The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-10
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 Monday, Tuesday ana Wednesday Nights and weslnesdny Matince--sThe Ninety and Nine.s
 Thursdsy, Friday aHd saturday Missouri Glrl.-
 The Montgomery Theatre Is opened this week for one night only, but on that night for one of the most delight ful plays that the people of the United States have been permitted to see. Al the Bijou there will be something do- ing every night, with the usual Inati- nees Wednesday and Saturday after moons. The Ninety and Nine.' rural comedy drama of excellent merit will have the first half of rne week at the 3ijou and The Missouri Girl" a play .s sne same Kind. the latter half.
 The College Widow" needs no intro. ductlon to Montgomery. It has been played here twice and 1t Is clever enough to be still new. 1t is safe to predict that 1t will have as much of cordial welcome this week as if had on prevfous appearances. As a com. edy of manners, a relic .tion of a phase of American life not surpassed in in-
  Widow" is great, and one does not need to have attended the fresh-water col. lege to enjoy the sparkle of it's lines, the humanism of it's characters. the accuracy of its scenes.
 In it the teller of Fables in Slang has risen to higher altitude and shown that his respiration in the more rarifIed atmosphere is normal as in denser airs. Louise Rutter. who is one of the company to present the play, is pleasantly remen- oered in Montgom- cry as the beauIlful ingenue who played the role of Madge Casey in The Heir to the FIoorah'' at the Montgomery Theatre. The play is staged admiras biy, and the company is one of un. usual strength.
 The Ninety and Nine" which will open the week at the Bijou is a rural comedy drama, . story of fallen man, ruined by drink and the subsequent despondency and Of his subsequent re- demptlon by the love of a noble wo- man whose faith in tLe seemingly worthless creature seems to be guId. ed only by that instinct, woman's intuition. The eyes of love see the spark of manhood hidden beneath the exterior. blackened by crime and the demon drink. The unwinding Of the love story. the dash of nature that the writer has infused into the play by his chafacterizatfon, makes the comedy drama one of unusual interest and enjoyableness.
 Another rural comedy will finish the rest of the week at the Bijou It is The Missouri Girl" q most enjoyable picture of life in tie rural districts of Ozark county. Missouri, one of inc most picturesque regions of the United states. In it's characterizations of the quaint homely people of the neigh. porhood, the play Is thoroughly sym pathetic. and it's cleverness affords un- ceasing fun of the clean kind, the tone ot the play being con istently high. A birthday party as an episode of the play gives opportunity for some fine vaude. vilie work, for which special artists. ried @i sa'-
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 Entrancing in it's simplicity ana moment to It's last, the 1iveliest atten. ton and interest, The College Widow p which Is the attraction at the Mont gomery Theatre Wednesday night, Is ? secure and substantial success. George Ade delivered the manuscript pr this comedy with every confidence, but 1t Is doubtful whether even his most sanguine hopes had pictured the exceptional success with which 1t has met. The College Widow" statistics snow to this date rorty-two weeks ifi New York, seventeen weeks in Chicago. sixteen weeks in Boston, and consist- ently long runs in other large cities with average receipts unmatchable by any similar amusement venture. Henry W. Savage. whose good judg- fnent In the selection of plays has be- some proverbial, Is the fortunate owner end producer of The College Widow" With an inherently good property to work with, he has supplied Mir. Ade's comedy with every auxiliary advaht- age. Nothing apparently has been left Nhdone, from the selection of actors to the most minor of details, to pro- vide correct atmosphere and proper establishment.
 MT. Savage's general stage manager, | George Marion, has worked in har- | mony with the, author, and the result | Is a series of unique situations and |