The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-20

critics declaring tndt IL VIII ploSe suc,
cessful., Inc ncW one 10 men i1e, o'ul
epeaKs ana is oy Elmer tranaln. Q
leading man OF known ability. Mr.. g Inn :
din plays the support to Miss Eva NJ cunt.
ford, who plays tho leading role.
Tho performances here at maunee anu
n,ght Wedhesdny, VIII pc the. second -; ana
tnird s.yen .ne new p!ay.t " so'nrp"s
IL, saw ~ ma.o ocsn enIcLui!y ~ ~.
plsvto ,,,s :; Nv r ttS
wns' erroreo,,s, ,rhn nin y Vii bn EVEN
& Wednesday Matinee and night.
Richmond will be tho first really critical
town to witness the work OF MI Gram
4 DIN az playwright, and much depends
on it's SUCCESS here. 8
q "A test Of the play for = southern tour
was given when tho manuscript WAS sub
rntted the Rev. Ernest M. Stire1. Il vr-t
sininn. now pastor OF st. Tl,omaa Church.
New York. It's returned tho mo nuscrlpt
10 the author and MANAGER with only high
praise for IT, IJe said that no corslderGd
It remarkably strong, Htrikingly original
and n yalua bio dramatic production
THE STORY OF TIE play.
The story OF when Her Soul speaks'
* told az follows: q
# II is, in the strictcst .cngc Of tho word
4 yomnn.s play, dealing MS It does with
tho life OF q wonlan. 1t Is. above AZ, Q
i clear, play. and t7no time by word or
suggcstion does 1t offend.
Tho scenes ara laid IN London and
South Africa, aud great scope Is thus
given for color and dra Ta tic poss'plll..fs
At It's first production, a n nbln critic. this
described tho scene: "rhroug,inrt the au.
dlencc was scattered n gathering OF dra.
matte critics, md many theatrical mnnn-
scrs--cold bloohed and hardened, II you
vii, but to thorn It was d matter OF
business. A new play was 70 90 proauceui
(. n Tot IL n NIL
netary point Of view. respectively.
cat the rise OF v,c curtain t,sro was
\ felt n q lanp,l1d feeling OF Interest, and
tho rattIng Of progra rlmes was heard
through tho house Miss Sountford soon
appears; a silence comes over the scene
as she speaks; thcn you feel the a udicncs
settling Itself: the act ends, ard a gen.
nine burst OF applause breaks out. The
woman has made thcm feel. The curtain
rlsna IN thu second net, Here Is seen an
inonroyised military hospital on the South
African vcldts Here the woman. "Rnth. 4
tell, her experience. There Is an opprcs.
~. e, ,,.srd. n,'th oactre,s and as she
finishes there In a Sigh OF sympathy and
y then a hearty round OF a applause .h' ~
Iy','8FEI . 8
From now on. all IS interest, srowins
atronger all the time. until We come 70
Miss Afountford's scene with E''nice.
And what a scene. Begun IN all humility.
~. ,,,aad. ehc Ska conpn ssion from The
womnn abe has wronged: every Ecar'
h.nis ,re.nonsivc 10 her emotion. Tie NO
nnan'fio return heaps insult and scorn
unnn her. Then the sudden transition
from the suppliant 10 tho tgrcss as she
crc,cs out the words who are you:
Who are you"
A.e - "iI,o curtain falls, Miss
Mountford Is REALIZED again and 2 gam. nc
han,e fallen under tho spell OF this wo.
.nan,, magnetism, and the power Of the
Nav Then comes the last scene, when AL
FRAT which is best and noblest 10 tne
Il womanf ONE. TO the surface. and her
80, sncaks. For truly you know that
s ~. Sn,,an hasa soul-she makes you
~, ,tAnd the final curtain falls not
a,,I., ~, 4 successful play, but the ahso-
4 NJ, uta ,ri,,mnh OF a splendid actress. We
YOU have earned It, Miss Mountloto''
.,au, -.
On October lst, ALBERTA n ..a,,a p ,he
sents "Ghosts." tho lhsen drama 0a' = s'''
Academy.
,,,,,,
ON Thursday night the Acauens ~.
offcr "Reaping the Harvest. p'ay Wv WV
= strong love story. ,,,od
Tho play has never oetoIe os $3.50 tn,,r
or the synd Icate Circuit. !. maan W. ~ W. a..
;n6ependently last year trusting ~ ~
own powers to draw, playing many q
nc smaller towns and doing q gooa ous'-
ness. Besides, It made such sooa nam. nu,mo
for Itself as an attraction thas ne ss now
cate took 1t " ths ss e.. a,.I.s ,nd the
being booked for the o's c'''es An0 ~
big houses. !.
The play Is powerful in its cllma*es, -
said 10 be well staged and and mas t. q ca pa pa
tle cast. 5s & .5
49,
Flo Twins illness has compelled her
10 petre from the stage for TINS SEASON o..
snd her engagement at the AcaoemS LOT
Friday and Saturday Is cancelled
MISS Irwin has just been. reconelled 70
her sister, May, after q nine years, pc
riod. when neither recognized tho other
The 10y OF having her sister back again
completely unstrnng her nerves. ana th's
Z houtf her tillnees,