South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-07

NEW YORK, April 7.-Although=
the season is rapidly drawing to a
close there are still some new plays
being presented TO New York audi
ences. one OF the most recent of
these is Loves Lightning" a COM
coy by Ada Patterson and Robert
Edeson, which was produced for
the first time at the Lexington last
week
This is a clever little play which,
although not Astounding in action,
IS worked out along such whola-
some lines that II leaves the audi
ence with a pleasant feeling after
the final curtain. The motif is the
adoption Of a mother by a rich but
lonely young bachelor. who doesn't
want 10 marry and yet who desires
10 have a woman TO look after him
In the want ad columns of the
. newspapers he finds the advertise
ment from an elderly woman who
shes 10 be "A mother 10 someone,
ard he promptly proceeds with his
JCoption
IL so happens that the mother
he adopts has a daughter. who is
employed as a manikin by a fash
iOnable modiste.
This daughter is rather Jealous
of her brother by adoption, and
" hen she Identifies him as the gild-
ed youth who has at different times
bought gowns for chorus girl
friends from her employer. she does
everything she can to have her
mother disown the new found son.
From then on the action Is some
what faster, and comes TO "A climax
when the daughter attempts TO es-
cape the attentions OF her en-
Iioyer's son. The young man is
stabbed in the back By a jealous
model. Just as he is attempting 10
embrace the heroine, and the young
man who has adopted the mother
comes in just in time TO 20 to Jail.
just why be went 10 Jail is not
clear but after he languishes
n.ght in the cell. the inevitable hap
PENS. and he marries the daughter
os his adopted mother.
Mr.. Edeson was I'm Dayton, o.,
but the audience called upon Miss
Patterson for a speech. and she very
hrst play that either she or Mr..
Edeson had written. A telegram
vas also read from Mr. Edeson. N
hich he asked the verdict OF the
fublic as to whether he should eat
in Childs or at the Ritz. The first
right audience was so favorably in
clued toward the play that it seems
safe for Mr. Edeson GO use his
own Judgment.
The Liberty theater at Camp
Merritt. y. j. was opened last week
by Smileage company No. i, which
presented Turn TO the Right for
the soldiers and was accorded trs-
mendously enthusiastic reception
& number OF distinguished per-
sons attended as invited guests.
among them being Gov. Whitman
of New York. and Gov. Edge 4
New Jersey Members Of the senate
and house com mittees on military
affairs were present and others n
Tie audience were Mayor Hylan,
Gen. David Sheens, Col. W VIII
Ioughby Wake, Col Aston Hamil-
ton. Col r. NJ. House. Dudley Field
Malone. Theodore p. Shonts, b
Earuch. Mr. and Mrs. Martin l.
GNnn Daniel q. Reid. Daniel Pom
eroy. March Magrue. Rachel
Crothers. j. Hartley Manners, Flor
euce Nash and Norman HOpgoOd.
Another opening on the Smileage
circuit occurred on the same night
ar Camp Upton. when Here Comes
the Bride" was presented. Roy At
well, one OF the authors of the COM
edy has agreed 10 head the COM
pany on its tour. and others in the
cast are FrmCes Carson, Harriet
Fftzjames Frances Woodbury.. W.l-
liam Bonely. Walter Fenner. Marie
Naporni. William Eville and VIII
liam Holden.
Klaw and Erlanger and Ed Ma
gsegor have ARMED over 10 the war
department all financial rights IN
this company and Max MARGIN and
Roy Atwell have waived their roy
altiexI IL is expected that before