The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-04
'DANE DRAMA OF CHINATOWN
mos ERI GETS 4 T5RILL FROH
q PIiI GLOSg tT HOHE.
u ts@ sweet Inasr~ns ssv' Hsss W~sd~a
warniags tfer nsay usaasin't Have
ti~ea Unjust Int . Trumk nat thina-
Iswa Nsy " salsin't tass Get ns,eaae


/ IswR Hsy " salsin't Hays Get nsyenae
/ Ev-n though The name ~ the play
wright doen not apt-.ar IN th. programme
- The Chinatown Trunk Mystery n0w
in IT, fourth con ssr,Itiv. niRhf az the
l1psin Theatre. Bowrry. oppo=its Prince
street. u -oon becoms- evident o. any one
who has given even curaory study tn ths
work % the younger =rhOul 81 American
dramatises that th. similarity between
the methods efnpLoyrd - attain effsct-
J in this play and the p.-culiar craftzman-
4 ship Of the jolly farce which Owen Davis
Shil- an undergraduate at Harvard
wrote Tor Presentation 10y the n Etas-
we refer O. his skit in one act. The Eject
% NOnelecsrolytcs On the Catalys,- 10
lmbio Ester-- - more than mere
coincidence
Nay, more When Mr. Davis first
arrived on Broadway from Harvard with
the manuscript 81 IN. most preeentioss
Effort Of his Harvard days, a tragedy In
blank verse called The Pheoomena of
Peripheral Vision a. Affected by Dark
Adaptation. the present writer had the
good fortune ~ rad the manuscript.
Here again the similarity between this
early drama and the heart interest scene-
OF The Chinatown Trunk Mystery
preclude all doubt OF the authorship %
the later study in Oriental psychology
The manuscript Of the tragedy in blank
verae unfortunately was lost some place
between Forty second street and the
Battery Just after Mr. Davis upon sub
hitting his play Co Mr. Morris GeSt for
production had a can tied In him and was
chased into the upper hay
Much praise. Co begin with. IL dueto
the p. II sullivan named on the pro-
gramme a. the producer Of The China
town Trunk Mystery CSullIvan. again /
oddly enough. - the middle name OF MIR |
Al Woods for placing all the feminine
rhles OF the new Chinatown play in the |
hands Of large and well fed young women. |
the faces of most 81 whom will he familiar |
to phygoers who remember the Per che !
ron ballet. in the early DAYS Of Messrs |
Reilly and woois's sparkling troupe. /
The Combined Beef Trust and Saratoga |
Chips BurlesquerS
The action Of The ChInatown Trunk I
Mystery IL r-,tol~nt ot the Now. even
down % very slight details such A. che
cooking Of opium pills over incandesc-nt
light bulbs. a practice that va. begun
weeks The hold that the drama had
upon it, audience last night Was evident
from IN. manner in which tense listeners
fired nv the realism before them uncon-
scioisly would cry OUT from the IS cent
seats and even cheaper ones
What sound - that'- cried the viii
lalnous Ckorg Song. for instance. a. the
heroic PLAIN clothes man. Arthur Vincent
rapped upon the barred door ot the
wicked ChlnamAns den What slund
Is that. saw ~ the detective raped
again more hardly
-Its . knock on the door, you bag fat
head cried a young lady seated IN one
n the horseshoe boxes. II Il were not
Tor the pathos 81 tho moment the incident
would hav. been positively ludicrous.
The plain and fancy clothes man,
Dsischr' ATfhur VinoSri well might show
mpatienc- a. he knocked. for IN that den
stood the h~artl-S- Choag Song claspIn
with the talons 81 on.. yellow hand poi
.oned needle hut partly concealed by the
'olds OF the rich crimson cosey corner he ,
wore Rich and powerful among his
reopI. vas this Chinese tong leader.
xho le~r-d down At the frail glrl who
rrouchsd ia terror before him She cried ,
put 20 the Oriental for mercy. mercy,
and u seemed thar even his heart had
f~en touched A. he leaned toward her
And again h" handed her another wallop I
on the jaw
II seemed only a momeot before. on the ,
streets Of Chinatown u wA. that this
trembling girl of education and refinement
had won you by her evident virtuotI-nezs
and breeding when all IN modest brown
you heard her say a. she presented her
'rsnd Marrow Grep to Dsftehrs Vincent.
clipping her words pr.ttily as she intro
iuCed them
Isotta III fren want yuh 4 know. {
TiRcsn
She was a good girl then. a. good ~ !
pretty Morton. but less discreet. And
The Vas virtuOJIs even up 10 the moment
Vhen she was hred 20 that Chinese opium
iel where her high hopes of bringing .
peace % the terrible Chong
Fere so aoOn to he shattered r'Ithl~Ssly
" the Chinaman when he made good his
threat 20 accomplish his fell purpose 4
~ hitting her with fatlrpn AZ random. :
Rubbing with girlish enthusiasm this
'oung maid had forsvorn the Injuries 7
4 All elegant three story and basement :
Tome In q fash ionahls part Of Harlem a
- come down here among the poorest A
4 the Chinese 20 bring "a them the light
had her friend Mar pleaded !,
With her IN words that were Choked with i
ears and with tear stained checks and .
ilk undeTAkIT' N" bodice caught 70 a
he shoulder with a rope ~ mother ~ !
'earIs. box pleats and n slight sherring :,
n the r-ver- and with large hat at
ached N the head hy broad pink ribbons =
led with rhinestones. 4
But the stout young girl had laughed :
q Marion fears All her life she had
een carefully fostered with tender care ,
ear I7ist street and Second avenue. !.
nd her only ADJUSTMENTS were her v
lightly visits 10 the moving pictur. Al
howr. wharr and NJ numerous mat inecs
she learned again from the lessons !,
he films reeIed "a that the first false
tep ~ but th" beginning 81 realization
the hollovness and mOckery that lie !.
. the laugh that comes from painted
ps. besnirchine the lily 81 virtue; chat :,
houRh oil may seem gayety, down In
he heart ~ that longing for other days =,
nd the peace which once dwelt there, !,
ntil. when smothercd IN the slime ~ y
rink she ought tn be IN the bosom 81 !.
or home circle tending the photograph !,
or her aged parents.
Plain clothes man Arthur Vincent. a a.
ObIe figure wearing IN the first scene
one button tan sack and pants and a
ravat and spats of <cru. warned the girl. ~
ven after Marion had informed her II "