New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-26

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BY ACTON DAVIES.
IN the Longacre stage, where "a
p,;r ~ Skies has reigned 50 gayly
e. ca many long weeks, Tipping the
W;,oero an English comedy, by one
c.e,ss RolIit. was presented last
e;obf A rumor. which circulated up
.rS down the aisles after the frst act,
~ 4 that this play, under the title OF
STbs Money Makers" was perpetrated
.eroeVherc here in America about
,,rolve Years AGO. If rumor had placed
Ia American production as twenty
,sors 500 IL would have been more
isTsvsble. for frankly nothing more
;Dnocuous and vet archaic in the line
~ farce nasquerading as comedy has
hesn revealed in the last two decades.
Il was the sort Of play which almost
made one gasp, not at its feebleness
sione but at the fact that any audience
a. this late dsy could be induced to &C
cent il seriously even as farce. One
virtue il did possess and one only:
The first act was so unspeakaoly DAD
tbst in a measure, il prepared you
for ali the worsts which were yet 20
eonc. And they came--all OF them.
IA was the Stiffness Of it all which
made the deepest impression. vol
nmes OF acrid remarks might be writ
ton on this poor weakling Of a play
and none Of them could possibly do II
Two pretty American girls in Eng
and are informed by their Engllsh
auut's maid Of all work that she,
through her most ardent admirer, the
butcher bow, has Just won new nat
40 has Cpn q bet on the races IRON
tiD which he got in a newspaper. 50
the two American girls, with the SER
want girls help. decide to turn upsters'
they nut an advertisement IN sport.
inc newspaper and sign it "The Major,
Then, knowing that their friend,
CAPTAIN Fitzroy, is going to be away
from his rooms a few days, they sign
The advertisement for the major and
uublish his address. The horse they
have picked out as the winner is called
Busted. The public responds to the
advertisement with marvellous alacrlty.
The second act, which finds the girls in
the captain's apartment, shows the
aoor and all the furniture Uttered
with banknotes and money orders
Tbev have received more than $500,
80 thew decided 70 have q spree on
their winnings !,
After they have ordered lOw-necked
frocks and high-necked champagne,
10 say nothing Of a dozen chocolate
cellars. word comes that their horse
Busted has been scratched. Some Of
their subscribers call and threaten
vengeance. Finally the police ar
rive just as the captain, who has
lust received his majority, comes
back unexpectedly to his rooms. AS
he assures the police that he is
now major they instantly jump
al the conclusion that he is responsible
for the advertisement, so they haul
him Of TO jail. And he, poor ass, mag
mes that the dear girls are merely
using his apartments to rehearse some
charades.
Miss Molly Pearson, as the cockney
maid, had the best acting role IN the
piece, and she took every advantage
Of IL. Miss Edith Taliaferro and Miss
Margaret Greene, as the co-stars, had
no chance at all. To be sure, they
looked exceedingly pretty, which was
al that they could do under the cir
cumStances.
Regain Hurhston played the young
major exceedingly well, but most OF the
dialect roles were spoken atrociously.
Eric Campbell, as the huge cockney
butcher, was an exception in this re-
speet, however. Outside of Miss Pear
son, he gave the most consistent per-
Torrance Of any member OF the com
pany. Tipping the Winner" was re-
ceiyed good-naturedly, but without any
reservations at all.
Miss Coanie Ediss, the English come
oienne, reached New York yesterday
morning, second cabin of the Maure-
tania, having been glad Of even these
accommodations, which she shared with
i've other women in one small state
room. Miss Ediss brought with her
FIVE bushels of English walnuts, in
closed in q pillow case, which she says
IS about all she has left of her estate
~ Surrey which is now being used as
a hospital for the British wounded.
Miss Ediss, after she had cleared the
custom house, went at once to a re-
hearsai Of Lev Fields's production Of
SUI" in which ne has the principal
female comedy role, and which is to
rave It's American premiere in about
Two weeks.
., NJ, John Darlington Yates, of the
flayers Club, said last night: 81 have
JUST received letter from my friend
Lionel Walsh which / think ought TO
settle definitely ne widely circulated
iumor that h has been killed in ac-
Ion. j was written only twelve days
sgS He was then in England, drilling
WIN his regiment, and he says that
le expected soon TO be sent to Sails
glry Plains for some weeks of hard
ullilng before starting with his regi-
7, NJ Tor France. He says in the letter
maj nc originally enlisted as a private
y me yeomanry, but, having seen a
tyoa deal Of active service in the South
uIiesn war, he has just succeeded in
fe.ung a commission in the Yorkshire
legoons. This proves to me pretty
ssg.inelusvely," remarked Mr.. Yates,
.i Saat dear old Lionel is still very much