The Washington times., 1913-10-07
THE MASTER MIND"
IS GRIPPING PLAY
Edmund Breese in Leading Role
Wins Great, Success-0ther
actors Good.

Al the Columbia Theater this week
Snere Is a play called "The Master
Aind. in which Edmund Breese pays
the leading role, and the favor of Poe.
conan Doyle, Bulwer L.rtton, and Rider
Hasgard is dscernib!c in rare anG
intoxicatiagiy palatable propcrtion.
When a man of intelligence fastens
upon one idea to the exclusion of all
others and shapes the course Of his life
!or many years all to Aee cod, he is
hkeiy TO reveal himself sithsr, in the
cafacfty of genius or a crank, accord
ng TO the FEASIBILITY and possibility
OF his plans.
Judged from the popular standard
which DEGREES that one who annoys
persons high in public life with veilel
threats Is a crank, THE Master Mind. ="
Anorew, Is such, but the far-see ng,
serupulous care with which he LAID
.s plans for the trapping of the dis
tfict attorney who Gent his brother
70 the electric chair, Indicate in this
instance at least, such a man to be
hotning short of genius.
Mine Set Five Years.
During five years. Andrew sets the
mine which is TO completely destroy the
Inind, peace, public and private happ.-
ness Of the fiend who listened to popu-
lar appeal and electrocuted the baby
brother In the cold dawn of a cursed
mornins. "The Master Mind lives Tor
me hour when he can say to Court
iand Wainright, played by Arthur S.
huii, First loves are always hardest
70 forget Now you can understand.
a aou are IN the same position l was in
Not until the fourth act are the en-
ure purposes of "The Master Mind"
fexeaied, and then-five years of the
painstakingly careful plotting of a man
oI Herculean intellect is exposed. Ed
iui denunciation at this point. and 1t
70 to his credit that he gives The Mas
yer Mind real personaiity-the man is
eimost-but not quite a crank. He has
invented every situation, his act roll
out with the accuracy OF a moving
picture film, he has counted on ali
things but one
Puppets can be made to dance to the
VIII, events may be shaped to certain
courses: hut the movements of the dear
OF man to control.
Ransaeks Private Papers.
A ransacking of the private papers
Of Wainwright reveals that he would
find . young girl who saved his life.
Andrew searches for her, finds her,
first gives her a past by making it pos
sible for her to steal and then makes
her into an adorable young woman by
four years education. In Paris. A
family is invented for her, a family OF
crooks, crook is hired from her old
Chicago life to appear and claim her
after she has been married to VAIN
wright. and on the eve of the realiza-
ton Of his election for the governor
ship. Andrew even adroitly manages to
have the Pinkerton man of his own
choosing on the spot at the denoument
White cards are sent the district at
torney, then red cards, and at last the
fatal black card. Everything has been
reckoned with but love, the greatest
unrsveler and entangler in the world.
Lucene Blount as played by Grancine
LarHmore is sweet enough to be ca
pable of breaking up a five years plan;
Frank AIlworth, William Hatch, Doro-
thy Rossmore and Sidney Gushing are
such true types that it seems as though
they had been cut right out of fireside
family detective edition: while John
Douherty makes an acceptably bone
headed detective.