New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-16
Racing Car Prime Need OF
Delightful Evening
Of Plays
GREAT MOMENTS
IN GOOD PLAYS
Nine-Course Banquet of
Dramatic Fare Sug-
gested for Jaded
By HAYWOOD BROUN

II s possible to pass a perfect the
atrical evening in New York. but first
YOU must have racing automobile.
You sec. the perfect evening is not to
be obtained IN any one playhouse, not
even at the Princess.
First Of all. il would be we'll to stop
at the Thirty Street Theatre and
watch the opening scene Of "Old Lady
81" in which Emma Dunn and Regi-
Maid Barlow get the full values from
deity written act by the incest sort
of team play. BY that time it might
be well 70 drive down to the kuicker-
booker and watch the scene in the first
act where Won Barwig discovers that
Poems is in love with Jenny.
In strict confidence. "The Music Mas
ter" IS time tried piece, and no actor
can rival Warteld IN his ability to let
tear linger lu his voice, but for all
that most Of The Music Master is
pille. However. the scene We mention
- rare bit. That was the way Charles
Klein did things. lie could make you
no great play, but for scene or so
he could write with the best OF them
Indeed IL might be well TO make one
more trip 20 the Knickerbocker during
the course Of this perfect evening and
watch the scene in which Won Barwig
gives his daughter a music lesson.
From the knickerbocker the chaut-
feur should be directed 10 proceed
north on Broadway as far as the
Gaiety. Here IL would be well 70 see
- al
ing which Mugs picks the deacon's
pocket The next stop would be the
Longacre. where the uth-bound Willie
Collier is obliged 10 confess 70 his
fancec that he once loved Maude
Adams.
Just a step east is The Playhouse
where the party would drop IN upon
the opium den Of Sam Shew Sing and
sit enthralled by that finely theatrical
moment when the boy shouts an invita-
tion for any white woman 20 drink
with him, and is aghast to see bleary
and opianic Marcelle crawl out of
bunk Before leaving Forty ighth
Street It would be well TO watch the
discovery of the knife in The 18th
Chair OF course, the murder in the
first act IS better yet, but we forgot TO
it's too late 20 go back now.
Onward and upward must We 20 to
the Comedy. II is true that the Comedy
is IN FOrty-hrst Street, but trip 70
the Washington Square Players is al
ways upward Our choice for the even
ing is segment from "Bushido."
Matsuo opens the box, and, looking
upon the head ever so carefully, says:
There is no doubt. Tho head is
Shusai's." We haven't time TO stop and
learn that Matsuo is the father of the
boy who has been killed that mis- young
lord may live. There is no time TO lose
in getting to the Princess Already the
old beggar has seen his fear 20 from
him crying like a dog out OF a doomed
city" The footballs Of the stony boots
are heard. The missing Green Things
from Marina are drawing nearer, and
soon the beggars will be frozen into
green jade
Yet we cannot stop % pity them.
Indeed. they had grossly offended the
gods. Out of the theatre 90 We and
out Of the kitchen comes Ruth Chat
terton. In the play OF A. Z. Thomas
by fan the best portion is the listle
love scene at the end between the star
and Bruce McRae. II is It scene in
which Romeo grins little IN the
middle of his most ardent protestaticns
and Juliet she smiles back And if
you ask US, that is the way most love
is made or AT any rate it's the most
fun.
This is no time for love. The MAR
sellaise" is in the air. Pierrot the
Prodigal is marching away to fight for
France, and Paul Clerget makes you
realize that Papa Pierrot is crying
just bit, though you see nothing but
the bunch of his shoulder blades.
A recapitulation yields the fact that
the trip may be made by two for s36,
exclusive Of gasolene. And it's worth IT,
sui there's a simpler method for
perfect evening at the theatre Get
sousod and see Charlie Chaplin.
Sarah Bernhard arrived at the En-
pire Theatre so late yesterday hat
she had time to see only the first two
acts Of The Harp Of Life" Somebody
must nave told Sarah about that third
act