New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-11

Wrcr trc r.tv editor OF THE New
Y,~s N,a-" coaxea her telephone uan-
Der from blond bYrlesque artis.. .n
tae second sct of .'Tne Correspondents"
f, became nor, or Jess apparent that
fhc rcv q-y at che Booth was in-
tended rather for the films than for TIE
stage. lf the girl had come from the
Midnight Frolic one might have peeh
encouraged 20 hope, but q city editor
is q city editor, and The bur.esque ac-
tress strained the probabilities. II so
Glanced. however. that The Core
snondent" was already so far gone by
the time the second act started that u
would not have mattered II the owner
Of The News" had eloped with Eva
Tanguay.
Alice Loal Pollock and Rita Weiman,
authors Of 1.-THE Correspondent. are
the second dramatic combination OF me
season to rewrite Mr.. De Miles excel
lent drama. "The Woman Now, mere
would he no objection IN the worG 70
rewritten versions OF THE Woman u
the authors would 10 the JOB with na'.
Of M De Miles skill. Amelie kiVe5
was the FIRST person to attempt IT, "..'
there are said % nc those Yho believe
that The Fear Market is a good ay'
And now comes THE Correspondent.
Situation for situation. The Core
spo~dcnt" parallels "lhe Fear Market
with uncanrv fidelity. There IS me
same prologue 10 THE Correspond
NJ" IL H. called q first act-in when
me heroine escapes unframed IRON
tie apartments 81 the villain. an"
then one finds tine same editor In TINS
instance operating newspaper, M
stead Of "a magazine. and desiring 10
marry the girl. instead OF being her
father. And again Che editor gets upon
the track Of the Big story, follows D.
ont e. it, conclusion and finds that the
roor creature enmeshed in II IS n.'
own loved one Really. II IS a li
too much 20 ask one to accept this plo'
twice iu as many months.
The Misses Pollock and Weiman or
IS +, Ms. Pollock and Miss Weiman
have exhibited a minimum OF tneai-
rical skill in handling this material
With the fall Of the curtain on the
first act II is an absurdly simple mat
fer 10 anticipate the remainder or me
rlav. particularly If one chances at the
rrocramme and chances 20 observe that
the second and fourth acts occur IN
managing editors Office. As though
that were not enough, the author
have shown no facility In the ere"
ton Of atmosphere. the drawing ol
character or thc writing Of dialogue.
When the play arrived IN the mama
ing editors office one encountered
strange attempt 20 mirror newspapcr
existence. The copy boys and the ter
phone operators we're slngulariy en-
cient. but the reporters were permitted
TO do about as they pleased. Inc mar
wanted by the managing editor 80
cover a big fire had not arrived ior the
day. although the rest Of the stan h1d
reported and received their assign
ments long ago. The bur'esque actFes
who called 20 see the dramatic c'i-.c
was not unpreposscssine perhaps lt
would pay one 20 hang around the 2t-
fee more during the afternoons.
Tho absence OF the dramatic critic ;he
CITY editor cut n'm out
Then. TOO. there was the TACT that the
managing editor married the woman
reporter Perhaps this would happen
more frequently in real Offices u So
many managing editors were not al
ready married. IN his anxiety 10. ge-
the facts concerning the Van hrecl o.
v0rce the managing editor overloohe9 .
whale Of a story story waiting for
him on the back drop outside the win
dow For II appeared from the drop
hat s.. Paups and THE World" Build
inc are row side by side. and II Ger.
tainlv seemed as though couple o.
GOOD men should have beer shot out -
discover when one or the other va
moved.
irene Fenwick. elevated 70 p dizzy
.tsrdoin. struggled 1ob'y with the role
of the innocent heroine. Although 'at