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to assume marital responsibilities, and so was at least one member of the audience. A woman like Miss Law rence is too good for just one man, anyhow.
"Wall Street"
Every now and then a play comes along that just leaves a reviewer nothing to say : to be concrete, take "Wall Street'1. Of course, you don't have to take "Wall Street"; indeed, our thesis for the day is that "Wall Street" is the kind of play you can take or leave alone.
It is not so bad, this play of bulls and bears, that you are driven out of the theatre before its conclusion. It is not so good, on the other hand, that you come out shouting about it. In fact, the whole trouble with it, from a reviewer's standpoint, is that you can't get excited about it. The girl we took, to be personal, has not refused to talk to us as a result; and there have been times when, taking a young lady to a show, what looked like a real love match has been suddenly broken off. Suddenly, but not without cause.
It is the idea of James N. Rosenberg, who wrote "Wall Street", that a good deal of gambling goes on in the Street that gives the play its name. That as a result of this gambling some people get rich and some get poor, and that some of the former don't know what to do with
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C[ Donald Mee\ and Aline MacMahon in "Spread Eagle", the stirring drama.
their money, and that some of the latter commit suicide. Mr. Rosenberg is a lawyer, and he can cite instances to prove his case. As a matter of fact, we are in a position to say definitely that, as a result of trading in stocks, some people get poorer. That anybody ever gets richer we doubt, but some day that oil stock of ours may turn out all right. And, if by that time we haven't committed suicide, we expect to go in for (Cont. on page 76)
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