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Columbia Columbia MMk,
Miptnr la "Under Two Flaga."
. Cordray'e Jules Walters"
HBlde-Tracked.
Baker Melbourne Maa
JEowll In atardou's "Fedora."
Marquam Ofnc Wednesday
night, Gordon's Minstrels; Thurs
day, Friday nd Saturday night
Baturaar aiatln , "Ta
Bura-mMtr.''
enpii "Unci TB'a Casta." '
atAf VudvUl.
- Bllou VaudavUla. '- '
. Arcada VaudavUl.
tttaMr adlda tha onaraetar of the
J9rt0ru.tr, tha mother who allows her
a ug titer to ao to the playhouaa permit
her to aasoclata with tho vlla and the
ahamalaam, The auoclaUon la bad and
Uahttng to tha mora. la. Tha woman o
fcao rapoto to there. -Tha , plavbouaa
teachaa that marrlago 1 not the secrod
thine wa navo been -tauarht to believe.
and incldentaJlf and dlrectlr the home
Jteelf la aaaaultea." Kev. Pr. HollUia-
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Hera, Indeed, la a pretty meeet
A Perttaod minister has aeao fit to at
tack. In a pubUa sermon. ' one of the
areatest commercial and Industrial In
stitutions of the world the atasa. In
tha atroncast lansuate at his command
be on4emna ;reryboe and. everjrthlna;
connected with It, sparine, as will be ob
served, not oven tha audlenoaa. . '
i - etUnT aside tha character of the
aer formers," Indeed T There la as lm
ptloatloa in that quotation that stirred
tha wrefaastoo. Does the doctor know
whereof be speaks T la ha famUlar with
tha characters of these enca add womeat
Xf so, why cat them aside at all? Why
with all tha facts It would
Shock the conarca-atlon lesa, perhapa,
than did tha remarks act sally made.
Charity la cardinal arlnclplc of
Christianity, and may It ever be. (We
arc decline now with the et aside
characters' and hot that to acoetml sub
ect the staac). In what profession, or
bwslaaaa, r rallaiowa body. will tha
' doctor Bnd tha awod prtneiple. eaempll
fled se radiantly as amcna) ataaa folk?
Whan was that - time af national
calamity- tha aalrcato. horror, the
Johnstown flood, tha frightful Iraq vols
.affair and a score of others when the
theatrical profession; has felled to come
forward with relief totaling; thousand,
yea. tans of thousands, of dollarsT
When has a fellow professional fonnd
klmaelf or herself la need, that relief
. baa not been instantly at bandr Who
. ftavo founded ajreaur and axandar ia-
, atltutlccw for the cars and protection of
' their sick and poor than these people ao
' rudely besmirched? Perhaps you would
call thle merely, "professional protee-
, . Uoa." Perhaps. And thank Providence
' that tame axlsta also la (he ministry!
: Hera la one Instance with which the
writer happens te be familiar. At tha
dose of last season an opera company
of M or people closed a abort en-
gasement in Chicago In financial dlfft
oulty. The oompany was worthy but ItT
had toured tha south darlna" Lent and
h" the raaujt was a treasury, quite as de
pleted aa Mrs. Hubhartrs cap board.
' . Moat of the members had aotnea in Now
"-., Tork, but ao money to take them there.
'I .Salaries had caasad two weeks before
hand. Hunger or a worse faU stared
: -aaa-erly at tha atrandad lh replant. in
fact, the former had tbem already in Its
clutches. A benefit was proposed. The
bouse was donated. That was only
ordinary. Then lira managers volun-
"'teered th acrrloea or the people per'
forming la ivo Chicago bouses. A good
:; will was arranged and the program an-
; nonnead, when Miss Bthel Barrymore,
playing th tha city at that time, sent a
: menage that aha would consider It an
' ttonor t appear for the benefit of the
;i dlobanded eosapany. In ordar te appear
on the bill on tha data set she would be
ooanpeUel to oancd a matinee whioh
would nova netted from I60C to 100.
