The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17

yoaru of groNlnn oucc1sut is today . stronger attraction fhAn ever, ana that fts return dates are greeted every where with large houses. proves that erfui dramatic worth. outside of It's re- ligious interest.
 It Is not mere curiosity to see play out of the ordinary. sort of dramatic innovation, that causes the public to 60 to see 1t again and again, and that makes each one who has seen it an cr- thusiastic advertiser for 1t. The real reason for this Is that outside of the fact that it uarrates the most dramatic and thrilling incidents in the history
 of the world, it tells that story with an earnest devout and reverentia1 spirit,
 giving sDlendid opportunities for SUI
 perb acting, telling vividiy of a beau
 tiful. passionate. wiIful's woman's love. hate, revenge. .remorse and triumph.
 Aside from it's religious interest. 1t
 stands alone upon it's dramatic merits. The beauty of it's language. ita por-
 trayal of character and expression. run
 the entire scale of human emotion.
 "The Holy City" comes to The Grand
 Tuesday night.
 af5eorge wsshfngten, Jr.r
 George Washfngfon, IT," will be presented at The Grand Wednesday nieht by the Conan and Harris come
 dians. For the past two seasons this play has enjoyed such phenomenal prosperity. that It's engagement in New York, Boston, Chicago and a few prin- cipal cities have been extended so
 many weeks. that the country at large has not had an opportunity of witness ing it. This season. however. an ex- tensivs tour Is being made with the original production and the majority of the orfcfnal cast.
 Carter De Haven. . young comedian with an excellent reputation. has been selected by Mf. Cohan for the principal role, WilIis F. sweAtnnan. Flora Per ker. Elsie Arts. Jack Rafaei, John Boone, Edward Lester. Frank McNish, Jr., John Kauffman. Joseph Leslie and Lee Myers. are also in the east, in ad- ditiou to a large and attractive chorus. The principal character of the play ia a young American whose father, Senator James Beigrave, Is desirops of marrying him to the daughter of Lord Rothburt, for the purpose of sstaniisn. inx a social standing for hts family in London. where he proposes living after retiring from Congress. The young man refuses and is disinherited. He then takes the name of George Washington. IT,. declaring that the Ia ther of his country is the only father he can know. He meets Dolly yonnson, T. nlNEH rirl. and seeks her hand in marriage. lie is told to show himself worthy Of her. The Senators are enemies. Comph- cations arise through speculative trans- actions and the young fellow discloses fine plot and saves his father from dis- grace. He is forgiven by the father and wins the girl. The story is told in three acts and
 four sceues, which represent Washing
 toms house at Mount Vernon. Va. a cor
 ridor of the new Willard Hotel Tn
 Washington, the apartments or Wiiiiam
 Hopkins, a United States Senator, and
 a public square in Pawtuckst. R. T.,
 shcwing the unveiling of . monument.
 Like all MT. cohan's plays the new
 piece is said to pc nosaois TOT ,es .ss sp, psar. sc finish. The characters are we'll con- trasfed and the musical numbers are
 catchy.
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