The Portland daily press., 1900-07-02

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Commencing tonight and con-
tinuing every afternoon and evening
during the remainder of the week. Man
ager McCullum will present his superb
stock company in magnificent scenic
and mechanical production of the sue
cessful semi ilitary drama, 1.-The Girl
Left Behind Me, /" written by David Be-
Iasco, the famous playwright, in oollabo-
ration with Franklin Fyles, the dis
tinguished critic of the New York Sun.
In 1.-The Girl I Left Behind Me- these
skinful authors have evolved play in
tensely interesting, patriotic and thor
oughly American IN subject, atmosphere
and character. It stands alone in its
class, being recognized as the greatest
Illustration of military life among the
Indians of the northwest ever written.
The scene of the play is in the Blackfoot
country, Montana, and the action occurs
at Post Reunion and Fort Assinaboine.
The locale of the play permits Of some
unique and elaborate stage settings that
have been taken every advantage of and
the stage settings shown viii be in strict
accordance with the description given in
the Century Encyclopedia Of the posts
and military posts on Indian reserva-
tions. The costuming is Of the military
order, and the play will be dressed by the
famous costumer, Laurene, of Brooklyn,
who made the designs that were used
ami accepted in the original production.
The time of the play is the 2na, Sr1 and
4th of July, 1890, so the appropriateness
of the production to next week Will be
quickly recognized. Mr.. McCullum will
appear in the cast with his company for
the first time this season and will inter-
pref an important role. Mabel Talliafer-
TO, the talented child actress, a fayorite
member of the McCuIlum company for
the past two seasons, win again appear
with the company IN a role that will dis
play her talents to excellent advantage.
Every character in the play has partic-
ular Importance to the story and the cast
demands the services of every member of
the company. The plot of the story is
developed from the love of two young
officers of the 18th u. S. Cavalry for the
daughter of the commanding general. An
order from the general government at
Washington compels the general to send
a detachment of troops to prevent the an
nua1 sun dance Of the Indians. The COM
mand is given to one of the officers,
Lieut.. Hawkesworth. Lieut. Parlow, the
accepted sutton of the generals daughter,
is with the party. A portion of the de-
tachment is sent forward to reconnoiter.
A message comes to Hawkesworth that
the advance guard is to be ambuscaded.
Hawkesworth commands Lieut. Parlow
and detachment to gallop forward and
warn the men in advance. Hawkesworth
follows with his main body. He meets
Parlow coming back. just then the In
dians fire on the advance and all are
killed. Parlow had time to warn them,
but his nerve failed him and rather than
risk his life he sacrificed those of his
comrades. By series of falsehoods and
circum stances Parlow has Hawkesworth
accused of cowardice, and a court martial
is ordered. 1t is finally developed that
Parlow is the real culprit and his disgrace
quickly follows The above is a mere
outline of the incidents that form the
basis of the plot The action of the play
is so rapid and the climaxes follow in
such swift succession that a detailed ac-
count of the play would require more
space than can be devoted to it. 1t can
be said to fairly steam with excitement,
deeds Of courage and acts of stirring SEN
timent. The sale Of seats is very large
for the week, denoting the interest that
the announcements of this production
has created. The advance sale is at Saw
yer's store, Monument square.
THE GOSMOPOLITANS AT RIVER
TON.
They are well called the peerless pur-