Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-10

these chances are not overlooked by
the principals.
The play needs the most careful
handling, for the lines and situations
are such that the actors must repress
themselves. rather than give full vent
to their histrionic inclinat lions. The
plot is. woven round police graft,
crooks, reformed thieves OF the fe-.
male gender, and rich young mining
engineer, fresh frtin ne Wcs+1-'fs
syil6s, who isl fT1ip.ss SC i ~ he an ea NJ.
r&atlz fra- wi ~ & 81 },.ssAs4. u 81
the 4base,r. go, 4 6 - d, ~
w. .ch the mark is enticed TO the
apartment Of the leav Id the case a y
q convenient time for itke hGsban :,
real or theeretical,s TO- d4shssfn With
| denunciaticns and an entire willing
mess to compromise his Honor and In
jured Feelings for fat percentage Of
1.-THE victims available wealth. .
In The Deep Purple, Virginia
Brissac takes the part bf Kate Fall
! Ion, known as Frisco Kate. re-
/ formed thief, who allows d Lotto sure
thing workers and petty crooks to
| gather at her house, because they
| have something on her. It's hard
part to handle, ana Miss Brissac does
lit very we'll When Kate learns that
Harry Leland Tray HanforG q crook.
/ has decoyed Doris Moore Evelyn
IHamblyl the unsophisticated daught-
Ter Of a Buffalo clergyman, to New
York on promise of marriage, and that
The intends to use her as the bait for
1.-THE badger game, to trap the rich
lWesterner. William Lake flames Dill
tIonl, her better nature prevails, and
i she does a wholesale tipDing-on act,
that prepares Lake for what he may
4 exepect.
: In the mean time a man with four
lnctehes on his gun" comes to Kate
Il from Western friends. He is Gordon
ILaglcek fIohn Wrayl,. and he wants
to lead a better life, having had more
or less provocatfon for sending all
four of, his victims over the Great Di-
vide. The little society OF crooks Of
whom, by the way. Pom Clark, ex-
cellently portrayed by Harry Clarity,
is the white-haired dean, learn OF
| Laylock's record. and deliver him to
the police fer blood money, he being
II taken no as a "vag" and hustled. to
the island until his record can be YER
flied. .x:>1. 3 -. ~ r. = !,
This adds the last straw to Kate g
load of anger, and she tells everything
she knows to everybody on and Oh
stage. OF course forewarned Is fore
armed-with pocket artillery-and the
crooks are nightly fooled when they
try to blackmail the overlooking Lake
The latter, out of gratitude, and be
cause he has fallen in love with the
bait" gives Kate enough money to
| complete her rescue by bribery OF
n I.aylock: In spite of the cynicism oil
Jnspectcr Bruce, Ferdinand Munier)
Lake believes in the innocence of the
little lady from Buffalo. and this he
proves by leaving a few thousand
dollars tucked into her hat, and al
lowing her to rescue it with appropri
ate screams, when her false lover
Iceland, tries to annex it for current
expenses.
In the last act, there is some nice
gun play. Wilson Miner, who. it viii
be remembered. was manager of the
late Stanley Ketchel, prize fighter
once remarked to the writer tnat ii
was mistaken chivalry ever to hit
anyone with your fist in case of ar
gument.
1T usually ,busts your hand, and
probably doesn't do much damage tc
the other guy" said Misner. The
way to do, especially If the trouble
happens in a restaurant or bar, is
to hit him with bottle. Preferably
catsup, and then the poor fool thinks
he's .ieeding to death
In The Deep Purple" Miner could
MT work in a catsup scene, but no
body makes the mistake OF hitting
anybody else. Laylock closes the play
very fittingly by shooting Leland IN
the back, while everybody else sol
EMMY sswears,; Suicide" - when the
police arrive ~ J. 1as.ss ~ &
Tlor;s Mora when . 0ffeRed he1