Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-17

arranged a dinner III | fdnk HOH- or the night of his election, whose real meaning the professor does not suspect.
 All goes well until the arrival of Kate Ransom, Socialist lecturer, entangled Fearing his desertion, she arranges a Socialist mass meet ing, announces that she will speak and be introduced by Frank Cor don. Just as the dinner is about to be served, she appears on the . scene and asks Frank to accompa ny her to the hall The father and Ruth plead in vain; he decides that duty calls him and agrees to go.' Van Meter, chairman of the board of trustees, forbids him to go and provokes him to tearing off his Ok ford cap and gown and breaking with the university. Kate leads him to the meeting in triumph.
 The comedy of the act is furnish ed by Ruth's aunt, who has written book to prove that man is mere ly the missing link between woman and monkey, and will finally dis appear; and Professor Otto Schmitt, a woman hater, who has written a book to prove that woman has no soul. The two meet, fall in love, and contradict all they have writ ten.
 Act II is in Alaska. Kate Ran som has induced Frank to go back to the klondike and dedicate his mines to Socialism, by founding ''The Brotherhood of Man." She has conspired with Dawson, her con- federate, to sell the mines to New York company. At the end of the act she has succeeded in completely separating Frank from Ruth, has made love to Frank and captured him. Ruth comes in answer to Franks appeal too late to prevent this; in time to hear her lover pro- claim to the Brotherhood his mar riage engagement to Kate. Mark Oyerman, the friend of Frank, who fell in love with Kate at first sight and followed her to Alaska, seeing her love of gold, determines to win her by gaining possession of the mines. He induces Frank to place the mines in his name When Kate discovers this, she determines to de- sert Frank for Oyerman if neces- sary. to gain her ends. Frank real izes too late that his heart is still Ruth's. His honor now binds him to go on with his publicly announc- ed marriage with Kate.
 In Act III we see the interior of the Temple of Brotherhood. Frank is about to marry Kate by the new ceremony of free love which she has persuaded him to use. When the bride-elect fails to gain pos session of the deeds to the mine, however, she turns to Overman and offers to desert Frank at the altar, before the assembled crowd. if he will show his faith in her by en- trusting her with the deeds. He cansents, and claps her in his arms o n + T, wedding march begins the two men fight in the dark, and in the strug- gle Kate, watching her moment, stabs Overman and snatches the deeds from his pocket. The music stops with crash; the crowd with an officer rushes in, and Kate points out Frank as the murderer of Over man. As the officer starts to ar rest Frank, Ruth with scream springs between them holding the knife Kate has dropped, exclaiming, "She lies! killed him to save the man I love!"
 In Act " the Temple of Brother hood becomes fort, and the king dom of love and fellowship is re- duced to anarchy. The officer at tempts to arrest Ruth. Frank with his friends defends her. The crowd. maddened by Rates declaration that Frank is about to betray them
 and Eell the mines, den)and to see the deeds, or swear that they will lynch the leader. The deeds cannot be found. Frank begs to speak to the crowd. They hiss and curse him. Ruth offers to surren- der and go to jail, but Frank, over
 whelmed now with remorse, and l --s.. C..