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tCopi tight. 1014. fty Harold MacUrath )
IWiio performing as strong
man in a circus, Trainor, a rough-and-ready
type of man, marries
Mimi Kccne, a tight-rope walker,
known on the bills as Mimi La
ranee. They have a child. To
get money for a home, Trainor
turns mining prospector, and
'f- ctght months of hardship,
makes a rich strike in gold ore.
To protect his claim, Trainor
nas bank attorneys draw papers
leaving the mine to his wife, and,
"l',, ecnt f hcr death, to his
child. It m understood that his
wife a brother, Keene, shall never
oeable to touch the property.
Before Trainor can write his
?,ef his good fortune, he is
ijniea oy ait exiHosion. His mitt.
0 "pal," Donovan, sets out to
Lnd. e circus with which
minors widow is travelling.
CHAPTER I-(Conllnued.)
Tim MYSTERY OK THE SPOTTED
COLLAR.
The caravan was at that time 290
miles to the south, about to turn in
for the winter. But Donovan found it.
By mistake he ambled into the men's
dressing tent. A youiifr man with
shrewd dark eyes and a sinister twist
to the corner of his lips laid his hand
on Donovan's shoulder.
"How'd you get in here?"
"Why, I walked in," said Donovan
amiably.
"Suppose you walk out again?"
"Keep yer hair on, bub. I'm here
on business. I'm lookin for Mimi La
Frang, 's they call hcr outside. She
walks tight rope."
"Well, I'm her brother. What do
you want with hcr?"
"So ye'er Trainor's brother-in-law?"
"Trainor?" said the young man, a
fire lighting his eyes, "Do you come
from him?"
"Yes. An' my message is to his
wife."
"Oh. That's his kid there."
"V don't say so! Well, kind o'
looks like him."
"Here's my sister now."
Donovan saw a slight woman of
pretty figure and comely features. She
came through the flap which sepa
rated the women's dressing tent from
the men's. She looked a bit tired and
careworn. The old miner, having had
but little to do with women folk, was
not able to discern, under the richly
yellow glare of the lamps, the air of
distinction which marked Mimi
" I ',. n w u. 0 .t.TaA..fc .! I. I.? .1
, " "Tfrc Keene family had come from
o good stock, but had fallen in evil days,
'" She ran instantly to the baby.
, "Here's a man from John, Mimi,"
r said the brother carelessly.
The young woman rushed over -to
V, Donovan and began shaking his hands
It How was her man? Had he struck
" it rich? Did he want her to quit and
u go to him?
n Donovan began to swallow with
difficulty. How was he going to tell
' her He wanted to run away. He
nj could now readily understand why
j f Trainor had always talked of Mimi,
!; Mimi, Mimi, until his Celtic ears had
PHOTQ
PLAYS
The second episode of "Zudora," which
Is now running as a serial story In the
Even in o LKocrsn, was shown yesterday
afternoon and evening at the Knicker
bocker, Somerset, Hoffman House and
Lafayette Theatres. The episode la
called "The Mystery of the Sleeping
House."
The small American town near New
York: where the mystic and his ward
live, strangely enough, has become, the
scene pf an Indian tribal feud. Wor
ahlpers of the elephant-headed god,
Ganeaha, have seized In a battle, shown
Interestingly and with realistic fidelity
on the screen, the princess of the tribe
that worships the brass ape. Hanuman,
because their leader wishes her in mar
riage, and because the lady and her co
horts dislike htm this seems the easiest
way tq gratify his desires Taking their
elephant-headed idot with them they
journey to America and establish them
selves In a large house.
Once there they find that their rites,
ceremonies and practices are being seri
ously interfered with bjr'a, tendency to
collapse into a state of temporary coma,
to fait into Involuntary" sleep, The mar
riage ceremony Is no more begun than
an concerned, tnciuaim? we unxiuins
bride, fait to the floor w"lth heavy-lidded
teves. Fermexea ana rnsnienea. wun
gtJMliiLj
,-ibeir leader as spokesman, j delegation
i Jrqm the tribe call on Hassam All. the
fKSnystlo detective,, to seek his advice,
- ' From an upstairs window Zudora sees
tbem com Bnd ahe rushes down end
1 joins In the discussion. She claims the
Tight to s'olve the case and her demand
Is finally granted by her uncle, so the
tribesmen blindfold Hassam All and
- Sudor and take them to the mysterious
sleeping house.