' ucn a oonecsslon was net to be aa-
pertad of an established star, playlna; to
; rewdd booses, but she made tt '
Mia did mora. By wire aha scoured
fhe consent of Mr. rrohmah, her ma. oa
rer, to produce her one-act play, "Car
rota," with cast af nine perfple, Re
fusing even to deduct her expenses from
the twoalpta, she had ovary bit of scen
ery transferred from one house to the
other, instructed bar company t mke
p at her theatre and drive In dosed
aarrlasjea so the other this, on account
of lack of dressings ooea faclHtlea and
on top of all. when she appeared with
her nine people at the stage entrance the
.womanly little woman Insisted upon pay
ing; at regular rate the admlastnci of
hereeif and company t the stage, A
elm tier tnetanoe la perhaps not- en
record, but this te only an of thousands
af charitable ' acta chalked up on the
heavenly credit sheet of th theatrical
preface km. '
Can pnple af this cbaraoter farm aa
toteraletion" thai tt "bad and Mtahtlne;
e mcralsT"
-. Wewoed dlvtna mt With tha
i ? m mm, m t t
i fm f v. , re , v-odkpwwTt ii - mi V
. rvr timoi tfW .- JJl'.t,- V'w, v -ay I r-4Vi ;TM.V.-.:--.-ix.-:
fore of brevity. h bad womaif to
there." . Whether ho manna behind th
footlights or in th audUaoa la net
clear, but It matter IttU. 1 notth
bad woman avcrywberat la th depart
ment stores, la the hotels the -restaurants,
th street oars anywhere and
vrywherr Wa It over 4 difficult
tack to find her In aoeletyT la business
to osaa because of the "bad woman?"'
No. dhs la omalpreaent. Why draw a
distinction between a young girl rub
bing elbow with her at a soda water
fountain on tha on hand, and breathing
a part of th same atmosphere An an
audience of hundreds?
A to 'the morel Influence of th
drama, which 1 ao strongly condemned.
can It be possibl that Dr. Holllngn
hoad foregoes tha theatre entirely? Lot
us see. Take, for example, some of the
plays Portland baa- .witnessed within
three weeks:
"Cleopatra entddet result of arn.
"La Tosea" executed; result of sin. 1
"Otentotida" -Jives ic love; result of
obeying sworn oath to church.
"Captain LettarhJalr villainy de
feated; predominating' lesson of forglv-
'Lord and Lady AlsVeoclety hero
degraded for drunkenness; Intended
elopement frustrated; man and wife liv
ing; apart arc reunited. The cigarettes
constitute th "blight")
Consider soma of th leaser play In
'A Mealcan Romance,' the vlllalaess
repents , and take the Veil, whUe the
villain la killed. . In "The Octoroon" we
all remember how the suffering of Eo
end In tragic fate for th pursuing
Villain. "On th Bridge at Midnight" Is
a continuous leesoa In th wag of sin.
These cheaper works arc worthy of men
tion because It la there we find the moat
lmpreasionaoie ox our population.
Mo, doctor, yon, or I; can think of only
two plana put on here .recently that a
child shdtild be denied "Dr. JekyU and
Mr. Hyde" and "Pablo Rom an I." And
wise mother need only mention their
Thastly nature to aatlsfy the young
one's craving for them. '
Mow that the Marqaam CI rand hag
Brushed the cobweb from It doors, tha
season la oh. It la full of pro raise.
Manager Pangl has already announced
more than a score of high-das attrao
Uona, of which KrAe BUw will be the
first, and locking' over Mr. Waloh'n
schedule, th prospect are good for a
long seaaon of excellent bill at the now
Columbia; Mr. Baker contract with
Melbourne Mac Dc well tt for two week
more; during whioh that splendid actor
will produce "Fedora." sea-lnntng today,
and "Theodora," tha drama in which
Mrs. Bruno wa ao auoceeafu). Just
what to do after that whether to pre
serve th stock eosapany, so oa re fully
drilled toy Mr. Bsmeltoa or book in
'combination for a whUeJs a quae-
tfon th management na under advise
ment. In either event, th Baker should
retain Its loyal following. Mr. Cord ray
la moving alone; cull ntoety, thank you.
with th Stair g Havlia booking. Later
he will present some notable members
of th independents. Including Blench
Bates, unless, perohanee, Belaaoe should
see fit te keep that charming western
girl in New Ter for another season and
oancel the contract now In Mr. Cor
dray's pocket. Meanwhile, the Empire
tt holding Its own, Aa Mr. Wiedemann
explain in his curtain speeches, the en
obleet of th manaewment to t make
R the family theatre of th town. He
ha n good ntart In that dlreeUon.
