The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-12
-. chsstsned repentance Of Henry,
RI = unguarded moment. had sl-
. passion Of youth to besmirch his
u honor and right.
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h ~The Heroine Of -"
i -, vsepls Of Seattle anticipate dra-
- 80 in the presentation Of the Pa
- - drama, 1.-THE Heroine Of 49," ct
-. 1870 thsater next week. In the last
49, women dramatists have been
SunnIly scoring successes. their work
- % hit the popular taste. They
49, IA especially gifted In portraying
E-~rrvdsy family life with feminine
j: - md in . strong, masterfnl man.
~ Cnmpetent critics who have read
- NevNslls's drama, "The Heroine Of
\ 800 zen it played, have pronounced
2 80 vsy ahead Of any other border
f{s~e ever written. Every touch of
x~11r rufisnism has besn carefully
S,s111 ont. the author knowing that It
- - The element that carved out our
- Ayilisstion on this Coast, and that
- Hreonsuts were type Of noble men
~ uenea difficult to find In ordinary
- - still more difficult to end actors
Etprruusent these sturdy pioneers. The
- = arranged in i've acts. The cur
~ - in the FIRST act on the banks Of
"a 06annbis river, and falls ct the death
~ ~ane Martin Farnsworth, who has
- nesgled BY . bear. The second oct
"a snpne IN the Cascade mountains. where
ia. ne Indian maiden, 90 faithfully
1xxocsntDd BY Miss Essie Sawtslle, meets
- vhi1ps and calls down the blessing Of
- o1oat Spirit TO welcome them ~
- % the country that she owns and
49, hsvs come TO occupy. Having
~ etesnal friendship, she gives the
EIhxn that war il imminent, hides the
- women in the rocks for safety, and
ma - Of her own race with as true m
= = any dagger that ever felled Cesar.
r. - third oct In the love scene between
/ 10 Flanagan and Allilo. Miss Sawtelle
e4yed wonderful versatility in her
- She Il . dream Of deauty in her
|ttN buckskin dress, and Is charmingly
1901 IN hsr acting in the love scene
81 voa the appreciation of large and
kntkal audience in Portland by her clever
: ttuestation of the character. The high
80 pmsdy Of Nike Flanagan is full Of
FlpAaDd mirth-provoking laughter when
r. Rdduously devotes himself to the task
/ q 4sching the English to Allilo. who
|>meeAss on" quickly and turns on the
uuiA son Of Erin and tries to smooth ont
- tfogue. but Mike has just soft twang
= ~ turn Of his tongue and keeps it. and
pnss brilliant and manly idea finds ex-
- % in Mixes rich Irish brogue. The
lAss7etef Of Mike 10 impersonsted by Mr..
11sA y. Ward. . rising young comedian
utnyAs pleased many critical audiences.
~ he natural and humorous way he
Dkhs part Of Mike proves moro than
myt3ng else he has done his fitness for
/ - eHling he has chosen. In the fourth
- ~ cattle king, miser and 6hylock
= eEs, 10 full of tho dark side
dbsfaan nature, showing how . man who
hRo .othing but money can treat the
80 siie he has married to secure gov
qsnr3t land. Mr.. George Emmett as
Dpss2capt. Reming Is . favorite with
- Hss and represents q manly man in
r varied conditions Of life. His char
~ valuable study for young men,
49, 10 not flaw in it. The legal pro-
tuAsfvill be amused and entertained by
4stses diction and lucid expoundlng OF
UoehSpne by Lawyer 6nobbs. every line
q Vim the author heard from the lips
fshtyer in connection with case tried
~ courts of Roseburg. Or. in 1857. He
~ rss to eminence in his profession,
1ahs geld high positions of trust con-
tpd ,bon him by the people, being at
06s4 governor of Oregon. II person
~ be- done great wrong in his life
tnsmg b permitted to look mp through
- 1et - smoke Of his dark abode and see
MI ciisr eyes and repentant soul the re-.
nlb = his evil deeds. then It
kj14 lfissible that he is shedding as bit
~ teai:: OF repentance AZ he caused poor
Jaa 10 xhed IN the dark days Of 81. Then
=. 6nosbs. was expounding Blackstone ~
1sll b responded at the new Seattle
Aeatsr March IL. Miss Grace Sawin n
Jean 10 : clever interpreter Of her difficult
yule-s rioughtless child of Unmarried
lsioes She knows the meaning of the
vefd. parting with her mother. When
- scss into the wilderness. where all the
Aenon 81 frontier life await her, she
~ nsietains her tender. womanly faith
- On? eness that is the browning glory
q u y. mankind and the admiration of
~ vorls through all the ages.
Iassisst In Amateur Thsatricsis.