Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-30
DESCRIBES
READY MONEY!
SCORES A HIT
"The Admirable Crook" in PLAY
at the Atlanta Shows Power
of Huge Roll
BY CARLETON COLLIER.

Ready Money" the weeks opening
play at the Atlanta Theater. is rat
Ting good yarn. 1t is a romance of
business with not impossible situa-
tons.
or course, you may take exception
to the rather improbable character
or an admirable crook but recent
dramatic literature has made him an
institution. and fascinating institu-
ton at that. The good crook of
this play, then, is consistent charac-
ter, his presence furnishes the thrills
or real melodrama and his Napoleonic.
convincing talk of big business gives
YOU glow of satisfaction. You feel
that you are hearing of real deals.
gaining real instruction. and YOU won
der why so pusillanimous an affair as
the butchers bin should have worried
you last month
One Girl Called Play Cute"
The lady in the next seat at the
show liked Ready Money''-said it
was cute" That expressive adiec-
tive should be legalized by Webster
Worcester, ct ais. As used by Atlanta
girls, its significance is wonderful
And it is pretty likely that the lady
phrased her judgment of the show in
the most correct terms. 1t was lust
what she said, and attractive as we'll
All women and most men like to
he told now and then that the shibbo-
leth of business" is within their
power. Ana in Ready Money it all
becomes so very simple this matter of
how money may he made. Hence the
appeal of the show
Guns Flash and Lovers Spoon.
Linked with the revelation of the
FL Dorado that lies in every business
office, there was a love story. a right
pretty love story, even if the lovers
were not the most ardent in the world. .
And there were real guns to flash, and
many laughs. Naturally the young
lady called it cute and the men
laughed. and everybody was pleased. /
and Ready Money" scored a hit
Here is the story just briefly:
A young man is thwarted in his am
bition to succeed financially. Every /
one of his friends has money, and IS |
making money The whole measure |
of success in his world is i'm terms of |
money. The girl of his choice seems |
unattainable. He is down and out |
Enters the gentleman Of few sCru- |
pies but a good heart He is a coun-
terfeiter and elOquently declares that |
as a Counterfeiter he is an artist" |
of bills containing about 5000 or .
so: he has made the money
Nothing Succeeds Like Success"
Showing his Wad to his friends. the |
young man finds that he is credited !
with success. Before he can utter a |
protest he is swamped with appeals /
for the purchase of stock in his mine, |
hitherto supposed to be worthless.
Nobody will hear anything else but
that he has struck it rich.
Then the Government officers APP
pear on the trail of the royal coun-
terfeiter. The young man and his
benefactor face prison. But it all
turns out well, and the wonderful
power of ready money is revealed.
The cast, representing mostly
youthful New Workers. male and fe-
male, and depicting the New York
PSYCHOLOGY wherein money is the most
powerful agent is capable. John NJ
Kline. who plays Jackson Ives, the ad-
mirable crook, is stately and dignified
and resOurceful enough to meet the
demands of his part
New Workers Look the Part
COrbett Morris, Bruce Gilmore, Tom
F. Jones, Robert Toms as well
grOomed, successful young New York
ers, are pleasing. and Miss Mary Sui
livan, Miss Ruth Farnum, Miss Mae
Reese, and Miss Marjorie Conroy. as
their respective sweethearts, are just
as pleasing. And they<wear resplen-
dent gowns with a real air
Ready Money will be here for
matinee this afternoon and a per
Torrance tO-uig ut