The evening times., 1901-11-25
THE PLAYER FOLK.

messed the performance OF "A Chance
Ambassador by James Hackelt at Balti-
more Saturday night
The play was presented for the first
time on any stage and under the per-
sonal direction of the author, Ed ward E.
Rose, whose specially has heretofore been
in the line of dramatizing widely read
stories for Charles Frohman. In h's new
piece Mr. Rose has provided Actor Hack
EFT with part in which his feminine ad-
nirers viii find much to delight them,
/ even If the men will watch the perform
/ ance with no little interest ana come to
| the conclusion that Kari RansaIer is about
| the most ,-onderful creation ever seen
/ anywhere
| Hackett Is, of course. young Rensaler
! he has been a telegraph operator and
/ train dispatcher on a Western railroad.
| and later, al Yale. was captain OF the
! varsity eleven There is a lot of yell"
| business introduced during the perform
/ ance, and while the descendants OF the
| late Elihu Yale were much cast down Sat
/ urday night by the outcome of the HaT-
| ward game, they were visfbiy cheered up
/ by the miraculous feats accomplished by
/ the representa- of the class OF '94 in
| the mythical principality OF Brissa.
! Whenever Rens8ler and his two Yale
/ chums, Hartley and Brown, cared to at
/ tract the attention OF any of the good
/ people OF Brissa and particularly the taV-
| eTn-keeper- they merely expanded their
/ chests and gave a good old rousing
| "Brecl1-a ko-ax-ko- -ax-ko-ax" and moth
/ lDS IN The place was 800 good for them.
DIR. Hackett. or Karl RensaIer. as he is
STYLED by the programme, is an attache
/ or the United States Embassy at Paris al
/ the time the story o. the play opens He
! mas saved the Princess Alicia Of Brissa
| iroln runaway Just what means he
! TOOK 20 stop the maddened steeds is not
| disclosed, but doubtless it was by means
/ OF hard, low tackle The princess faith
| or, long since dead vas dispossessed of
/ his throne by the usurpiag king who is
about to conveniently die, TO permit the
dramatist to proceed with his stirring
| tale.
/ Hackett and Alicia have but brief
scene in the first set, but it is enough to
/ let MIN appear in evening clothes with a
/ bit OF blue ribbon pinned on the lapel OF
( his coat This, he explains, is the color
| OF his college, but he generously refrains
rom rah-rah-ing. perhaps because his
/ companions are not or the scene
/ Hackett quickly gets down to his love
/ making specially and when he learns the
/ princess must go 70 Brissa. where the
/ people are actually demanding her pres
l ence that she may succeed to the throne
/ ne conveniently gets orders from the
/ state Department to proceed to the king
I dom and zeaIOusIy guards the interests
/ CT the United States Government. Of
/ course. there is crafty Prime Minister
/ OF Brissa. who seeks TO marry Alicia to
/ one Of his Own Viking and II is 70 frus-
/ trate this plan that the Hackett stage
] hero is dispiaJeG 10 the best advantage
By means CT q tiger pin. which
1 the valorc'is Rackett secures after
Inn -Trrrr he
/ percut that would do credit TO Kid
/ Mccoy, all things are possible. even en-
( trance to the royal castle where the
/ princess Is TO be hurriedIy welded to sat
I isfy the schemes of the Minister Of
State. The pin causes Hackett to be mis-
/ taken for the hUsband-to-be and he i'm
nzediateIy enters into the spirit Of the
/ situation. He shows men whose lives
/ have been spent in diplomatic circles
/ few new tricks. tells the princess 10
fear not III save you laughs TO sCOrn
the "ha-h2 $ and -Curse-you's'' Of the
/ Prime Minister and finally sends one OF
/ the Yale chaps to the telegraph station
! with bundle Of papers that bear the
| evidence OF the Prime Minister'S faith
! IessHess.
! But. wonderful and weird as the early
scenes Of "A Chance Ambassador are.
/ the fifth act attains the very acme of
/ thrills The scene is the telegraph sta-
/ tion at Konisberg- Things are worked
/ up very much as IN Secret Service"
/ After fighting several duels. winning over
I a number Of friends OF the minister 70 his
side, the important papers arrive and are
( tossed over to Hackett. who. smoking
/ pipe-not q cigar-calmly unrOIls ths
I messages that are TO call the troops from
Z la +o El-fc
/ the work Of the Prime Minister'S bidding
! and establish him on the throne The
I telegraph operator Is not there. and the
minister noting the fact takes coura &c
"Ha, ha," he joyousIy exeIaims. you
may have the papers, but you have no.
/ body 10 help you.
I "oh yes. I guess have someone pretty
/ near here" unconceTnedly replies Hack
EFT, and with this he starts to tick out the
1 Morse code
Fooled. by Cad, sirruh," yeIIs the
I Prime Minister, and with a quartsIte Of
/ his men makes q dash for the telegraph
I operatortrafn despatcher-fo football play
/ eF-ambassadoT hero But James K has
/ not played the heTOiCs for nothing during
these past few years and calmly picking
/ up a sword that happens TO be convenient
4 " near, beats of his asSailants while he
/ noncnalantly goes on sending the teIe-
graph orders
! OF course, the beautiful princess. Alicia.
| Tushes on at this opp0Ttune moment and
4 the curtain descends. with everybody in
/ the audience proud OF the young men that
I are representing the United States in the
! capitals Of Europe.
+ Hackett fairly Tevels in excitement AMI
love making in his new role. which af-
/ foTds him even more opportunities to
make the matinee girl declare him too
/ lovely for anything than anything he has
| vet presented He cannot take RensaIer
] very seriously, however But he makes
! him good-Iooking young fellow who is
/ constantly remarking ''by Joye'' and
! changing his costume when he is not max
! ing love 10 the princess OF putting to rOut
/ the plans of the villainoUs Prime Minister
/ His sentimental scenes are quite ade-
/ Quately handled and there is suficiency
/ of gasconade in his deeds of daring
/ Jane 0aker a rather new aspirant for
| stage distinction plays the Princess Alicia
/ with a good deal of feeling She is con-
! scientious actress and possesses more
| than an average share of physical beauty
| and a voice that is able to express the
| varying emotions quite satisfactorily
| Charles Kent is q crafty old Prime Mis-
ister. with a reminder OF Henry Irving IN
his makeup and work. William Lamp
! and Brigham Royce are the two Yale
classmates of the hero, and they bring