Once in the bause they witness a won
derful ceremonial proeslon, tne Begm
nlBg of another attempt to consummate
the marriage service. Just as the re-
. Umlaut Minces and the villainous chief-
lata, who hows Her prisoner. eoa to a
before the priest, the whole com-
my 14 seen to ue struggling io e
ayes open All soon tail asucp.
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tired of the name. She was a good
wife and a good mother, for alt that
she was a circus performer. And here
he was, aiming to break her' heart 1
Still, there was a bit of cynicism in
his makeup. The new fortune might
console her
But it did not. On the contrary,
when, half and hour after learn
ing of the death of the man she
loved, she mounted the wire, a vertigo
seized her, she lost her balance and
fell, and by the time the men had laid
away the big top she was dead.
For the first time in his wandering,
futile life Frank Kccne felt his throat
contract and an unbidden moisture fill
his eyes. After a fashion he had
loved his clean-minded, loyal little
sister. And now she was gone, leav
ing him w itlt a baby on his hands, more
adept in dealing from the bottom of
the deck than from the top.
"How much is the mine worth?" he
asked, when the simple funeral was
over.
"Lord knows," said Donovan; "but
it's tli biggest strike in 20 years. But
it's goin' t' be tied up till this little
chick's 18. Don't ye worry, though.
Th" lawyers'll sec to it that c git
enough t take care o' th' child, eddi
cate it, an' all that.
"What's the name of the mine?"
"Same as th' kiddie's Zudora."
The two separated, never to meet
again.
The jcars passed. Kccne dabbled
in all manner of shady trades and
finally drifted into a lucrative busi
ness. It was not only the easiest, but
the safest way to attract gulls and
pluck them. He set up .as a Hindu,
mystic, a Swami. He told fortunes,,!
did crystal gazing, resurrected souls,
and as a by-product played detective'
with more or less success. He rarely
practiced this latter game except
among his favored gulls. It was a
simple matter to instruct some of his
confederates to r6b certain of his
clients; it was equally a simple 'matter
to rccocr the stolen objects for a
suitable reward. Kecnc eventually
became known to the cult as Hassam
AH, and under that name, his fame
grew. The checks from the Zudora
were now applied wholly. to the wel
fare of his niece.
The child grew. Her (education be
gan. She gave promise of great
beauty, even in the la"iik and gawky
age. Her uncle often found himself
vaguely speculating cr hcr future.
There was in 'his mind a thought,
nebulous but insistent, and as often
as he repelled it as often it returned.
It was not a happf thought.
Hassam Ali lra'd begun to love gold,
the brrght, shining unetal;' not' in the
abstract, but ,)in the- concrete. To
touch it with his fingers was, trans
port; no symphony of Baches was
half so fines the chink-chink, of the
coins, the eagle and the. double eagle,
as they felhupon each other, slipping
from his hands.
Continued Tomorrow.
crank. Inside, Storm is seen watching,
at first with surprise, then with alarm,
the wall as it creeps gradually towards
him He knows that very noon1 it will
crush his life out. Soon Storm tries to
force the wall back, fails, prays for help,
and despairs. Slowly the Wall closes In
on bins.
Prom the Hindu servant Zudora learns
where Storm has gone Rushing back to
the secret house, Bhe manages to dis
cover In the subterranean passages be
neath the mysterious house a den of the
tribesmen, who worship the brasa ape,
among them the lover of the captured
princess. At first when she Intrudes on
their sanctum they are determined to kill
her, but she makes them understand that
she wants to help them. She leads them
upstairs, where they are set upon by their
reawakened enemies, nnd once more she
rushes below. There the one tribesman
left op guard she persuades to distill a
potion of the famous lotus leaf brew
which has caused the strange, mysterious
sleep. Like steam, it ppurs Into the great
halls above, and all fall asleep.
