The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-25
ADJUSTMENTS.
Acndemy-"The Gnrden of Allah.
Bijou-..rhc Common Inv"
COiOnfa1-VnudeyiII
1mptre-''Pinafor I'm Miniature.
0rpieum--Pictures.
Little Theutre-Picturcs.
Wonderful Production.


Compared with The Daughter Of
M H. es, which was seen here a few
more famous production, The Garden
of Allah. which opened an engage
memt Of four performances, at the Acad-
inacolor motion picture to a series of
beautifully colored slides.
The decentralization OF Robert HIGH
ny the author with the assistance of
so cultured and experienced an actor
as Mary Anderson Navarro, has not
Ter company-using the term to include
George c. TYLER and the artists who
has undoubtedly succeeded in present
ing the material supplied by the ada mr.
ers in the form OF a great dramatic
Spectacle" alone might be accu.
re- ~, used to describe "rhe Daughter
while much of its effectiveness is de-
rived from its beautiful and singular
f iGe and en ny Us sklfui light;
as as from the wild unTamliarity of its
, n%rn Il there are several scenes where
ply appeal and the illusion or another
life This Is notably true of the scene
IN which Boris, the recreant monk.
comiesses his sin 10 Domini. in. by the
way. the longest speech that / have
eyer heard. and in the consequent ACT
oil their remuneration.
1T is true that in the first of ,bese
me Loneliness of the wind-swep desert
adds to the tenseness OF the situation.
the i inne IL me ee second the quiet of
cesses of the Trappist monastery. win
i iiiS e eneIh ,. seeluson from love and
ing or doves. lends easily imaeined
bitterness TO the stress OF the moment 9t
Words ua Is tbe also Iin true tlrat in both. the
with the very essence of the drama nod
would convey their unhappiness, their
sotnOW ana their passion without the
external accessories with which thev
are accompanied. ''eS
,;a And. merely to look at, the produc-
tlon is not short of wonderful
In order TO make the story at al
possible for stage purposes a NM, a., a.,
OF scenes and Incidents have been pre-
nave been supplied in entirety hntti
to to introduce the story and to cr eoin
lhe desired atmosphere 'o
Somewhat like the first scene IN "po,
iiur; me curtain rises upon a deserf
waste Mroh, at dawn Arabs-and there are
pa aHS score aCreso or more in the COM
horses. donkeys and cam senge r Upon
tSn; Others on foot, women carrv wGse
ing goats. i and bb na1ia back" boys driv-
one dlsmounts from his racing namei
h IN 5, rIrhh1ing to the East, bows to Allah
Is seen. the monastery wh @se linen
emily Father Antoine escapes, to pres Ss-
eo Sren ,ne Soris Of the story.
garden gard, in the oasis town of Benz M norei
fightine u an6 = .i ana Arabs gambling,
p Asses. and they stand at attention ee
Euro,iass Win out-turned palms I'm
European manner; n parish priest ON
1ers; and they bow with courtesy on or
troop singing; All very pictures .neS
vghrS vivid and very. familiar to those
and ID love the Foreign Legion. 'iass
h linen INST the street Of the ouled Nails.
i nays taught ,7Ia us to know in fctio n
crowded with men, Arabs and ne npnse'
t Memen d nnnt a. man SEXES one of Of
~ In the back. Exeunt. DRAGGING ne
body with them. while the native noo
lice hale the murderer forth@one 10
AGNES to the bastinado. and then the
Lofty palms of many varieties 70,
ing in y into really Wonderful perspeciive,
grow, make beautiful the gardens ~
Count Anteoni--such a garden as We
have, never seen. And then, in two
scenes, the desert First, while u sand