The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-10
GERMAN SPY Is
CORNERED IN PLAY
Mothers Liberty Bond Opens
at Park, an Honest
Melodrama.
TOBACCO FUND PROFITS
HerOism Of American Troops
Thrills Audience in the /:
Final Scenes.

The weather was individually warn
last night but II was certainly no hot.
! ter than the Kisses hurled at the Ger
| man spy in Mothers Liberty Bond,
| an honest. old fashioned melodrama thai
opened at the Park Theatre.
1t seemed like old days returned, a.
though the true elixir Of youth had sud
| denly been distributed. the villain wa
| Kissed and the hero was applauded ant
everything detrimental to the hero al
most happened-and didn't-thus prov
i ing, beyond peradventure OF doubt
that many an honest heart beats be-
meath a sport shirt.
Mothers Liberty Bond" land let II
, be said right now before going int
details of the plot and so forth that s
percentage of the gross receipts go &c
! THE Sun Tobacco Fund) deals with
the community life of sma'l New Eng
land town both before and during thu
| war.
The plot (melodramas sometimes gel
along without one) concerns itself witt
| the invention of one Of the boys OF thu
village. who Is naturally the hero. The
hero has made a necessary improvement
| in airplanes and the German spy. who Ii
| the village schoolmaster. steals the
model. Everything turns out satisfac
torily, and the representative of hi
Imperial Majesty goes the proper route
! of all German spies-a short life but &
gay one.
| interviewer in this outline are mix
lures Of love affairs, in which the hero
| and heroine come together in the end
| although their union seems doubtful a.
times In view OF the diabolical machina
tons OF the Internal Germans. Ant
there are other timely incidents worked
in cleverly, such pertinent subjects n:
the election OF German textbooks from
the school and the hero's mother paying
instalments on her Liberty Bond, hence
the title, and everything Of the sort
| All of the locale. however, is not lait
In small village within hailing distanc,
of the fragrant cod There are suffi
cient military touches to please any
body. and a spectacular effect wa.
achieved In presenting one Of the camp.
on this side, and the last act is devoted
| to activities OF American troops over
seas. This is where our hero gets hi!
chance, and he shows them what Ameri
| can farmers can do when they're en-
ragged. He gets three chances in a!
many scenes in the last act. near Can
| tiEuy. road near by. and near thu
German lines. In all three scenes thu
I American acquit themselves nobly
| JUS as they actually did.
:. Jay Kaufman staged the piece
| and did good job, having the as
! sistance OF Corporal r. Derby Holmes
! In the military ensembles. Corpora
| Holme3 gave many touches Of reallt,
| TO those scenes in which he acted a!
assistant TO Mr.. Kaufman. Then ther,
was n pleasing extra attraction in tht
| person Of Mile Alice Nsrlet the Bel
| gian co'oratura soprano. who sang with
remarkable feeling and technique FOL
the sweltering first nighters between
| the first and second acts.
| The acting was good. taking condi
tons as they were. Gilda Leary wa:
pleasing In the role OF Adele Bond. Z
charming heroine and passing fair tC
gaze upon. Adeline Warwick and sew
| ernl Of the others played rather well.