The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

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 Howard Hale in "The Millionaire Detective. For the first time since the third veek of the season, early in the fail' khe Montgomery Theatrv $ to De datA For six days this week Gosd altraS ions are promised for christmas WeeS; hnd for the succeedins weeks un..i late in the spring, but for the present. Ehere will be nothing doing at the Perry street playhouse.
 In this dearth of performances Ines- bian, the sBiJou, which mas been dark <aurinR the greater part Of the season, has come to the rescue. and will have, bu the last three nights Of the Wsek' hnd Saturday matinee. The Milhona .1atective." a play which Howard Haff nresented before a Mont emery au- hience last year. The BiJou, then. will be the only theatre In the city which Fin occupy public attention, but at the little playhouse 1t is mVre than prob nbie that the showing company will have large audiences,
 s.Iror ssThe Millionaire Detective Is hot a stranger to MontgomerS, and =heither is Howard Hall. The popular vounr actor played i1 the capitol city ast year in the same piece, aid he Ewas greeted with packed houses. Not withstanding the name of the piece, (which at once suggests the melodra- snatic "The Millionaire Detective" has nany good parts, and these were duly Appreciated last season, and will no doubt be as well received this year. Mn Howard Hall Montgomerians VIII ee young actor of promise and abiI- lty. Commenting on the play when it |vas presented in Montgomery last lear, The Advertisers theatrical critic Baid:
 Theatre goers must not be nisled by it's title s1rhe Millionaire Detective s ths -best play that has been produced ht the Bijou theatre this season, or any bther season, for that matter.
 "It Is a real novelty, this Millionaire c Detective. It Is novel because it gives ls new things. From start to hnish t holds interest. It Is an innovation in Inc amusement line and anyone who hppreciates newness and novelty must doff his hat to it's promoters. For one Ehinn it served to introduce Howard 1Hall to Montgomery audiences, and tor this Montgomery should be srate- tuI He is an able young actor ana ne s supported by a capable company.
 Ut was a beastly night. The rain boured, The temperature was low Ihe 6vind swept the streets. The reputation Eff Howard Hall had travelled ahead bf him. Despite the bad night, despite he rain, despite the biting cold, the hudience which filled every seat in Jake welPs playhouse gave Howard Hall a deception to Montgomery which must have warmed his heart. He answered. turtain cali after curtain call and the play progressed throughout witn tns Greatest enthusiasm and Mir. Hall ana his admirable company gave the Bi- lou patrons the best entertalnment that they have had this season..
 Tine MiIIiSnaire Detective"
 dash of mystery awakens the cu- riosity when the curtain goes up ana reveals the office of Robert Rose. rich broker There is constant refer knce to ..The Millionaire Detective the fnysterious man. but no one sees him. yet he does marvellous things.
 This Mir Rose has a clique of imam hal men bent upon his ruin who are hot troubled with delicate scruples. The beautiful Mrs. Sedgwick, Queen of h7renzie& Finance," with her brokers, has ruined Samuel Morrison, President of the Gotham National Bank very nstirn ns ble man, with charming daugf- CT. Mir. Morrison holds what proved ko he, forged securities, given him bs Mrs. sedgwick. for which he advanced large sums Mrs. Sedgwick and ~hei Econ" brokers plan to recover posses sion of these securities to save them selves from prosecutions MT. Morrison induced to bring these securities to their office, with a promise that they kviIl De redeemed in gold, Sir Robert sBancroft, a clubman, obtrudes himseli snto their plans, and unhesitatingly nroposes to murder the banker, and secure them for Mrs. Sedgwick, but m return demands 50, 900 shares of stock Sin certain railroad and by clever Ec sne Morrison is apparently mlurder- ed and the forged securities taken ano Unchanged for the railroad stocks kThen Mrs. -Sedgwick determines to be rJd or Sir Robert and so recover the |stocks now in his possession. pol Eoning scene is enacted, in which Sil Robert stimulates death, and the sup posed stocks are recovered.
 Through all this, the Invisible hand or the millionaire detective Is seen Rolling their evry move, and at tht moment when they think they have Accomplished their villiany, the taplel are turned and exposure and punish nent follow.
 There is a very pretty love scene be tweeh Alice Morrison, daughter of the .ihankem and Robert Roscoe, the young rnillio AirA$ broker. Sometimes previou' Ato inc 6pSning of the play, Robert Rose while on a yachting trip rescues Mis- Morrison, whose boat had been capsiz ed near her fathers summer residence on Long Island. Alice not knowing thu name cf her rescuer, meets him for thu arst time since the accident, while ae companying her father 10 the ofhSe O the young broker.
 The air of mystery that has enveiop ed the millionaire detective, does no clear until the last act. and who Il hef To tell would be to spoll urea Sor the thousands who will see tn' pIav this week. It. is most astoundinS and leaves the audience marvelins the denouement which is cleverly ie' up to by a series of masterly' incident that preserve the interest to theSver! last.