The Washington herald., 1916-10-29
Jewish Comedy and Artistic
Repertoire Lead Amusements
NationaI-"Pota.h and Perrmutter

NattOnaI-"Potash and PerImutter
in Society"
The adventures of Abe Potash and
Mawruss PeTlmutter in their heroic bat
tie for business In the cloak and suit
trade offer such an inviting and unend-
ing theme for a stage serial story that
the continuation is likely to run on for
ever. The second edition Of Potash and
Perlmutter" has been styled Potash and
Perlmutter in Society,"" and it has been
acclaimed a funnier, cleverer and alto
gether better piece than the first play
from the Montague Glass famous Satur-
day Evening Post stories. In the struct-
ure Of the new play, which comes to the
National Theater for a weeks engage
ment commencing tomorrow night, Roi
Cooper Megrue has elaborated with Mr.
Glass, with the result that, not only have
the salient points in the characterizations
been perpetuated. but Megrue's skill in
the matter of stagecraft has proved a
safe and sure base for the delightful
structure of Glass whimsical literary ef-
forts.
Mawruss is lured into a scheme to in
corporate the s150,OOO firm with a capital
Of $1,500,0oO When the promoter at
tempts to explain the plan to Abe with
advice backed by a lawyer, Abe an
nounces that when you've got to get a
lawyer to decide whether a business deal
Is honest you can bet your life it's dis
honest" so he splits with Mawruss. The
partnership is dissolved after eighteen
years. Mawruss, with all his mercantile
shrewdness, is duped by B. Cans, who
becomes his new partner, raises Nav
russ check for 81, 900 to $91, 900 and de-
camps. Postoffice inspectors find that
nearly all the money received for the
sale of the stock has been withdrawn
from the bank and has not been put into
the business. The police patrol is wait
ing down stairs for Mawruss when Abe
turns over his private fortune with the
comment, "a partnership dissolution
agreement, what Is it? Just a scrap of
paper. The money Is refunded to the
stockholders and the palatial headquar-
ters of the Cloak and Suit Company of
North Amertca-with so much mahogany,
gilt and electric lights that-according to
Abe, the only thing lacking Is a head
waiter-are closed"
The supporting company includes
Charles Lipson, Jennie Moskowitz, Maui
rice Barrett, Lettie Kendall, Grace
Fielding. Louis Morrell, James spotts-
wood, Arthur Hurley, Robert Newman,
Amy Vanness, William Ely, Stanley Jes-
sup and others of equal prominence.
Befasco-W Washington Square Players
The Washington Square Players Of New
York will open their engagement at the
Belaseo Theater next Monday night with
four OF their best knowR short plays, "a
Bear" by Anton Tchekhov, ''Moondown. -
by John Reer; "A Miracle of st. An
thony," by Maurice Maeterlinek, and
"Helena's Husband" by Philip Moeller.
All of the plays were presented with
great success in New York by the Play
ers and it was because of their popular
ity there that they were selected for the
present repertoire. They will be given
Monday and Tuesday night and wednes-
day matinee, after which the program
will be changed.
The Washington Square Players have
been seen In New York for the past three
where the audiences greeted