Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-28
Curtain Calls

1t now seems a settled thing that
| 1.-THE Things That Count" which has
passed its one hundredth perform
ance at William A. Brady's Play
| house, will remain in New York until
the end of the season. In these days
of managerial impotence it is sur
prising that a play of no sensational
significance should have survived it's
early crucial pointer Lawrence
Eyre's drama did not Immediately
capture the favor of New York. 1t
had appeared directly in the wake of
a veritable fiux of pathological and
| sociological stage matter so star
| tling-and in some instances SO
shocking-that the new play found
the public in a hesitant mood about
going to the theatre at all. Men had
grown thoughtful about taking their
wives or their sons and daughters to
amusement resorts which had sud-
denly been turned into disease clinics
or exposition places for vices usually
left to the police. 1.-THE Things That
| Count" holds none of these hectic
features, but depends solely upon it's
worth as a play that touches the
heart and makes the spectators
laugh as 1t portrays the natural woes
and reflects the amusing perplexi-
ties of entirely reputable personages.
With the theatrical season fast
drawing to close, the management
of the New York Hippodrome is
crowding on all steam possible to
make the remaining weeks the great
est in the history of that institution.
The current attraction. the huge
scenic spectacle America" which ha-
taxed the capacity of the tremendous
house, has been augmented by the ad-
n af ,f.. o&e
all corners of the world. The combi-
nation affords the greatest bargain
sale" that ever has been offered in
the name of amusement.
There are sensational and spectacu-
lar acts animal acts; clowning acts,
etc, but they are all incidental to the
big hair-raising, breath
disturbing, comedy-evoking stunts"
in the name of entertainment.
The one hundred and seventy fifth
performance on Broadway of To-day"
will be given at the Forty-eighth
Street Theatre, New York. next Tues
day evening. The twenty-second
week of the George Broadhurst and
Abraham Schooner vital and vivid
drama of life finds To-day" even
stronger In the affections of playgoers
than ever before and interest, in
stead of waning is on the increase.
That To-day" will complete the sea-
son of the Forty-eighth Street Thea
tire is a foregone conclusion and the
chances are it will remain all sum
mer long. The retention of the play
by New York. however, means that
the rest of the country will be denied
the opportunity of seeing the sensa-
tional dramatic success of the century
until next season when at least six
companies will be on tour and the
probabilities are there will be eight.
The original cast remains to make
the long engagement distinctive, the
company including Edwin Arden,
Emily Stevens, Marie Wainwright,
Teresa Maxwell Conover, Alice Gale
and Gus Weinberg.
The big motion picture manufac-
turing concerns are likely to solve
the too many theatres puzzle in
New York. One of them recently
took over the Criterion with results
which have sent Its rivals scurrying
\ for other houses, and within a very
short space no less than three addi-
tional first-class theatres will be TAX
en- over. The New York already is
captured. The manufacturers can
well afford to run more establish
ments without direct profit, as the
process enables them to show their
output to the exchange managers,
through whom the films are distrib-
uted to the exhibitors.