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DOCKS; AND MAGAZINES' VP LEWIS RAND. A Novel. By Mary Johnston. Houghton, Mifflin A Co., ' Boston. tTh Ston ea. , Barrlnger company. ai-wi. , : ... . .in-.inia aitn w oiub. a-WMMwa. -. -. reached a. dear of excellenc wnicn -i m . a.l.W .afta lain ' . "1 -0 SHae nd to Hold." -"Prlaoner iOf - U rood tortee; in-their ,-iway. ; but r4 - a., . K a. Krvailth ml ' nobility of IWNp unaieoovora,uiu . u the earlier work. The , book grip one tighter eJid tighter, as tn awry develop and oeior me ena is rewa- 1 l .W m 4 .lvfilKili4f ti whole la forriblr imnreased upon the mind. ... - Jdtaa jonnstort unqueenonavoiy amm we ant oi noiama t rww " n ..4 ..ill, . .... Arm' uir ImkOQIM vi " J . . w "a " wearisome. - Each baa Its proper oear- 4nv vivwin , a a riflmlnnmMt of the Tllot. Hah of rare trace and charm. Truth lightly hackneyed-, eh e la ovorrona oi , inmtiriMu eurtilnr there la or tfnajiAA a f ra a ran mucn a I idi aniu of guns and th flashing v pf naked ' ... . 1 ' . . n l . a.a. 4a r not ' oharnr tba brilliancy of that '. a.4 ri& nlm Atktntm ritlmim ml Lk . Johnston title, to- a, very jugn piaco among contemporary atory writers. 'lw Band, the hero I the present metaphorically, daahe . hia bead again the atoae wall ox caste. a tnai term was understood in the Virginia .f Jefferson. His lalner. plain, oo- tlnate, boertsh; bis mother of gentler fclood and tnatinota: hi early circum . static rugh, Lewla Rand . struggles V tor. an eduoaUen and wins aamiasion foremost ptaee. Meanwhile bis career . in pouiaca mm m iouuwr( v. pears to be th esmttg man In Vlr- -' yiniTat HinV WHVB - coming man In the republic. Chance throws him la la way erf Jacqueline Churchill, aa aristocrat ox tne anew crata, a daughter of the most ex cluaiv landholder the world ever ; saw. , From that moment ahe' be MmM the chief roal of tits ambltlona, On her part, jacquenne is irresunimy . BttmAua - mx xne nnsnunw . v n nand e b esses, and In spite of the flery denunciation and. bitter opposi tion Of all ber relatva and friends, the blue-bloeded damsel marries the anaa ena jerve. - -. -.- v Rtriu aftaaned what be bad lone loosed upon sammum bonum, nins oieeoren inn am w nw 7m- - tm.A him lavs, far kll fair YOunC wife : Baa grown oat ot a iar more elemental ant prlmitlre . passion the desire . of the iumbly bom to be ao- . m mm. aMtiaiM at v n a fjpuvi V i mm (ivM . -- has beaten - the people be anvtee at . tk, mm mm, ' "hJrA AD lv haa he gone farther In hla profession than any ot them and trerwtielmed them In tb political eld; -he .has truck deepen-and won their fairest woman for hla wlf a v But having done all thle. Rand realisea that be Is aa far aa ever from being accept ed aa-one of them. . . ? " .,.. ;''.- BUT drat Impnlae Is to win hla way ta the governorship of Virginia, and k irlisha tit JafTeraon'S wbvHiw .a -- rit . . Anfiirantlv flnthlnv MJft bre- : vent th fulfillment of hla . purpose. At tbla juncture, the serpent in tne numan iorm ei Aaron oit womm bis path and; whisper subtle treason in nis ear.. nun easvrijr rai , a totally different end In -view from mat ourauea vy ut aanna leaner i . Vlvtrln4an niirnnOI tA alt and aht the 'New Torker in founding his empire; but that one accompiienea. ne in ' tends to supplant bla leader. In whom ha aeea many vulnerable points, and sets th supreme ")ower fo himself. He fanclea things will be on dif ferent basis ;when be brings Jacque line Decs as finpnw oi me mtsm.. Th open sesame to th doors ot her people will ha j been discovered. Rand aecretly.nrepare for his Jour ney. m the eve ot hi ; departure bis whilom rival, th man he envies moat among all th gentry, Ludwell Carey, get wind of hl( plana and also - At lmmln.nl MllitiM ryf Rlirra m. terpri.' - For the sake of the wile, who. although last to him. has never fated from his heart. Carey delays Rand by forcing- dael upon him, Before the hubbub die away, news ot th discovery of Burr'a plot arrives and Rand's schemes are dashed to th ground. -,' ' It la only by Jetteraon' apeclal ctemency to hi formr protege tbat Rand la allowed to escape a trial for high treason. Paring his abseoc from home on legal buainese his wife, opening hi mall to forward It, reads an Ice-cold epistle from the sage f Montleello, which convey to her hus band the new that he J not to he prosecuted. This Is her first inkling t th state of affairs and the shock quite overwhelms her.r At this dra matic moment . Carey. - eomea, ; and seeing her in grief, comfort her aa a brother might comfort a alatar.'