The Washington herald., 1915-10-14
BUSINESS women
Will GIVE PLAY
Plans Made for Presentation
of Potash and Perlmutter"
at National Theater.
SEEK TO BOOST TRADE
SEEK TO BOOST TRADE
Merchants Arranging for Suburban
Shopping Day-Seat Sale Begins
This Morning.

The sale Of seats for the Business
Nomens Booster performance at the
National Theater Monday, October is,
Will open TT the theater this morning
at O'Clock and in view OF the great
interest of the undertaking of the
business women Of Washington and
In the play itself. Potash and PERL
nutter." 1t goes without saying that
there will be capacity audience at
the New National next Monday night.
There will be a young riot of pretty
things In the way of flowers and
souvenirs, in which every one at
tending the Booster Performance Mon
day night will participate. 1t will be
thorough demonstration that the
fair sex Is quite as much at home, in
staging unusual spectacles and affairs -
as the sterner sex. The merchants of
Washington have been particularly
busy this past summer with trade
booster plans of all sorts. including
river and automobile trips.
Women Who Are Active.
Right now the business women of
Washington are occupying the lime
light with booster night with Pot
ash and Perlmutter." that celebrated
business comedy which will be done in
Washington Monday night by the ORR
ginal company.
hosc WIN
active part in arranging the 'Subur-
ban shopping Day Booster are the fol-
lowing: Mrs. NJ Brooks, Mrs. ]. NJ.
Ash, Mrs. Jennie kafka, Mrs. c.
Steible. Mrs. G. Erlebacker. Miss Lulu
V. Markell. Mrs. v. Clarkson, Miss E.
II. Howard, Mrs. Mary Whelan. Miss
Minnie E. Carroll, Mrs. Annie Rosen.
Mrs Ham Adams. Miss NJ. Deane. Miss
Mildred Bartholow and Mrs. J. Mach
man.
Pinochle and politics. love and law.
strikes and styles go to make up the
story Of Potash and Perlmutter.
dramatization of the characters and Incl
dents i'll Montague Glass stories in the
Saturday Evening Post.
II is comedy in spite of the tremen-
dous heart-interest that gives it its chief
hold on the theater-going public. Abe
Potash and Morris Perlmutter are among
the two most popular characters of mod
ern fiction. They are loved for their
weaknesses as well as their virtues.
Partners Have Troubles.
Their almost incessant quarrels are up
roariously milthful, while their tender
ness. their spirit of self-saCrifice. their
patience under grief are heart-touching
They the most thoroughly human
h"rotS of The stage. and that is why they
were welcomed as readily in London as
III New 10TH, ana why lllty dIt sure "
be as welcome in Berlin, Vienna. Paris
and the other capitals of Europe. where
they are TO make their appearance dur
iu- this season.
Briefly, the story of Potash and PERL
mutter" deals with the trials and tribu-
l;.tions Of these two partners of the cloak
Il ade through their generous champion
ship Of Boris Andrieff. young Russian,
whom the representatives. OF the Car
al. trying to drag back to the country
of his birth and to a lifetime in Siberia
they pledge their all to 90 his bail. and
when, through their ignorance of the
law he starts for Canada to gain 1
respite from the trick,ly OF the Russian
representatives and the partners are in
dan-er of forfeiting their business and
their homes the story takes a serious
twrn indeed.
I;ut Boris learns through the newspa-
I,crs of the danger TO his bcnefaCtors
and returns in time to save them from
ruin, and to learn of his complete vindi
cation of the charges against him. There
Is plenty Of romance to add to the charm
of the play. for Boris marries Abe's
Young daughter. while Perlmutter wins
LADY designer with business head
like Carnegie and :, shape like Lillian
Russell-a young lady. by the way, who
figures extensively in the good fortunes
OF the re-established firm.