Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-16
"EXPERTENCE" Is
LEFT AT THE POST
New Morality Play at the Wal
nut Is More Remarkable
Than "Everywoman"
wnlcn oNE snAIL MARRY9 4 olrnma Of

WHICH ONE SHALL MARRY? A "drams Of
all tme-exnlaiped IL "a, alleg9ry and tod w. a
@sqsdsgsTp by Ralph T5oms kStsrlTT sgsn
production by sosman and Lands, Walnut
\ Young Grl CAsncs Moran. .stcuoErephcr
A Rlen Man Cobn biGndi owner. o. steel
a ,Fooorr Man jiaetk 'Harii yqrl!mog, i9Tg,, ig,",
\ sookS Agent jdood Adyicci. tidsSr Murray sF,
Mother Mrs Mike Moran. "hiIy.E t,,,,-,o,,
Father tNllkc Morar, who works In lgc
a Esst Young Man niqriow RlanSi. iSS5R, "a,
S9 vSrS YounF EGInSfsil rl S1EGttG 1lty Mofan As7ss
slster .,..,; .,.,.,.,.''..'' f9lne frS tord
( msebnss' s'Jmnays' msn .'.. Wiam Forgau
A Furnace W%iGrEmea for Bland & C2A Charlie, Bis,
SYNopfssFs MSfSGgaT3EfgS SS GgaT3EfgS They Are &rransSd
begins o''' = scene m"''
Scene a-,RScli ,SSssrd o. Mike Morons home
,%rEinti wbat Eau, You may make e ny life"
T., God. let mo lool, into the future, 'hot may
} 2outsac a gIGn iHs 2l5rssa "G"s; iS FOUR
'psSass r fSsTGs Sss o2s"ER sa ERaS Go Mans
" car sya You cyerythns }n2t none ,,YS, /. S.9
$Ssns Scene STRs S-TFRRs Land Land 81 81 RSSsiy. fSSi
ing into the Groat Bcyond
aP' ff9 R2E sTG 55S' nS journeys
,sscone a-Pac, yard Q, Mike MorO,n's home; ONE;
G3o y M SATURDAY Ftye minus 'HIS' ia nm nr
s%efsG, snS S@p OF Ne' - !" ""''" u '"'''''" "
,.NOTE7-ThO play consumer only 81 ar hSgE Of
TbS rst SS soS'rs sst %r,. G form compste pS
rho second act is what might have happensd
S@s,Sn anS Is EyST ca IL Grd6 SS !" sTN 10Y %HRRY
"l.g rather be poo, man with heart than
rich man without u conscience.
(which One Shall Marry" is one Of
those wholly delightful plays in which tho
reviewer is relieved Of much responsibility
to his readers by the completeness OF the
program notes, which are printed above.
All you have to do TO get talr idea
of what it Is about is to read very care
fully the foregoing agate, and then re-
member various other modern morality
dramas that have not been iufreduent late
ly This is not to say that (which one
Shall | Marry" is n steal from every
woman" or "EXperience" IL is but the
barest tribute to truth to add that IL IS tar
more amazing than "E;verywoman" And
It leaves Experience" about five miles be-
hind the times in the stupendous intricacy
of it's simpicties. There is only one thing
with which II cannot be comphred--a
hitherto unacted poetic piece. "'rhe Lady of
the Swamp" by Franklin p. Norton.
The theme Of (which one Shall I
Marry is timely. should poor nut
honest stenographer wed her wealthy but
hard-s -souled employer or the equally poor
and even moro honest workman, ii asks
in no uncertain tones. There can be little
doubt in the minds of spectators when
the symbolcal Good Advice eXclaims as
the Girl enters the opulent home OF the
rich man: "She is lost in the Gulf Of
Gold" But that is just suspense, for
later we sec the stenographer wearyug
Of her false life of sham. She wants
to be taken away, out Of It all The
authors method of blending the fact and
fancy as he takes her away, out Of it
all. is not more remarkable than the phil
osophy of the whole All who enjoyed
Experience" should see it's nllegoriCal sue
cessor No longer dare Messrs. Gest and
Page call their show "the most wonderful
play in America" H. u.