The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-08-18
BY William S. Brewer.

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New York, Aug. 1S.-The second new
production of the week will be ueen
when the Cohan theatre opens its
doors for the season of 1874 tonight
with Potash and Perlmutter" as the
attraction. This farce is by Montague
Glass and as the title indicates has
been made from his stories which ap-
peared in the Saturday Evening Post.
The piece is written around Ruth Sny-
der, a designer in the employ of Potash
and Perlmutter. Abe and Mawruss are
kept busy unravelling the many tangles
caused by Ruth's suitors, but all ends
will with the betrothals. Many of the
characters who appeared in the origin
al stories are seen in the play The
three acts carry the principals from
the old fashioned downtown establish
ment of the firm to modern uptown
office and work shop and then to the
home of the Potash family, and the
greatest care has been taken to re-
produce these scenes with utmost fl
deity to detail. The production has
been staged by Hugh Ford. The cast
will include Alexander Carr as Perl
mutter, Barney Bernard as Potash,
Louise Dresser, Elita Proctor Otis,
Joseph Kilgour, Lee Kohlmar, Mar
guerite Anderson, Leo Donnelly, Ar
thur J. Pickens, Gertrude Millington,
Albert Parker, Stanley Jessup, Edward !
Gillespie, Russell Pincus, Dore Rogers,
Grace Fielding, Doris Easton and Dor
othy Landers. i.
Legitimate Drama.
This evening sees the Lyric given
over again to the. legitimate drama,
after a. summer season devoted to the
exhibition of the Scott moving pictures.
The new production is called when
1reams come true" 1t is a musical Il
comedy of youth by Philip Bartholmae,
with the score by .Silvio Helm. The
production has been offered with much
success in Chicago. Joseph Stanley I
s featured at the head of the company
Comedy Of Thrills.
On Tuesday evening Believe me,
lantippe" described as comedy of {.
hrills and laughter comes to the 39th !
treet theatre, under the managegent !
# William A, Brady The farce is by :
Ballard and is produced by
pecial arrangements with John Craig. :
The Silver Wedding. /,
Thomas Wise has the leading role i
n the "The silver wedding" which It
pened at the Longacre theatre last l.
yeek. In this play he appears as Lud- O
zig Koehler, saddle maker in Lauter- b
ach, small community in western il
the locale of the three
cts. Interest centers around the sad
lie maker, which his daughter, be-
'othed to the young village drug
Jerk, asks her father to agree that
ley should be married at once to ena-
lie her to accompany the man to New
DIRK, where he is to enter the employ
a large firm. Ludwig is loath to
art with his daughter and decides to
insult with his old friend the village
'ctor. Generally known as genial,
vable father and worthy temperate
tizen, Ludwig's erstwhile qualities
e made to undergo a radical change
/ his return to his home when he
erhears the young prospective SON
law exclaim: Il suppose We must
lit for the pig headed old Dutchman."
'lieving the reference has ben made
him, Ludwig Immediately refuses
5 consent to the wedding at any time
d proceeds to become what he
ought the young man called him.
Jane COwl Back.
Jane Cowl, who originated in with
the law" and who has been enjoy