Evening star., 1924-10-14
ADJUSTMENTS
Belasco-" The Goose Hangs
High.

The smiling, 4 contented audience
that left the rtBelasco Theater
| last evening after thoroughly enjoy
| ing more than two hours of whole
some drama that might be encoun-
tered in any American home and
which should appeal to every human
being in Warrington. unless, per-
haps. it might be those of the pro
gressive. sophisticated' type who
| crave hectic indecency disguised in
the form OF art, understood thorough
ly why The Goose Hangs High" the
second production of the Dramatists'
Theater. incorporated. was one of the
outstanding successes last season of
the great metropolis of sophistication,
New York.
Lewis Beachs fine little play finds
its drama in what might be any
American home where loving and in
dulsent parents have sacrificed be
yond their means for children who,
caught up in the modern maelstrom,
appear to he lost To all sense of con-
sideratipu ANA gratitude. but Yet who.
when the shadow of tragedy draws
near, rise in their human loVeliness
To meet the test aud prove beyond the
r"raok rnturc OF a doubt that God still
rciGnS and that humanity is not as
Wicked and as Srlf-abSurbcd as II
! likes tn appear to be. II is dis
tinCt challenge 10 the sort of enter
tainm"nt that lonE has polluted both
stage and screen and tended to de
muraliEr ric,r, wholesome, liz ing- Ii
j. played not "ulGui;,Ccutly' or
"SpIcndiGlN." bat naturally. simply
and rftecttteIy with an arr that in
sidiouSly but putcntly carries its un-
dcriyinG lesson Straish; to the heart
and unchailcnEtd to iii" convictions.
Bernard and t.unicv lngalS, typical
parents of the better sort. have made
sacrifices beyond their means To edu-
cate their children ANA Ia make life
tor them a happy. r'SponSiblo eA-
iStence. II is near Christ mas and the
fond parents are eagerly. pa theticai-
! ly ycarning for the return of the
I children for the holiday. Hugh, the
elder boy, they ultimately learn from
other sources. has become engaged
! to DaEmar Carroll and must not be
| expected. The yonErr twins, Brad :
| ley and Lois, arrive in a. brainstorm
! and almost before their devoted
| mother and their loving father nave
a chance to see them they quickly
| don fresh attir, and skip off 10 Il
| dance. Instead OF JOY there is pa
! thetic sadness in the home which
! had been mad ready IL receive them.
/ Then comes the crash The father,
who holds 4 political position. is in
I suited and resigns in great indigna-
ton 1t means the loss Of the home.
! income and an upset TO the GraudioSe
. plans of the elder hoy to marry. and
of the twins TO return to college,
and the boy TO go To Europe for a
I couple of years To prepare for his
| life work The IeNel-headed and Iowa
| a BILE grandmother refuses to advance
a loan. which she knows. is to be
"squandered" upon thoughtless, sell
fish and unErateful children. The
parents still overwhelmed with their
difficulties go for along walk to
gtIfet their nerves. Then grandma
summons the youngsters from thrir
dance and blunuy breaks tn" dire
| news Ia them.
II i thea tnat each OF the thought
J less. selfish. unGratefui" children wake
! No and uut their shoulders to the bur
den. The elder boy postponcs his mar
riagc and deposits the money he had
/ saved Tor Il home in the bank to his
| fathers credit: the twins lind employ
/ ment for themselves and work out a
! plan to save father. and grandma fin
| ally impressed by the unexpected de
velopments, makes the necessary ad-
vance and father is saved. II is an
| adorable happy ending that follows.
Norman Trevor's quiet natural.
! forceful art makes an heroic figure of
| the father. while Katherine Grey eN-
quisitely pictures a mother that any
| child might adore. The twins are ad-
| mirabIy presented by Eris Ter
| and Elizabeth Wells. and Hugh by
! George Baxter. one of the finest char
.acterizations of the cast is that of the