Evening journal., 1902-04-22

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Mary Mannering comes % the Grand
| Opera House tonight I'm Janice Mere.
dth.' In the first act of the play
Fownes, who afterwards becomes Colo
mel Brereton. of Washingtons stan. Is
"a bondman i'm love with Janice. Her
affection for fOwnes is made apparent
in this act. whereas i'm the book story
I it is held In abeyance until the last
chapters. FOwnes has been drilling
the village militia for the prospective
war with England. and this organiza-
tion has procured a large quantity OF
gunpUwder, which is desired by Wash
ington. The village militia refuses to
surrender 90 to the American COM
mander-ln-chief. and Fownes plans
secret departure with this munition of
war; Lord Gloves. suspecting the ex-
istence Of this powder. attempts 20 se-
cure It for the British, and In so doing
arrests Fownes. who. with the aid OF
Janice, escapes and Joins Washington
at Cambridge.
In the second act Fownes rides with
a dispatch from Washington to Cen
/ eral Lee. with an order to make a
! junction with him for an attack on
Trenton. Brereton's mount gives out
and bic attempts to take Janice's horse.
"Joggles,' from the Meredith stables.
He is seen by British patrol that has
taken refuge from the great storm in
the Meredith home. and IS fired on.
To escape the British, he en-
tiers the Meredith house and q
very strong love scene takes
place between him and Janice
She again aids him TO escape the Brit.
ish and HE escapes on the horse of O
British trooper
In the third act she is brought tc
Colonel Rahl's headquarters under ar
lrest Washington has crossed thl
Delaware and is prepared to attacl
Trenton. Disguised as Hessial
trooper to secure information fc
Washington. Brereton comes to ih
headquarters of Colonel Rahl. with
dispatch from Lord Howe 10 Rah
which he has taken from a Hessiai
soldier. Rahl insists that the spurious
Hessian shall stay and celebrat
Christmas. An insult TO Janice by
l1ossian officer leads to his identit
becoming known. and he Is arreted a
spy and is TO be executed Janice
, through a secret messenger, has sci
? Rahl's reply to Lord Howe. shown
the disposition Of the Hessian force
\ In Trenton to Washington. The Cor
y tinentals attack and capture Trento
\ and save the life OF Brereton. The bal
! tie tableaux at the finale of the thiI
D act are as startingly realistic as any
n thing ever before seen on the Amer
y can stage.
n In the fourth act. Janice and h'
father. a rabid Tory. havo followed u
D fortunes Of the British. and are b
!. sieged in Yorktown. Lord Cornwall
U selects Philemon Hennion 10 convey
n message through the lines to loi
U Howe. Lord Gloves, the spy, hea
r Of this and drugs him TO secure b
passes to aid IN a scheme TO kldn;
u Janice. This Is frustrated by Colon
n Brereton, who comes to Yorktoy
u under a flag of truce with a MESA
m from Washington to CORVALLIS
"The Katzenjammer Kids" come
the Grand Opera House tomorrow /;
ternOon and night. All well-regulat
theatrical organizations, as well
baseball clubs, carry a mascot. "i
Katzenjammer Kids" Company Is
exception TO the rule, and their ei
blem of good luck Is a black and whi
bun dog, which answers TO the name
"Nid Mccoy" The kid" as he is I
miliarly called by members of the col
pany, seemingly takes a great intert
in everything pertaining to the orgai
zation. Upon tire arrival of the COZ
pany in a city the kid" is among [
first to visit the theatre and looks oy
the place critically, carefully inspecti
1tftrr of
playhouse. Having made tour Of q
- premises he usually locates in the Il
lower corner of the stage places
head between his paws, and sett
down for a quiet nap while the sta
y hands are arranging the scenery
the performance When the compa
arrived in Paterson, n. j.. at the Ope
ing Of the season a rehearsal was ca
ed for 1890 o'clock. BY the time
members Of the company had asse
bled the Kid had finished his insp'
tion and taken his corner for a gu
i. snoOze. The rehearsal began and wt
y along nicely. until one of the spec'alt
was introduced. In the course c5
specially the trombone is used W
great liberallty. The blare OF the
- strTment aroused the kid" from wl
was no dubt a pleasant dream, spril
ing to his feet me uttered a fierce gre
land started for the Teutonic wi
jammer. Fortunately for the tro
bonist, Mr.. Blondell was standing NJ
the front of the stage directing the
hearsal and secured the irate can
before he reached the orchestra,
the trombOnist had taken the warni
that threatening groYl had arou
the Germans fear and, hurting his
strument at the dog leaped over
rail and started for the street IL
quired considerable pleading, coup
with threats Of discharge from
leader to induce him to return.
1t seems to have become an il
patent TO the managers of theatres
well as TO their patrons that no sea
can be complete or successfully rou
ed up without the appearance in
list of leading attractions OF Da
Belasco's play, "The Heart Of Ma
Illand." It's popularity. the intense
eustained interest OF its romantic st
combined with the strong individua
- sec humorous characters its