Th ntanaerer for days and day
have been complaining? of the hot
weather and blaming It, solely, for less
than capacity aodleficea. This sudden
change, if R lasts, will doubtless help
th buslniss, for R to emit beyond
Portland's good humor to nif play
Ik d swelterta tmperatura, ,
- jr. " - : ' . w r i -s "v J . 1 1 i
" At th nam tint, th weather to not
entirely to blame. A manager hag to
fed around some to discover what his
clientele ta hankering for, then let them
have it. Some things -are selected for
the people's amusement that the sum
mer taat would not patronta on th
ndrth pol. . '.
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tt .filled one with genu Ins regret to
road In th pre dispatches that Kdwln
Varrey la lying at death's door per
haps dead, before this la printed, He
la one of the veteran of th American
stage. . He waa In th cast Of ."Our
American Cousin" tha night of Lincoln's
assassination. Who doe not remember
him with Joseph Jefferson? It waen't
more than 10 year ago It might have
bssn yesterday that Jefferson and
Florence entered upon a Joint startiag
tour. They presented Jefferson's old
faveritea,. "Th Rival" and "The Heir
at Law." In all of then) Varrey wa a
pronounced figure.
In th eaat of "Th Rtvals" he played
Sir Anthony - Absolute, probably the
greatest thing be did. - Jefferson was
Bob Acres, W. J. Florence th d(r
Luolua, Viola Allen th Lydta Langtrteh.
Mr. John Drew th Mrs, Mai prop and
Fred Paulding, Julia Marlowe's husband,
the Captain' Abeolut. There, Indeed,
waa a great cast perhaps the greatest
th Venerable - Jefferson ever drew
around him. And Varrey gave way to
none of them. HI memory will live an
long aa those play exist. '
Th season In New Tork to at Its
height. Among the new plays, the
Kent auecessss are John Drew in "Th
iks of Kill lea ran le," Lulu Olasser ro
"Th Madcap PrlnceM," and Edna May
In Th School OlrL" Thoee spoken f
with lees enthusiasm nr "Th pdl
bindr" and Kara Kendall's new play,
"Weather-Beaten Benson." Bonn May's
return from London after four year to
a musical comedy that wa boosted to
the sklee. geema to have fulfilled all ex
pectation. The metropolis critic ac
tually ealhtt over tt truly a novelty.
(IACB WHITNBT.
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A MxVVtaAB aTUTTrxUeyaTw. -
Melvln O. Wtnatock, nuslnea manager
of Cord ray's theatre, baa written a melo
drama entitled "His Last Drink." ami
has given -4 Jemec Koana, who recently
played a successful enaragement at Cord
ray' theatre, the oaclualvo producing
right for, twe yesr front date. Mr.
JaAan nan nftwnnd . apand fl,m 0D
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th plan and will very shortly take a
flying; trip to Chicago and New Tork to
procure pictorial printing and have con
structed th neoeeaary mechanical appa
ratus for ft worthy setting to. th re
markable and th ruling story f th local
dramatic author. '
Robert Ralston tt th owner of n
great mln and la the father of th hero
ine. The girl waa beloved by two men.
one n rascal and th other easily led Into
temptation. Luclle, the daughter, mar-,
riea th latter and after their child 1
born th villain, tempt th hero ta
drink and causes an estrangement be
tween husband and wife, all th while
pretending friendship for the hnabandV
A murder la committed and ausptekra la
fixed upon the hero, the real guilty party
being th villain. Th evil on and
hla partner In crime plan to do away
with th grandchild so that they can se
cure th property of the murdered mln
owner find place the llttl on in ft boat,
which being oast adrift tt about to be
whirled over a thundering cataract when
th father climbs out upon th limb of a
tree and saves th child us th peril of
hi life. They go through many perit
ou adventure. Th parted husband
and wife are finally reconciled through
the llttl child and In th nd the vil
lains fall out aver their 111 gotten gain
and meet their well deeermd fat in a
death atrugai over th side of a little
mountain cIlS. . ..