--' . Rand returns home to find that at the boar of his wife' sore need. It i on oi ar own bmbvb uiw "' latar consolation and the very on ' - - a. as laa. Take. thar- tthatSl tl no part la hU motion. - lacquetln't m, mm Jt lAw M. la hatmNM aiiartutiin . But the rankling thought that ne could never be what hia wife wa bora, and could not help being, tear . IVm ,JTT J DVrmm Vt IM w,M. r trama nt mind. Pate brines to meet v IS tin that rracefuL cenrteoua Lu dwell Carey. Scarcely a word la Sxehaag ad. Rand is blinded by . paaaioa , which haa f4 Itself since hi earnest cnliortooo. BU nerve mre on ege. T aaddealy raise the tension to an un- or 'gesture of provocation, be draws - lia nlatni and . ahoota Care throaab III, BCMJ t , t- - . . - -T z r Wlpt th echo of th pistol shot we nuch tkna llma of tb atorv. Everv- thing preceding ,haa tended to this deed. ' Ski liruUy Indeed has the a a? . hor traced th chvumstanc and In cidents which have rendered th mur der practically- inevltabl.' When It comes, one -feel that It was boned o : j occur sooner or later. ; . -fiocoeMruuy ooiiterating ail vice "which could possibly point to him, Rsnd returns home and acquaints his wife with what haa transpired, --v His - & r i..tfni frmm a.., fw tha M. cealment of his-crime. - ier contra, his aife is unable to occupy thle view point at alt- Many generations of cr-n -deslin. frank-hearted gentry lie Yi bind her, and with ber whole soul she summons ber huftbaad to tell the wr.rli what he has don snd face the fnnf; ue noes. - He has no such in i,r',ne, and resists her persuasions, " Ar the earlier scenes all led up to t'-e trasic derrib of Carey, so all the oti"s led to the ultimate con-r,-.t- t rf the tnn's will by the wo; r tr.1 liionths pass In the Strug- f'f. .; . 'y yet inc-5Hintl. the no ; ,.!(. : -f fhnwi her hoshand ' ' if 1,'.? po"','n and the . '' fV.t iv does he be- .'. .: X I r".jre i ; , - i : " !.-.-. ' ' I self up to th officers of the law. '. ' It haa been earn pi m " w It diaappoinU; because la spit of Rand's great natural ' gifts and force of character, he accomplishes noth ing; and consequently ooe ni juuiu hannio in nlrruiuwL ' To ouT mind. this Is hot a sound criticism. Xt has been truly, remarked that'he that ruleth his owh spirit Is greater than be s that taitetn a cuy, ,z ", ,k., .vA,.,h Ranii'i nimi for '.the conquest t an empire faild. tiver theles; In conquering th ; aayag-. in Lewis Rand, he nas acnievaiu miw ally and proved -himself a man. - . We do not know that "Lewis Band' ll aVa anw mmnrim the classics.. WS feel aur that It 1 as important ;a piece oi netion'as nu sppnnsa this sid of th Atlantic for several ... . . TL'a Mrnmrnind it to OUT readers as a sweet, strong and abso lutely wholesome romance irum wmvu they cannot but derlv pleasur. . f Vayenne. A NoveL By PercyBrebner. Illuetrationa by.E. .Fuhr. The John McBride Company, New Tork. j In the sam general directum hs Ruritania and not far distant from Oraustark. lies the duchy of Montvil llera with 1U charming capital city, Vayenne. It la a pleasant country where twentieth century people are A. A wllh nnriltions txtdilv UIIVUUUD, - - - taken from almost, every preceding age. - . s-..- . : , , - , . ir anitinri ttmva drawn ( va. i - ti,,ia viMa-nnma . unnn tba matfSX 1 IU U. , . u...D w oi our imagmaiiona,. iu iin .k. .ku.nli.la. aHahail fc&VO beOS clerer and eome have been dull. Th anatomy of all th tones, tocnauge . m aAMaMKat" haa - tha ,J aamn general character. An outsider, drop ping Into th country for-mr pas ima 'aii. iaaiumiaW tnr lovai.with the most beautlf uT-princess of th reign ing nouse, wuo im amu,uiu the most beautiful woman 'who has ... hhmI " iina, . aim atM. ir ahall ever exist,' or ahall ever be. Usually . . l.w -ailihr Val a IHm lav iwv, iubc.iivi mm . m.... " a.. ,hw.at..,ha manhlnaliniii . ..lil.k.iinui, 'MrhA halts neither at murder nor any other mmimmm.4mt atia aaaa W.V tA thi .thrftna. At tne curtain, to.tauoi mwou .i.uii il thai il iat a nre. and for two of tb characters at least, the garden OX jsaa nas oeen reuiacoTer HV..,nn." 1. MBIawhftt fwtttaw ftbsjfe - . J T . J" the average novel ot Ita class. It'has sui me aoevo-nsravu itHum vi species, together with, rather more than It snare or. viviuiy , aarcirvu Am. , jiaw4m ma4 Kit 1 ft hsa mnra Th picture of th dwarf, who moves the machinery oi me onust imii I JUS will. Mm mmit vmmj We do not aay It Is original, for In th main it i not. But nm ivun.au uuw figure occupies a place In th atory Just a llttta out of th ordinary. And therefore cscMe lntrt. - vrAK.l. e kiaaAre ara nnt wvHttan to be. Ilk Thucydldee, . "eternal poa- 1 ak.l. hrim.lW. e,tMA44n ' 41 to seise and hold th attention of their leaner uniu iney oav cause uniu to forget th care and burdens of thi mamm--m-Ammr arA.ljl taa . a MlMm ftf hour. ThU very netdfnl KnL vry nonoraDie I unci. on in pvcimvn dw- Aa.aa aa. Iw aara-aa1 UnlJ All. 1tjftt a MT Ha nasfA-vnln lr 'HpAtlln tm A (Vila, fwu ayvja aw a isavaaasa . " vmmmm w bold man who, would declare the vol ume superfluous. . . THE NATIONAL REVIEW FOR DE CEMBER. An author signing "Sofia," furnishes ths most Interesting contribution to this month's Review In "The Lesser Tsar a Character Study." Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, is subjected to a most merciless scrutiny, one which. oea behind hia apparent suocesa and super flcial brilliance, and , reveals what manner of man this princeling seems to the author. Americana nava.nni data upon which, to baa a discrimi nating opinion, in regard to Ferdinand; the present article, while very sever, will materially Increase th amount of that data, and bears many Internal evidences Oi credibility. If truth It be, then woe naorth th day tor Bulga ria! .1. ' ' ':; ;.'v. ' r The great economist. Alfred Marsh all. has lately taken up the cudgels in behalf of England's ( traditional policy of free trade. Hi po-itlon is attacked in. a very awe paper py i. L. Garvin. It appears to b but mat tar of time before Condon's policy will be reversed, and England pnee more hav a slsabl tariff, i.'t "',';r.jrjfVt.ft A paper which furnishes much for hard thought is H. i, B.Montgomery s "The Extinction ot . th Professional Crlminat" Ths author knows his sub ject from experience, having at one tim served a trm of pentl servitude, He takes decided Issue with -professional criminologists, .. and : suggests what has often been suggested before, namely, that society's proper solution of crime Is to educate th criminal, morally and Intellectually,' to a atat of mind which will mak for hU be coming a good clttsen. i " ' Admiral Moresby contributes a most chatty and Interesting paper on "The Navy Sixty Tears Ago." The distin guished author entered, the service la 1S4S, at time when .the 'English navy ' resembled Admiral Blake's sev enteenth century flotilla much mora closely than it would Lord v Be res ford'' twentieth century ' battleships. On ship which was then In service bad been taken from the French atth Battle of the Nile, fifty years before. Th articl la full of animated and vivid aaecdotea . j:-,v- . , ' -. '" r Among th other' notable article of the month are Sir : Lewis ; Tapper's "Indian Sedition." . Mrs. - -. J. V Parker pmith's "What Every Woman Knows," which is aa anU-uffragtt broadside, and Prof. ; W. J. Aahley's 'Wages Boards and jHmWorkrs." - . - THE 3 ANtTART SMART SET: J Ralph Henry Barbour has written a most readable novelette In "A Fool's Wooing." The hero learns, a -month before bl thirtieth birthday, that a fortune of seven ; hundred thonsan J dollars which he has always counted as coming to him. .'will be his, only upon the condition that he become a benedict before be complete hi third decade, Hla desperate effort to ful fill th condition within th allotted four weeks, and his final most fortu ne t success, du entirely to th wllos of the lady whom h love without knowing H, .ar,.yery eatertainingiy described.; .; - . .- ''. .. . , In the aKort Action first -mention must be awarded to Owen Oliver's "About Arabella." It Is eompoaed of a series of soliloquies giving the opin ions of ' various people upon that yoang lady's capture of a wealthy husband, her own being reserved for the last. The characters ara very clev erly outlmed. - - 5 - - Edith Fuller-ton Scott's "As Man to Man," deala with a rather - ummual wooing of a bachelor maid. 'Katy Did," the one-act play of the issue. Is by Rachel Crothera, and Is a nest lit tle description of a battle between mascaiine and feminine wits. In which, of course, the latter comes eff vtctorioti. ""Hrlnton's line . Dream." by Stoddard Goodhue, tells, of the he roic strur?le made by an inveterate pmokf to (rive up the -weed Wmiw he thinks it will jH a an M nt w-f t hr Vhen th"?v ri-Pt. he i (i.M'n I h , t tne 1 of li-s hfrt I y r. i i i ', has lt.