The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-04


from at the two taeatexs during
the week iiss, closed. but In point
IL Of quality the palm must De given
ee;o FToauaan's clever Company thai
give three representations of Sydney
Grundy's society drama Sowing tbs
Wind" The players were a. good as TIE
play and Il proved sufficiently sasssfacsery
70 draw three full houses Notwithstanding
the stormy condition Of the weather tas
last two days. Oar sa.iy and his style
OF plays cater 10 the general pubic elfh
Q strong leaning toward the gallery gods
He Is popular with The masses and almost
the last Of me nearly pe~sed away gene
alton Of old school, actorA. Mr. Sully's ueE
play, 'Cpcie Bon" In wei! sgsiied 10 ms
easy style ou. the play needs streEg then
Ing Ia tts dramatic force and some of sts
incongtuittse eliminated. With ths proper
improvements Uncle Bob saouid become
popular enough 10 last Mr.. suiiy'a long
and successful stage career. The Tiaisd
Avenue struggled with Two Married Men
ali the week and as tns pay furnishes
plenty of fun 10 create continued laughter
from that standpoint. Two Married Men
may be considered Ia have been a success.
"Pudd'nh Wilson" which comes 10 the
Seattle theatre the las three nights OF this
week. ia a triumph in a kind OF realism
that all OF US can see mora OF to some
profit.
Everybody knows the story OF ''Puddn
head wilson" or. al any rate some part
OF II. The scene IL laid. In the prologue,
away back in 1895 IN which year. by an
accident. thai, by the exercise of great art.
the author has msee as trivial AS possible,
two children. one of gentle birth. the other
the offspring Of mUIatto slave, are con
fused or the day OF christening. That error
goes undiscovered for .wenty-thrce years,
DURING which tim9 she siaye-chiid grow
I'D TO be \ Gen.ieman-siain, while the boy
Of htxh birth comes to he 4 stout young
fellow Of nns proportions. whose slave
trainina eanno. obscure The inherent gen
tleness OF his characts. nor the vigor cf
his manhood. What possibilities. whes
cast about with soIIe little iove-mateheS
and set upon a scene In which the tracing
Of crime leads straigh. TO the confusion
Of babes Just mentioned. could be more
interesting.
''Pudd'nhesd Wilson il a lawyer In the
South. In 1886 ne had been psactlcing for
two years and had had no case. In 1873
his condition was exactly the same. la
the little town OF Dawson, Va. he lived
AMONGST a motley population. Typical
collection NJ homhaslIc magistrates and
top-heavy citizens. who had faith In moth
Ing they did not know and who knew noiA-
ina, Grained with The gentlenesg OF q
woman and softened by tenderness even
20 great. mighty in ruggedness of char
meter sueh was "pudd'nhead Wilson"
In all that dreary waste OF years. In which
mn client came 10 the Wilson law off.ce
the attorney buAlad himself with the prose-
cufion OF study In when. as n boy h.
had become interested This WA TIE
seience OF palmistry. For many years he
had pored over the hands OF his fellows Of
Dawson, enduring their iesfs with patience
% long as .hey endured his examinations
without personal violence. Along with his
study In paimistry. he pursued particular
" that branch of & which relates 10 The
prints Of the thumb. very old sc!eue,
aud one which has attained a high degree
OF DEVELOPMENT in certain parts OF the
earth On glass tablets the thumb prints
OF every man woman and child az shs
country abou, Dawson ara In Il. wcY,.
taken. recorded aud aisd away for studs
70 intimate with them ali dd Wilson he.
come that he could name any one % Then.
anart from lis label, ana he did indeed
pass through just such an ordeal in q
moment when hls reputation fer SANITY
was At stake in court 81 justice
Thus II came aNou' that. twenty-three
years after the error OF the christsatne
when the slave child was taken To M
bosom or the gentle mother and the nerrsss
rejoiccd that now her boy. could never T.
sold into the terrible bondage EXPRESSED
by that significant term down flhhsr.'
Wilson had on Die the thumb marks If
TIE habes IL Is important 70 remember
tAat these marks were secured hafora th..
confusion Of me children Wilson ais,
possessed the tna3ks Of Tie two bows q,
various eses from three 20 their natarltv
but he ha3 never compared all at Them
critically hy accident one day ha founa
that there Mas crossing II marks tina
IL that Tho baby mark O, Tenn prlseau ,hn
nephew OF Judge Dr'sco3 had changed
plsces IN satsr lifs 0ifh that - Chambers
tie white elsys iaa. TAe confusion knc.k~.s
WILSON'S theories iuto nothing and ae4rfy
Frustrated aim. anti nfm IN tAs eoev{e-
ton OF hs correctness ~ sat4arfv s-p
upon the oaY a7iu'ior ~ the mystery at.f
saw. herr.n>t, ne meaning ~ thc .veh4y,sr.
OF marks. Tals tuSsdvHt furnishes IA. 81,
luton OF foul crime. supposed q be rars
mitsed er slaves aad fastens he sr-l,
oeen Tom pF1scoll. Who pays the ,iH "a
OF the piece
Three eompap.~s a., make up .A.- rs.,-.
OF the nna~-n'ru5s ;a~ thu ear,,t,,4. ,. 81
"a ras Seattle ;e,ateg. ,he afs.. "Suan
l@sie opening - engagement tonight s,.i
repeating The performance tomorrow Mica
the second Nil ~ tie over popular a.,
tonty lAan3. whilh NJ remain far -,
DAYS. Taesasy suA "Wednesday ami ta.
last "Ptiid nhsas Wilson" witch -,
close out sht wee ana give A F,asfn~e
All ,sree rlAys have lcen seen in S,.a 81.
eefors ara 1hs regular theater going -,la
lie IL f1ly ap ;o :ae merits of each afa
vii attend accordingly
''ceon Hollow, satd 70 D. sfror.
rcn~nIe drama wei icnIayet wlth sN2ff,-.g,
work, VII opeu weeks engaktfrsfs. a.
TIE Third Avenue 1heasSr tals pvssss,.
The play is new 81 Seattle ans r ~.
company r. MAJ . c,aiuea Yer H. Il =
be well recelvcA
IAst Highly realistic a0f sus~ssst.I furfe-
drama The Snsn 81: llfs" VIZ hs .s~r
a. tie Seattle sheatsr tonight. Su~saY aed
Monday Uight, TEE story g tAs nav y
familiar - thestyt scees al the gas..r
VIII is wonderful Auuaa Nrsts1 snG greg.
aso1aauss soe-s. hss sirce rs lass r-es-
entstior sere become tne lax % feur
continents M William Caas1e ano ~
peesonaliy saFeTtnlcud tae production. hax
given has SsVarfir play = uew dr~S< %
While II MS glay.ag gn Naw YORK wn4ss
Il eoeHe3. a. the scenery ~ ne original