Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17


IAy Marion crawford's Italian
~ romance. THE White Sister"
II viii be given at the Bran
v deis for four nights and two
matinees. starting with = matinee today,
by Catherine Counties. Its heroine Il a
nun. who. prior to entering the order,
has been engaged 10 q young officer. Re-
port comes thatihe has been killed. The
girl waits. hoping for his return and
then becomes a posfulant and then a
novice. but has no lsocn ssskens her final
vows than he comes back 10 claim her.
nhe loves him. but will remain true 70
her. VOWS He persists. she remains firm.
She will not give up her love Of the
divine for love Of the human. believing
her 10 be under the Influence Of the ear
dinaf. her lover causes her to be abducted
and brought to his rooms. As the cut.
mlnation of his pleas he. starts TO make
her sign q petition to the pope for release
from her VOWS. She refuses again and
again. Desperate. he draws revolver
and threatens suicide. She hesitates and
signs Then she tells him that by this
act she has given up all hope OF hsppl-
meas here and hereafter. He tears up
she petition The rush Of events that
swiftly follow arouses keen suspense un-
hll the very crisis OF the fervid and UNI
usual love story. & stair * Haviina have
provided Miss countiss With the costly
amt beautiful Viola Allen production and
"a very powerful company. Including Da-
vid. Proctor. william Belfort. John
Maurice sullivan. Frederick Robeffs. Isa-
bel sherman. Alice Adams and Anna
Berger Price. ~, =
The APPEARANCE Of Margaret .Anglin At
the Brandels on Friday and saturday
nights and Saturday. matinee excites more
than ordinary interest because in Green
stockings." the'delightfui play by A. Il.
w. Mason. she has for the first time In
her career a leading comedy role. The
play has had long and successful runs
in New York and comes here direct from
the Lyceum theatre in this city.
Green stockins'. takes its title from
AN old English custom OF unmarried girls
wearing green hoslerz a. the wedding o.
their sisters. It's heroine q Celia. one OF
the daughters Of William Faraday. ESQ.,.
. wealthy widovsr whose desire Is 10 gs,
them married and be fres TO i've at his
club. He has succeeded Ia eispos,ng Of
two Of them and the engagement OF a
third 10 announced. but Celia srii re-
mains. Returning from. weeks visit
with friends Celia announces her ensage-
ment 10 Colonel Smith. who had Just Ge-
parted. according 10 her stgry. wits hes
regiment to Africa Coi6ns. Smith, now-
svsr. exists only IN the Imagination o.
Gala. After receiving eosErstDls1;ers
Celia terminates the lie OF her fiance
by the simple process o. announcing IN
q daily paper that he had 1isd in Africa
After she comfortably disposed Of her
fiance. zs she thinks, Celia 10 horrffsel
By q visit from Colonel va.asssr. q
friend Of her fianee. who brings t. her
the last dying message Of the dear fellow
and . Legacy in the shape Of various pr
.sonl trfnkets celis's n5stincssion 10
lcomplete but IN order to live up to her
conspiracy. she finds II necessary to re-
sort to equivocations in the presence Of
her unweicome. unexpected and myster-
,soux visitor.
Ths comedy Is In three acts and the
period ID today. The company supporting
Niss Angiln includes H. Resves-emith.
Wilfred Drnyeott. Gertrude Hifz and
1lsuds Granger
-'Tfs Red Rose = scheduled for next