Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-02

1.-THE Easiest Way. tn" .:r"-. ~
lcring q. The P.aY1.. at uy IT, u
Iheater. is billed as A l,a}" nI 49,.
Geological drama" Possibly il -. bI'
from 4 close observance OF -, l...':.' g.
performance it is hard "a nina 49,
legitimate excuse to? t"e Of s7.'.-
"The Easiest Way" might as we'll o.
billed as .uat!ZuriOu Of the OHc-
time popular melody "-. NAN VS. tHH
cause OF it all. Or il M nt he prs-'-
asented a7 The drama that ls~l,.5 4
Oark-brCHD taste.
About the only positive lesson car
ried by The Easiest Way" is c.tc that
would shake the faith in human ma
ture Of the most Optimistic. AllnoISh
the cast is small, each Of the men.
bers proves 10 be a character that
could be thoroughly detected, with
ease-the single exception being jim
NGnCe-ageIt, who never had any large
opportunity to enter the crooked
ranks.
Eugene Walters undoubtedly was
writing for the coin and figured On
striking a popular chord by laying
DOWN four acts OF heightened l;ith.
New Ycrks Stanford WhitH-H&lTy
Thaw ring was undoubtedly draw
upon by the dTamatist as also va the
George Graham Rice episode II the
| early Goidfteld days. The muck that
is raked in The Easiest WAY" is
most positive but Walters fails to
| point a remedy. He portrays the filth
and leaves an open fostering sore. He
/ has probably worked we'll for boX-of-
| flee receipts and the royalty but has
| failed to offer any Improvement Of a
condition that is as cid as the ages
but has had a better opportunity to
! blossom into & studied profession un,
/ der the present day economic system
; Of mammoth fortunes and indolent
millionaires.. The Easiest Way" is q
play without an excuse for being.
We Meet the Crooks. ..--
The action opens in Denver and in,
PRODUCES an actress, Laura Murdock
minus ability but long on looks, who
holds her job and lives on the fat OF
the land through the Friendship" OF
! William Brockton, wealthy Wall
fstTeet manipulatoT, Of crooked incliu
tations-
Laura meets and falls in love with
i John Madison. young newspaper
man, who is. as poor as Brockton is
rich. Laura decides that John is tbs
only man and that she will renounce
the life of ease for which she has bar
tered herself to Brockton. The act
lress goes to New York; the newspaper
man stays in the West. Laura goes
to make good" in the ch0rus-and
| proves a dismal failure. Madison
stays West to make a fortune, and
reversing the traditions Of the news
paper game, he makes it. However, i
is only a drama.
i Before the parting Of the way:
Brockton promises Madison that
should Laura tire CT the straight anC
narrow path she has chosen to tread
and decide to return to the luXuriOu:
life that Brockton has to offer her
h he, Brockton, will insist that Laur:
notify Madison that loves yOCns
; dream is DER" When the time comes
for this action, BrocktOn dictates :
III letter WnlSn Laura "iItSS 70 4ASti
son and then proceeds to feed It tt
the flames.
/ Peegish Over Little Lie.
! This, it appears. makes B"Ockt9-
cut to be Far and or this part:cula
point he is very rooyiah. Living ;
life that is a lie from beginning 4
end; admitting that he is q "withir
the law" brand Of crook and taat h,
barriers in women, this one partCul2
little lie that he has. inadvertently
told, appears to have a peculiar off%c
upon the man. He takes this paTtiCu
lar lie real seriously AMI as aboy'
stated it makes him particularly pnHy
ish. Thereby hangs the plot Ct til,
play.
Act II. Shows Lara in h"~ lal
h"ircom 40 work, &c chanc" Of -
ting any fer tho rna>ou that BECK
ton is blocking her every effort An
other woman Of the K'Hi J.a"~H hH
been. pays her a visit At about ii,
tine tho !2ni'ady j. demanding ~