Putnam patriot., 1927-10-27


 by her prior Co the murder is diseov- cred and brought to light The story las power and strength and one or ., two gripping scenes. Miss Cornell bleats her way through Il without the aid of handkerchief but she IS mol able for all her intelligsnt ability to make of Mir Maugham's work any more thar cardboard thing
 A far better play is Women Go On Forever native ai- fair of boarding house lodgers their in4f.aralities and vulgar. ties. acted to the hit by Mary Roland and A fine company assembled by those two very able young men, Messrs. Brady and Nyman- courser grained drama New York has seldom seen But for all of that ii is A strangely interesting and nov ing play and Miss Roland s own per formance would b. enough to justify it's existence Co the end of the seq son.
 And. wonder of wonders, the mu- sical plays are If an excellence. There k merry affair called "G0od News = which k tVd hours of tonic. The Five O,claek Girl' is resounding success and Mr. Winthrop Ames charming feeiyal of The Mikado' k one of tho most beautiful produc- lions that New York has seen in many a year.
 The Embassy Club
 Each year there opens in New York one restaurant or club which. for the moment. holds the fancy society and high Bohemia Of such IS the new Embassy Club in East Fifty-Seventh Street. The Embassy Club has been long in formation and establishment. IL has the solid backing of large list of society and professional people. IL is neither too large nor too small and it is charmingly decorated. The food is excellent and moderate Tn price and the band that plays at dtn- ner and after the theatre k one of the very best in the world. We iunehed there the other day with one Of those Manhattanites who knows everybody and more notable and varlegated crowd we had seldom seen assembled in n single public place. There were society women from New ork ana Newport. There were actors and act resses and there were foreigners ga lore and thsre Was Mrs. Eltnor Glynn of Three Weeks" fame Co make the crowd complete f you can get into the Embassy Club go and see It. Ii $ q nice zoo.
 The Foreign Invasion
 -Hr 5ssrEa NH rasmenolitau side of New York then YOU may take this for the moment for seldom hast there been 50 many of the Confinentais on this side as there are today We went to a party the other night and. for once. neglected the excellent band that was playing far the dancers to sit on the side hne and watch Here were young Eng 6shmen of title. now employed in New York banks. Here was former Duchess ef proud dukedom. Here was the author of the most impertl= nent book ef modern observations that has vet been published Here was the ubiquitous Mrs Glynn. Here was n great foreign architect with a lady of fashion who in the game ot life. as someone remarked, had made one home run and two fouls. Here was d French marquise entering with Greek Prinee. Here was famous song writer and his charming, pub licity -houuded wife And in and around and amongst them were few Americans. actors. authors, publish. CTS. in all n varied collection but typi. cal of this new New York that has known its existence in the wild whirl of fife as it has been lived since the war
 By Way of Contrast
 And the day after this party we were walking through Fifty-Ninth Street when the strong arm of po- l liceman stopped us to allow the pas. sage of a s0mber slow moving group | from the door of large building. We l halted of necessity. wondering what strange privilege gave to this assem- l bly, the right to stop the traffic and the pedestrian These were the stu dents and the teachers of the Light house for the Blind. ending another dark day as the brief shadow of New York's twilight descended before the electric hrillancy of the evening. All that is New York Is not gay, debo- nair. amusing and cosmopolitan.