The Washington times., 1906-12-04
ACADEMY AUDIENCE GETS
GOOD VALUE IN THRILLS

one feels inclined to congratlIIata the
parents OF THE Little Major. a Child
or the Regiment" who IS spending rho
week al the Academy upon tba facf ,Esf
s.-e - an orphan. Their troubles are
over she Is = good child DIucIyX- frIys
pendent, nigh spirited, but sha csr,s r.
- hod4u De the death OF any we'll re111-
lated par -nts, She lacks diScfDIine g
ne FlIly-elghth L. 5. A which
she adorns She is a Bit boIsterouS g
is Charles +. Bianey-s plaV ~ ugl,icT
sne IS the heroine -'o14
she has boundless anection-ob of
Us. ne hliaI sort-for Tom HadIey. who has
brought her up. Tom is The regi[,s-tsI -ro
gambler He Is ''be-raye as "a If0T, = -
4ope!essIy IN love with his coioueI's
daughter. who is betrOthed To the ~el,f
mental paymaster- No. indeed, not the
NlIlaini there isn't any villain only
mistake Tom sees his colonel srrarrle
with a ma4i aHd break away from IN,
ne nncs the man dcad-StrangIed-h
the coloSS! does not know. So Tom TO
save from STAN the name Of fhe Girl ba
loves. takes the murder on himself IISt
now man coulC gTapple with an an
tagonist SO feTCCiOusly as To strangia
nm and yet honestly believe another
man guilty Is one of the unsOIyed y7,-s-
teries OF melCdrama. And why II V,as
necessary 10 strangie him; why nor Ief
hiTn e Cf heart failure induced nv me
EXETER f5Se cent OF the struggle. only Mr..
OF course Tom HadIey escapes from,
the guard house and the Little Major
STANDS OF MS puTSuers while ne ma Ees
MS getaway. They track him to a
TdnCh mouse and trap him there Rut
again he escapes and the I,ittIa NTaJ1r
covers his retreat with the colonel.
gun. which she has abstracted from MS
pocket. Oh, she's all right. the Little
NdaJot! SeVeraI OF the audience said
The paymaster who is to marry the
Go4oiltI daughter starts out TO bring
Hadley back. dead or alive. They meet
zard and fight Tom wins out ut Of ",f',s So1rse n-s1
and spares his antagonist for her
sake It's a lovely blizzard; the trees
away the wind like-weu. Ike moth
ing so much as roCaing horses.
Tom brings ms wounded adversary
back to Fort LOOk0ut-stiIl FOR her
sake gives himself up to trial for
murder. The trial is interrupted bv an
Indian attack. Tom. of course holds
me ptidge alone. The paymaster. with
his dying breath. tells the colonel that
ne himself is the murderer The colonel
anxious TO make amends. makes Hadlev
a captain on the spot bestows his
daughter on him, and then goes out 20
lead a forlorn hope. Tom goes after
him. The Indians are routed nv a oat
ting gun, and the entire auditorium
smells the Fourth of july. It's nnel
vivian Prescott plays the Little Major
whose sole object I'm life is to befriend
and rescue Tom HadIey, win errective
breeziness- She isn't in love with any
one. so, OF course she's in the best of
spirits, Walter Wilson PLAYS the heroic
daredevil Hadley. with sufficient bunnor
and restraint and vet satisfies the gal
leTy, Al Lester does A "sillv ahssl"
with ali the customary alb
surdities, and sings lot OF paFOdies 10
the evident delight of his audience. WI
ton Taylor works great deal harder
than he need as the Colonel. and the
eXplosiveness of his military RACES make
his delivery a bit confused.
On the whole. any one who goes TO
the Academy this week gets his moneys
worth of thrills