The evening world. Newspaper, March 4, 1914, Page 15

“The Last Resort” Carries Melodrama Into the Courts BY CHARLES DARNTON. probably say such things couldn't happen—but they have happened,” asserts George Scarborough througty the fearless hero of hie latest shocker at the Longacre Theatre, We can only say | M: that the most extraordinary things do happen in “The East Resort,” possi- bly Decause it is melodrama with @ vengeance against judges who listen to remar! overheard to ho hoed not without reason, Narolasis discovering his in & pool, and the Sphinx t come to life, were among the best . impersonations. His audience was large and appreciative, —— oe, wan we tow NOTES OF THE THEATRES. Dorough proceeds to upset the bench guggests he may be trying to create It ts noteworthy that three out of four judges are sent eprawiing. Only the chief justice Wains upright. Altogether “The Lact Resort” is a strange legal docus + Det it is interesting at ti and entertaining at others as m drama, and it has the advantage of being very well acted. No time ts lost by the author in getting his case before tho audience, In the opening scene, which is #0 direct that it creates interest at once, the political boas talks very plainly to @ trial judge about making short dignant boss are laying heavy hands on her and her hair is coming down when the good chief justice steps in | #, and remarks upon the strange pro- |; cedure. Then he hears the whole | sine Th Story, and although the boss and his| in 5 aera trained Judges trump up a charge of | ok burglary against the double-columa front page heroine and get her into bandcuffs and jail, the chief justice ete everything right in the last act. hero, who doesn't mind being tn jail, has been elected Governor of the State. He ts prob- ably the only candidate who has ever enjoyed the novelty of seeing election returns flashed on the wall in jail. Politica, love and other incidentals get rather mixed in this act, but it is clear the boss is done for as he links out, while the chief justice intimates that his unhappy colleagues will oot @ term they weren't looking me aie ot ar George Fawcett ts the same old i eon boss we have seen before, smiling and serra of te ve one moment and bringing | == fist down with a bang the next. wins out with the people—the last resort, in other words—in spite of a purple Te alaes chief to match his suit, and @ fighting spirit as the young law: er. By her personal charm Mi ol Wyndham makes one forget the newspaper work of and as the Irish plaintiff in uit Mise Julia Blanc con- tributes a vivid and an amusing char- A. G. Andrews looks | most uncomfortable a@ the judge who ta court, while fd | Justices who figure in the later j ceedings are made interesting in Pie way of types by B. George Backus and Mark Smith. But in laying down the law that should govern judges, Mr. Scarbor- ough is so extravagan Last Resort” is not likely to be taken WY TRED FET ACHED FOR “TIZ" Let your sore, swollen, sweaty feet spread out in a bath Olive Wyndham as Frances Ellison. George Fawcett as Richard Osborne, work of a young lawyer who is fight- ing the corporations, but this is a gentle, murmuring prelude compared with the stormy outburst of the de- @ant attorney when he pays hia dis- respects to the court. It is not to be; ‘wondered at that the ready speaker te sent to prison for contempt of Kneisel Quartet Uses Thirteen Menin Ensemble Here it is that “The Last Resort” carries melodrama -into the courts, and from this moment there is no @ppeal from it. But at no time does {@ burst upon you with such force as when the young newspaper woman who has been at the elbow of the intrepid lawyer all along pops out of @ telephone booth in the private room of two other judges who take orders It seems she had Jooked herself in for the night with- out even so much as a toothbrush or @ chicken sandwich. And there, in the morning, she has heard the bess @etating the opinion these two judges are to hand down in the contempt ease. Moreover, she has it all down ia shorthand in her little notebook, Give it up? NO! ‘The distressed judges and the in- By Syloester Rawling. OME of the older subscribers to the concerts of the Kneisel Quar- tet must have been surprised when at Aeolian Hall last night they heard thirteen instead of only four| of players, Mr. Kneisel started his pro- gramme with Bach's concerto in G@ major, arranged by himself for violin and two flutes, with string and piano + ‘The assisting play- ers were William Kincaid and Roscoe Possell, futists; Samuel Gard- ner, Elias Breeskin and Sascha Ja- cobeon, violinists; Ludwig Manoly, double bass, and Clarence Adler, pianist, The innovation, apparently, leased everybody, as each of the three movements of the ‘composition Al was applauded warmly, Then, at the| end, was presented Brahme'e sextet in Bat major in which the second viola was played by Josef Kovarik and the second ‘cello by Leo Schults, Only in the middie Umber, jet in D minor (posthumous), was e quartet heard alone; but in the of it Mr. Kneisel, vecenski and William Willeke strengthened their grip upon their hearers. It was an evenin, enjoyment for a typic iggle with rol ; they'll look up st take feed dive in that “TIZ” rain When your feet feel like lu lead—all tired out—just pee ‘sglorious. Your: Targa jonous szedations which puff up your leet and cause foot torture. Gas a Secoas box of “TIZ" ataedt Cp antare wait. shoes a size smaller if you desire, SSRRLA A ASTOR & Mate, ise Woe a "KEYS TO FO" BALDPATE ts = eaten ve Lae ee Expectancy ! Buti is your expectan: really an honest one? you know you have an “acid-mouth” to use Pebeco Tooth Paste—the one dentifrice which really stops ‘‘acid- mouth’—can you in all ‘The triple bill at the Century Opera House last night, substituted for “Tiefland,” postponed for extra re- hearsals, was enjoyed by a large First there was Ilumper- lansel and Gretel,” Gladys Chandler and Mary Carson in the name parts, and Kathleen How- ard as the Witch, all become favor- ites. Next came Wolf-Ferruri's' ‘The Secret of Suzanne,” with Lois Ewell, Louls Kreidler and Frank Phillips, well performed, and at the end the International ballet, with Albertina h, Jeanne Cartier and Edmund Makalif as the principal dancers. Julius Hopp began his carnival week of music at popular prices at the Madison Square Garden last night. Contrary to expectation, the auditorium was not crowded. Modest Altschuler and bis Russian Symphony Orchestra, assisted by the Brooklyn Choral Union, T. Bath Classon, con- Marie Stoddart and Coleridge-Taylor’s Death of Minnehah Lucresia brie Company sang ee inc ing the bird song from “Pagli- and Mr. Altechuler and his men layed the largo from Dvorak's ymphony, Lisst's sec- apsody and Tachal- ALHAMBRA [ANNA- HEL fis HELD PALACE a WIIG if Mw Ie i ia your teeth for life? Pebeco Tooth Paste Be honest with your teeth. Give them the chance they ask for. 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