Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-23

only, Tuesday night, April 90. is the
fact that it has an appeal for every
one. Plays about lawyers might in
terest lawyers but not the general
public; a play about a saloonkeeper
might interest contemporaries forces
but not church people; a play dealing
with q surgical operation might at
tract surgeons, but here, in one play,
Experience is found a play that
seems to have o. universal appeal.
During many yearS OF association
with the theatre, and after studying
the drama of many, many genera
tons, 1t is difficult for one to think Of
any play which reaches out so gener-
ally and draws into the sphere of its
rich, poor, society people and those
one meet in daily life.
Coming to Strand
In filming q picturesque tour of the
land of the rising sun, Japan, for
coming to the Strand today and to-
morrow, the cameramen caught some
interesting phases of the Oriental
coolie, the poorest paid laborer in the
whole world.
The coolie does the hardest sort Of
manual labor, such as loading an
ocean liner with coal, for something
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figured out that it costs about S5.98
to load a Pacific liner at a japanese
port with the necessary amount of
coal for an ocean voyage. Just how
the coolie lives on IL cents a day is
puzzling, even when the sordidness
and absolute emptiness of his life is
considered. He lives In q wretched
hut. without light. heat or furniture.
eating a little rice a day and existing
uyifh a QinU1n tIxtRu nf nntrca
Since he cannot read and knows
nothing of the outside world, he can
|subsist in this fashion.
The trip through Japan takes audi
ences to the famous sacred temples
and shrines, through the cosmopoli-
tan streets, to the royal deer groves
at Nara, and to the great Diabutsu
.Buddha which has been worshipped
since 1852. besides giving a glimpse
of the famed entertainers of the
Orient, the geisha girls.
At the Ditmas
Again Madge Kennedy identifies
herself with a novelty. In fact,
Goldwyn Pictures to be seen at the
Ditmas theatre today and tomorrow,
is replete with situations entirely new
to the screen. The piquant comedi-
enne scintillates throughout, her ini-
mitable talents given greater scope
than ever before because she is stim-
ulated by the brilliant work in hand.
Written by Hugo Balm, Goldwyn's
distinguished art director, Daughter
of Mine" provides Madge Kennedy
with an absolutely unconventional
role-or rather two Of them, for the
star as well as The entire cast essay
dual characters. A human and APP
pealing story is told in the first cpl
sode, which is laid in the tenement
district, to be carried on later in a
sharply contrasting environment
that of gorgeous romance. Yet
Daughter of Mine" is not a costume
or a dream play. It treats of every
day life and realities.
Miss Kennedy is enabled to show
her skill in p~ortraying the joys and
heartaches of little Rosie Mendelsohn
even while she Is involved in thrilling,
romantic adventures. She wears the
simple garb of the working girl al
most as she dons the velvets and laces
of Lady Diantha. All in all. "Daugh-
ter of Mine" promises more entertain
ment than any previous vehicle of
the popular star.
Edith Roberts in "a Taste of Life"
is the added attraction.