Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-24
Philadelphiia
and Broadway
at the Shore
Atlantic City Sees a New
Play and Many Fa-
miliar Faces

ATLANTIC CITY, June 24.--Gay Broad
way, with It's many facilities for touches
from successful people. has no lure for men
or women who have been engaged for next
season and as this city offers them un-
equaled Inducements for rest and recreation
they like to loaf her and will do so until
called back for rehearsals. The next six
weeks will mean a rich harvest of theatre
cal money for the hotel proprietors and
business men who have anything the actors
and actresses need or desire.
Cohan and Harris are some pickers'
when 1t comes to gauging the public pulse,
and they have not gone awry in their latest
guess Buried Treasure comedy In
three acts written by Rida Johnson Young,
was produced for the first time on any
stage last Monday night at the Apollo Ihe-
atre. 1t has steadily grown In favor since
the opening night, and seems destined to
be one OF the big winners of next season.
1t is odd in plot, quaint in characterizations,
teens with bright dialogue, is full OF good
comedy situations and Is sweet and clean.
There are but two sets required, an oiu-
fashioned basement bookstore answering
for the first and last acts and the garden
of a small farm for the second act. Both
were artistic specimens of the scene paint
ter's art the farm scene being greeted with
applause on the rise of the curtain
The story of the play concerns supposed
buried treasure and the efforts of most OF
the characters to find 1t. Hard work and
plenty Of It in the digging up of real earth
In the search for millions of golden fiagons,
jewelry and coins results In disappointment
for all, the treasure, when found, proving
TO be nothing but some good advice ABOUT
the treasures of good health, fresh air ana
honest work The disappointed hopes OF all
the searchers caused many n laugh but in
the end every one was made happy by un-
expected climaXes which brought wealth
and happiness to the principal characters
The company engaged for the play could
not have been improved upon Josephine
Stevens daughter of the late Ben Stevens,
acceptably filed the leading female role,
that of smart, bright young business
woman Adele Rowland portrayed girl
mistaken for an adventures. but VINO
turned out to be helpful aid In righting
wrongs and Zelda Sears fitted nicely into
the droll part of a middle-aged country
woman, keen for city boarders and with an
itching palm for their money. Otto Kruger
took advantage of many opportunities af-
forded him In the part of a young author
of vast imaginative powers, broke, but
happy and Ernest Stallard, as an aged
Americanzed Scotchman, was perfect In
dialect and clever in his acting The hit of
the show was Charles Dow Clark in the
part of a country constable, with aspira-
tionS to shine as n detective, but one so
unlike the usual stage version of that style
of character that he was a delight to every
one. With a peculiar hesitancy in his
speech, cross between stutter and
complete stoppage. he had the audience
screaming at his every line. Charles
Browne was good in the part Of an insipid
boolSworm, afraid of germs, and eight minor
characters were we'll played by capable
people.
A letter received this week from Cali
fornia gives news of the safe arrival and big
reception given to Hughey Dougherty. A
number of people who formerly resided In
and rode from there to Los Angeles with
Mr. Dougherty When the train pulled into
Los Angeles there was big crowd of people
awaiting to grasp the hand of the veteran
minstrel many of them having enjoyed his
drolleries when they were little children
AS Hughey stepped from the car he was
embraced by his adopted daughter, Evalna
had been awaiting his arrival for hours.
Hughey's eyes were filled with tears when
the assembled crowd shook him by the hand
and gave him rousing cheers as he started
Off to his new home. He stood the strain
of travel without any bad effects and re-
membered many of the people who greeted
him, although he had not seen them for
years. His condition at the time of the
sending of the letter was much better than
when he left Philadelphia, and while no
permanent cure is expected, II is believed
that his life will be prolonged in his new
home.
Charles Goodfellow, formerly treasurer
Of the Chestnut Street Opera House. until
incapacitated by blindness is running a
hotel here and is prospering.