Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12

pen. point or pitcher" into the highest
officer in the state, the kings chief adj
wiser, clothed with riches and power.
The love interest in the play develops
two strong roles. one of Huguette.
woman of the slums, and that Of Kath-
crime de Vaucelles, kinswoman of the
king. and reputed the most famous beauty
in all France. The hearts of these two
widely separated women beat strongly
for Villon, who. in turn, is in love with
both of them. The sacrifice Of Huguette's
own longings in order to help Villon I'M
earth plot against his king is one of
the interesting points of the story.
The king. with whimsical abandon.
gives Villon week OF supreme power.
and tells him the gallows is being erected
for him at the end of 1t all. During this
wonderful week Villon has the chance to
save himself. If he can win the hand of
Katherine. The chances that the woman
will accept the suit of tavern poet for
all his mock elevation to power, are so
slim the thought seems laughable. But
the ballad-maker sets himself to work.
and how he does 1t, how he cheats the
hangman at the end, and how he saves
France from the Vaccinations Of the
powerful Duke of Burgundy form the
great interest of the latter half Of the
play. The scenic setting has been copied
from the original production.
Jane Marbury will make her debut with
the Butterfield Players as Huguette.
Polls.
Madame X" the famous Alexandra
Bisson drama which filed the New ANS
terdam Theater. New York, for a year,
will be the Offering Of the Poll Players
this week, and in it Izetta Jewel will
have her first big emotional role, in the
title part. 1t is role which laid the
foundation of Dorothy Donnellys great
was added to the repertoire of the great
est OF all tragediennes. Sarah Bernhardt,
during her last tour Of America.
The story told in Madame X' is one
Of searching pathos. young wife. neg
lected by cold and unsympathetic
husband, runs away from home with a
man whom she believes she can love.
But when she learns that her baby boy
Is Ill she returns at once to the husband.
who refuses to allow her to see the
child. This attitude on the part OF the
father is the cause Of her deeper down
fall. She sinks to the lowest depths OF
degradation. and becomes an absinthe
hend after being freed from prison. The
second act opens as the woman returns
to France after an absence OF twenty
years. In a moment Of madness she
Stays her companion because he is at
tempting to bring disgrace upon the son
whom she has not seen since she was
cast from her husbands home.
The woman Is placed on trial for her
life. but she refuses to reveal her iden-
tity and declines to offer any explanation
for her deed. Her mystery acquires for
her the sobriquet Madame x" Her
own son Is appointed by the court to de-
fend her. The revelation Of son to
mother Is the dramatic climax of a thrill
ing and engrossing play. 1t occurs in
the courtroom scene while the young
lawyer Is pleading with the jury for the
life of the woman who sits with shrouded
head in the prisoners dock.
While the chief interest naturally GEN.
tiers in Madame x, there is a clean and
wholesome little love story running
through three of the acts.
Miss Jewel will play the part of Jac-
queline, the erring wife. and Mr. Van
Buren, will play the unrelenting husband.
The role of the son will be enacted b.
Robert LIE Sueur. The roe of the ad-