-nrr-d f use' clgaretfea, because aha fanclea it will please him. Other stories more or less reaaaote are Kate Masterson's rThre Earring of the Princess." Hulbert ' Fortune a The Three .. Gambollers, and Raipn Stork's ; 4Tbe. Pawn of Mirama's Day.", " '-i - , Marguerite:- Dedicated to Mr, Richard H. Ttddy. . Elam and uooiy. cnar 4otte N. C' "Ston and -Barringer, ; $1.5.' Hs' This dainty littles Jove story lias ex cited no small curiosity la. this city in the first place on account of its anony mity.' - Piqued .by .this universal feei- inrto xlance over It, the casual read er la charmed by the freshness and fragrancy of th little tale it contains. All-signs point to a Charlotte author ship,'., but ao far as is known to this column, that authorship has not as yet been -d ivulged.; --tfi'.?i' -t'liC Th old estate la Virginia t dscrtb- d with ' (feat 'Vividness ' and strict fidelity to th llfav;Th characters depicted are few In. number. -and their outlines are hut ague;.but a. grace and charm ' makes them lifelike and enjoyable,. : Not a;. few page of th enjoyable. Not a few , of the pae are devoted. to musings on the pleas ores of a comfortable library on . winter's evening and like topics of a sort that usually find their plac in aa essay rather than , Action. . Such passages glv th very highest prom ise. ' Their . thought is good, their sty! ' elejant. It Is greatly , to be desired that th author com out from behind tha protection of that nameless title page, and continue In the field so auspiciously entered. . . THE JANUART AMERICAN MAOA- - . : - "' ZINE-'- ' -; . Wl 11 Irwlncontrlbutes an article to th New Tear's number of the Am err lean, dealing with tbat unique insti tution "The New York Sun." . Among Journals "Th"Sunoccup!ss a 'posi tfbn apart; It Is distinctly aul generis. This fact is us in gre.t measure to the wonderful personality of the 1st C. A. Dana, but In the Influence exer cised by hi successor, w. M. Larnsn, ana ine imitoson ne nu iiuinriui about him. Mitchell. Mallon, Lord andi Clark, la not to be overlooked. Mr. Irwin Is himself , an ."alumnus" of The Sun.'and hla articl l lively aa well charming. .-, . Ray Btsnnard Baker continues his w . -' -J Is- " r". ' f;'-.".; ' ' ; '. - " V .... ' ' . . l A. CHO series on i'Tha "Spiritual' Unrest" ; la "Tho New Mission of th Doctor." In the lrt ' nuoer Mr. Baker, told .Tiow the clergy. have -dlcove.red, flrt,v that the souls In their car are most inti mately jpined to material bodies; tA, furthermore"." that . 'oftentimes . th formar cannot-- t. b reached save ;by means of the latter, in wis secona paper- ls described 'a' eprrespondlng dlacovenr on th part 'Of physicians. namely, that their patients' bodily Ills are quite as often to b reached oniy through Vv mental ; treatment. The work of Dr. Richard' Cabot, the pio neer in this Interesting Held, and the nrocresa' made by him at the Massa chusetts General Hospital, Is lucidly outlined.' v jt-:; i' t ' ; 'The Problem of the vrnteiiectuai Woman". Is a letter written by an American Woman to th American Negro." ; " Th authoress knows the "American f Negro" -chieny irom v tne orlnted Dage. and fcer attempt to draw a-parallel bet ween 'her sex and the ex-elav hac la somewhat weird and fantastic. ' 'j'V' - - . '';"- - Two other sreciai articles ot Inter est are Eleanor Cares' desscrlption of the blending of the - buffalo and th cow Into a new hybrid, which seems to have been brilliantly accomplish ed by Charlea Goodnight, a Texaa ranchman: and Mrs. McKee .Rankin's reminiscences of the unfortunate John Wilkes Booth. ' The best of the short fiction is Jamse Oppenbetm's "Gropinsr Children." closely followed In merit by Lincoln Colcord's .Carr'lng SalL" v .''fi ' Strenuous Jugs, y Houston Post. ;-. ,: -r .. ,. ' A North Carolina deacon has been forgiven for taking a "drap" - too much, his plea being that he had been overtaken In a fault. .Those North Carolina' Jug seem to have grown legs since the advent of prohibition. " The Weak Point of, the fctory. . Ma"on Telegraph. . ' Thpy are tellinu a story In North" Camli.ia of a email farmer's hoy who Ftavel at hoin and picked costori In-fffi-i of finx- to fie ciriii and pick-e-1 up P"''i nu"C"ts worth tZO. No t.M.d. ' v ht ...:'y f.!.i-!uted hoy v ' ! ; : r !.J in . a ( .-. f ? avsaajaalaaBaaaiaw in mm OE JH-lT, IIE-VIt 5IME. CALVE. , Effort. Being Made, to Oet the Noted -.. riiiurer During: - the . CxMiilng ' Month ' at tha Local .Playhouse, i .W, -General Manager S. ' A, Schloss, pt Tth local Academy of Music,' has se cured Madame Calvs, 'th noted sing er," for. two, performances' ln hla voir ctiltrtfnder big guarantee, and Jth patrons ' of ;-hls Taevearthea.tr .will hav an opportunity't show how well they would like to Aear this " accom plished woman. 