Rushing upstairs, Zudora wales the
bVass ape tribesmen only and leads them
to where the slave is turning the wheel
that is contracting the wall pit. John
Storm, and just In time she flings tha
door open and her exhausted lover falls
Into her arms. -, ,
THH LUniNvBALU
TVhen the new map of Philadelphia Is
drawn It will show another city within
the boundaries of this one named Lubln
vllle, now known as 30th and Jndlana
Avenue, Qn day""last 'week the L,uoln
natives held a meeting' aftd decided that
it was about time-to hold a big party,
just a people. In either towns did Then
the town crier went forth calling out
the good news. Some or the villagers
proposed to Invite the world and his
wife, so that they might see what the
Lublnltee really looked like Anolher
meeting was held, and Joseph Smiley and
Kempton Greene were chosen to look
for a suitable place In which to bold the
party After several days' searching they
selected the Bagles' Temple, at Broad
and Spring1 Garden streets, and decided
to hold It tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
There will be a program of about 10
asts of vaudeville composed entirely of
t,ubln players, to be fallowed by a ball.
THE FILM HERO SPEAKE
"I have been mixed up with hero
stunts in tho making of photoplays
uattl I really reel i am one," said a, mem
ber of Mm oompany ' Of pourse all
have heard the old story of the a(ers
who say they feel themselves to be a
certain oharacttr because they have
played the part go long; but where' Is
there an aetioa of the tsdoor stage that
equal that of the great stage of nature,
let the broad ooetiT
"If the oboci air that dees . When
I've helped hh th girl who oh be
ing carried away toy the bandit astride
the racing horse, the air was good to an.
I felt oUUnetly nerottk. I think I
breathed like hero- Tha ttmtmgtiMT
that th jOaywriyht say is In hia piny
indoor I tor a fact in the piajr out
doot x.i the oa taa put in B
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"La Gioconda" With Caruso
at Opera House Tonight
The second performance of opera by
the. Metropolitan Company wilt take place
nt the Metropolitan Opera House tonight,
when Mr Qlorglo Polacco will conduct
I'onchlellls "Ln. Uloconda." bnrlco
Caruso will make his first appearance- of
the season ns Eno Mme. Destlnn will
ilns tho title part of the "merry one.''
Mme Mntzenouer and Duehene, nnd
Messrs. Amnio and De Segurola. will be
the supporting stars.
Th opera, Is of the Verdi school ana
the music Is of the sort which demands
flne singing throughout. Speaking of It.
recently, Mr. Caruso said that It was one
of tha operas In which no amount of good
acting could make Up for poor singing.
According to the New York critics of
the performance of this opera last week,
Mr. Cnruso Is In line volco this year, and
there Is no need for him to act at nil.
His voice alone Is enough. Mr. Amato'a
Ilarnaba has also received high praise,
as a sinister and powerful piece of work.
The opera deals Tilth the compllcaud
love nflalrs nnd Intrigues of two mem
bers of the Inquisition In Venice, In the
l'tli century It Is based on a play of
Vlcto Hugo, "The Tyrant of Syracuse,"
nnd Is full of melodramatic happanlngs
and emotional crises. Tho composer, Pon
chlelll. Is known for this one opera
throughout tho world, although he com
posed at least rive others. The music Is
melodious and moving In til? dramatic
c1ltrmct. t j
The first ballet of th season will be
seer) In tonight's performance. The en
tiro Corn will do "T.a Fdrln'na" and "The
Dance of the Hours." Mesrfrs. Begue, Au
dlslo and Iteschlgllan are the other mem
bers of the singing cast.
Bauer Plays "With Symphony
The program of Ui4 Boston Symphonj
nt the Acndcuiv lain night una nil of a
piece A line air 'p'fhlgji a,M serious In
tentlon marked the' uoik of conductor,
orchestra and FotftlSt Doctor Muck Con
ducted first tli'iY second symphony of
Urahms. Then Wprold Bauer plajed, with
the orchestra, th third concerto o'f Beet
li'iven, nnd the 'program ended with the
Beethmcn overture to Goethe's "Eg
mont ' All of It taa done with Irre
proachable ctcellence.
Mr Bauer has trod the way of all great
pianists and df tho few great ones now
living Teir by year he hss diminished
In lrtuoslty nnd grown greater In poetic
elcjoutncc. In true feeling. In making his
tnchnlijue an Instrument and not nn end
He was never nn advertised prodigy, his
renututlon grew ptcadlly as an artist and
as nn artM alone. That Is perhaps the
lenson whv the topmost gallery wos not
ciondod Innl night. There Is nothing
superficial, nothing meretricious about
Mr. Bauer s plnjlhg. nothing to attract
nnj but tho truest lovers of music.
