The sun., 1916-10-26
"Ohject-Matrimony" Mixes
Business and Sentiment
as In Old Play.
"OhJect-Msahmsny'' st the Cshan
Harris Theatre.
Montague Glass had the assistance Of

Montague Glass had n assistance Of
j. K. Goodman when he played a new
variation on the Potash and Perlmut-
ter" theme last night in "Otject-Matri-
mony." which William A. Brady pro-
duced at the Conan 4 Harris Theatre.
The immortal partners were not present.
but the new play lives In their world.
socially and commercially. Moreover.
sentiment and business are just a.
closely welded and are Just ~ insspara.
BILE a. they used TO be In the stories that
had Abe and Noscrsss a. their heroes.
lust how strong 10 the family re-
smblance between ''Object-Matrimony'
and its two successful forebeas may be
understood from the story. Tho cloak
and suit trade Is still the m!lieu IN
which the percentages move. The pro-
night more of . drsamer than . man of
business. 30 there were financial dim
cul,ies ahead of the establishment he
inherited from his father.
His uncle. already his creditor from
coming to his aid. was no longer to be
called N. There Is. Of course. an I'M
compromising debtor who has only one
weakness In his character. That Is his
desire to marry OF . not altogether at
tractive daughter.
DookkeeDeP Loves Hin.
The three acts Of the play. passing in
the home of the hero's mother, then In
the inevitable Office Of the store n later
In an apartment In Harlem. show tho
manner In which the young man with
out really marrying this heirees Ii en-
abied TO save his business. At his side
stands his bookkecper. who not only
loves him blu wants to make a man OF
him. and a business man at that.
II Is she who suggests the engage-
ment n not the marriage with the
overplump heiress. She T.. moreover.
the goddess from the machine who con-
trives that the creditors shall earn OF
the be,rothai. invites them to the we'd
ding m then sets to work to discover
after al, this deception. She has q
small patrimony OF her own and gets
hat from a dishonest trustee.
In triumph the check Is delivered to
the irate father Of the deserted bride as
II owe the amount Of his daughters
dowry. But II turns out to be false.
Tho bookkeeper's guardian 10 arrested.
but In order to show just how much
the circle OF Potash m Perimufter Is
behind the footlights. the uncle who
had refused to aid his failing nephew
any more comes forward with q good
check OF an amount suficient to satisfy
the father. Sho having lost Q son-in-law
does not desire to lose his non as
well.
The friendly audience having saturated
itself in the spirit OF the Potash INC
Perlmutter" welcomed the hrst act OF the
new play with The greatest enthusiasm.
In spite Of the fact that "Object-Matri-
mony' Was the third drawing from the
same tea leaves, there was only cor
duality for the hrst act. There was still
a certain hospitality for what followed.
The secoud Act.
But in spite Of the grateful feeling for
pleasures that had been enjoyed In the
past, there was the suspicion. not TO be
suppressed. that after all the second act
was much below the average Of the best
that even Potash and Perimutter In
Society had offered. 30 when the cur
tain fell Il Was hard work to make any
p%retence Of keeping up the houpia any
longer. OF course, there were recalls
and Mr.. Dandy seemed to be saying
some words to the retiring spectators
during the intermission
There was nothing about the repre-
s~entat'on so surprising as the fact h a
W. A. Brady. who Is by no means a
pioneer In the theatre and who 10 in the
habit Of making his own way. should
nave ClutCn0n ~ tHe disappearing thii
feathers Of the Potash and Perlmutter"
and presented "Object-Matrimony" to
the public.
The play was, thanks TO his manage
ment, very well acted. Math!lde Cot
treily and Jess Dandy. veterans Of
Potash and Perimutter" campaigns.
were expert In their familiar tasks.
Marjorie Wood played the
full b~ookkeeper with great charm and
there was no lack OF the familiar ex-
pertness In the portrayal Of the u b
ordinate roles. But frankly. has not the
theme OF potash and Perlmutter' been
exhausted: It seemed to be last night