The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-09
MAN WHO $1,000
STILL WINS BIG
NEWARK AUDIENCE
Louis Mann, Well Supported,
Scores Usual Success as
Old Swiss Matchmaker.
VARIED PROGRAM THIS
WEEK AT OTHER THEATRES
Shows at American Music Hall,
Pr0ctor's and Waldmann's
Draw Big Crowds.

Ut is not the plot of THE Man Who
Stood Still" but the story of the mar
himself that has made that play
SO successful. In Johann Krauss Louis
Mann has reared a monument for him.
self that will be remembered. The
quaint. lovable, stubborn old Swiss
matchmaker has been characterized by
him with an artistic skill that nears
perfection. Beneath the unquenchable
humor of Krauss there is a pathos
that is not forgotten, even when n is
laughing most heartily at his droll
struggles with the English language.
Old Krauss is the last of a line OF
Swiss watchmakers as proud of their
trade and their ancestors and as
anxious to preserve their traditions as
are those whose erests are painted OF
the panels of their doors. Though he
has lived in this country for thirty
years, his little shop On the Bowery is
far removed from the progressive
hustle of the world around him. There
he lives, with his sister Emma, his
/, daughter Marie and his good neighbor
Spiegel, eontented to tinker with his
watches by day and play pinochle by
night.
Slowly but surely his competitors put
him out of the running, and gradually
old Krauss realizes that his life has
been a failure; that he has stood still
and let the world rush past him to-
ward success. When his little Marie
elopes with the worthless son of his
business rival, MacFerguson, and later
he learns that they were not married,
his castle tumbles and he is an old,
broken man. Spiegel has been shelter
ing Marie and her child, for Krauss
cast her off finally when he learned
Of her d~isobedience and d~isrespect for
him and his fathers. When Krauss
hears of her presence there he rises
and. consistent to the last, declares
with pathetic dignity that me and
my daughter Marie have put an insult
on your house, and there can be no
more friendship between you and me-"
Then. taking his hat and refusing to
let Spiegel's son assist him, he departs,
heartbroken, but firm in his adherence
to his ideas Of right. At the last it is
Marie's little girl, named for Krauss's
wife, that breaks the barrier of his
stubbornness. So perfect is Mr.. Mann's
Interpretation of this character that his
audience at the Newark Theatre last
light found Itself mingiing tears with
its laughter and smiles with its tears.
At last t has absorbed the idea that
Mr.. Mann can take himself seriously at
times, in spite of his propensity for
comic work.
The well-known pinochle game is as
exc%ruciatingly funny as ever. Much
of the success of this seem must be
credited to Louis Hendricks, who plays
the ponderius, 'stoopid" Spiegel with a
drollery that is infectious. Mathilde
Cottrelly gives realism to the role of
Katrina, Krauss's sister, and Fl. A. La
Motto plays the part of the young vii
lain who spoiled Marie's life, with real
ism enough to make him heartily dis
liked by the gallery.
Emily Ann Wellman is effective in
the later acts as Marie. In the early
Genes with young MacFerguson, she is
rather inclined to overact. Edward
MAYNARD, as the elder MacFerguson;
Lillian Sinott, as Alice Spiegel; John
Charles, as Joseph Abrams, and Leslie
Bassell. as Fred Spiegel, creditably pre-
sent their roles. Throughout the whole
play, there is an atmosphere of home
that is seldom found nowadays.
ADELINE STANLEY CARRICK.