Last night he nlaed a dldlcult con
certo, nnd one particularly ungrateful
to tho prodigy tjpe of pianist. In the
greater cart of the first movement the
piano la executing delicate embroideries
about the smooth and shining cloth of
the orchestra's weaving. In the com
bined andante and rondo tho piano
comes Into Its awn. but even there Mr.
Bauer kept It In the swing of tho orches
tra, making his Instrument a necessary
complement of the whole.
It Is not that Mr. Bauer ever lacked
technique. The perfection of ench sep
ninte notp, the surencs of phrasing, the
finely Intelligent reading of tho score
which he made last night, are nil proof
tha,t In a eiuestlon of technique Mr Bauer
Is with the masters But ho knows that
tho great thing Is to make each separate
Item of feeling felt. Just as It Is nei'jssary
to sive each note Its place HIb accents
In the cantablle passages were made with
artistic righteousness, and his flro In the
londo was gloriously stirring.
Doctor Muck's part In the conccsin was
not less fine The modulation of or-cl-cstral
tones which he accomplished.
alwas thinking of the music and not of
orchestra or soloist, was perfect. And
when, on two occasions, he swung tho
oicheatra Into the strldo of the piano,
aftpr'a long cadensa, the effect was of
such surpassing beauty that it was al
most too much to bear.
The concerto came in the middle of the
program, but It sent the Brahms sim
plicity Into far oblivion, and mado It
very linrd to listen even to Beethoven's
own "Esmout." It Is now exactly four
weeks since Doctor Muck led the
"Urolca" svmphonv here, but the
memory of Its splendor has not died out
That memory made the Intellectual
melodies of Brahms seem almost patheti
cally unreal srolodles there were, but
tbcj were not rich, not Informed with
gracious spirit, except fos the allegretto.
And admitting that in Its graclousness
there Is a touch of life, thero remains
the distinction that Brahms' dance Is a
ballet, nn Intellectual diversion, pretty
to look at. but It does not draw the feet
of the hearer Into Its swing. And to
dance one should listen with the feet,
not with the ear When Beethoven wrote
dancea. they were human, like the fox
trot. Brahms' danco Is a ballet.
It was this mental quality of the
symphony which tinged the whole evening
and removed It by an appreciable step
from the former triumphs of the Boston
Symphohy. Of Doctor Muck's graceful,
powerful reading there is no need to say
again what Is so well known that It Is
one of the highest pleasures vouchsafed
us. It has been said that the Boston
Symphony Is the finest single Instrument
given a man to play upon and Doctor
Muck Is the happy man who deserves that
honor. But the orchestra was not at Us
noblest last night, except In the concerto.
Even the stressful "Egmont" did not lift
It to abnormal heights. And one has
learned to expect the very highest from
these players. That explains why their
sustained and even glory was not so efi
fectlve last night. They could do the
mosaic of raindrops In the symphony, and
the powerful emotion of the "Egmont."
but they had no music which called for
perfection of feeling as well as for perfec
tion of art.
"LITTLE LOST SISTER"
PLEASES AT WALNUT
White 61ave Play Improved by In
troduction of Comedy Bits
Greatly Improved, since it was last pre
sented in this city, by the addition of
soeral sprightly bits of comedy, the
''Little Lost Sister" was presented at
the Walnut last night It Is frankly a
"white lave" play and combines the
downfall of a little country girl, lured
to the "white lights" by a fake marriage
and the efforts of the reformers to stamp
ow. vice In a great city.
In the role of ltle Welcome the
"Little Loot Slstsr," Miss Cecilia Jacques
was very convincing: Another role that
w3 extremely well enacted was that of
Mary Randall, th woman reform leader,
which was played by Boss Wlldwood
pevotre
Lloyd Hammond as an extremely
funny Irishman, furnished many laughs
that relieved tha sombrcness of the gen
eral theme of the piece. Lew A. Warner
was seen to advantage as John Boland.
while the rt of the cast played their
roles In a finished and capable manner.
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"Today" Adelphi
Today human. nature Is even ns It was
yesterday and sterycar and 60 centuries
ago. So "Today.," 'tho play shown at tho
Adelphi last night, might Just as well
have bcn named "Tomorrow" or "Janu
ary KIrst." Human nature Is Immutable,
unchangeable, and "catty" girls with In.
ordinate deslro for dress and the pleas-
ures of life, and a penchant for getting
them, no matter what tho cost, havo e
Isted nnd will exist The thome of the
George Bruadhurst-Abraham Schomer
play Is not new but then, what theme Is?
