New-York tribune., 1922-09-14

Dreams for SA}es play by owen
Davis, presented at the Playhouse under
thu direction OF William a. Brady BY the
fyliowtng cast:
Iane Baldwin .........s.. Katherine Grey
Rufus Baldwin. .....-,. Edward Ensry
IND Griswoid .s-....sp Donald cameron
mildred Pope Rose 6uralca t..
Tommy Kerr. Raymond t1acRep
Aupe Baldwin So, 49,. Helen GahaSasi
Terry Mccarthy. .......s James nonian
Isster Nash ..-.....W William a.sr,,. Hetasn
slaIg asss'g Tsllon ps Patrick Henry Crosby
Affhnr Sash Josln ,oll ss.,,i
KSs&iie Falion .s........... Mary Britain
Curious persons were looking for
Oven Davis at The Playhouse last eve-
fsing to ask him why the heroine Of
Dreams for Sale" shot her sweet
heart midway in the second act.
! He and another of her sweethearts
were having squabble over precious
timber lands in Maine and were at
each others throats rather grimly,
struggling to and fro across the
sfage. But the melee seemed merely
so be some minor business fisticuffs, of
she rough sort common TO the North
woods, and capable of speedy adjudi-
aation. Consequently many Of those
n attendance were perplexed when
Anne Baldwin, who had just kissed
shem both, produced firearms and took
4 shot at the alteration, wounding
sJimp GriswoId in the forehead. Anne
herself was in the dark, for as the
curtain fell she was exclaiming, "Why
did do it? Why did do it %
At any rate, the episode, while not
seriously damaging the young man,
brought the pretty homicide to her
senses and made her nobler woman.
The bridge was blown up in the next
act with considerable uproar, and Jim's
$laims were preserved from invasion
Sy rival depredators. Several actors
fell into one another's arms in en-
braces symbolic of betrothal upon the
stage; and another American drama
lad come to conclusion.
; After recording the surmise that
dreams for Sale" is but Indifferent
entertainment, the principal news of
The play is that Miss Helen Gahagan,
Z comparative newcomer, attracted
much attention last night from the as
senabled seers by her impersonation in
the leading role. A young woman of
striking, temperamental beauty and
charm she seemed to know some
untrodden ways among the moods and
emotions assigned to her by Mr.. Davis.
At least she was pleasantly self-pos-
sessed and little different. Being a
good-looking girl with individuality
and fair for acting, she should, ere
long, become a notable figure of the
local drama. It was Miss Gahagan's s
task to represent the feverish daugh-
ter of New York lumber king, who
had just been elected from her semi
nary on the charge of late-hour mo-
toring with impetuous boys from
Princeton.
She was not at all the type ex-
pected, since in appearance she was a
bit too serious, thoughtful and ma
ture for pranks with the college schol-
afs. But she was interesting, intelli-
GENT and conspicuous destination
for the eye, She overshadowed Mr.
Brady's complex landscapes, Mr.
Davis's literature and characterize
tion and the competent playing of the
others in the cast. Among Miss Kath-
crime Grey's duties was the unsmiling
recital of this speech: peter Nash did
not fire that shot; heis hard man, but
ne fights fair!" The comedy, as sug-
gested above, was a callow fiction
whose mediocre contents were told Sc
awkwardly that at times last night the
audience snickered