The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
Repiew of the Past Week
In New York Theaters

the abuse Of their powers for the pur.
pose OF personal gratincation.
Florence Reed b the jewish heroine
with the yellow ticket, and 70 sufScieutly
attractive to lend an air Of plausibillfy
to the hatpin scene. In which she has
to put Q quietus on Mr.. Jehn Mason
a. the oyeramorous head vof the secret
police For 20 distinguished q noblSmau
and oficiai he conducts himself In 1
most discreditabie manner. and even the
few parsons not OF Jewish blood who
low Ticket were convinced that the hat
pin was just what he deserved. John
Barrymore was. Of course. the young
American newspaper man. whose abso-
lutte sang froid and self possession made
every one wonder why, in addition to
escaping Siberia and securing the young
Jewess, he did not also inuist upon: the
Russian crown jewels, the imperial
sabies. and the contents Of tha i'm
perial wine-ce1iars. With the American
Embassy % completely at the beck and
call OF himself. and Of the newspaper for
which he was travelling. there was no
reason why he shouldn't have taken
anything in Russia that he wanted. With
the implied threat that the American
army might come over and capture
Russia, he was very moderate indeed
in his exactions.
Despite its absurdities, there may be
a constituency. in New York for The
Yellow Ticket" In writing . play,
though. for a Jewish public that hates
Russia, Mr.. Morton might have calou-
lated better II he had remembered that
the same public has had the same theme
frequently exploited at very much lower
prices in the cheap thsaters on the
Lower East Side.
strange Conditions.
Producing managers were never 30
much at q loss as they- are now to know
how to catch the public fancy. The
dainty and clever .Iols' went OF after
a run of three weeks with steadily de-
creasing patronage. Don't Weaken" q
farcical comedy not at all bad In itself
and well acted. lasted less than q
week at the Maxine Elliott. Some Of the
most elaborate sirl-and-music shows Of
the season, bolstered by q fairly long
stay in New York. 90 out on the road
and quickly come back to the hospitali-
ties Of the cold-storage warehouse.
Talk to even the most intelligent mama
gers and they VIII tell you they don't
the conditions. Some blame
1t on general hard times. others on the
moving pictures. others on the money
that goes into automobiles and others on
what seems the shrewdest guess OF all,
the fact that the turkey-trot and tango
are supplying all the amusement the
people want and giving the theater-
going public q stronger lure for their
time and money.
Cream Of the New York Theaters.
The last week has shown no important
additions to already generous supply Of
varied attractions We lose Forbes-Rob-
ertson and in his place the old stand
by within the Law" comes to the Man
haitian for a fortnight at popular prices.
The popularity Of the delightful Scotch
comedy. kitty MacKay," shas become
30 great that it could easily fill a much
larger theater than the Comedy at every
We are well supplied In
the light musical line with the dainty
adele" at the Harris, jolly '.High Jinks'
the Film at the Forty-fourth, tuneful
Queen of the Movies" at the Globe and
The myriad chorus-girl "Whirl of the |
World" at the Winter Garden The thres |
charming lady-stars, Laurette Taylor. |
Elsie Ferguson. and Maude Adams, con- |
inue at their respective theaters with |
heir respective plays. Peg O. Ny Heart"
The Strange Woman" and The |
legend of Leonora-" The last week Of |
he old comedy. called THE New Hen |
-ietta," is announced at the Knicker- |
booker. In Oriental gorgeousness we
have "A Thousand Years Ago" at the |
shubert and Omar, the Tentmaker'' at |
The Lyric. In the way Of light fun there |
arc Mr.. william Collier in "A Little |
Water on the Side" the Taliaferro sis |