It Is the old story of the triangle the hus
band, the woman and the husband
Based on the play by Schomer, "Stjle,"
written originally In Yiddish. "Todaj" is
redolent with nsuo hints of things gone
before Nowhere can you place your
dainty finger tip upon any one thing,
yet jou know instinctively that the author
of "Bought and Paid For" had a hand in
fashioning the dramatic pie. Peeping
from this speech and that scene from
this situation and that climax, Is "Tho
Easiest Way " You get theatric whiffs,
soupcons of other dramatic tables the
aroma of another's chef-d'oteuvre.
Yet "Today" has Its elements of origin
ality tind strength, thin as It Is, buttered
over four acts. Lily Wagner, the jouns
wife, clothes-mad, seeking luxury the
"easiest way" when bankruptcy over
whelms her fool husband, Is the central
flRure of the play. She Is so delightfully
obnoxious and objectionable, so .charm
ingly outrageous and such a well, what
the English would call u "rotter" that
the chnracter limned by the authors Is
worthy of unstinted praise It Is seldom
that so unsympathetic and unworthy a
character proves itself so interesting a
psychologic study.
Tha first three acts of the play meander
along In haphazard manner. The action
develops slowly. Relentlessly, the catas
trophe approaches. You feel It Impending,
You hunger for the denouement. It Is
clever theatric carpentry. Then, In the
long-expected fourth act comes the crash
of human elements, the upheaval of hurnan
emotions, the recrudescence of the (.aye
man!
Lily's asinine husband has become, rent
ing agent for a fashionable apartment
house. A woman tenant of commercial
Instincts suggests tn him that ha might
meet the original of the pretty photograph
on her table It he will close cne eye to
her commercialism. Wagner recognizes
his wife and through tho woman, makes
an appointment with her.
Four hours later she arrives gossipy,
gay. th butterlly. Wagner has turned off
the light and the woman Introduces him
tol his own wife aa "Mr, Fortune."
"Oh, you are crushing my hand," you
hear Lily say In the gloom, "There,
that's better How romantic, Mr, Fortune,
to meet thus In the, dark."
The owner of the apartment, switches
on the light.
Lily crashes back Into a table, her
knees give under her, the light of death
agony Is In her eyes. The man's eyes
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Wednesday Evening, Dec. 2d
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X couiuous end compttot staff, of esalit&oU
la alUndano Compliiuatry InitriMtlqns.
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"The Secret" Broad.
blaze murder, his nostrils uio distended,
his lips curled back, nR is the hyena's
when a choice morsel Is In low.
"Veto jou jou wouldn't kill mo for for
THIS?" asks the ashen-faced girl. Then
listeria, seizes hcr; oho seeks escape.
Behind a portiere tho murder Is enacted.
Wngner3 totters out staggers to tho tele
phone.
"Po lice headquarters," ho hasps. "A
woman was killed at the HI Hey apart
ments," ho groan?, and tho 'telophono
crashes to thn ground.
Then and there was the end of tho plaj,
but the authors added as absurd and
unjustified an antl-cllmax as o,ver spoiled
a stupendous ucenc. Tho German mother
and father of Iho murderer, summoned
by tho owner of the nparlmcnt, burst Into
the room.
"M iKiy"' nhrleks the mother, nnd
then two stnUt policemen drag Wagnftr
off, us ho mutttjrs, "Jrdld it,"
kdmund' Brecse's hamo Is featured in
the electric sign In front of the Adelphi
and on tho program, but tho first honors
must bo accorded to Ethel Valentine, the
unsavory Lily, miss Valentine's concep
tion of the frivolous, empty-headed wife
Is superb. It 1s so true to life, so aston
ishingly fulthful to Lily ns to elicit only
praise Not pretty, she nevertheless Is
of the toy type, which many men find
so enthralling. Her voice, pitched In a
petulant kej, grntes an the car. jet Its
timbre was made for the role. Hcr his
toric outbursts will be recognized by
most married men as charming In their
nuances nnd emphatic In their irritation.
