Evening star., 1914-05-17
When the Action Begins.

From the moment that the Greek shep-
herd. who wandered in from back of the
temple somewhere. went TO sleep and his
sheep wandered Off by themselves, THE
Fire Regained' is all action The sieep-
ing shepherd is surroun,ed by Wood
nymphs, who dance and sing around M,
sleeping man until j band of very cute
little satyrs rush out of the woods and
drive them away
When the shepherd awakes and recites
a paean of praise to his surroundings
Pallas Athene. goddess of wisdom. an
pears and informs him Of dark plot III
Athens where one of the thirty vestal vir-
gins is accused of having broken her
VOW The story is that four demons
have conspired for her downfall, and
that four demon runners are on their way
TO consummate the virgins death Athene
tells the shepherd that he can save the
girl by winninS the race over earth air
and sea and preventing the four demon
runners from accomplishing their plans
Shepherd Wins the Race.
or course he wins. But between then
and the time that he appears at the end
of the performance the pretty dancing
the music. the chariot races and the
massing of the people in their multi
colored gowns make up the performance
The thirty vestal virgins attend to their
sacred ire rites and gray-bearded
priest strikes awe into the hearts of the
populace with his whisperings at the
shrine Of an oracle, where he learns tn.
accusation against one Of the vestal
virgins
The dancing of these performers met
considerable applause last night. Miss
Efhe Baker. leading the temple dancers.
Won appreciation. and Miss Mildred An
derson. leading the wood nymphs was
pecia!ly graceful and original, and evil
IDENTIFY danced In the proper spirit, 10
Judge from the reception she received
There are several chariot races. and
bareback equestrian sprints around the
amphitheater which raised the hair upon
the heads of the nervous and which add
ed to the excitemept of the entertainment
fine little black bull. on whose back
the accused vestal virgin was tied just
previous to the moment when the priest
raised sacrificial knife TO plunge it 10
tfon as any other actor, and little
flock of sheep gave a touc hof realism
to the opening act.
Prominent Guests Present.
In the audience We're many well known
people. some of them being Vice Presi-
dent Marshall, Secretary of State Bryan
Senator Works. Senator Overman, Rep
resentative Kahn. Representative Gerry
and Senator Hughes. THE Fire Regain
ed" was written and presented by Sidney
NJ. Hirsch in the interest of charity Ed
win T. Emery, chief producer for the
Shuberts. was in charge of the produc-
ton.
Principals in the cast We're:
Pallas Athene, Miss Helen Evans
Hierophant, John Won Steinmetz Bryan
Shepherd. Neyle Colquitt, the MaxImae.
Mrs. c. A. Coburn, Miss Virginia Alb
bott and Mrs. c. A. White: Goddess Hes
tia, Miss Agnes Hart Wilson: Acolytes
]. F. Bourne. Frank L. criley, Thomas
J. Powell. J. Whean and Victor v M;.r
tin; Eros. Eustace c. Nicholas: the fire
gods runner. Soterios Nicholson: the
Nine MUSES., Miss Mary Wilson. Miss
Geneveve Walsh. Miss Mary Baker, MISS
Martha Shreve. Miss Isabel Magee, Mis-
Mary Pugh, Miss Jane Austin, Miss Marion
Maddox and Miss Eleanor knowland
chariot drivers, Mrs. jerome Liehtfoot
and Harry Jackson: leader of temple
dancers. Miss Effie Baker: wood nymph
dance leader and solo dancer. Miss Mi
dred Anderson: Chorus director Percy
S Foster; Music. Sol Minister and o.
chestra: wardrobes, by Mrs. r. l.. Bear of
Washington.