The War of Wealth was a play written by Charles Turner Dazey. It was a big hit and drew rave reviews from the New York Times - which described it as follows:
The play presents a story of the love of a young American named Philip Norton for a banker's daughter named Edith Warfeld. Norton, to save his sweetheart's father from financial ruin, gets together in a jiffy his own private and decidedly ample fortune and hurries it to the bank in which the father of Edith Warfield is interested, just at a time when there is a clamoring mob without, surging and crushing toward the teller's window to withdraw their deposits. (Scroll down for full review)
Here’s another promotional poster for the play:
The play was inspired by the Panic of 1893 - the worst economic crisis to hit the nation in its history to that point. The Panic of 1893 led to bank runs - over 600 banks and 16,000 businesses failed by the end of the year. People withdrew their money from banks to secure their savings, leading to bank failures. Nearly 20% of the U.S. population was unemployed, and strikes occurred across the country. The panic touched off a nationwide economic depression that lasted for at least three years. ~ Wikipedia
Title: The war of wealth (upper poster)
Creators: Strobridge & Co. Lith., Dazey, Charles Turner, 1855-1938. Litt, Jacob.
Created / Published: Cin'ti ; N.Y. : Strobridge Lith. Co.,
Date: c1895.
Library of Congress: LC-USZC4-591
Title: The war of wealth (lower poster)
Creators: Strobridge & Co. Lith., Dazey, Charles Turner, 1855-1938. Litt, Jacob.
Created / Published: Cin'ti ; N.Y. : Strobridge Lith. Co.,
Date: c1895.
Library of Congress: LC-USZ6-435
I'm happy for Philip and Edith, but I'm going to write my own version based on a true story and call it The Wealth of War.