The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28

as 1t is played in the prairie towns. The
 few titled Englishmen that he has seen
 on the ranches have been source of amusement to him. and he Is loud in his denunciaton of the fops who wear han dles to their names and monocles on emp
 ty heads So well does Breuster stand
 with his fellows that there is movement on foot to nominate him for Congress.
 While the nominating convention is in session an English lawyer notifies the old fellow that for two years he has been searching for the lineal descendant of Lord Breuster of Sussex, England and that he is certain that his hunt is at an end Breuster is undoubtedly the man.
 The entire thing is joke to the old Tel low. What, Give up Congress and all
 that it means-free transportation on the
 railroads, free seeds for his friends, the
 speeches which he never delivered print
 ed in that sentimental periodical. the
 Congressional Record? Not much
 But 1t is shown that there are enor-
 nous estates going with the title and Breuster is far too sensible to pass them by. The result is that he agrees to go to England and be "a damn lord on account of the property. This brings the play up to the end of tho first act. When next seen Breuster is in England turn ing things upside down on a property
 where heretofore the felling of~a single tree would be considered a crime. He meets changed conditions and he de- nounces them in his hombastic way TO his notions the country Is all wrong lie
 means to show them how vo run an cleo
 tion and he is going to have the parish church wired for electric light Right at the start he becomes embroiled in an old family feud with Lord Wycherly. To make matters worse, the latters son IS madly in love with his daughter, and ms
 madness Is reciproeated. Then ms son becomes enamoured with young hns- fish girl Then he awalSes to the Tact
 that there he Is at his time of life feeling uneasy in the presence of a rollieking young Irish widow who can never De ms. All of these affairs are not straightened
 out until almost the fall of the final cur
 tain. There is a fareical touch given the
 comedy by the visit of two ranchmen 10 England to induce Breuster to return 'o
 Gods country and help the boys out
 at the ensuing election.
 The character of Rreuster Is said to ht MT. Crane to a nicety and in 1t he Is very
 happy Miss Hilda Spong is credited wish
 having made decided hit in the part oi
 tho Irish widow Mir Frohman has staged
 the play with his usual care,
 "The Man Behind the Gum The names of Charles F. and Harry 1 Clay Blaney stand high in the popular price amusement field. In the years Which they have devoted to catering to the class l of amusement seekers who frequent the | so-called popular. theatres they have
 never presented to them anything which 1 did not meet with a hearty welcome; l they have never put their name to any | production that was not first-class, and l 1t is a matter of record that they have
 never produced a failure; they know the | pulse of the amusement loving seekers | and henceforth all their energies and abil- | ity in giving them exactly what they | crave for
 | In their latest play. The Boy Behind
 the Gun" in which the well-known com edian, Harry Clay Blaney, Will pc seen as the star all this week at the biJou' | they have produced another play ~nicn. | like it's predecessor. Across the facihe,
 Is establishing new box office records