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The attraction this week at the Acad-
envy of Music is William A. Brady's scenic
marvel, Under the Polar STAR, The
play is an excellent one, the scenery beau
tiful The story opens with the start for
the North Pole. The act shows the study
of Silas Hamilton on Brooklyn Heights.
He is the originator Of the plan for the
trip to the Pole, and being too weak TO
accompany the men on the trip, he
promises them fabulous wealth Of they
succeed in crossing the Pole After ex-
planning JUS what he wants his men TO
do. Silas Hamilton bids his men goed-py
with the exception of his nephew, VIM.
Brandon, first officer in the United States
Navy, with whom he has a private In
terview. In this Silas ms
nephew and declares that he win never
permit him TO marry his ward, Helen
Blaine, with whom the nephew pretends
to be in love. While d~enouneing his
nephew Saas Hamilton suddenly becomes
weak after so much exertion and talnts.
At that moment, Harry Carlton. a surgeon
in the navy, also a nephew of Silas, comes
in to bid his uncle goodbye and sees him
lying in the chair with Brandon working
over him. Carlton K out his medlcine
case and tells Brandon to get out a certain
bottle and pour twenty drops into a glass
of water. Brandon. instead of doing as
he was asked. gets the wrong bottle con-
tanning poison and pours some into the
glass at the same time handing 1t TO
Carlton. At lis ome Helen Blaine
comes in and seeing Sllas taunton IN q
faint impteres DIR. Carlton to revive MINI
The gun for the departure OF the snip
beems at this moment, and Carlton, Isar-
ing to be left, tells Helen to give s,las
Hamilton a drink out of the glass Wnen
he ~revives. She does so and Hamilton
dies poisoned. h then writes a short
note accusing Carlton of the murder
The next act shows the steamer Hoiar
Star in danger among the ice foes. Helen
elaine, who wishes to be near her lover,
Brandon ships on the Polar star as a
cabin boy. 1t is in this act that she nndS
cut that Brandon is u~nfaithfu1 to her,
and that he only wanted her money.
Act 5 shows the steamer IN winter quar-
tiers surrounder by huge icebergs. wnere
she has been for two years. The captain,
John Hamilton, and Alexy, an Esqulmau
guide, start on a trip to explore the sur
rounding country During the captain
his control and upon the captains return
he is put in irons under the orders or
Brandon. Brandon then has Carlton ana
Alexy tied to the masts of the ship TO
which he sets fire, to destroy them They
are rescued by Helen Blaine, but the snip
being destroyed they have to live out on
the ice. ACT 4 SHOWS tuGII iuOdtlAS dAVuAA
on a huge iceberg, that is all that IS left
of the mpan which includes Carlton,
Aexy, Helen Blaine and Achille Radon, a
French scientist During this act Brandon
who has been recaptured by the Esquinnau
guide, cenfesses to the murder of Silas
Hamilton. The party is rescued by a re-
lief expedition, but net before rando
and the Esauimau die for the want Of
food.
Uric Collins as Carlton made a very
rood hero, and was warmly a~pplauded.
John Pierson as William Brandon, the
Villain, was also good The rest of the
cast was made up as follows
RADON. a scientist. George Webster;
washington Post, a reporter, who is
looking for information, Jay Wilson, Silas
Hamilton, J. Davies; Alexy, the guide,
Bert Truman; Helen Blaine, the heroine,
Miss Stella Rees; Maggie Braun. Miss
Edith PardeH and Flora Heath Miss
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