The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18


 petttcoats9 That reads hsrshly- eh2 cere description of 2. new thing in a new play Grace Van Studdffofd has a shapely figure. For that reason, and not for any exigency of her role, she appears in one scene asa cavalier. long cloak draDes her at the entry, but she kindly throws It back to disclose herself in a skin smooth enclosure desh-cclored tights, and the doubiet ana hose are clear white silk, yet ts satisfy the demands of the. show bus mess she does what she wouldn't for the life of her have done in her own drawing room. Dramatic artv wen. I don't know. Do you. Anyway, you'd be cajoled to think so while hearing her sing.
 The liveliest half hour of the even ing Is a Buda Pesth theatres green room crowded by a company about to perform an opera on an adjacent stage. The sight it gives behind the scenes IS middling as to illusion and delusion. Several of the show girls In Buda Pesth talk in the New. York manner of ''oh, Mabel. ain't It awfuE ana some of the tricks of paint and pow" der, corset and switch, are divulged: there's nothing vicious. and the titled chaser of actresses proposes marriage. not harlotry Mrs. Van Studdiford has her skirts off, but she. frequently drapes her legs with cloak that hangs down her back. She is no Anna Held. l write that because Anna sa. in a front seat. and I don't doubt that she was thinking how. one way and another, she could be wicked in Grace place. The commotion here Is violent, though as the chorus-ballet in the rehearsal of stunts for circus scene. form sixrgirl teams, showier than spy sextettes of four-legged prancers tnas any Astor or Vanderbilt ever relneo from the drivers seat of coach. On the whole, however. the success or ihe Golden Butterfly" is not undignlheo.
 Gilbert Parker gained a British knighthood by writing about Canada and Edgar Selwyn has put htmseiI m good way to gain a fat wadf or Atmer Am CT lean dollars by .dramatizing Wnst ,S.1 Gilbert wrote. But the Canadian born member of Parliament did more than his novels to be incluoed in King Ed wards coronation honors, and MT Eelwyn's new drama owes much of US success to his own excellent acting. Actors have for long time had tnelr eyes on the stories of the Canaolan Northwest included in Sir Gilberts se. cies called "Pierre and Ills Pecple,s and seIwyn simply went further than his rivals by not setting the scheme hefore drama lists, as they did,1 put turning to, and making the play Tor himself He did as he pleased Tn ai- terina the title to Pierre or tne Plains" and handled the material with almost the same amount or IIeeooi.: H. Nd more. no less. The dramauzer ot . novel finds himself embarrassed by too, much matter or too little he mus. oyerburden his play so as to seti ais the incidents of the novel intoD F. vs leave if skinny because readers Woulo obiect to his developing situations not lafor of a group of sketches can. tahe what he likes and leave what ne ooes not want. For one thing, Pierre Kept his virtues in the light, and left his sins in the shadow. We heard stea. deal of what a desperado he was, but saw him only as a devil-may-car champion of beauty in distress. he
 was wicked enough in sight to keep the drama spirited. but we knew that his crimes were for good causes, so we loved him for them. And, anyway.
 no one could frown In the race et ms engaging smile, could scold the poy- ish belief in Fate and the cards, or could fail to thrill at his bravery.
 Pierre appeared first to warn a trao- sr's son that the Royal Mounted Po- l Iica were on his track for his having l killed an Indian. The boy got on' anq
 when his pursuer seemed on his track 1 Pierre let him drink coffee from a | cup that still held some lauaanH@m @ !: ! Instead of bracing up for -hls nlsn' | ride he fell into a deep slumbeF ?; | Rut inc girl who loved him saved l bIs honor by a midnight ,gallop to de- | liver papers entrusted to him, thouS . she did not know it was her own M | brother they incriminated. So when 1 sha learned the truth the next day, shs l turned to the same Pierre who hao | doned her lover, to help her n the sA- | trycotion of her brother from the n1tsht into which she herself had | tranned him, It does not matter 9us9 | how if came about. That was SIT Gl!- hert,s lookout. He thrilled us by ms description of the girls night rlae
 disguised in her lovers clothesi,
 MT. Selwyn did not make the !r'sCaA' | of thinking description could pc olS,
 ma. So the thng that excited us 5. Ii'os t,s. | yUas Ptere's light with captor III tHs t | roonntsins He had gotten the youtI
 and bis sister to safety. But iusts
 anu of the Royal Mounted peereG
 tbToueh tangle of underbrusn; ahL l cnvoht him when the moon nghteo
 s+reslx of forest He fired. Plerre leil I Ha iav motionless. His enemy came SC | near to make sure he was dead tha 1 pisrra,s sudden start caught, dlsarHnec
 ana overpowored him. They. rough
 with knives. It was great nght. II
 and out of the underbrush they graP
 nIed. up steep hill. Finally FieIt
 triumphed. He plunged ms knlte Iise ixe' I his captor's breast. The oooy leil i'Ae
 'ess u'"" Franklin Fyles.