The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-18
LONE or THE BEAvssr.-
The Play That viii he Pr~se.sss
Monday Might.

The FsrsmsL'- Herald.
Almost any play with 8 fireman In
the cast Is calculated to awaken The
heart Of young America: but IL could
no, begin to reach ;he syfnpathfes and
plaudits OF an audience, AZ does Mr.
charles Mccarthy as Larry Howard
in One OF t.se Bravesf The play i
lad IN three acts, all within i sfs,.e, :
throw OF the Five Points. New York
This locality has been represented
frequently IN FLOOD and thunder
snaps, but III One of the Bravestr in
Is faithfully reproduced. and the
characters are all real people, doing
and saying natural and funny things
While Mr.. Mccarthy has assumed the
burden OF the business. il il not by
any means orae-man play There il
lots OF work for the other player, and
! IL Is surprising TO zee the very clever
eoierie the management have been
ao 10 obtain in supporting the star
Prominent among these is tie lnviae,-
bic William cfonin. who imperSonates
All Irish woman. Gronin. IN
viii be remembered became ia
nous while doubling up with William
Seaman. VINO nov stars in some play ;
OF fais own Cronin's rendering OF the
oiflcious, iraselhie. yet withal, big
<hearted Irish woman, is simply inim-
itaole, and next 40 the star, received
unstinted applause. But ii would be
unfair 10 the others in the cast. to
Withhold the rapturons applause that
greeted every turn. They are all
painstsking and conscientious actors.
working together with one purpose
and end. and Welding, as result. an
unequaiied dramatic success The
great scene. however, occurs in the
second act. at the barning of Widow
GSogan's lodging house. With charm
ing accuracy, the artist presents a
block on tl,e worid-famous Bowery,
and right before the audience togers
upward, tenement house, thirty or
more feet, SO complete is the optical
d-lasion. None oil the details are
lacking Pots and roxes from which
trail natural flowers. fringe the win
dow coping. Nothing il lacking. ana
breafhiessiy the audience awaits the
climox. Ii comes. and in an instant
tife house is in an uproar. The pierre
ing shrleks of the imprisoned VIC
Tins ring out over the audi
torium; great pillows of smoke roll
out Of the windows. and then with
vicious fury. immense tongues of
| flame coil around the windows. The
spectators move uneasily in their
seats, and look for the ex q. The ire
ereeps 20 the upper floor and the
/ flames get boider ard boider. Above
/ the din, and cracking tiinhers are
heard the shouts of two children.
/ They are ali real shouts and convey
the demand for help. There is con-
/ siderable excitement on the stage, and
people rush franticaliy in and out OF
| the building, but the succor for aid is
not ~ hand. IL begins 10 look As
/ though the people in the house must
| perish. Suddenly woman's Voice Is
/ heard, Help, help" she shouts.
and then falls back into the seefhing
mass. But scarcely have her words
/ died cut when. with rush, come the
/ firemen. A sigh of relief goes out
( from the al Hence, aud number OF
men begin TO feel as though
they ought TO go up on the stage and
help the boys. But there j. help
enough. Larry Howard Is there, ana
/ in a twinkling be scales the Pompier
ladders and crawls mp he front of the
building like a lizard. Below. the
boys have spread net and await the
! return of Larry. who has vanished
I through window on the top floor.
/ They do not wait long. for almost inn
mediateiy he reappears. bearing child
/ in his arms, and amid the widest
/ shosIts ever heard outside Of Demo
cratic convention Larry Howard
swings down the life rope in safety.
Four other inmates crawl To the third
story windows and hnrl themselves
/ into the net below. Scarcely have
/ they reached terra frgaa when the en-
tire structure falls 10 pieces, while
/ the curtain drops upon as realistic n
/ scene as MAS ever shown on any stage.
/ The scene lasts eleven minutes, but 10
/ the audience il appears like an hour.