Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-14
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CALLS

Mrs. oliver II. 2. Belmont has seen
the much discussed pay To-day"
now in it's seventh months at the
forty eighth Street Theatre, and has
written a lotter 81 coin.aenud1.oa 10
Manager Harry Won TiIzer. 1 ms ieJter
lnost enthusiastic in its approval Of
the theme anu presentation q the
play, he prizes as one of the most inn
porJant OF the thousands he mas re-
ceiVed from prominent society people,
clerg ymen, educators, welfare work
ers anu Others alert 10 the social con-
ditions in New York city which are
so dramatically des elopeu ia ''1ouay.
Mrs. Beimont's letter is as follows:
Dear Sir-Permlt me to thank you
for your courtesy OF yesterday after
noon in giving me the great privilege
and pleasure of attending the per-
torrance of Today at the Forty
eighth Street Theatre. l was m
tensely interested in this splendid
production from the beginning to its
c.ose. The lesson which 1t conveys
Is one OF vital Importance, and grows
Increasingly SO every day.
That the love of luxury and per
sonal Hdornment forms the basis of
one of the greatest problems Amer
lean life is confronted with. that idle
ness among our women has reached
the perniclous stage; that the craze
FOR vulgar display and outdoing ones
neighbors has developed into a ma
tienal disease; that the accumulation
Of great wealth has it's disad-
vantages; that the cultivation OF the
intellect is more soul-satistying than
the mania for acquiring things; ali
are forcefully and effectively brought
out in this really great play, Today
One of my guests in the box al. the
matinee, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, was
witnessing the pay for the second
time, and was just as enthusiastic
over its merits as on the first occa-
sion. She declared that II made a
deep impression upon her and that Its
possibilities for the best kind of in
liuence were enormous. Another
gpost, Miss Lota Robinson, an in
seteHate theatre goer, pronounced 1t
The most intensely interesting pay of
the season,
II congratulate the playwrights
upon their brilliant conception, the
management for their wisdom in
choosing the play. and, above all the
splendid company for their intelligent
interpretation, their artistic and real
istie portrayal, and their unusual
talent, which was Always in evidence.
Again thanking you for your
courtesy, believe me, very sincerely
yours, (Signed)
"ALVA e. BELMONT"
(kIrs O. II. p. BelmonD.
At no time in it's seven months run
at the Forty-eighth Street Theatre.
New York, has To-day been SO
popular with the public as II Is right
10 Of ~
eighth week on Broadway. The week
Just past, Holy Week, most feared by
theatrical managers, has brought au-
diences that have absolutely taxed
the capacity of the theatre and hun
dreds have been nightly turned from
It's doors. No better test of a plays
drawing powers than TO be able to
put out the s. r. O. sign during Holy
Week could be made.
Already the drama longest ON the
boards this season, To-day" is now
well started toward It's 300th perform
ance with a new leading lady at the
head of its superb acting organiza-
ton. She is M SIS Ethel Valentine, a
young actress, and unknown" who
came out of the West to score with
her first performance one of the dis
tlnct Individual successes of the sea-
leading women as the most difficult IN
years.
Diligent study and wide experience
have contributed to the success of a
specta cular scenic novelty, visions
In Fairyland,' that is offered at
Proctor's by La Graciosa. With Clyde
Rinaldo, owner of the act, La Gracio-
so began her stage life In a hoop
rolling act that appeared successfully
for many seasons in American vau-
deville. But 1t CHANGED one day that
Mr.. Rinaldo conceived the gorgeous
spectacle of visions and after four
years Of constant study and hard
work, he secured the beautiful drops
now used in the act, the specially
written music and the excellent Ian
tern slides. The act was produced
at an enormous cost, but its success
has been so general that the author
has been fully compensated for his
genius and labor.
T.. II. Sothern announced yesterday
that he would retire permanently