The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-13


salvation Nell" is a cot NJ hninia
oa0opic views Of Stun llte lNtanhe
whirh fuus q meiuirnWHilr STORY OF
ao Ngfr great breadth ur depth
oif tnfnn uf TIE half hundred rhaf
aUtnrn touid carry uut the dramatic
pnfta Of tie play tho remainder ATE
scenic tNred % tho uudefN u
drawn with pelior reporter 2 H.
delitN Co dnpfHtitt rleAt pnl Pc
cameo. but monte tAr more lovely tet
their exHetnraH IN ihn alaaN az
ono time on tho other iH every rep
roaontatiFu u social NlgiouHuoHa That
rnmea to the police station OF dies
Ia tha emergency wardH ...s# a.
FmatianailY salvation Nell r.
cfudelY elemental tho rhutha ate
PLAYED on the bass drum 81 Nell
CORPS The scenes are laif IN Tie
tilest nf HrnsHrrirs tho rooms 81
realistic rescue home ana ihf HifNgta
III "a pnlNelut tenement section the
dramatic stfnrrla lies between Hai.
walton Army fetNpf anu aotuah ttNz
A. VIRTUE trlumphs over virs aud
tho salvation Army wins nNpr Co ilH
fsuEs tie Ubiquitous Jim salvation
Salt las been hrfaided aH divine
comedy 81 The siuma II a. hafiit
divine. and hardly a COMEDY ana
breaches mefal ieHHnn mat q So
Hhtlsus 80 90 b. hafilf mere ssaf'
Certainly those who could BE- heHe=
fitted hY the morality Will never eve
il h rsaiism under a calcium too
strong fai eHmfart ID ~ 90 V SOME
police reporter had gathered tnFeth
90 ail Tie ffueH Hf moral mental and
physical filsneas that came under
his observation in hia many hlshts
and sgt them ail down in one place
and AT one time ANY salvation Ar
ny worker. hack driver ambulance
surgeon. police iuiso and jail ma
truh sill recognise every man OF VT
man who anptafa on The STAGE aa an
ola offender OF patient
The piaF opens Christmas eve In
Haloan true Go llfa. even 20 the
cuapliera In and out travel the
ylleat types Of humanity. male and
female. with Neil m1pplua W. the
eigtr stubs aud harfonm fllth. The
dramatically Is IN Nsifs clean. hate
room IN the rescue home The thlft
act l. seanleails admirable. = street
canyon between tenement houses
congress Of all nations debating
from the auen Windows
salvation Nrli' in les capable
hands would h. tank hoffaf A.
% ls. with plaf efa q ne ahlllif e
Mrs Fiakr aud Hoihfuuk hiiHn it
II abeefttaFit ana fnafhldif inter
eating. and must have been fegais
iatl0n 10 the half that know not
how the other half lives faF Aita
riakes admitted talent 'falfatiau
SellH offers little opportunity =
cert that she achieves a remark abs
success Ia saving the role ffum
mushy tritsnsfs TIE I'm rlail =
Mf uilnn aas an excellent piece 81
work It's love j. afnsuonH his
art anaf behind the ear where
short salfi blow will ten man OF
wufuan aud utiiitra his phfHinlHe
zeal knowledge impaFtlalY Ills
tastes are ALI % tho brute. and NHll
loves him loves him with that
strange iafr u the siuma that grows
under blows and sinks 10 the depths
u Hsif sacrifice that the Object IF
~ afffriieHs may have unisAHf
A raHEh and tumble fEhi takes
place IN the tough saloon. and Jim
kilis bis hiau The saloon kerrrf
disfh arrs4 SaH from nor naussattng
fau an lie HaaF ate has no place
~ 20 Christmas uiHht iiallsiuiah
NaFria and Myrtle uurii from the
nfothei war for Neifn soul 10 ffani
% the bar ~ thr saloon flaass Tor
the night and The salvation Array
wins
Elshf years are passed when tie
next act opens with Neil hikh 10
fha tanks q TIE salvation Army aHd
Jim tHtnrs taak from sins Sins 10
SEQ hls unH4 uiad son. born during
Nis imprisonment. hunHefinE for the
Kiss ~ = knfuan la his old passieu
ate Nay. ard only checked from tab
iuE u, fair q foul BY hia ply steal
weakness This 70 BY far TIE best
part % the play. the only false hois
being the presence Of scarlet Myrtle
O'D~ii Size has no logical business
there IN real life or on the stage
except fer the purpose " contrast
lns the lavender stoc kinE prosperity
o. vice with the plain rart q virtue
10 the Third act IL the struggle for
lims reformation finia Old spirit
IL broken and be hiurts out aaths
more a. habit They iaek the rsf-
spnai neie af the earlier scenes
Here too. among the tsremerts
comes Myrtle. where abe Isn't need
"a Here also II q tenement hsir
puiiing match. In which Glidh Nerssi
a. Mfs. liaxtsr has a few seconds
In which she reaches = point Of pas-
sion and psthns that 10 better than
anything else in the performance.
A. for the other members Of the
larEe cast. the very number makes
individual praise Impossible. The
work ia letter perfect 10 their
stories.