7 ' , '' XMr'Schloss eoBtrola . theatres in AshevillJRalelghtjJJVlnston-Sa16"1' Greensboro, Charlotte, and Wilming ton North" Carolina, ?, and , ' Jbanville, Va. .. He. has pot decided, which, towns h wW.favor wlthj Mm,' Calv.ibut will giv each a chance to bid for the attraction, and the town which shows the biggest subscription list by- Sat urday will yp given the opportunity ot hearing tbla celebrated' artist and her company. -J? .. -j-'i ' Mr, . Schloss has undertaken a tre mendous obligation', by guaranteeing Mm. Caive a vast sum for th two performances, '. and it Is hoped that the music lovers of Charlotts atid sur rounding towns will offer their sup-., port and bring- tb famous slnarer to this city- ;.- :, .- ;-. v I Manager Crovo .haa arranged with Hawtey's Pharmacy to accept all or ders for seats, from both ths city snd out-of-town : folks.' beginning to-day, so hs can notify Mr. Schloss Just what hia subscription list Is by Saturday. Should Calv b ssnt to Charlotte it will b during ;th , & January 2Sth.f ..j-'i ,..'" i:st--'-t:;j: , Mr. John L. Crovo, manager of th local Academy, received yesterday th following telegram from! Mr. Schloss .. t . h fa BUS GROUP IN "COMING THIlOTHE la connection with the proposition. - , : ; ' New York,-Dec.' J 7th, 1S0I..V. John- X Crovo,- K,--xi-'Yy. ;vtCharlotte,,N,.G ; vi I "have . just been fortunate enough to secure under- big- monetary - guar antee the "noted, singer,' Mm. Calve,' for" two jconcerts In -North: Carolina, and which .will be two of the only ten given by her , in the entire outh in 1S09., I wish I could have gotten more concerts, but I could not - 60. as I - could get- but two, though I heartily wish I could. I will give Calv the two cities that want her moet and that will, glv Bomasubstantial Indi cation, to assure me." . Calve will be accompanied on her brief tour by her own accompanist, another singer and a violinist. Each, will; be a superb artist.- It Is useless for me. to dwell upon ' the brilliancy of the musical event- I have - obtained, and suggest to you that you feel the pulse of the people by means of subscription lists and be certain to report by wire to me not later than January 2d. I hav tuy Instructed my other managers.. The concert will be Ffven during the wee Ir of January 25th.' " s .' . 1" s. a, schloss.. i ;.v.; vA Mysterious Man, ' -A man that baffles, mystifies and astonishes. A man that deceives ev eryone, causes people to see what they do not sea and sot to see what theya-thtnk they' see. A man who is the orterinator of the work be Is do ing. - He Is certainly . working out mysteries that have not been heard ot before. In one way, where he has been, he has caused an uproar of lauehter; whi'.e In another way be has caused the greatest of astonish ment. . Thia man in "Purno." He and his company can be epen at the Audi torium with special scenery and a ton of barssee. He Rives Illusions, made, vomedy, Imitations, muic, ventriloquism,-mystery and fun, wlthl the prbitts.of astonishment prevuil ing throuxflsssst the entire evonmij. Xo one run we'! eft irrt m r; tr is !tT . !.t t 1 l'--U; i-IUi, IT' if - ' 1- Cent rv n h i . I .1- M i ..- . s. . : d . . en- the t -.9 STAGELAND REALM . pany'are at the Auditorium Wednes day, December J Hi : BLANCHE .WALSIL ' - - In "The Test," which Miss Blanche Walsh will produce at the Academy of Musio to-hight, the actress has found one of the f most powerful drama ever seen on the" American stage. ; Julea . Eckert Goodman,", the author, not only has treated the prob lems of to-day in a, most forceful, in telligent and highly interesting man ner, tut he haa woven into' four acts of absorbing , dialogue, ' heart interest and action, a phase -jot' modern life that appeals to men' and women in every walk. In the leading -role, th dramatist haa . giveh" to M!sa Walsh aa opportunity such as seldom falls to the lot of an actress.. He has gons deep into the soul of a noble woman, seen her. passion and '.her emotions, and Miss Walsh gives a faithful, con vincing portrayal of what he saw, Th play Is virile, masterly and fearless In ita presentment of truths ? Th moral . lesson : Is there in a 11 its , In tensity, but Is never permitted : to trench -upon, the enjoyment.- ot th work as on of tru ' dramatic .'art. The rfcenes ar laid in New York, and th tory. briefly. Is this: - in the past a man, Tretman,has ' stolen ? for- a girt h teves. - Emma . Eltyng.( An other -nifl,: Frederick McVsjis, ; tells the girl that if sh will yield to him. be will free Tretman. ,Th girl. consents;.- but MoVane proves : false and Tretman goes to prison for ten years When the stage story opens." Emma has fallen In leva-with Arthur Thona. a ybung novelist of Jbroad views, who know a great deal of her past. His sister. Peggy,' wants' to marry Mo Van,' whom' eh knows to have lived an extremely unconventional life, but who ha given many assurances that, hs will reform. ., - - t- N : H Th motlv pf the play'irrurnlshed KTE." -' by. ths opposition, to the marriage of Thone and' Emma, -while the mar riage. of McVane and Peggy. I con sidered proper.