Mr Breeso did not look the part and
was afflicted with a most nwful wig. In
the "big scene" he acted well-It w;us not
his fault that ho had to speak the "tag"
In the antl-cllmax. Of the others, praise
must ba given to Margaret Itoblnson as
Mrs ClarlamU Lily's temptress, Louisa
Sjdmeth as Mrs. Wagner, tho devoted
mother; Bernard A Belnold ns thr. iniiv
father and Qiace Thorne Coulter as the
lady of the apartment,
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II
Teats and Laughter
in Keith Bill
As Lady Qtvendollne Sloomfleld, a titled
but neglected wife, Miss Ethel Barrymora
made her appearance nt Keith's yesterday
In n one-act play, "Drifted Apart.'' Miss
Ba,rrymore, If a. bit more mature, Is as
charming ns ever, and, wSlte the forte
of this favorite comedienne may not be
tragedy, she wept quite realistically and
succeeded In drawing tears from the more
tenderhearted in the audience. The play
let, old fashioned in character, shows a
husband nnd wife who havo drifted apart,
whose Intimacy results usually In bicker
ing nnd cross-accusation, and who -go
.their on n ways the husband, effectively
played by Charles Dalton, dining usually
with n certain duchess, the wife with nn
aged baronet.
Troubled with Insomnia, Sir Geoffrey
seeks sleep In the nursery not used for
throe years, since the death of -the chl)d.
ills seeklpg repose thero causes Lady
Gwendoline bitterly ''16 rfenicmbor," and
she promntlv seeks' nn understanding.
Dramatically, at the .proper nwrnent. In
quite tho old-fashioned way. Lady Gwen
doline by mistake 'ripens 'n package' In
which pre the dead buby'S'Shoes. Tears
husband and wife fall Into each other's
nrms reconciliation.
While this pin) let Is lugubrious. It Is a
'lellght always to behold Miss Barrymore
for sho exerts nn nppeal nnd charm nil
Ijer own And in this, her brief vehicle,
She makes tho most of her tlolorlflc op
poitunltlcs. Bv fat the funniest feature on tho
Keith bill Is Chick Pale, who gives "A
fountry School Entertainment" all by
himself. In turn he portrajs the teacher,
a country rough-neck, an angular coun
try girl and two members of the country
school hoard. His In one of the most
excellent pieces of character work In cur
icnt vaudeville.
Claude and Fnnnlo Usher appear ns a
brother. going the fast way and n little
sister trsltiK to save him. It Is. too bad
tho llttlo flitter must go blind to save tho
brother, whom she "loves belter lhan her
cjcslght" And "I love you-bcltor than
m life, declared -.lorry, the redeemed
brother, as the curtain goes down, leav
ing us In doubt as to whether ho re
linquishes his life.
Fay nnd Florenco Courtney are really
funny In a. grotesque, garrulous, almost
gruesome way. Indeed, their nntlrs are
us fascinating as cathedral garg.o1cs or
tho poems of Georgo Hjlvcoter VIercck.
Otheis on the bill nro Brooks and Bowen,
laugh-provoking blnok-fnco comedians;
HI Cottn, who does acrobatics on the
-Kylophone; the Glecsons nnd Fred Houli
han, with music and dances, and Arthur
llarat. who Is truly extraordinary as nn
equilibrist.
A Morbid Study
in Feminine Jealousy
To portray the part of a beautiful Inno
cent Ingenue, a deserted fiance, a de
moted, trusting but betrayed wife, or a
moro grossly tricked grass-wldow Is com
paratively easy to an actress of even
comparative ability. But to portray tho
character of a thoroughly reprehensible
woman, malicious, persistently eJl, and
to bring forth the pathetic, appealing
tragtdy of her own execrable misdoings
this rcqulics art. -And by this test,
Frances Starr proved herself nn efficient,
a rea)ly great actress last night ut the
Broad.
Miss Starr takes the unlovely, ungra
cious, unplenslng rola of Mme. Gabrlelle
iannclot In "The Secret," by Henri Bern
stein, as It Is adapted by David Belasco.
Mme. Jnnnelot Is tho wife of Constant
Jnnuclot, enacted with dignified restraint
by Montagu Love-a devoted, trusting
husband. There Is a sister, Marie, who
gives to Constant much joy. That any,
one can give Joy to hcr husband arouses
In Gubrlelle a bitter, -vicious, malignant
jealousy. ' Tretendlng to be her friend,
Gabrlelle, by hcr devices nnd lies, allen
ntes tho sister from her husband.
