If Boston has an idol, it is George M. Cohan. "The Rise of Rosie Q'Reilly", "Little Nellie Kelly", and "The Song and Dance Man" have all scored heavily here within the past two years; and this week the St. James Theatre was packed to capacity on the opening night of "The Tailor Made Man", revived by the Boston Stock Company.

If almost seems foolish to outline the plot of such a well-known play, but some people forget easily, and some may have been touring Europe when this "Cohan show" came to Boston. The story centers about John Paul Bart, who is in the employ of Anton Huber, a tailor. Like all human beings and Horatio Alger heroes, he cherishes fond hopes of becoming a great man, and to further himself intellectually commits to memory many phrases of an unpublished work by Dr. Gustavus Sonntag, the finance of Mr. Huber's daughter, Tanya. Finally opportunity knocks at his door. As a result he appears at the fashionable Stanlaw reception after confiscating a dress suit from the tailor shop.

With all the confidence in the world Bart forces himself upon Mr. Abraham Nathan, president of the American Oceanic Company; and by a flowery speech about the value of publicity wins or himself an excellent position.

His success, however, does not last, or Dr. Gustavus, jealous of Tanya's love for Bart, exposes the former tailor's despised in fashionable society; so, as all his friends renounce him, Bart seeks solace at Huber's shop. Here he finds Tanya as friendly as ever, and, upon hearing his publicity manager, proposes marriage and is accepted.

After an extremely weak first act (the fault of the play, not the players), "The Tailor Made Man" increases in interest, and by eleven o'clock the audience is quite willing to admit that Mr. Cohan has certainly earned his reputation as a producer and connoisseur of humorous drama.

The Boston Stock Company deserves praise for its handling of the eccentric characterization in the play. Anton Huber, Peter, and pomeroy are excellently portrayed by George Farren, Ralph Remley, and Ralph Morehouse. And of course, the acting of Ann Mason Walter Gilbert, and Viola Roach is also good.