-. To add to the. Inter est' of tha situation, Tretman's term in prison 'is "ended land he returns. The different status of a repentant woman -and ? a repentant man Is brought out In 'vivid contrast - , - Although: th play deals with '.. th sx problem. In on of Its most, vital phases, ther Is hdt th slightest sug gestion of offensivenesa. .' The author haa swept deftly and in broad gen eralities over causes, and Miss Walnh brings her audiences down to finali ties In a great sweep . that . almost takes the ybreath away; As realistic a scene aa was ever witnessed In a theatre,- la the closing port f the fourth act. when Tremiaa. Thone. Mc Vane and Emma Eltynge meet and "thrash ft out", among themselves. .none reclaims Emma and. retto-ts her to her better-self. - (Mis Wafsh. who la supported by an exceptionally large and capable company, regards the .character she plays a the greatest In which she baa ever been seen. - "COMING THRO' THE RYE." - The whirlwind comedy . "Coming Thro' the Rye" has been selected as the attraction at the Academy of Mu sic, Friday matinee and night- This performance Is well known and thoroughly liked In Charlotte. When last presented here it made an unmistakable and emphntlc - hit. "Cominp Thro the Rye" combine all of the elements which make for the success of entertainments of this chararter. bavins- a vlentltude of bright, uproariously funny comely and a musical score whicn contHins mnny delightful m-io5ies of 'he kind whirh quickly becomes 'popu!;ir.' H Ih doubtful if.'ln the lcn? li..t r 1 - .i cal comedies. whit.h has t.eon brought forward In reor.t y''3, t.-.erb is a paraiiel in t!i 1 with ''Ciiml.i? Thr-j" r.ie mitter of ;i si-"-;n.i martt. It uV-p.-nU upon no f .r f.cr- former, it huce and is net -e.l tr,"" t ! pre f t T tha t. 'a 1 u: 1-i.f :.t?r. It is ... clever comedy, :; rd it? niui Lil leotuf s l.-htfuJy rnehiaious and ttiia seasons production . -clisc. 1-1 there Hie several new and fresh sons numkn Hnd several new comedy lnciiiems have been Introduced to' effect a prac tically new entertainment and an en tirely new equipment of scenery end costumea have been provided. Mr. Tom Waters heads the list, a circum stance which will ba very pleasantly regarded by all who are familiar with this exceedingly capable comedian's work. In other respects this season's cast is -largely- new and it is claimed that the performance has been vastly Improved thereby. There is reason to predict an immense audience tor "Coming Thro' the Rye," -' The sale of seat tor this attrac tion begins to-morrow . morning at Hawley'a. ; . .:-.;.:-, . v "THE RIGHT OF WAT." y . ' Th attraction' at the Academy of Music, next Monday night, will be Sir Gilbert Parker's stirring drama, "The Right of Way,"- with Guy Standing and Theodore Roberts, and the balance ot the original company, under- the management of - Messrs. Klaw. tk Erlanger, y,. , ...v -'This la an unusual drams tic 'at tractim, and Charlotte theatre-goers can congratulate themselves on hav ing the opportunity of seeing this tremendously successful play, exactly aa, It was presented ' throughout th New Tork engagement. ' ' ' Charlotte Is th only city In North Carolina wher 'The Right of Way" will b presented on this tour. The gala of seats will begin Friday morning at Hawley's. : The regeneration of a man through th power of a great, pure love is a theme that has been used by novelists and dramatists almost sine the world began. But In spite of this it la 'still as fresh as it was the day it was first used.- for no plot that. the. mind of man ha ever devised Is more fasci nating, more compelling. '.A pure and holy lov Is th most wonderful, th most consuming passion th human soul haa over known and tor that reason It has for -centuries been the foundation of tha world's " greatest stories and for centuries to come, Jt will oontinu aa. suclvN ! r, i ;'',.