Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
Music and Drama

IN order to maintain such an or
ganiZation as is now summering
at the New National Theater, a
manager should realize literally.
in his own financial circum-
stances the title, Made of Money"
Seldom has so large. company in
cluded so many names of conspicu-
GUS distinction-names in connection
with which the consideration of sal
airy cannot fail to assert itself prom
inently. IT, on a warm June evening.
and there have been several such
evenings, the auditorium does not
hold crowd sufficient in s.ze to ac-
count foi the voluminous applause
that goes up, the play provides its
own comforting philosophy. What is
success" This is the question it asks
and answers. Mere pecuniary success
is a minor incident, but far from in
dispensable to glorious career.
Moral success. which turns the mind
from sordid ways and awakens ap-
probation of sincere thought trans
lated into noble action-this is true
success and one which the new play
can empha .cally claim. No more
rageous bit of moralizing has
been more conScientioUSly expressed
in many footlight moons. These m
terested in The play are absolutely
confident that ii VIII realize for 1t
self the career of it's charming hero
inc. played by Lynn Fontanne. and
after a few preliminary vlcIssItudes
revel in pecuniary atfluence as well as
in moral splendor.
The Shubert-Garrick has struck its
stride. claiming PATRONAGE with
summer sock beyond anything that
was accorded it during the winter
season season of popular pro-
auctions has been definitely and re-
liab.y established. The management
thinks that il has discovered a brand
new ingenue to add to the list OF
celebrities in this line that have de-
veloped from seasons of Washington
stock. The oth>r Shuoert tneaters.
Polls anu the Belasco, have not hesI-
tated to offer competition to the Car
rick and will probab continue to do
SO more or less internationally for
some weeks to come.
Vaudeville has established itself on
q record of precis on in matters OF
propriety that has extended through
many seasons. There has been
growing disposition through the re-
cent years to increase the latitude or
expression for performances and per-
formers whose one OBJECT Is 10 Sfl
a big laugh or a big sensation, re-
gardless of the means As TO TINS
cass of entertainment. the auditor is
his best critic \ letter directed 10
the management of the theater %hose
stage play offends the taste OF the
individual. whether that theater be
Offering vaudeville as technically des-
ignated or vaudeville elaborated into
musical comedy. may be expressed IN
phrase more explicit and direct tnan
anything that could be decoro9sly
conveyed in print for general reaoer
shin. Don't tel your troubles 10
policeman Policemen are terriDly
overworked these days. Tel them 70
the manager in plain. straightforward
terms that will convince him that
your protest is matter OF sen-re
spect. and that You are so much IN
earnest that you will avoid his thea
ter in the future If the ofIense OF Of
which YOU complain is repeated. !,
enough people take this positive s and
it viii do more to discourage rGo1-
light affronts than resonant diatriDs
or didactic essays written oy the
ward and read by the inch.