The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25
Dustin Farnum in ..rhe vlrslnlan."

Ii2SQ rom owen WlSteTS s lnmeuBely popular novel of the same name. will be presented at the Montgomery The atre Friday night. with Dustin Far nun in the title role. assisted by a notable array of dramatic talent
 This play is well known as an in- teresting romance of the Western plains --one which takes holds of the sensi- bilities, charms the eye, thrills the emo- tions and represents an absolutely truth full picture of it's territory. Its types are faithfully copied from the book, and transferred to the stage without losing any of the charm which cre- ated the enormous demand for Owen Wister's romance Principally 1t is written about men, which is the ra- tional proceeding in country where women are in conspicuous minority, and the men belong to Wyoming, every one of them.
 '"rhe Virginian" is the story of the friendship of two men quite as much as the story of the love of a man and a woman. And it is in the third act where these two friends come together for the last time. and the Virginian captures Steve Burned cattle thief) that the strength of the play Is fully shown It grips the attention because of it's novelty and 1t tugs at the heart as the two strong men face the unal- terable problem of their lives-the one the hunter. the other the hunted. and the two friends who had shared the joys and. sorrows of life on the plains were parted. The scene has been judg- ed one of the stronRest ever written for a play and has much to do with the success of this very excellent stage portraiture of Owen Wister's widely read novel.
 Dustin Farnum seems almost to have been created for the Virginian, and his success in this role has been most gratifying to his admirers. The im- pression of physical strength, of manly elf-reliance, of honor, amiable aggress- iveness and of resourcefulness. so es- sential to the true character of the Vir- ginian. seem to have found a suitable expression through the portrayal of this character by MT. Farnum.
 The supporting company will include Frank Campeau in his superb charac- terization of the villainous cattle thief, Trampas. Bonnet Musson will be seen as the misguided Steve: Frank Vail as the irrepresslble Honey" Wiggins, and Mabel Wright as the Vermont school teacher heroine Molly Wood. Others in the cast are: Frank Nelson. Harry Holiday c. R. Gilbert. Craig Muir, Lillian Corbin. Bessie Starr and Elean- OE WllLOIl
 Blanche Bates. in "The Girl of the Golden West" is passing on to the 500th performance of the play at the Belasco Theatre. New York But Misa Bates must begin her out-of-town tour in Boston tomorrow.
 ''The Rose of the Rancho" by David Belasco and Richard Walton Fully. which was produced in Boston last week. had copyright production in London November 3.
 Evelyn Vaughan. the pretty Kansas University girl who plays the title role in the Eastern College Widow" com pany, is bringing out a new book of college stories in which sho promises to give George Ade few human inter. est sketches on the real life of a real eollge girl. This will not be difficult, because where MT. Ade went to college they didn't have girls. This may ac- count for why he always shies so quickly when they talk about him be- ing engaged
 Ruth St. Denis, whose East Indian dances have won for her the apprecia- tion of New York, London and Paris, has created a sensation in Berlin where her dance of Fhada has been introduced as feature of the perform