New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-15
AcORS Claw Claw,
SlS MANY THRILLS
.,.,.drama of the Boxer
1sI ,vi Elaborate and
Well Acted.
20 DE BELLEVILLE
Nh SCORES AS A COOK
:. Al the Features of a Grim
. ~ Play, Including a Villain
and Old Glory

g,r Play, Including a Villain
and Old Glory,
n,so,'s Claw" by Austin
IN A. ne New Amsterdam.
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essg ,..:,,;s Frederic dc Belleviile
7sai Sne'e $1,000. Mabel mortimer
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dfa2sey Robert Pcyton Gibbs
M. $500 Marshall Birmingham
Nsss.ai Richsrd Deerins, ;,.',,..;,-..
-, n..,{,r Gladys Hanson
Nst,os 80 Lambert. Ida wafer wafer 5 1llsil
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eis9ssss,,es Mcpherson. s. J. Warrington
~ sps-ritt. richardson Robert DAVIDSON
ltst Se''''' ............H Harry Power
ipeit., .f.r;,e .. Ferry Stgrwcr
helnesu .... Charles T, Lewis
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.. lu.tin Strong has chosen both
- theme for his new melodrama,
~. nrsgon's Claw and a particu-
~ ant time 10 present 1t TO the pub
~ Tsis play, which is the second
k.rb 10 be exploded in our midst
=. sssson. is full of Ill the thrills
a ms that are dear 20 lovers OF
.,ioSrsms for is own sake, and pest
si,,~lsted TO cap;iyate the less ardent
.s,s inAsmed with hastily asslml-
"a war news.
n, only are the representative sold
= AZ every European power penned
FEARFUL trap, surrounded by hordes
s,.Ilow perils. but there is a villain
Al last an inspiring trumpet call
.,s,rs in old Glory 10 the rescue.
i, frat. due 20 the admirable stag
= Of the play. one. SO completely
-sskt the feeling Of dreadful portent
a. hung over the victims IN the Pc
- legations that one fancied there
-ssld be at least q show Of subtlety
I. he exposition of the plot. This
4 80 was quite dissipated. however
~ the entrance of the villain, who
,-oied cigarettes and made violent
4, with such astonishing fidelity 10
4, Old. old model that there was no
svbt Of the plays class. Real, Frank
liodrama. go,
Captain Deering is an artillery officer
called on legation service at Peking.
Es wife is ehaminG, pleasure loving.
ni. being very wealthy, is rather bored
4 lie dull routine Of life at the Chi
use capital. Along comes Edward
I hfkIsy, evidently the best little reliev-
n o. monotony Peking can produce 1t
4 As time, and he takes very good care
4 aii Mrs. Captain isn't bored. He goes
.R long rides through the hills with
Ia, Ehile the captain studies trajec-
ares and the qualities of explosives.
People begin TO talk and the captain
ssilly finds them in each others arms.
\ ltis settles il with the captain, who is
. glik fed up with the worries Of taking
~ Of the Christian settlement with
i Boxer uprising impending. so ne
iesgnees them both. At that very
Engi4 the Cinnamon attack the lega-
Ton -
A's, with an almost helpless legq-
il On his hands and a terrible bitter
rs IN his heart he sets about get
1g killed. Mrs. Captain is terribly
Hsrgrought. OF course, there was
wing in her affair with Barley, and
ss still loves her Captain, but the fell
q simply won't talk to her at all.
irtiy, when the walls have been bat
and down by the Boxers and all hope
gone, the Captain decides upon a
ls sortie. Leading the charge, he
aces death, only TO be rescued and
@9ght back wounded by his faithful,
eS1mlng wife. Then, in the long,
:psess dawn, they become reconciled,
,ssge eternal love, and prepare to face
cath together
Sal wait What is that strange
slhd In the air? A trumpet call!
.n Il be --? Readers, all, it is.
'e' the good old 9th Cavalry, led by
auntless officer upon a horse, not
accustomed TO acting, but spirited.
.A arums roll and Old Glory closes
: scene with cheers. The villain,
Use him, has died like a cur for his
'ISSaery and Is now quite forgotten.
M THIS IS very inspiring, Sobful,
s'g and not al all lacking in thrills.
ga thanks 10 Henry Miller, il has
Fa remarkably well and faithfully
-sso' Every time an alien bullet
y aeroSs the stage there is a puff
"a me sand bag defences or else a
SPer screams and drops from the
w In the first act spy is garroted
e gurgling realism. The cast, large
Is, has been we'll selected, and
Players who impersonate the plot
y Chinsmen succeed in giving one a
s.ssome thrill that quite supplies me
seff atmosphere at the very begin
,g Of the play.
Hhlle we do not know where Mr.,
s0hg got his material for "The Drag
S!aw there is little doubt as to
ialthfulness of the picture he
gs@ Mr. Henry Miner Rideout
.S &c wrote most interesting tale
'oe Dragons Blood" which describes
I'd more graphically the horrors ex-
sasASed by a community of Chris,
~ ~ ,oesleged by the Chinese, and
,..s nls plot was different in many re-
- DIS tale bears out Mr.. Strong's
" some details.
.seeeriek De Belleville as Paul Chan.
~ ~; me jolly French hotel proprietor
~ iasef as emergency cook, seemed to
~ N ior most of the applause, and
ya his playing was excellent
- S u. Waldron gave a good pict
~, !, u the harassed and overweight
captain, and Lowell Sherman did
10y well with the villain. If il
40, :. ho5 been first night audience he
&hly would have been cordially
,'a' real tribute to any good vii
sasuys Hanson had to be many
~ and, on the whole, she made a
~ Impression as the misunderstood
Vne Of the best bits OF The even
IIyy"ever, WAS the work of Emmy
,sA0-it we are not mistaken in the
49, az tne German woman who came
1000 for her children during the
On the whole, "The Dragons
6s,as good entertainment for those