The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-10

be more "plotty" than is usual with
such offerings. The music Is by Silvio
Helm who composed molly Noon
shine" which was such a pronounced
success last year. for Miss sCahill and
the lyrics are by Benjamin Ilapgocd
Burt, sauthor of Miss Cnhills song hit
last season, Robinson Crusoe's Isls,
and q songwrter of considerable abili
| ty.
The piece made hit at Days Thea
| tire. New York, where 1T ran two
months. Marie Cahill is said to have
a part more suited to her abilities as
a coincidence than anything she has
yet been seen in. George Bncl1us has
! in this piece abandoned the legiti-
mate for the ranks OF the singers and
, makes love to and sings to Miss Ca
| hill in Marrying Mary" Eugene
| Cowles the entire original cast ana
| the famous Long skirtcd" chorus will
all be here.
Charging Mary" is a satire on di-
! vorce, and the story takes place at d
! hotel in Florida, and is in three acts
4 1t is built around the character OF
y Mary Montgomery, played by Miss Ca
| HILL who has been married and d.
Bunchgrass, old enough to be Fer
! father forced on her by her family.
| She deserted him and procured d.
i vorcc in SOUTH Dakota. No. 2 was
lam eloquent evangelist, under whose
influence she fell and whom secretly
married, only to find out Immediately
4 that he was a Mormon bishop. She
| left him at the station, No. was o
4 cousin. She and he We're left far
tune by rich uncle, on condition that
they marry, so they agreed to marry
1A1 w.. r,t,, II; ,1Ir
4 necessary grounds for divorce. The
\ agreement was executed.
1t was while Mary was waiting at 9
hotel in Florida with heavy bills star.
ing her in the face, pending the got.
Element OF her uncle's estate, that slit
met and fell in love with Ormsby Cul
pepper, and he with her. He was
Young Congressman with hobby
which was Federal bill to abolish
divorce. He was a crank on the sub
iect, None at the hotel knew of he
past. and she preferred to leave Orms
by rather than to tell him the truth
ormsby's father Colonel Culperper,
!. was n three-times divorcee himse'i
lie early opposed ormsby's marriae
/ to Mary, ana did it so vigorously tina
Z, he fell in love with her himself.
!, To comrlicate matters the Mormo
bishop comes on the scene; the
: Cousin Willie enters in connection wit
: the settlement of their uncle's estate
II and lastly comes Senator Bunchgras
I who has been IN the vicinity tarpo
8 fishing.
Y Her awfully divorceful past bein
3 about to be revealed to her love,
Mary, in sheer desperation, attempt
n TO escape all her predicamcnts by
: leaving the hotel She escapes secret
r ly, but tho train is wrecked, and sh
+ is forced to remain to face the boiln
IF pot of her troubles The day follow
- ing the wreck finds Mary lighting Pre-
he posals of marriage from Ormsby, h
father, Colonel Culpepper, and he
y pastor, Rev Mr.. Throckmorton on til
+. one hand. and a constant fear of
S revelation of her many divorces o,
m the other
I Her fears are reali2ed for the MAJ
so riaGes to Cousin Willie and the Nor
mon bishop are discovered before al
the guests, and Just MS she is abo,
to be overwhelmed with shame, Orm
IN grass meets her, falls In love all ov,
ne again, and not only proposes marriaf
ne to her, but tells ormsby, not KNOWN
he Mary is his wife, that he intends
by marry her.
10 Marrying Mary" ,is however, final