In this play MT. Cohan has succeeded in doing what many authors have tried
 to do, but with little success. He has
 given to the stage a semi-serious play
 with musical setting. The musical num-
 bers are all big favorites. "So Long, Nary is now probably more famous than any other song of recen< years, while Mary Is a Grand Old Name," is giving 1t
 a close race for popularity. With the sue cess of this play MT. Cohan Immediately established himself as the very best Writ
 CT of this style of stage entertainment in America.
 The play derives it's odd title from the fact that Mir Conan has laid it's scenes in l the town of New Rochelle, suburb or New York, and' just three-quarters of aa
 hour from Broadway
 I The story of the play deals with eer- 1 tain citizens of the above town. Durng 1 the action of the comedy these characters 1 show what difference the small town l idea of life is to that of the blase Broad 1 way men and women. Corinne appears m l the role of Mary Jenkins, the most popu- 1 lar servant girl in New Rochelle. She 1 is engaged to be married to man named i Dan Cronn, a promoter of bucket shops.
 whose business is thriving for the first ] two acts of the play. At the announce 1 ment of their engagement scandal arises i and the girl is accused of being in league 1 with Cronin who it is discovered. has
 robbed the girls employer by selling him i bogus shares in the Montana copper mine. ] The robbery is only discovered at the i death of Cornelius Castleton. for whom 1 Mary has been working for thrtee l i years, and upon the arrival to New Ro- ] chelle of the heir, Thomas Bennett, the i girl is asked to leave the town. She IS ] upheld however, by the citizens, anu | asked to stay until her innocence Is thor ] oughly established.
 The arrival upon the scene of young 1 Bennetts fiance who is retiring from in musical comedy chorus to become the vie
 of the millioaire, starts another scandal
 and it is only through the diplomacy Of 1 Mary Jenkins that the actress is accepted 1 bv the so-called New Rochelle society. ;. 1 The character of "KId" i3uI-ls. d retired prize fighter (played by Scott Welsh), whom MT. Thomas Bennett brings to New 1 Rochelle as his secretary, figures strongly l in the comedy. He gains the enmity of l Cronin falls in love with Mary, finds the l Castleton will, which is supposed never i to have been left, and upon discovering
 the fact that his employer is disinherited, 1 goes to him and mplores him not to mar ! ry the actress whom he knows to be one | of the mary mercenary maidens who man. | age to mingle In musical comedy Merry ], Merry" Through methods which he em- 1 blows. he accidentally discovers that Mrs. | Dean, the mother of Bennetts fiance, is | an old friend of Cronin's, who has fleeced | half the population of the little town. Finally he drives the woman and her daughter back to Broadway. He proves himself diplomat shoulders everybody