The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
THE WOLFF IS FINE
IL Smells of the North Woods, Where Every Mans Gun Is
 His Own Law.

1t is d slvery and pleasing rift in the drcary cloud of frothy and mean ingless musical stuff, which holds the loca boards for such large share of the theatrical season when such a reai- ly worthy play as "Tho Wolf proved itself to be at the Hyperion theater last evening comes to entertain us. It is to the great credit of the Shubert Brothers that, along with their glrly- sirly Casino shows, they once in awhile realize that there are better and more worthwhile goals worth attain ing among things theatric,
 "The Wolf" as might be suspected Is a drama teeming over with heart in terest The world loves a trJe lover Whether he be a diamond in the rough such as Is Jules BeaubIen, our young French Canadian hero of the north woods in "The Wolf, brim full of sin ccrity and the soul of honor, makes little difference. The world can rejoice with him when he tells his fair haired lover, Hilda, of the great desire; the world can sympathize with him as he seeks to rid her of the man who would make plaything of her,
 It is seldom that a successful drama is produced which has so few speaking characters as has "The Wolf" There are but six and only one of these Is a woman. It ia tribute to the ability or Eugene Walter as dramatlst that he has been able to accomplish this we'll nigh impossible task But when it Is said that there are but six speaking characters in the play, it should be eS- plained that there are at least two other characters who, though they nev- CT appear, are quite as much present and have quite as vital part in the effect produced as if they appeared be- fore the footlights.
 With these two the basis of the in- teresting plot rests They are Annette Beaubien. who was the sister of the hero. and who before the opening of the play had been wronged by an American who came to the Canadian woods and who. upon being deserted by him when child came, had killed her self The other was a swedish woman, who had been the wife of Andred Me Tavish. Scotch settler and mother ot tho heroine, Hlda. This woman, the now grey headed Andred had met m Halifax and had taken her home with him He claimed she had been a wom- an of the streets, though there appear cd to be good reason to dlsproNe thls, and that he had married her only to save her from a further life of shame. | Later she had run away and left him | Their daughter, Hilda, is treated most shamcfully hy Andrcd coniin- nally does hc remind her of the sup posed moral backslldlngs of her moth- cr and warning her against the same thing herself Heartlcssly does nc keep telling her that she is worthless
 because of her Swedish yellar' hair on this subject the sturdy and irrita'
 blo Scotchman has gone dafy' a'
 the nulthWoods people said of him
 Thcy called him the "craay man o
 the woods With them his raving
 about women being only "divils' an'
 good fer nothn but wurk' were Ia
 ken very much as to be expected
 It is upon this setting that the pla, opons. railroad Is to he pu through and William Mcdonald. Al American surveyor, comes to prospect
 He Is a man of the world who has wife and family In the states but wh has ruined many poor girls life | his wanderings about the worlc among them. it develops. being An nette. Mcdonald sets his heart Q | having the girl 5ilda. For her | turn. Jules the brother of the dea l Annette, harbors the most hurnin sort of an unspokon love in his whol' : hearted French Canadian way Il learns that Mcdonald has been tl
 man who has ruined his sister an
 resolves that thei fight for Hilda wi
 be one to a finish.
 The engineer tempts the girl Hid ). with stories of America and he tel e damnabe lies to her father and pr'
 poses to take her to New York
 marry her only to get her away an
 harm her. The struggle Is on. q the last test tho girl chooses Jul, IF and they fly In the night, aided | Jules man, B'Atiste. and Mcdonald :, assistant, George Huntlcy. They al u followed by Mcdonald and in the la d scene there is terrific duel wifi q knives between the two men, the or e good. the other bad. In the. end M L. Donald is knifed and killed.
 q Tho acting was continuously goo ,t The hero-rolo. played by Villa '- Courtenay, tiguratively smelled of Il l. woods where the young mans hoa