The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26

is fishing for lines. but not Emanuel
I,eicher. The old weaver IL seeking
words to express, in his hating ara
hesitating manner the woes which
are upon him. but his mind Is slow
working. II speech to him is reluc-
tant and difficult. He knows what the
oppression means. but he Is more
adept with his hands than he is with
his brain. and when he attempts TO
express himself he stammers and
makes way slowly to the desired M
II il the character. the character as
he was drawn. and as he has always
been played by me"
Mr.. Reicher points on. that Old An
sorgc illustrates the fact that disrse
of our faculties stunts them. The
IA which make up this remark
able play are men Of Drawn rather
han brain, II throughout h entire
play, save when the character Is one
Of the younger and more progressive
workers. that same conservatism OF
hesitation in speech is noted.
Following the run of The Weav-
ers" Emanuel Reicher will present his
first bill OF short plays at the Ga.hen
Theatre. This programme will en-
brace two plays from the pen OF David
Pinski. the Yiddish dramatist, whose
plays are frequently presented in the
original. THE Dollar and THE King"
are the two plays selected by Mr..
Reicher. with which will he given
Theodore Dreiser's The Girl in the
l',ftnf and II1,un pnn lInTuHl n S.h IL
Madonna Dianora.'' The present N
of The Viewers" will he continued in
definitely. and will he removed to an
other theatre when the Garden The
atre Is required for the mex bill Of
Mr.. Reicher's repertory, which will be
on January II.
Shortly before the curtain rose on
the first act OF "The Devils Garden"
| at Atlantic City Monday night q cable
gram was delivered to Arthur Hopkins.
who has undertaken It's production.
The cableRram was from w. II. Max
well and had been forwarded through
the War Office In London. 1t was as
follows:
"ARTHUR HOPKINS: Warmest and
heartiest wishes for your success. |
hone that though the terrible corner
OF the Devils Garden now In Europe
may soon be blotted out the one you
are planting in America may grow
and flourish as 1t should when filled
with Harding ANIMALS.
"MAXwELL."
Mr.. Maxwell IL now at the front with
the English army.
"Humor," says Hugh Herbert, the
Hebrew comedian who will appear In
The Sons Of Abraham at the Alham-
bra Theatre. 'is an elusive thing.
Some possess 1t naturally, others ac-
qulre II, and still others, to continue
the old quotation. have II thrust upon
them. In my own case, ] get most OF
my humor from observation. The He
brew character has always appealed
to me as being particularly rich in
humor. Not the sort of humor that
contains the tinge Of burlesaue, but
subtle humor. witty TO the extreme
call 1t satire, II you will.
"Soine comedians n others close to
the stage maintain that subtle humor
doesn't reach its mark In vaudeville
as it does in a more lengthy play. To
all Of those I heartily dsBAgrec. Vaude-
vile audiences catch the most subtle
humor as readily, II not more so, than
a%ttendees Of the three or four act
plays. ! do not mean to say that a big
ma jority of the audiences of the varie-
ties do not prefer broad wit or humor,
but In the past five years the tenor
has changed to the higher type Of
humor.
"In my character Of Minhcim. in
1.-THE Sons of Abraham" ! try to en-
aggerate, not tn burlesque, nor to laugh
at Hebrew character: but to laugh
with him. To make him human, low
able and appealing. II ! can do that
then / think ] have accomplished
something for the good OF the race
ard the stage.
"In The Sons Of Abraham have
tried not to lose sight Of the fact
that the Hebrew loves his family above
all else. Some think that money Ia the
god Of the race, and that high finance
IL the dynamo which keeps the race
nj h top Of the heap, In my W
observation ] have found tina the love
" the educated, the high or the low
is 'hrst. last and at all times for the