The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-09

!, matte through the conception of Il
two prominent characters, Pammer
and Little Fox, an Indian boy an
girl who have been adopted an
reared by an emlgrant and his viii
returning from Texas after an unsu,
! cessful attempt to better their lot
the far West
i Pamnena, the girl, is the daughte
. of Red Wolf, an Indian chief, VIII
was killed while acting as protecto
for Mr.. and Mrs. Howard, who after
wards adopt Pamnena and rear he
as their own child. Under the influ
ence of civilization, Pamnena grow
to be a beautiful and accomplisheu
young woman, as courageous and tru
as she Is talented. Little Fox, tn
young Indian brave, who has had tn,
same advantages, falls deeply In Low,
with her but refrains from express
Ing his devotion until he goes bacl
to his own people and Is able to re
turn to Pamnena and can offer her 6
share In a fortune at least equal tC
II.
Fox's return furnishes one of the
strong dramatic incidents of the play
/ for his entrance is Just at the time
when his sweetheart ds being annoyed
by the persistent attentions of Jim
Dextar, an example of the unprinci-
pied william who cares more for the
girls wealth than for his own honor
The play is a type of the best
American melodrama and does not
depend upon scenic or mechanical
divices for its effect, relying on its
dramatic merit and the ability of the
excellent company for its success.
William Winter dean OF American
dramatic critics and universally ac-
knowledged to be the most forceful
and facile play censors of the day is
the latest acquisition of the Shubert
publicity department. Mr.. Winter is
OF the stafr Of the New York Press,
favorabl to the Independents, and
as his writings have always been the
criterion upon which judgments were
based the value OF the acquisition
out into the inestimable distance.
Winter is stickler for cleanness, his
caustic treatment of certain risque
productions having earned him the
enmity of several metropolitan mana
gers and producers. The Press is
riai N La
tinctive revlewsf from the Winter
pen
The seat sale for "The Blue Mouse
the delicious little rodent who scamp
cred to the pinnacle of success on
Broadway, causing the big lights to
gleam with a great cleaning, promis-
es to break all seat sale records at
The Grand Tuesday evening. Deserved
|y so, If the aphorism about nothing
succeeds like success" be true.
Earl Flynn. appearing in what |
might easily be bit of an excerpt |
from high grade musical comedy at |
The Orpheum on the present bill is
4 young actor of more than ordinary
ability. both I'm the legitimate and
musical lines. True, he Is given but
I snatch at o chance in his Little
Boy in Green" but the utmost possi-
)ilities are made OF his lines, dur
ng which IL becomes very evident
hat Mr.. Flynn's stay I'm vaudeville Is
purely matter of volition. His song
are given with feeling and
emotional shading seldom affected in
hese days of superficial fifteen min
tie spasms of ncar-entertainmcnt and
10 Is possessed of a voice rich In
Iuality and forceful in tone. Further
more, he Is not afraid to use II. Some
# the music of "The Handy Kid"
With which Mr.. Flynn was seen last
eason. is used to advantage early
n the act. The dance accompani- +;
nent is graceful and catchy, and al
ogether, the act Is one of decided |
merit.
Bunth and Booth, a European
ovelty act brought over especially
Dr. the Sun circuit, will headline
he bill at the Orpheum for the
arly week. Just how far the cross /
"a variety runs ahead of the Ameri- [
an brand of novelty entertainments
a matter of question, and the Or
heum will present one answer. Billy !
nd May Owens, Mortimer Bassett, :
nd Newton, Ashton and Newton,
Il with new and original amusement !
STUFF will offer refined fun and the
rpbenmiscopel will add the usual c
IN OF motion pictures to the gener-
excellence of the program,
Lately. it has become the fashion
'r vaudeville booking agencies to |
End to Europe numerous representa- G
YES whose business it is to frequent ]
lusic halls and like places of enter
inment dn the hope of procuring ,
feature act"
Many have been the sins foisted up S
a the trusting public in the name of Z
or the more glittering dis q
iise of European novelty. But now
nd then from out the tangled and .
mass of foreign Ear \
sts'' a real find looms up behind the Il
ghts, and so the European mirage Il