- . To the great loves of history and of fiction hss of lata years been added tha lov of Charley Steele and Rosalie EvantureU Of ail the -stories, ..either of th novel or the atage, that th past agas hav brought forth not- on has brought mora forcibly to " the front tha power of a great, pure, un selfish, spiritual love to overcome the viie passions that the human soul Is heir to than ha-Th Right of Wsy." Sir Gilbert Parker's most ' powerful novel, r Iu the love of Steele and Rosalie this brilliant author haa de veloped an old Idea and applied it in a manner so powerful as to bring it before his readers almost as a pew thought: - - The dramatic version of this powerful novel by Eugene V. Presbrey will b presented at - the Academy of "Music on the night ot January th by Klaw A Erlanger's original New York company, headed by Guy Standing and Theodore Roberts,- the actors who originated ' the principal part in th play, . - -Th play ' opens In the- office of Charley Steele, th brilliant, but sneering, cynical, unbelieving, drunken Montreal lawyer during the time the Jury la out In a murder esse In which Steel haa brilliantly defended" : Joe- Ptrtugahv. an -.; ignorant . French Canadian "habitant"' whom he be lltves to be guilty ot th crime with which h Is charged. - Steele has some time previously - married a woman, whose love he now know hss never been his but i- rather has remained with a former lover. .The discovery that his wife's brother haa embexzled trust funds for which Steele is re sponsible and th general wreck of hi lit and his esrly dream of happi ness culminates In his often asked &nd never answered question: "Is ler anything In this gray old world worth living for after allT'V Portu gal is acquitted of the murder charge and In return for Steele's help warns him that he must not go again to the, Cot Dorlon, the river tavern h has been frequenting, for the river men hav threatened to have hi Ufa be cause of his Insults to their religion and his attentions to- La Belle Suson, th pretty bar-maid, the only woman Steel has ever found who under stands him, Steele's cynical mood, and his decision that life Is not worth the trouble of living work on his brandy-soaked . brain and hs d termlne to court the, danger at the Cote Dorlon, If death cornea, so much the better." -;:. ;.- '-.,: ... e Th second act shows tha interior ot tha- tavern - with ita . crowd of drunken, brawling river men and La Belle Huron. To them comes Steele and. fired by the- effects. of copious draught of brandy-hs heap insult after insult on .th. rough, brutal lumbermen, openly makes love "to Suson and when death Is approach ing insults the man who would help him because of an admiration for his courage and In the fight that, follows is struck down and ; left for dead. He does not die, however, but Is rescued .by Jo Portugals and in the third act he Is seen in Joe's .hut on Vadrom . mountain, hundreds of mile from . Montreal. Three years haveelapsed and while Steele haa re-, covered his bodily health his memory 1 a blank.. He remembers nothing preceding the hour he awoke in Joe's hut." His life is entirely changed. The old cynicism, the old questioning attitude is gone and In its place have come happiness and content ment. For Rosalie, the sweet, win some, convent-bred girl, haa come Into his life and with her the great love that has supplied the soul that was lacklns- in the old Charley Steele. A visiting French surgeon after hear ing the story Is prepared to perform sn operation for the .removal of the bone pressure on the skull, the re sult of the blow at the Cote Dorlon, with the assurance that returning memory will bo the result. This at first he" refuses to allow, but an inkling of his old lifw that comes throueh the arrest of his brother-in-law, the boy who emhezrled the truet funds, for an attempt-,! robbery of the. villaee church, end in f i'e of the pleadin? of Porttitls, who h.ts guarded the secret weil. Pter-le de cide It Is hia duty to recall the old life and live it out. The fourth act follows the opera tion. ' Kteele'g recollection of the part returr and wi'h it comes tie rtftl'.zatton that t;,e l.fe that h once ha4 by the throRt now has Mm there. Luring the three y r that have elapsed fteeia-g wfe hss rr.arr'.ed h--r ohl lover, b-;'e-rg him n-il. He has been b-fni" of the C'i itr-'1 f un Is ti 1 t oi him. (i-i"'' h- Is s vi l:ve t ' h c in r, to cl t love r. i 1 ; : d .. a th:- f le-.-, ryj-if-e rf t'1"' tr',-.t 1 ) is 1 a --t 'if? t - v : -j e rr.',;rt h v 1- n h-f- rv fi " i r- 1 t i r to It th l.-.-.f,se of t: e C:-..- .-r t;;;. i." Put with soi-rer th.T-r'-.t thtv conviction that h: t.. P: l,e1 out a it began, that pei. ( - 3 U:-t 1'6 -e and t.'ii piness are not for him and Tbat he must accept the f.iie th.it l.as been thrust upon him and go his wsy, bearing ,his burden until a merciful death relieves him of it. Hs says-' Kocd-bye to love and hnppine-a, but JuKt aa he makes the supreme re nunciation and in this the piay dif fers from the novel Joe brines word of the death, of Steele's wife and tha final curtain falls with at least a hope that "tha r!ht of way" is . his and -Rosalie's. - 'In the production to be Been at the Academy Mr. Standing will, be seen as Charley iaee part that In a single night lifted him into th sttllar. rank, and Mr, Roberts, his co star, will enact the character of -Joe Portugals, perhaps the greatest char acterization ever accomplished by this splendid actor.