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1h. Lily and the Prince.

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 ,. oThe Lily and the Prince"
 U .s nerformed at the Grand yester-
 ssv w by Miss Mildred Holland and
 company, and received a hattering
 seception from large and enthusias-
 ,:o audience. says the San Antonio Daily Light
 This play demands ones spsc al at 4;on for several reasons. Firstly,
 4ho drama iself is decidely above .ho level of most plays of it's class. IT.. 1anq,aee has lyric sweetness, it's motive lofty and it's movement digni- fod and splendid. True, it often has ,,oments that border closely to the cheaper heroes, but never does it go hovond the domains of the sublime to tho ridiculous. "The Lily and the prince" canes like a summer shower after the arid dry season of cheating dramas that ask our acknowledgment ord are heaped upon us without req son without mercy 'The Lily and the prince'' is an oasis in a desert of 5oadwoOd and rot. The production or this play in period when poetry and higher resolutions have become matter for the least concern, would under the most humble of auspices n,nel a grateful attention and be an event of the utmost importance. It is . deliehtfu1 echo of the classic in dama. Around it all there is the at mosphere of the refined in art. Tn this very atmosphere Shakespeare suppe dthe honey of inspiration for his exquisitely sweet love lyrics in "Romeo and Jul ct" and the spirit Of the immortal Bard of Avon" seems to pervade the entire performance The trace of the ariist is everywhere apaprent throughout ''The Lily and the Prince The conscientious atten- ton given to every detail lends the production the refined atmosphere of the artist. The garden scene is not mere set. It ist he result of painstak- I ing research, and every piece in that beautiful set plainly reveals it. The richness of the color in the second act is not mera chance. it is studied, and forms striking contrast to tn grim hideousness of the following scene (the Council Chamber of the evidences of the painstaking and consummata artist.
 To satisfy the conscience of the ar. tist, for the sake of a thing worth while it was done, and tke result is manifestly a happy success.
 Of Mss Mildred Hollands efforts l one can only accord the highest Traise. The part of Angela di Savelli call for the most exacting demands Of histrionic effort To say it tra- verses the gamut of human emctions' l is to use a much hackneyed and mis. applied phrase, but it's use s pardon
 able here, for no expression could
 more aptly describe the enormous
 and excessive demands of this trying role. Miss Mildred Holland came
 through the ordeal triumphantly.
 There are two great attributes in
 thts role, and they dominate, purity
 and ardor, they must be evenly bal.
 anoed to carry conviction and must b.
 ever constant with compelling pre-.
 eace to insure an adequate representa-
 tlon of the part. Miss Mildred Hol-
 iand with a mastery of voice facial
 expression and consummate skill as
 an actress revealed this power, and
 pleasing and successful. Commenc-
 Ing, as in Juiet-of whom the present
 fole is highly reminiscent-from the
 unsophisticated love of a girl, it devel-
 ops, withstanding in delicate
 strength, all tribulations, until it
 'ursts forth into the glowing radiance
 of perfect love of a perfect woman.
 tilted with artistic sincerity, decided
 emotional force and temperament,
 MISS Holland should achieve the high