The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-05
AT The ACADEMY.
TWO NEW AND POPULAR PLAfs y"
BE PRESENTED THIS wEhk'
A Woman of War. and the Americas" WE
Brilliant Work ia DO Presents" W
ceIIent Companies

A ,tgb, vyitN tho women OF the 'ohi''e
racv is the rather novel rnieflh''"'-''
which the management OF the A'a"-'-
promises its patrons. A company
lied by Mr.. VIM. DcSheuey an" ,,
by Miss Virginia Stuart WIN, WIZ ~,
assistance OF a thoroughly eohibs'.''
cast. present Mr.. Felix Agnus 'ha' "','s
novelette,. "a Woman OF Wal
dramatizatlon OF which, by Miss 'f""'-'
Malloy. has been generally is"t
az the best Southern play that has 'ee'
pIaced upon the stage. Verty WIZ ".
given TO the production by the use ~
speciaI scenery. which VIII Illustrate Nh1
localities In which the story had i'r a'iN"l
development While the auditors WI
have grim visagcd war and 10 l"''nli
ever before them. yet interest VIII ''"F
I'm Alice Bathcley, tru" daughter ~ VIC
South. who, although offered every h
ducement to betray It's cause, i'""l's
loyal to the stars aud bars. ana s'hii'S
ready 70 forfeit her very WI" I"i 'N'
principles they represent. TINS ""hla"
Miss Stuart, seeks 20 portray, Fho ls 'i"l
tied with success I'm ~ elsewhere. nhd
her dclineation OF the character r. 'i"iin'h
to be a surprise TO even those VINO ef-
pected much from this clever artistic, lief
depictatlon is said TO be remarkable her
tender solicitude her devOut 1fdDf, her
fierce outbuists OF passion, ana her p"f
trayal of heroiN sacrifices for tho Lost
Cause" are claimed 20 be so true ana g"
natural that her beholders are lei 10 De
lieve they meet an actual paftidphJi 10
those troublous scenes instead of seeiis
Its enactment by a refined and eDucDfel
woman.
THE AMERICAN GIRL,
The story Of The American Girl" the
n Fl.
tan Donneny. author OF Natural Cat"
Later on" ship Alloy" etc., which
will be played. IS Ak follows.
Jasmine lives with rer mother. az
Beechdale IN Virginia, where n young
artist, Phillip Devon, has taken mp bis
temporary residence: Jasmine and Phil
ip have beeh secretly married when
the play begins. Sampson Craft, re-
jected sutton for Jasmine's hand. holds
a mortgage on Beechdale and is about
TO foreclose and turn Jasmine and her
mother adrift. Ross Bolter, an actor man
ager, accidently stops at Beechdale as
the play opens. and Craft coming on the
grounds mistakes Bolter for jasmine
lover, and induces him by the offer o.
money TO leave Beechdale.
After writing n letter at Crafts dicta-
ton. bidding Jasmine goodbye forever.
Craft readily makes Mrs. Carew, Jas
mines mother believe that the letter wac;
written by Devon, and thereby gains her
consent 10 renew his suit with Jasmine
In the meantime Devon is summoned 10
New York, bids Jasmine goodbye and
the act ends with Jasmne's rejection OF
Craft and her avowal that Devon is her
husband.
The three following acts are dramatic
and interesting. Acts second and third
are laid I'm London where Jasmine and
her twin children-the result of her mar
riaGe with Phillip are in poverty and
distress. Her husband. whose real name
was Philip Fairfax, has become cele-
brated painter, and is interested in the
suit OF his brother to establish his right
10 the earldom and estate Of the Derwent
family.
Philip accidentally meets his children
but does not recognize them. and a pow
erful scene occurs In the residence Of Sir
John Balfour; the children break down in
an intensely affecting scene in the pres
ence OF the unknown father. Jasmine :
home I'm London. the attempt Of Craft 10
win her through threats to separate her
from her children. the persecution of Jas
mine by Lady Derwent and her daughter,
the timely arrival Of Bolter. (whO has be-
como a rich and successful manageD are
all episodes of absorbing interest.
The last act showing Derwent Castle
furnishes a dramatic denouement. Philip
recognizes Jasmine finds his children, and
through the death Of his brother succeeds
10 the Derwent estates. thus making Jes-
mine Countess of Derwent. and complet-
Ing her triumph over the dowager coun.
tess and her daughter. The play comes
| TO an end by the recognition OF the chill
| dren and a touching scene.-Adv.