Evening star., 1919-03-23
.Al1lulQnlQntS
& E Music and Dramas. .
- NEtof-the newest of the new
plays sis the little drama
which occupied the week at
the newest of our little


rick. Disposition is asserting itself
among numerous playgoers to take
tho new theater into their hearts.
The name Shubert has long been
familiar And David Garrick is ex-
plotted in the program with dignity
combined with 2 mild intimacy which
invites any one of slight literary
turn to seek further acquaintance.
AS we become more familiar with the
playhouse, we are inclined to drop
even the formality Of last names in
The process Of hyphenation and to
salute it with genial unconstraint
- "the Jake-Dave Theater." All this
IL in the mood. though far from the
matter, of the Rachel Crothers COM
edy. ''39 East" which bids for interest
On terms ofs superficial elaboration
without goins very deeply into the
logical eonsistencies. The heroine of
this near-tragedy of a New York
boarding house is a most appealing
young actress. somewhat Of the NOV
ing picture type of heroine and more
appealing because of that fact. A
glance at the promenade thorough
fa<es reveals the fact that the movie
heroine is setting the fashions these
days. certainly in modes of attire
and hairdressinE. and very possibly
in, forms Of sentin entail expression.
.s6e is far, far away from the lam
Euishing heroine Of the, old-fasAioned.
yefiow-back novel, which was viewed
with alarm by every preceptor in a
position of responsibility for E. the
guidance Of feminine youth, The
"as East" heroine represents the true
movie girl. self f-confident, immutable
in the most exacting personal stand
ards. and. though at the outset am
bilious to be a1sinser, readily, COM
petsnt to sacrifice the appeal to the
ear for an appeal to the eye and be-
come a dancer. How this young
laly; educated ali her life to think
TIT she was singer Of great pos
s3Rities. could have discovered sud-
asaiy, under the Inspiration Of a
pf6no-~agoh man in Central Park.
fI4t she was wonderful dancer,
eoJapetent to take. an audience by
sen. is one Of those matters which
AStinary observation does not easily
g Vain. But MAS Crothers makes it
sen piaueibis enough, and perhaps
iksis one of those great intuitive
ph5nomena which only the feminine
hS6rt can, comprehend %
- ve@-> xHn
Z here Is no questioning that Miss
Crethers had one great intuition in
. sSaaywriting way. The success Of
-0td Lady 81" in the face of a stone
wa3i 81 managerial pessimism, fully
v4xfants her in backing her judg-
M1St with reference to this play, re-
gStlless Of the fact that some OF It's
Hl1 Interesting and appealing
el3acters have nothing. whatever to
AeNith the plot
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IT the Shubert- Belasco Theater,
which is an-evcn. older acquaintance
and dsseryes familiar alutation-iet
ugscali It .the Lee-Daye theater,-
ep4ta was announced with tho name
&c do Koven as a lure to music
isssra. Whenever de Koven writes
an opera the, public looks up with
hspefui interest and says, Perhaps
ansther Robin Hood" Then, after
hsDsinE It, the public admits that
this is too much to expect. There
saaaet be two Robin Hoods" any
mere than there can be two santa
Clauses. The author of sYester-
aex' has some reason to complain.
Hie work has a warmth of fanciful
iaee. and his verses have buoyant
sa4ences and ingenuity Of rhyme
1as you had to listen closely to fnd
it Gut. for the singers appeared to
seS undecided whether to address
th6psefves. TO the audience or to the
hsek k-drop. The play begins with a
vsSy striking if not remarkably
no1el event the transform alton of a
ven old man, by means of gypsy's
phater. back to youth that he may
hyS again the romance of beautiful
yesterday. 1t is scene for culver
jce. muiti-colored half-lights; for
faii incense-iike recollections of
rosa leaves borne softly by the
mShery zephyrs from the garden of
long ago. 1t was the dream of the
Rsseruciaas come true. 1t was all
efsthis and more. +, Yet this gypsy
parsed the ohiiter over to the
sl6eriy sent1smsn in as matter-of-
fast a manner as ifsshe had been
behind the. counter responding. to the
sh DRAW one" This tremendous