Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-10-01
Mr.. WILSON GETS OVATION
GOOD ACTOR AND SWEET SIN
GER IN GOOD PLAY
Local Audience AppIaBds Enthusiastically
-curtain caEls-A Speech
METZ IN THE ALPS MAKES
GREAT LOCAL HIT AT
COLONIAL THEATRE

aA~N"fttAetA
enthusiastic applause lfer0cious ap-
plause. ne called ifl a. was given last
night at the Colonial Theatre 10 Mr.
Al. II. Wilson (sfetz)- Again and
again was he forced - answer to cur
tain calls. and 70 give some - bis
songs not down o1 the program He
also made little speech convincing
those who doubted. that ne could speak
English a. we'll as they, and better
perhaps, even IL he does al~ays SPEAK
the German dialect on the stage
AIr. Wilson has appeared here before.
and is no stranger To an Annapolis
audience. All the world loves good
actor, and especially that part Of =
tnat lives in Annapolis loves a good
singer, and \ good play as we'll As a
good actor. Combine all these three
a combination SO very rare. however,
a discriminating pnblic j. not slow 70
appreciate them, and you have almost
perfection behind the fC0tiights-
Mr.. Al. n. Wilson is happy CON-
binati0n Of the three, \ good actor. q
sweet singer and he always chooses
n good play. The man himself =
most attractive and fascinating. lie
has fine stage presence, Is graceful
and magnetic, and he appeals % bis
audience when he pOrtrays the many
tender touches Of humanity which are
pictured in last nights splendid ys-
bicle for his talents Metz IN the
Alps IL Is a play more or less ex-
citing, above the average melo-drama
and It's climaxes~aFe weIl-cOneeiyed-
The story Is told Of a young Switzcr,
metz Muller" crossing the Alps
with important papers. Plots and
counter-plOts work up 10 the exciting
rescue Of the heroine from a vast
crevasse by Metz and life-saving
st. Bernard dog, imported direct from
an Alpine hospice in switzerland
Humor miDgles admirably with pa
thOs, while during the action of the
play the golden voice Of Metz
breaks forth sweetly in the strains of
the 'sFaiTest Flower OF AL again
In wilson's lullaby" in "Snitzle-
bank ''switzer Re boy" and
''Songs Of the Fatberland-
The scene Of the play IS laid IN
Southern Switzerland and IN the
swiss Alps. Metz, the hero. - q
young ''Switzer,r happily living
with his wife and child in the small
English settlement Of caDdgate.
whose main industry is lace-making-
a beauest Of the late mill owner .
Interest and upon his return learns
that his wife's former husband. W bom
she had believed dead, was still liy-
ing and had come TO claim her Metz
and his wife agree to separate. nc
keepiug the child. Upon accepting the
beauest Metz promises to clear his
benefactOr's memory from the caiumny
then clouding IL and with this object
i'm view undertakes n journey over the
Alps with important forged receipts
that prove n certain ..Frenzel'f this
wife's supposed former husbzndl to be
the real criminal.
FrenzeI accompanies Metz on the
Journey in the guise Of = friend but
with the Intention Of securing the in
criminating papers even II he has 20
murder the courier. They are-both fol
lowed by Metz's wife, who wishes 10
inform him who Frenzel really IS
She discovers their child in \ tavern
far up in the Alps and learns that Metz
has been slain in a duel BY Freuzei-
Taking her child she seeks 70 return
but becomes lost in the snow where
she is discovered by FTenzel. who,
Suffering from a wound, tells her 0f
Metz's escape and that be is seeking
her. Frenzel in revenge causes her
TO fall over a crevasse, from which
she is rescued by Metz, assisted BY a
Monk and a st. Bernard dog from 4
nearby Hospice. Many adventures
befaII them both after this and the
suspense is cleverIy maintained At a
high pitch until the last Most excel
/ lent comedy is intrspersed throughout
/ the four acts, which become high >
enjoyable from the variable contrasts
in each scene.
Like ali good actors Mr. Wilson
basscbosen an excellent cast, and IS
supported by a company Of unusual
strength. each member Of which is ad-
mrably adapted 10 the part assigned
The scenic effects are beautiful and
the Alpine scenery and cOstuming are
picturesque and pleasing II IS IN
der the bright skies and snow-ela1i
peaks Of Switzerland on the banks u
historic Lake Geneva, among people
Of a sturdy and as hearty q race as
ever lived. whose history and tradI-
tion TEEN v ith romance Of rare charm,
and whose pictnresqueness - truly
interesting, that the romance of the
plav. the author OF which - sidney
X. Ellfs, is founded. Its environ
menf gives every opportunity 60
Metz Muller, the sweet singer A.
II. wilson, for a display Of his art
and ne taxes every advantage 0f H.
TIe sang his way into the hearts 0f hlz