The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-20
The Theatres
The Grand.


The Open Window, a three act
icomedy drama by an unknown author,
was presented for the first time on
any stage at the Grand last night. TT
is a. splendid play filled with fine lines
and striking situations, with a splen-
did climax to every act, The story is
an old n of the kind we hear Of
every day but told in new. up-to-
date fashion. Kate Gardner steals into
Ruth Days apartments in a fashion
able New York family hotel at mid
night to rob her in order to help a
lcouple of crooks who had befriended
her when she had been betrayed and
least adrift by a young society man
who she met in her country home. She
is caught in the act of stealing by
Ruth Day, who is a noted young settle
ment worker, who, seeing that she is
mot a regular crook, adopts her, Ruth
is engaged to marry Robert Ames, and
Ruth's brother, Billie, a western MIN
ling man, falls in love with Kate and
wants to marry her. but Kate refuses
him on account of her past, as she
has discovered that her betrager is
Ruth's accepted lover, Ames. After a.
big scene in which Ames attempts to
force Kate to leave Ruth's home, Kate
confesses and tells what Ames has
been to her. Anes, in a fury, abuses
Kate, and Jim Blake, one of the couple
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kills Ames for insulting her. Jim's
wife is dying, so Kate takes his re-s
polvers N allows him to escape. She
is arrested for the crime, but mean
while Jim's wife dies and TO save
Kate he confesses to the crime.
This is one of the best of the mod
ern crook plays that has SO far been
presented in Fargo. The company Is
very well cast and every one has In
important part, and does Justice to 1t.
Orpheum.
Three capacity audiences gave the
new bill at the Orpheum theatre a
reception yesterday and every act IN
the programme scored a hit.
The headline, act is VIM. Schilling 81
leo, in a powerful sensation entitled.
Destiny. Mr.. Schilling plays the Lead
ing role, that of a westerner, and the
action of the playlet takes place in the
I wrsterner's apartments in New York
between the hours of IL and IL New
Years eve. Mr.. Schilling is an ex-
cellent actor and the supporting COM
pany that surrounds him is a capable
one. Miss Bessie Folsom, a niece Of
Grover Cleveland Preston. widow of
Ex-President Grover Cleveland ap-
pears in the roll Of the woman and
she acuuits herself with credit, The
other members of the cast, Charles
Barton. as the butler; VIM. Haisch,
as policeman and Bertram TRASHY,
as the reporter. could not be improv-
ed on.
Destiny is a thrilling melodrama and
the parts are all well taken, even TO
the policeman, who upon entering a
house in which there has been a MUIR
der committed, fails to disarm the
~murderess and allows her to commit
suicide.
Destiny Is a play which depicts a
broken down drunken, wreck living
with a cyprian. He suddenly dis
ccvers that he has a younger brother
who is also infatuated witn a woman.
Both resolve to break of with tho
Camille, but she Stays the elder
brother n ends her own life.
The balance of the bill consists of
Armon & Armon, Australian Musical
Novelty. which was well received and
Harry Howell, singer and yodeIer, who
rendered his selections to the best of
his advantage.
The Edison talking pictures are
unusually good,