The humor of th play tt supplied by
aa Irish Inn keeper and aea captain and
Raatu Caesar Honeycomb, th deacend
ant af th last king: f BKhopla. The
whel nlar furnish abundant oppor
tunity for wondroua scenic display and,
Mr. Kne ha agreed to civ u ft wor
thy production. j. . .,
Playa axicl PUycri
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Attn Dal to frantic with prftto of
John Drew In hla new comedy, "Th
Duk af KUllacrankda." In the exwna
of column review, he remarks:
Th dialogue 1 (nil of jolly, good,
apeutaneou thrag. Th prim of
Ufa,' nay tha widow, 'to exactly flv
year ahead ef whatever yon ure,'
"A newspaper reporter nailed to wrlt
up the abduction of Lady Henrietta, to
indignantly confronted by that damsel,
who hurln nhaXU of . naUra A oheap
Journalism.
" MadaiaV ny th reporteri ft ftd-
mlt that the paper ooau only a half
penny, but I deny that it to cheap. And
plea remember that the paragraph of
today wrap up th parcel of tomorrow.'
"John Drew wa In luck. - He had ft
role that fitted him. It fitted him even
better than It fitted young; Graham
Brown In London. For the first time
In many seasons Mr. Drew cam out gal
lantly ahead, and hla familiar manners
that he anonot change rushed into
happy niches. Thar wan a resting;
place for th sale if not sou I of hto
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Writing- to a friend, Sarah Bernhardt
deecrlbed her vacation season nt Bell
Isle aa follow;
Tou ask for a, program of 'th day's
employment her. 1 append It In sched
ule form. It will show you that I give
my lung and nuueles ft fair aha re of
work to do. In all weathers, up be
tween and Shooting immediately.
Right a. m., bach bom, run exchanged
for fishing net. and I go ehrlraplng.
Blevea a. nw bath and toilet; 11:10 p.
nv, luncheon. After luncheon, ' lsta.
Th siesta to compulsory sod sacred. It
to my first instant of bodily, reet after
th moment of getting out of bed; the
first Instant of immobility and stleno.
We II down on wlcker-ofaa against th
fort, sheltered from the en braces.
Then 'mum' th word!' Such one med
itate, read or sleeps as be or she fels
disposed. Afterward to work. In tha
studio opposite the fort each inmate has
a special corner. For myself I read
manuscript, learn or. look over part,
or I take up th sculptor's chisel. At I
tennis. Then dinner, tnep music thsn
bed, and we begin all over again'' ;i
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Prank ttaniel, who fttgrtod In for o
tomobillnir . . early la the summer,
witched te yachting an ft paatlme na
soon at he moved Into hi summer home
st Rys, N. T. Visitor to the residence
of the quaint omedtan during; th last
few weeks have been nmaaod nt the
transformation hla eottaaw ha under
gone. In his yachting enthusiasm Mr.
Deaaeta ha completely altered th ap
pearance ef hla ptosna and th front of
hla house. Th porch has been recon
structed, to resemble th after deck of n
team yacht. Th rati ur of wire
cable painted white. Th front steps
have Wan removed, and tneteed gueeta
now jo uavr th porch and climb up
through a I tchwdy. Th deck tt fitted
up with at imer chairs and nautical
paraphernalia. A donan Mfe preaervena
hang oonvsnieirtly In ease any bnb
ehouHTr fall off the water waaron. An
awning to rigged op just on would
find R on board ft yacht, and a fla
going up through tha roof U fitted with
rigging suggesting; sails,' On each Side
of th porch or hug rod, and row
lamp. . "-.
