Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-01
"THE WOLF" COMING.
Another of the Great Shubert At.
fractions ut the Grand Saturday.
Night, Dec. nth.

Night, Dec. 1Itn.
Those who see "The Wolf" under
the direction of Sam s. and Lee Shu-
bert, at the Grand, Saturday, Dec.
11th, will find themselves in the vast
woodlands of northern Canada,
where the breezes are fragrant of
pine. 1t is autumn, and the scene
that is laid before the eve is the
clearing in front of the house of old
McTavish. His is lonely home.
There only lives with him his daugh-
ter, golden haired Hilda.
His house becomes the rendezvous
for a party of American engineers,
led by Mcdonald, the genius of the
wilderness, the man whose acute,
broad mind makes it possible for the
building of railroads over steep
mountains and through valleys. In
his profession giant, in his moral
nature satyr, is Mcdonald. And
even as he is guest at the house
of McTavish, there are two men at
his elbow who have for two years
been hunting him-men who have
single idea as to what they will
do when they meet him. They are
resolved to kill him. For Mcdonald
had in years back met Annette, a
pretty little half-breed Ojibway girl
"a good girl, communicate of the
Church; more French than Indian;
child who had all the simplicity of
her Indian mother, while she had
the teachings of the good Christian
fathers of the remote parish.
Mcdonald, constituencies, had
courted her, won her confidence, be-
trayed her, then left her to bear her
shame. And she had not been able
to bear it. She had wandered, half
crazed with grief and shame into
blizA~d and she had died in the
swirlink snow. Her half-breed
brother, Jules Beaubien, splendid
young French h-Canadian, only learn
ed of Annette's existence when her
father was on his deathbed. The
young man is left heir to big for
tune and Immediately starts I'm
search of his little sister with the
idea of educating her and surround
ing her life with luxuries. ia.
traced the child to her home, only 20
discover the frightful death which
she had suffered because of Mc-
Donald's treachery.
He meets Baptiste LeGrand, the
girls clean-hearted lover, who was
to have married her; but it was
while LeGrand was away in the
north working for the Hudson Bay.
company that Mcdonald appeared.
and with his suavities and worldli-
ness misled the simple girl into be-
lieving that his love was honest and
that he meant to marry her.
Jules and Baptiste have been
hunting this man for two years.
Jules, by artful talk, in which he
causes Mcdonald to believe that he
also is a libertine, has gotten from
McDonald's own lips the pitiful
story of Annette. There is further
situation that makes Jules anger
against Mcdonald rise up even to
the white heat that it has always
peen. Jules is in love with Hilda,
and it is plain that Mcdonald Is
seeking to injure this girl-woman
as he did little Annette. He has
filled her head with fascinating stor-
les of the beauty of life in the great
cities-the operas, theatres. hand
some gowns, and glittering jewels.
This is the situation, and how 1t
all works out forms a theme OF
human interest from which the at
tention of the audience cannot be
diverted while it whirls before
their eyes to its tragic end, and this
end furnishes, so it is said, one or
the most tremendous emotionaI
scenes ever presented on any stage
1t is claimed that "The Wolf" is
big, vital, thrilling play, it has
not a cheap line in it. Neither has
it a hackneyed situation. "The
WOLF is sure to meet with a hearty
reception on it's presentation here.
It's long run in Chicago argues well
for its drawing qualities.