The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18

deep beneath Chinatown. where ne mas a choice of starvation. eating food that Is deadly with opium and taking her
 Next, Kremer bethlnks him of The Clansman," drawing moos to theatres by exploiting the black and white ra- cfal question. 50 he has the Woman of Fire introduce a lusty, lustful ne gro Into the dungeon s aaJo9ining ng ine hne prisoned. The husband has almost cho- sen opium rather than starvation or his PyroteehSn,ie mic adTireri fa ana pse Siaiogne through the wall which separates them. when he hears her scream or terror of the assailing negro. up eo .o taken jocularly, but now the sight oL the frail white wife In the grasp or the burly black ruffian. with the dis tracted husband unable to save her, silences and awes the people. But they resume their laughter when the negro's mulatto mistress fools him py substituting herself for the wite in the dark.
 Two of the seasons rousing plays.
 Cape Cod Folks" and ArewsteT.s a storm at sea. What does Kremer do
 to scuttie and sink themY The nus
 band and the wife are now likely 10
 be rescued: so the author puts 1t Into
 the head of the Woman of Fire U
 have her pals pack the prisoners Tn
 trunks, carry them aboard subma-
 
 and sneak away with them under wa ter. But the husband breaks out on the way to the wharf. charters sub- marine tarpedo boat, and gives chase to the bottom of the ocean, There the kintescope man, the trap drummer tn
 the orchestra to the operator of the thunder machine behind the scene, an- noy the fish and amuse the audience with such deep-sea battle as would
 set Dewey away back to the simple " of Nelson in rhe art of nautical rfs nA he husband Sfgna surface with his rescued wife In his arms
 i is over, all but the applause. Nay, no. | It Is noe yet 10 o'clocg, and such pew religious dramas as John the Bap-
 tista and The Prinee of India" ale | Fire" So Kremer takes long breath 1 (whiIe the husband is spending ten years in prison on false conviction of murder and suffers more at sing ! Sing that any hero m the Siberian | plays of snowy tortures ard desper-
 ate escapes) and then swelis his chest | Christian piety. It Is here that tn 3 | Woman of Fire soaks the child In
 kerosene and Is ready to do her worse ana mother imp1ores her to relent and repent The idea of relenting doesn't , appeal to her a bit but the suggestion
 of repentance strikes her as good
 @Repentv' she cries, with some ha-
 has of fendish laughter, why. heaven
 never lloSld hear hear sner, me; nsr knees to her full height and chantingly re- cites: "There Is more joy in heaven I over one sinner that repenteth than
 ninety and nine which need no repen-
 "Who says that
 "The holy scripture.
 lumihes mhees0e9Rbi e Dig siBie. iB and .t sGtomat, icalIy--or Ifiraculously-opens itself, turns page after page and finally lies widespread for the woman to read the verse. Then she reports so effectually | that, after her angered pal has shot her to death. a troop of angels slide
 to glory when the kintescope man re- | verses the crank. This climax anects l the people seriously, It does not
 They snieker wnen essvas tne SiDie snd isughs | when the curtain closes in on the
 spectacle of the badsto -go.9Sd ,Nso woman s
 nlgat to heaven Nsoerltneless; so@lIna sSccess l A stage woman from abroad is Es-
 telle de Broglie. princess and pauper. There is no doubt Of the genuinehess I, i Robert de Broglie, was born to; 1t is sure thing In the annals of French
 Aristocracy; and he and some other de Broglies were stamped sterling by the | Astors. our best connoiseurs in for elgn blue blood, when they were guests
 several years ago. But Roberts mar
 
 and there is a whisper that she was 1 an artists model and bouievarde chan | teuse before that l wouldn't wonder
 vobes if not for Eoddesses without, or, no matter what she was born to | through a mistaken choice or parents i she looks as though her maker lntenae1 s and never to bend over wash tuo.
 What l can't tell but would uike to,
 IS what she worked at before she got l Al oh
 saysPbut why break rule neyr 10 | print a word from a Drass agent?
 All of Estelle de Broglle except her born. She hasn't the slightest trace l of French accent n her English.
 Prince Robert Is with her, and he l Gould's Castellaine. He says that, be- ] ing cast out by his prcul fanny, nc
 cmae to America to earn a Ewing for
 his wife and 6sSiy; iyov,I3f Iieaff pc and otf tbat m
 when his sorry plight got into publi- | cation, a vaudeville manager onered haps the publication and tte contract 1 were in reverse ord9r. Anyway, the | upshot is that a real Prniness Estelle de Broglle Is on view twice day tn
 The princess wears big black hat,
 a soft white gown, md an air of the
 intensest reinementi , ais': & stotg Ui,oL or | of diamonds ~ hich, II as good as they | look, would list up at many thousands l of dollars ssJust before Ter entrance. | Prince Robert has taken the seat of l the orchestra leader, and their baDv | has been brought tO the front Of an upper box. Princess Estelle isn | stage frightened. She may have | merely preserved her drawing room
 ease of department; and then again | he. fine department may have come | of facing many boulevarde audiences. She sings two arias. and then Annie l Laurie" with the confidence but. not ! the voice of prima donaa at charl- | ty concert, bows politely to her hus- | band throws some kisses to her ba- l audieace. the vaudeville exhibition ot | a princess Is ovsr, and the .placards at the sides of the stage are changed 10 | Avery and Hart coon comedians. 1 Franklin Fyles.