The Minneapolis journal., 1901-11-02

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The love interest between Arnold and Ly
dia developes during their stay on the
island, as does that of another interesting
couple, new" woman, who has adopted
medicine as profession, and a journalist.
The prince has fallen in love with Lydia,
and conceives a violent jealousy when he
notices the success of his rival. The band
OF castaways have an adventurous life for
eighteen months when they are finally
/ rescued by a passing ship. Lydia's love
| for the former secretary is such that Ward
is compelled finally to realize that there
| is nothing for him to do but to give his
! consent to their marriage.
/ Blanche Walsh will be seen in the dra
matte version Of Paul Leicester Ford's
| popular Revolutionary romance. Janice
|. Meredith" for the first
| JANICE time in Minneapolis at
| the Metropolitan opera
| MEREDITH" house on Thursday even
ing. The engagement
] will be for three nights only, with mat
. inee on Saturday.
II, in the book, Janice lacked in emo
| tional stability, In the dramatic structure
| she is made a creature of strong and well
| defined affections. The love interest be-
tween Janice and Fownes, the bondman,
| is made apparent in the first act and con-
| tinues throughout the dramatic action as
the principal motive.
In the first act Fownes has been drill
| ing the village militia for the prospective
war with England, and this organization
has procured large quantity of gun
| powder, which is desired by Washington.
The village blacksmith refuses to sur
render it to the American commander-in-
| chief, and Fownes plots secret departure
with this munition of war. Lord Cloves,
| suspecting the existence of this powder,
attempts to secure 1t for the British and
1 Ia ca AnfU re EONxy xxhn Txyit hn
| aid Of Janice, escapes and joins Washing
| ton at Cambridge.
In the second act. Fownes rides with a
| dispatch from Washington to General Lee
with an order to make a junction with
him for an attack on Trenton. Fownes'
( mount gives out and he attempts to take
Janlce's horse, Goggles" from the Mer-
| edith stables. He is seen by a British pa
troll that has taken refuge from the great
1 storm in the Meredith home and is fred
| on. To escape the British he enters the
| Meredith house and very strong love
scene takes place between him and Jam
| ice. She again aids him to evade the
British and he escapes on the horse Of a
British trooper. To distract the atten-
tion of the British officers Janice proposes
a toast, Success to Washington in the
midst of which her service to Fownes is
detected and she is arrested for aiding
| the escape Of a SPY.
In the third act, she is brought to
Colonel Rahps headquarters under arrest.
Disguised as a Hessian trooper to secure
| information for Washington, Brereton
comes to the headquarters Of Colonel Rail
with a dispatch from Lord Howe to Rail
which he has taken from a Hessian sol
der. Rail- insists that the spurious Hes
sian shall stay and celebrate Christmas
An insult to Janice by a Hessian officer
leads to his identity becoming known and
he is arrested as a spy and is to be exc
cuted.
The Continentals attack and capture
Trenton and save the life of Brereton.
In the fourth act Janice and her father
rabid Tory, have followed the fortune Of
the British and are in besieged York
town. Lord CORVALLIS selects Philemon
Hennion to convey a message through the
lines to Lord Howe. Lord Cloves. the
spy hears of this and drugs him to Sc
cure his passes to aid in a scheme to kid
nap Janice. This is frustrated by Colonel
Brereton, who comes into Yorktown under
a flag with message from
Washington to CORVALLIS. A very strong
love situation here intervenes between
Janice and Brereton. which results in
their betrothal just as the drums of the
two opposing armies sound the long par
/ ley'' indicating the surrender Of Lord
CORVALLIS to Washington.
isis Hopkins" that pretty pastoral
comedy drama, which is now In it's third
season, with Miss Rose Melville in the
title role comes to the
ISIS Bijou for a week, begin
ming tomorrow afternoon
| HOPKINS" at 2:30. So great was the
success of this really re-
markable play that ]. R. Stirling had II
/ entirely reeast by E. e. Rose, the author
| of the stage version of David Harum' :
This season Mr.. Stirling presents it again
in response to requests for. time from
many managers in different parts Of the
country, who wanted to give isis" tC
their patrons once more before Miss Mel
vile takes up the new play which has beer
written for her, "A Hoosier Cinderella
In preparing for this farewell isis Hop
kins" tour Mr.. Stirling has given the play
an entirely new production scenically, an(
in support of Miss Melville there is an en-
tirely new company, made up of some O
the best known character actors. Tht
story Of isis Hopkins" is simple one
natural and free, because It deals chiefly
with the homely country people Of Pose!
county, Indiana. isis Hopkins" is al
awkward country girl, the daughter Of Pt
Hopkins She dresses in that queer, old
fashioned style of gingham pinafore
striped stockings and pig tail hair, put VI
with funny little red side combs. A rail
road wants to get the right of wa.
| through the farm, and an agent come
along to get the necessary papers. Hi
efforts to this end give Sis her first in
sight into the duplicity Of the world. I
is a revelation to her, and in a most pa
thetic scene she announces her deter
mination to go away and learn to dreS
ian lie, an be Hike other people" Whe
she returns it is as q young woman o
fashion, only to find that her father ha
lost his mind and does not recognize hel
She slips away and returns clad in he
old clothing as isis" and singing her ol
fathers favorite ballad, brings him bac
to reason and recognition. The characte
Of Sis is distinctive and quaint an
3 original with Miss Melville. Her man
T nerisms, her odd, halting speech, th
humorous sayings and her teetering wal
make the character one of the most In
| teresting on the stage. When she is aske
to sign away her portion Of the farm 70
the railroad she speaks those lines whic
have become famous from one end of tn
country to the other: "Ye can't neve
make nothin' doin' nothin for nobody fc
nothin'."
at the Bijou following isis Hopkins" {
Robert Manteu in a repertory of Shaks
perean and classi
ROBERT plays, will be re
ceived with no sma
MANTELL. degree of pleasure b
the patrons of tn
Bijou. His repertory for his coming en-
gagement will include Hamlet" "Othel
To-" "Richelieu," Lady OF Lyons" "Ro
meo and Juliet" and Richard ILL.," HI
success so far this season has been ia
above the average of road companies.
Mr. Mantell has at all times been sur
| dod NV (fhia