"And whenever I oom horn Into
from th club.' say the ootnedlan, I
can dlatlngutah which aid ta port and
whioh sld ta starboard. Then X know
how to get eafeiy InU nut' harbor. It's
ft greet scheme." - - t - - , .
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It to ft generally ooneeded fact In
Europe that no actor of th p recent day
and few actor who have ver lived pea-
aea th genlua for 'vnabing-up'' for. ft
part a does Ermeta Movelll, the great
Italian artist .'who 1 te maava his first
vialt to America this season under th
L1eblr A C. management. Hla nhy
look, hto Othello, hi Louie XI and hla
Nero all bear Indlaputaple evidence to
the verity of this claim, a do many af
hla comedy role. No on in aa clever
aa Novell! 1ft painting on hla coun
tenance the physiognomy of the char
acter he to' to personate. Every even
ing be hi to be found In hi dxeseing
room an hour before th play beglnu.
Seated before th mirror of hto llttl
dressing' tbt ha Invariably light ft cig
arette and at th scan time hold a dis
euukta elta -ooveu - or eight friend.
sated where they can. In th midst of
coat of every hue. trousers.
shirt, wig of all color and all dlmen
skina. Who h smokes and talk, No
vell! twist with master hand the hair
of the wig- which he will wear later.
He oom be and brushss .ft, give to th
hair, whit -or black or goldan. straight
or curly, th form and place whioh he
thinks to anpreprlata to the character.
Then ha turn to hto face, which on ha
that of a man of any am from th Im
becile dude of li yearn to the husband
of M, ridiculous and .contented; from
the face all wrinkle end from the
whit beard of Myloek to th handaom
and melancholy profile of Hamlet, to
the Irascible faoe of th "Burbero Bne
flclo," and the black lowering- phyalcw-
notny af Othello, with th rapid
almost feverish hand of th artist he
pntg n few touches under his yea, n
his cheeks, about hi mouth nod even
on hto forehead, so that th edge of th
wig cannot bo neon even at does quar
ter, and bo be stands completely trans
formed, and unrecognisable. - Novell!'
achievement in thl lin ar ft constant
source of wonder and admiration to hla
frlenda. No actor living, R g aaid, sua
approach him la the art
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Small TalkV" Stage
k . ; ' ;:i Ta 1 - y
r-3i:i;fopie
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. "Is mm tall? Bay, If ah fell dewu,
ah. d be half way horn." "Th Burgo
master." "Ban Toy th pretty musical comedy,
wfli be an early attraction at th Mar
quam Orand,
Mr. Pat OampbeU will produce "The
Sorceress" a the first production of
her New York engagement.
Apologies to Roy Bernard, Vhe tt Iran
who Played BcPeep so cleverly ha
"Lord and Lady Algy" not k Mton
Bahrrte, as Inadvertantly Btsted. . . .
William A. Brady, th man of mon
ster revivals, ha now engaered filyvta
Lyndsn to appsoi la th old-timer, ."Siberia.-
. , , I
Joe JefTereon la entertaining; hto void
friend. 0 rover Cleveland, at hi horn
on Buxsard's bay. Both have reoovsred
from their recpnt 11 Incases.
Mart Cahlll of "Nancy Brown" fame
will be the leading lady f th to took
company when Lew Field open hto
new theatre In New Tork.
Blanche Partington in th San Fran
cisco Call thus eetabllshea th pro
nounctatlon of Kyrte Bl lew's name:
There wan g young actor named Kyrle
Permit m thl rhyme to unfyrla
To explain her and early 1 ,
That to call th man Kyr-1
Sets hi cherubic temper e-whyrla,
Nance CNetl la rehearsing a blblieml
tragedy by Thomas Bailey Aldrleh, en
titled "Th Tent of Aasur." Th play
wUI be produeed at th Trmnont the
atre, Boaton, In October. It to bald to
be built around th character af Judith.
Nat Ooodwln, who to likely to visit th
coast this seaaon, will begin hi New
J'ork engagement with a recently ac
uired play, "Th Usurper," at th
Kn Inker bocker. New Torn.
In hi warring; costume to "Ota
mend a," Melbourne MaeDowell wears a
Jacket that to .Adorned by over .
steel huttona, repreeectlna; ' spangles.
