The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-26

other night, and 10! 1t was not n met
ropolitan playhouse at all. It. was the
state of Maine, and little village
called Riverboro, aud a brick house
by the bank Of the river where Re-
becca Rowena Randall lived with her
two maiden aunts. II ever there was
white magic, 1t brooded over that
theatre The very spirit of that ex-
quisit, elusive, delicate, eager, thrill
ing child, abode in the actress who
took her part. 1t wasn't play, 1t was
reality; and my companion stopped
his applause every now and then to
wipe his eyes, and forgot to wipe his
eyes because OF the need of more ap-
plause. If plays were always like that
the old alliance between Church and
stage would certainly renew ITSELF and
/ have heard many sermons which did
much less good than n single hearing
of 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
But I like to think that the youthful
star Is still my friend, and that she
has kept all through these years the
sweet memories of her childhood, and
the graces that adorned her then"
raya
For the first time since he began
to play important parts, Wallace Ed
dinger Is to have n role lin Bobby
Burnit," Winchell Smiths new com.
edy, which does not require him to
drink and say "damn.''hre .ptc
Eddinger has become noted as
stage "souse." In The Third De-
gree he confessed to the murder OF
his best friend while under the in
fluence of liquor, the confession being
untrue and forcede from him by the
police, while he Is In a horrible ner-
vous tate as the result of the jag. Ed
dinger drank his way successfully
through Classmates" "Soldiers OF
Fortune" and "The Next of Kim" but
in Bobby Burnt" which has just
gone into rehearsal under the man
agement of Henry b Harris, there Is
marked reformation. Eddinger
does not relinquish his happy, care
free habits of life, but he does not
swear and get drunk.
Bobby Burnt is dramatiza-
tion by Winchell Smith from George
Randolph Chester's novel, "The Max
ing of Bobby Burnt" The opening
will takeplace in Atlantic City on APP
ril 4.
In the story of the play the young
mans father dies, leaving him a large
department store and $250,000 in
money. Bobby has never done any
thing in his life of such serious ma
ture as managing a department store.
He is member of the Idlers' Club,
a polo enthusiast, and backer of
gymnasiums. However, he shoulders
his new responsibilities with certain
degree of interest because of their
novelty. The first crack out of the
box he loses control of the depart
ment store. Wishing to do some-
thing smart in the very beginning, he
has recognized and incorporated the
company, letting in some politicians
and grafters, who soon GUST the young
man.
Bobby then invests his $3.50 900 In
an electric light plant. which is on
the verge of bankruptcy.
With what stock he has left in the
store he mortgages to buy news
paper and then he begins to make
good. His father understands Bobby
so well that he left sealed letters to
be opened by the boy at various
stages Of his business career and in
each of these letters the mistakes he
has been making all along are clearly
pointed out With newspaper at his
command he attacks the ring of pol
iticians and soon has them on the
run. Eventually he regains all he has
lost and marries the girl whom his
father has picked out for him as an
ideal wife.