Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-04-14
Down-Stage
'The Honor System
BY D. R. Noble

THE Honor System
Gladys Brockwell, in William Fox's
great human story, "The Honor
SYSTEM" at the Lyric is a fascinat-
ing vampire.
The cinemelodram calls for a dance
hall jade, and Gladys Brockwell, of
womanly form and delicate features
was chosen for the part. Miss Brock
we'll, finished actress of some years
standing, and formerly star of her
own company on the speaking stage
gives her own Interpretation Of the
role, which is wonderfully apt and
clever.
There is no twisting of lax lips
no crashing of teeth or facial con-
tortions. She is the vampire OF
reality, which is only beauty gone
wrong, with rotten spot in her
soul, like the hidden decay at the
heart of fine red apple.
-Maude Adams
James M. Barrie, says Walter
Pritchard Eaton, referring to the
Scotch playwright's newest fancy
"a Kiss for Cinderella" which Miss
Maude Adams is now playing to
crowded houses at the Empire
Theater, New York, began as a
novelist, but his pen is only one of
his weapons when he writes plays.
He writes them with scenery, prop
critics, costumes, with pantomime
and music, realizing as almost no
other dramatist does the suggestive
power of things and with a faculty
almost no other dramatist possesses
in such degree for observing things
in their relation to people in the real
world and then setting them down
on the sage.
The ball room scene, which is
Cinderella's ball as the little cockney
heroine dreamed that ball, is filled
with appeals to the eye. The three
throne chairs have arms to them and
if you are very clever you will have
noticed what they are before the
King and Queen take their seats.
Even so, you will laugh like the rest
of the audience when the Queen sist
on her throne and begins to rock!
Poor little Cinderella! a rocking
chair of wicker, one of those chairs
slung on level base, represented
the height of luxury to her no doubt
-gilded, of course.
"A Barrie Suggestion
When the ridiculous queen sits
down and ridiculous begins to rock,
you laugh, as Barrie meant you
should; but, a second later, into your
mind flashes the picture of some in
stallment plan furniture store Win
dow, with the cheap tawdry wares
displayed, and gazing on a woman in
shawl or girl, little wistfully.
Odd, how Barrie doesn't make you
laugh in the least at the taste which
buys such furniture. He makes you
think only of the pathos of consid-
ering such furniture as the acme OF
attainment.
1.-THE Case of Lady Gambler
continues to draw big houses at the
Lyceuin Theater. The play has
scored a popular success. 1t tells a
gripping, absorbing story of love,
hate and mystery-the sort of story
that in book form would be described
as "you can't lay it down till you've
finished it."
The action of this play takes the
audience back to the old days of the
celebrated stock companies at the old
Lyceum, at the Empire and at the
Plama's.
-"Upstairs and Down.
continues to attract very large au-
diences at the Cort Theater, where il
will enter upon the twenty-seventh
week Of it's run Monday night. The
excellent playing of clever cast OF
popular players together with the
highly numerous lines and situations
of the comedy goes to make this one
of the most enjoyable offerings OF
the present New York season. The
original cast remains intact
Johnny Get Your Gum
John Cort's farcical entertainment il
which Louis Bennison has scored per.
haps the most distinct personal sue
cess of any player il the past few
years, will begin the ninth week OF
it engagement at the Criterion
Theater Monday night This attrac
ton has surely caught the public
fancy and the large audience at each
performance attests to the popularity
of the farce. From present indica
tons his will be ne of the plays thai
will carry through the summer il
New York.
-Hippodrome's Anniversary Week
Charles Dillingham; is planning tt
make Easter Week at the Hippo
drome one or universal interest ant
activity, for on Thursday the worlds
biggest playhouse observes it's twelfth
anniversary. There is ample cause
for rejoicing this season over this
event for in the current pageant
"The Big Show" with its widely
varied amusements and it's countless
delights the hube theater may boast
of the most popular attraction of its
career. This season it has enjoyed
longer run than any other musical
attraction in town and since it's open
ing in August it has played to 9
greater number of people than al
the dramatic productions in New
York combined. The Hippodrome's
vast capacity, stupendous policy ane
popular scale of prices together with
it's universal appeal to young ane
oldplace it in unique field by itself
and it's attendance record which
this season has already reached the
surprising total of 1,7O6,2O0 is