The gwrneent wa mace and p recanted to
him by two llttl eaool girl friend,
who sewed on every button It weigh
nearly II pounds.
Charles R, Taylor has brought cult
against Muriel Hope, the ectresa, to re-
oover llt.koo damages for alleged
breach of contract. Mis. Hop, It I
stated, agreed to produce a certain play
and to pay, Mr. Taylor I per cent of
th groan receipt . for the uee of v
Instead of so doing. Mis Hop married
th authof.of th play and retired from
th stage. '
Helnrloh Oonretd ha returned from
Burope and announce his plana for th
Metropolitan Opera house. .It will open
for seaaon of 11 weeks on November
II with a revival of "Atda." Later 10
performance of "Parsifal" will be
given. The house has been redeoorated
at eoat of IH.m. ;
RIgga and Daley "Th Telephone
Olrt" company ha stranded In Devil
Lake, N. D. Fin plac to strand, that!
Th American Bankers' association
purchased the eathe seating capacity of
the Knlckvrbockar theatre for ptmbr
11 to see the performance of "Th Mad
cap Prince." th sew comic opera. Th
oommoa pubM waa not admitted.
Among; the attractions booked to ftp
pear at th Marquam Orand the coming?
seaaon, to Charle B. Hanford hi ft su
perb revival of "Don Caesar ds Baaon.
Mr. Hanford to no stranger to the th
tr goera ef thl city and hla visit from
year to year 1 looked forward to with
Slaaaurabl anticipation, Mis "Marl
irofnah will be Mr. Hanford leading
lady and Frank Hennlg. th leading man.
Here are the jaw -breaking amee of
the characters In the newest oriental
war drama, "The Whit Tigress of Ja
pan' produced In New Tork: Csar ef
Russia, Paul Stark or itch.. General Vied
omoati. Lieutenant Slavitay, Celonea Sto
vita. Axaertoan Minister, Oeneral Amano
Jitsuke, Raymond Oraht, Bob, London .
Jack, Baron Rothburg, Chang Fow,
Osaka Tomoso, KoJI Rickshaw, Hooker, -Lieutenant
Sands. Beriskey, ' Klnume.
Countesa of Ograwa. Am (da, O-Ton. Tha
managomant seem to kav mad na In
tomatlonaf affair nt It. ' i ,
Announcement 1 mad that th Ill
fated Iroquois theatre In Chicago will
open a a vaudeville nous on September
L. Th plan 1 to conduct It on th
oh cap-price policy, cutting -under the
aaal In vogue at other vaudeville thee. .
tree ef th better elaa In Chloaaio, The
Vaudeville, as th. Iroquois haa been
rohrtatned, to not to be under the man-,
agement of Rich and Rarria, aa .wa
stated some Una ago, hut of Hjrd and
Ben man.
Th next attraction at Cord ray theatre-wUI
be 'The Mills of California,".
In which Frank Bacon ha made such ft
splendid success. Thl rural drama, so
full of quaint humor to drawn from
purely American source and haa eatab
llahed Itself aa an American classic. It -
rank with tha beat of it kind by ft
natty, ewthor. . ; ' .. ...-v, ,-,
Monologues
'r .j,
OOtrtrmni as otaxwtb.
"Under Two Flag," beginning; with
today matinee, will Introduce the Co
lumblft Theatre eoaepany in a. new field, '
that of romantic drama, , Oulda gave to
th world ft novel that bolda the reader , .1
attention and atlmulatea hi Imagination, 7 ' ,
Th dramatist ha taken her plot and .,-r
given to th theatre-goer ft play of
thrUUns Internet. -
In It Blanch Bat" won fame and " ''
fortune. That R wlU add to the repute
tlon of Cathrlne Count l and the Co- ' ?
tumble Thcctr obmpany tt already a
oertalaty, for haver haa' Portland )4 r,
th opportunity to see a finer produenou
than will be presented at "this 'beautifal
theatre today. It haa long; been MM
Ceuntlsa' atabltion to appear no "Ctgat. 1
ette, the oldlr of France." ' TO p- . i'
on ft aplrited horse, to dash at th risk
of her life up a steep incline, dmld ft 7
sand storm, produced ao realistically " b
that It would frighten th moat staid -. "?
