The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19

Wednesday, Matinee and Ntgnt- tlc Johnny Jones"
 Thursdny Night--AMefz fin the Aips'''
 There will be three first class attrac- 4,o,,a at The Grand this week, com mencing very brilliantly with Mary Mannering in "Glorious Betsy! MISS Mannering has scored a great hit m this piece. and 1t Is being easerly " awaited for by the theatre patrons oA
 on Wednesday, at matinee and even- ing performances, will be seen one oi George Cohan's compositions, Little Johnny Jones'" with plenty of Conan music and slang. x,,.
 Thursday the offering is Al Mnson in his successful comedy, tntersperseu with music, Metz In the Alps. MT. wilson has q great following all over the country and is certain to prove hiehiy entertaining to those who see him. He has with him this year MISS Helen Batcheller, who VIII pc re,u- ~ bered as the very cnarmlns soehs hs woman with Harry Beresford when ne was so successfully presenting "A Pro- fessor's Love Story"
 sGIorious Betsy.'
 Mary Mannering's admirers are Bereavement of this. delightful actress in .TSlorious Betsy" by Rida Johnson Young. author of Brown of Harvard. .srRovs of Company B." etc. She will ba seen at the Grand Tuesday night :.
 .3lorious Betsy" has for its central figure that radiant belle of yesterday Betsy Patterson, who made for her self one of the most remarkable careers ever maintained by an American woman. From the position of q Balti- more belle, whose wit pride and father daring independence, made her the ad- mirinR comment of all fashionable society in America, she sprang sudden ly into international notice py ner marriage with Jerome Bonaparte' the brother of Napoleon, just at the time when he was proclaimed Emperof or
 Tn Arranging this interesting story for the stage, its author does not go into the darker side of Betsy's life. but deals with those days when her name was the toast of every gathering or note from Baltimore to New Orleans. IT takes us back to the old Sweet springs of Virginia when that resort was the gathering place of the best in wealth, and culture of which Ameri- ca could boast
 It 10 at the Springs that Betsy first meets Captain Bonaparte, who weary of the endless round or attention which he has received as the guest of the American nation. has travelled to this out-o -the-way resort incognito. and away from restraint.
 Jerome becomes infatuated with Betsy Patterson and manages to have himself employed during her stay there to give her lessons in French. Betsy becomes intensely interested in her tutor, but her pride and ambition fought against acknowledging that she could love a man In such an inferior position. She coquettes with him as she does with half a dozen others. and leaves the Springs ignorant of aerome's true personality and deeply offended with him because of his refusal to ac- company her party to Baltimore where great preparations are being made for the reception of Captain Bonaparte. It is here at an elaborate fete given in his honor that Betsy first discovers that her tutor and the much talked of brother of Napoleon are one. Previous to this discovery, her pride overcome by the AEdent wooing of her supposed tutor, Betsy has confessed her love for him.
 They are betrothed and the rest of the play deals with the efforts of Napoleon's agents to prevent the mar- riage; their fruitless voyage to France, where Napoleon refused to allow Betsy