The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-10
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Dawn of Freedom at tn
Academy OF Music.


The gallery gods did shrek and roar
at the performanc OF sThe Dawn Of
Freedom. produced last evening at the
Academy of Music There Was enough
imaginary blood spilled on the stage 70
satiate the ardor Of the most enthusiastic
galleryite. The play. while IT pleased the
patrons of the upper portion of that
popular p~layhouses was not without us
fine points n lots of well merited APP
plause was bestowed upon the partici-
pants.
MIR. Paul Gilmore was the star and his
acting was of the most finished kind.
Time and time again this talented actor
was cheered TO the echo because OF some
daring heroic feat. In fact some of the
climaxes were little short of miraculous,
but they pleased the large and enthu-
siastic audience, which let no chance slip
by TO applaud. The role he filed was that
of Antonio Lopez. a Cuban patriot. a
very big thing in his favor is the fact that
he does not occupy the stage the most OF
the time. like many stars in such per-
formances. and he always gives the other
players a chance TO gain weir deserved
applause. His acting is entirely free from
the style CHdIdClcIiSt4t Vi II
of heroes in. melodrama, and his voice is
pleasing.
The play deals with the recent conflicts
between the Spanish troops and insurgents
in Cuba 1t is replete witt strong situations
and climaxes. The incidents are Logically
worked out and the plot wholly consist
ent. The plot deals with the insurgent up
rising in 1895, and from the opening scene
on a Spanish planters farm to the closing
act when the naval battle k place be-
tween the Spanish and American fleets,
the audience is kept in a state of excite
ment. The villain. Colonel Manuel Guz-
man. of the Spanish army, starts the ball
rolling by insulting the young Cuban
patriot. who has just resigned his position
as overseer on the plantation of Miguel
Rodriguez. Following this Guzman MUIR
ders the planter because of his desire TO
secure papers which the old planter held,
and which were to be used against MIN
on a charge of forgery. The blame for
this deed is placed upon the young patriot
and Ruy Ximens, a Cuban-Ameriean. The
latter is arrested and imprisoned by the
Spanish Colonel. but the young Cuban
escapes and organizes a band of insur-
gents. AimenS is 10 pt SHot -
stands in the way of sthe villain, who
wishes to marry the daughter of the man
he murdered. Then follow scenes in the
United States Consulate, the military
prison at Punta Blanca, an abandoned
copper mine. and, lastly, a Cuban fortress.
In the last scene a handful of Cubans are
rescued from certain death by the arrival
of the American fleet. The villain is
naturally put hors de combat, and his as
sociates in crime likewise receive the same
medicine.
Mr.. Edwin Walter as Ruy Ximens was
acceptable. Mr.. H. Rees Dawes as Major
A. Jackson Breenze, U. S. Consul at
Santiago, was clever and amusing. Mr..
]. b. Cooper, as Philip Gordon. a young
American Spectator, cannot be given too
much praise for the very able manner in
which he portrayed the character allotted
to him. His versatility was amusingly
clever and was executed without the
faintest trace of affectation. Mr.. Carroll
DAILY as the Spanish Colonel, filed his
part excellently and in spite of the Kisses
bestowed upon him by the g~alleryites his
acting was much appreciated. John D..
Germon was good as the son OF the rich
planter, and Miss Helen McGregor as the
sister of the Cuban patriot was also ex-
ceedingly clever. Her sudden changes of
manner were well executed. Miss Ethel
harrington filled the character of Julia
Rodriguez, the heiress, cleverly, and Miss
Ida Glenn as the newspaper woman from
New York was amusing Marcy Harlem,
Charles Hubert and Allen Edwards filled
minor DartS.