bit of horseflesh that has been Mis ' -
Countlss moat ardent desire. A outh
em girl, thoroughly at. home In th
saddls. dare-devlU thl thrilling scene "
haa no terror for her and ah haa re
fused to follow to traditions of othep
star by pUctng a aubatltut In her ' .
stead to Incur th danger of making thto
breakneck rid. In "Under Two Flag"?;?
hr admirers wfll not only See her a a ,U
boydeatoh girl, burning with patriottom
for her country, a coquettish toaa but . :
also a heroin who saves her lover4 .
life at the sacrifice of her 'own. - L
Mr. Baum also ha a ' part full of
nobility of character, a man of honor - ;
who fives up hi own reputation to save ".J
hla brother' and who protect ft wo
man's good nam by losing hi own.
Mr. Baum' rol tt more serious than '
those he haa taken la the pant, and today - ;
he will display to hto audiences new
and mor subtto power.
: Th dramatlxatloa of Oulda' fnmona v f
novel, whioh th Columbia Theatre com-
uany will p recent, la by Edward Blaneri
by far th bent and most briiUant rendi- A
Uon of th plot of thto great ronianU -..
aovei It to th on in which Blanch - r
Bate ftahtoved her greatest auooasa, and -v
th Columbia company - in. It full
atrangth will present th play without j
abrldgemenl, a feat that few stock oom- t'
paatea ar able ta undertake. ' .
The story of th play, which follow
Ou Ida's plot minutely, deal with U. '
careers of two bro there, Bertie Cecil r
RoyeUieu, taken by Mr. Bauma, and ' v'f
Berkeley Cecil Royallleu, played by Mr. x
Bowlea. They are the aona of nobler
man. Lard Royallleu. a dignified part .
whioh fall to Mr- Barren abl band. ' "
Berkeley haa forged ft check for a large
amount. - Th banker to whom th oheck '
to preaoated to oonfuaed by the similar- ,
Ity la appearance of th two brother ;
and suepeeU Bertie Royallleu instead
of his brother." ' - .v,
Th hero of the ptay find himself bo
tween two (Iran. In order to prove hi
lnnoceno he would not only hav to
nnnouno hto brother's guilt, but he
would also, la order to prove an alibi,
oomprotnlaa th reputation of Lady Be-
atrlo Ouloevere,. In who aooiety h ;
had boon, unknown to her husband, at , &
th time th ortme wa committed,
Bertie doe th honorabf thing. He
flee to Algiers, enlist in tha arm, and
there meet Cigarette, th child of th
people, th daughter of th regiment,
"a cold lor of France." Thto faaclnatlnc
creature a learns to love and to loved
in return. But 111 luck still purse him.
H incur th am Ity of th colon! In
command of the French fore la Al
geria, atrtke hi superior officer, and
ta condemned to death. Than occur th
famous scon In th play. In th midst
of ft fierce sand storm. Cigarette learn
of her lover peril, mount a horse and
ride to hi reecu. She arrive in tuna
te save hto life, hut Slvee up her own a
ft sacrifice. -
This to merely ft giimpee or tn wain
ntot of the Play. Thar are ether storle
charmingly Interwove in th play whioh
give to each member of the oompany an
excellent ppertuulty ' to display Chair
versatility. There to a military and
etety atmosphere to the play, an air of
Intrigue, of deception an ox toon sac
rifice; In fact, th romantic air that
Oulda weavee into her novels with ueh
charming appearance of reality. Tha
play to full of brilliant stag plctura.
and th ecenle effect prodooeo oy in
magic brush of Frank Xing cannot but
make ft never t be forgotten production.
From London te Algiers, from mortem
society aurrounding to oriental luxury.
from barrack to the desert, the audience
to tranaraorted a the plot to unwoven.
Seldlera and eaelks intermingle, women
of eelty d .Is and Turk and cban-.