- Miss May Buck lev la the Rosalia and the other char acters are Jn the hands of the actors who originally played them In New York. Klaw & Erlam?er have pro vided en unusually elaborate sceato equipment for the production. . t. MARK vTWALV A CORPORATIOX. Pen Name Incorporated to prevent s-s ; . lift Ids by rirates. New Tork Times, y.-' Tor. the purpose of" allowing his two daughters, Clara L. and Jean' L. ticmem, o receive mv iiuaucmi pen mnirn ui .tub Hums tur iuq airaiwi nnaainia anffrn oe rime. hamiiet i.. Clemens, America's greatest hu-' morist and man of -letters,: has in corporated his pen name of ,; Mark 'wain,f-' .',.,.".;.:;. -f'"..., .--.-' v.- Thespian hss been under discussion hv tr f'lemens. Ka nh W. .JLsh- croft, his literary agent, and R. - A. - ManxllKM Hnhhi his lnsrail adviser. for mor than a year.' Bo greatly In-- terested has Mr. Clemens become In the. idea and so anxious has he be Mm to keen the financial benefit of his ion k ena arduous ue s wor wun- In hla nwn fflmllv instead Of allowing It to be niched away by strangers thst Mr. Ashcroft has spent every week end wicn mm w - hcuuiub, v.,,,,. wher the Clemens family hav been Hying since last. Jim. .:'('." :-:!- ; As a result of thes coJisulatlons H was decided that the surest way to keep the earnings, of Mr. Clemens', UVIAal VMUalUUe,!' - W ------ . a. a aWal . a ia av . LanlfS ' themselves expires, was to incor porate the "Marie Twain- Jiame useii. ' Th Mark Twala Company of New Tork has 'accordingly been .formed, tha nnrnnsa of which la to secure to tne auinor ana w nu ioihuj' in th nam de olum. ' Mr. Clemens himself is president of the company, Mr. aanrrnrr. u i binit miiu li cacui s. s Mr. Clemens' two daughters ana nis aaeraiarv. Ail. Isabella V. Lyon, are the directors. Mr. Hobhs, th attor-' hey, forwarded th articles or incor poration to th secretary vt ciaio u Monday, and they wer v formally ; placed on file yesterday. .' i . V Tha Delight of Mod,'--s.Sj Washington rosw. , . - : - The Swiss professor who " saya American children are kept too clean, and thereby started on the high road of mollvcoddlefsm, hits th nail on th head. Children, instinctively obeying1 a great law. of nature, despite finical mothers, hunger to get back to tha earth, to wallow and wade In good clean dirt, acd - to daub themselves from their dear little toes to theif in- qulaitlve noses In good rich mud. The frllled-up, speckles, spotless kll Is a parental crime against nature.,. a crim for which th child, must pay, In. after Ufa ' - v ' "t . There are three great,'? booming events In a boy's life. Th first, per haps, la tne moment wnen un ed dresses ar discarded for the first pair of trousers; the second is th thrilling hour of the first clscus, but none of these events can compare Jn utter happiness with the first tim s kid. escaping from the mother's too waicnruj care, in vuihiovo " --- and sweet defiance- .of dome ' tyranny, gets his nil of the ecstatie de light Of clean dirt and hisclous mud. ''-w .;,-... A Tne BUL ' - . V-.t-.1- M T3SaaiI '. r.- r ":-"'.".. t The Charlott Obsrvr a. - fc "Pnny1vnia i living: up to lti a.rvi iht. Atntft nf -tr ft ft. Ther. fs .'nothlnc.- particulflrty eurpriainf " burg. People have gotten pretty well ; accuatomed to looklrig for such things there, in Philadelphia and Harrl - UTh thing about this that hurts U IV a taft that It IS fact. " ' ' " " IlPiViiim a. " On of Oif Jlft tSen national KIt - Kvcr Produced on the American : Eircnii07AL3n ' : ; In tier Jfw.PIy .''- .,. V; TIIETL3T ; : By Jule- F,ckrt Goodman. The New York Herald aaye: "It is a plav that should be seen by every man. "woman and child in every walk of life." ' ' , Seats on sal- at Ha1-y s. l,Uys Sl-Ort. 75, 50. .r-n w f r r-rl lar -Tnttne Slid "! f..,l-ll llol. lay .sttmiii'in fUMD b i:. HOHR'S l i il'H TTOV The Greatest of A I the I 4 -v -' -''l . Comeily Miccfs-es , Ccr.'.'r.j Ti.ro I. - i.; Tom Waters as -'". 1 - l..-,na Thnihw-r a -Mrs. Ke! h' iil a A.iKhle-a (ompiiiy cf .. r-onie.i-.in. M"Cer, Inirnvri. --,''rv. t tne ami (Hlier l.uocti " V,f ins y ':' uificenco. v -a ( n c.il- tn-nnireow at It jley. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 28, 1908, edition 1
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