Throughout this play we are constantly
reminded of tho old fable of he spider
nnd tho flv Only while the spider fol
Iowk Its direct venomous Instincts, Ga
brlelle, being a woman, Is Indirect, subtle,
but eventually' deadly nevertheless
We have seen Frances Starr before. We
know that Frances Starr can enact
charming, engagingly lovely parts, To
see her create the character of this
woman, treacherous, scheming, poisoned
by Jealousy, determined upon the un
happiness, of every pne, evokes not con
tempt of the character, but admiration
of the consummate ability of the actress.
In Miss Starr as the leading lady of
1 "The Secret" we again behold the art
of Belasco and of- the Belasco training.
I So profound Is one's admiration far the
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ADBLPlll-'Tedsr.", br Pr5 2ih11i
and Abraham Schrtier. with Ddmuirf Breese
and- Kthel Valentine.
BnoAt-FraneM Stsrr In 'The Secret, by
Henri Bernstein.
KEITlt'8-Ethel Bsrrymere In a one-set
plsylft. 'TlrlfM Apart." ...,.
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LITTM3 THCATnE-"Itlndle TkfS," br
Stanley Houghton. First production In this
city of play which creaied a sensation in
Ixindon. , A girl having been compromld
refutes to marri, thus challenging th; old
code and asserting Hie Indcpendenco of tno
new feminism. Splendidly acted.
I.VtttC "High Jlnka," musical tomedy with
hook by Otto itauerMch and miijle by nu
dotph Frlml, starring Stella Mfthw
. rollicking evening's en.tertalnm.cnt, 'fun "f
fun and song.
pcrfectness of this art that one's only
regret Is In not seeing tho charming
netress In n role more en rnppprt with
her Inherent characteristics.
Beside the sister, Marie, thero Is Gft
brlcllc's dearest friend. Herirlctle faurnnd.
,Henrlctte has been In love with Charlls
rontaiTulll. Charlie Pontn-Tulll Is nd
mlrably portrayed by Bobert . Warwick.
Gnbrlelle, by her lies, alienates tho two.
Henrietta then falls In love , with nnd
mnrrleo another nhd Gabrlelle, Jealous ot
the happiness of husband and wife, In
ltes the former lover to her house so ths
three shall meet. To the husband Ga
brlelle sas that Hcnrlclto Is Jealous of
Ills' friendship with Charlie. 'To h?r own
.husband she has made sinister Insinua
tions regarding Hcnrlcttc's Infatuation
for Charlie. Into Henrietta she Instils
the poison of suspicion Honrlotto nnd
Charles, however, hae It out In the sec
ond net. Charles, still loving Henrlette,
Insists upon the truth nnd they find they
have been separated by the lies qf Ga
brlelle. Enter Hcnrletto's Husband as
they hold hnndi.
Am a Frenchman would, the, husband
makes n scene. They must, separate I A
liaison Is Indubitable! aabrlejlc's sugges
tions havo made him certain ,of. this.
Then enter Constant, nnd Gabrlelle, un
able longer to contain the overwhelming
Jealousy that has obsessed heV, con
fesses all.
"And to think I wanted a child Uy tide
wnmun. that I rccrcttcd wo had no child
sho would have poleoncd a chlhl by the
venom of her nnturc," Constant de
claims. Gabrlelle Is abject. But Tcforo
b Mit be forchen. as the rules of drama
demand, Constant must reunite Kehrlctte
ami tier nusDaiui, iwucn tic uww vy -plnlnlng
that ho has "lived with a fiend.''
The two reunited, ho takes Gabrlelle lntl
his nrms and promises to hclji hej
change her nature. (
"The Secret" Is n gripping play, .
play that, while It is In ho Sertso mi nde- s
uato expression of a Common phase of I
life, still Is sjmbollc of n, (conflict of 'J
humnn nature. Wo nssumo "The Se- ,
crct" tins benefited by the Belasccf adap- j
Intlon. That Gabrlelle Is a common type '
of woman wc tnnnot admit. For sho C, J
ns Cohstnnt says, a fiend. It may be ,
M. Henri Bernstein hujb, thnt'Jestouey C J
nn Ineradicable part of every Womailg
temperament. lis expression, however, 3
as found In Gabrlelle. Is. fortunately. In 1
real life, extremely rare.
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