Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-01-04
IRA YELLING SALESMAN
IS FIT, FAT AND FUNNY
Frank Mcintyre, Genial and Ro-
tund, with Rose coghlan,
Make Decided Hits.
VAUDEVILLE HOUSES
DRAW BIG CROWDS
AlI-Star Casts and Striking
Novelties Portrayed in
Up-to-Date Bills.
ROM his first breezy entrance in
THE Travelling Salesman" at the

ROM his first breezy entrance ir
THE Travelling Salesman" at the
Newark Theatre this week, Frank
Mcintyre has things very much his
own way. He walks across the stage.
and the audience grins He smiles, and
it chuckles. He speaks, and it chortles.
And when he really cracks O joke, 1t
howils with mirth.
This is partly because. he has been
a fayorite in this city for many years,
and partly because thereis a geniality
about his humor that warns one pleas
antly. In Mr.. McIntyre's case avoirdu-
pois is a decided asset. His napkin
loses itself in the folds of his capacious
waistcoat, whereupon his watchers are
nightly amused, and when he gingerly
takes tiny three-cornered lettuce
sandwich in his big, plump hand, their
merriment is unbounded. Both inci-
dents would escape unnoticed If their
principal We're thin, or even of ordi-
nary size.
To James Forbes, who charmed us
with the Chorus Lady" we are again
Indebted. "The Travelling Salesman
is real little play, with plot and
people that might easily be picked
ii6llt OQl VI CfCt yody
life. There is an absence of staginess
that is refreshing. The heroine is a
charming little country girl, played by
Miss Rose Coghlan. whose lack OF
funds has made it necessary for her
to work as operator in the village rail
road station. The big salesman en-
ters, pokes his big, friendly counten-
ance into her window and proceeds
- pf.1
pulses make him try seriously to win
the girls regard, and pretty soon she
thaws, finally offering to share her
Christmas lunch with him. Over the
repast they wax confidential, and In
alarm the big drummer finds himself
seriously snitten.
There is villain, who loves the girl
a little, and loves a stretch of prop
erty left to her by her father and
about to be sold because of unpaid
taxes, more. He plans to buy in the
land. sell it to the railroad at a large
profit and return to the girl, rich, to
ask for her hand That night, in a
poker game with the drummer and a
few friends, he imbibes rather too
freely and tells just how he plans to
cheat the mice iii country girl, hic, 2
whereupon the big drummer plies him
with drinks until he is helpless. Then
he hustles into his extra large over
coat and plunges into the sleeping
one's sleigh, rides to the next town to
pay the girls taxes, and sa-a-aves her
land from the cluthes of the railroad.
In order to make the play the proper
length the girl misunderstands. She
believes the Villains story of the
drummer's motives, and thinks he has
deliberately made love to her in order
to win her confidence. But before the
final curtain he thoroughly vindicates
himself and we find them about to wed
and live happy ever after, like the
good people in the fairy tales.
Miss Coghlan is effective in the role
of the girl. Her sense of the natural
Is we'll developed. She does not per-
nit herself to overact. One wishes
that. her role was a little more spec
tacular, giving her a better oppOr-
tunity to display her ability. It rises
above it's even tenor only for q few
moments in the third act. Sarah Nc
Wicker gives an excellent characters
zation of the vinegary. but soft
hearted Mrs. Babbitt, staunch friend
of the little country girl, and as
Julius. the bell-boy, porter, waiter,
etc, of the Hotel Elite, Grand Cross
ing, H. d. Blakemore gives the final
touch to several of the funniest situa-
tions. Percival T. Moore and William
Beach are adequate, but not over
impressive. as the scheming villains
The celebrated poker game in the Sec
ond act is all that it is supposed to
be. if one can judge by the continued
mirth.
ADELINE STANLEY CARRICK.