Putnam patriot., 1915-01-22
Bradley Theatre.

The Gladys Klark Company which has made such q pronounced bit in tbis city among the theatrical goers will present at the Bradley theatre thts evening "The Village Parson The company made great hit yester- day because of it's excellent production <, of Eugene Walters play Of the Cana dian northw west, "The Wolf.D The full
 poetie genius of Walters Is exemplihed in uThe Wolff The speeches were full of beautiful thoughts well express ed. which shows the great love Of the author for nature and things prime val. lie indicates plainly in the play that an outer garment of edueation and refinement may cover ! black heart. iwhiIe ignorance and uneoath- ness oftentimes compose the exteuor 1 of 2 man whose heart is clean and gen tie. Mir. Balfour made of Jules Beau biau just that sort of manithe author l had intended. The character, rugged, sturdy and wholesome, typiiicd the country in which the scene of the play l js laid. the great Canadian northwest. David Baker was Mcdonald, the en- gineer, the man Of sordid thoughts who tried 10 ruin the daughter of the hard hearted 5colchman. McTayish. The part could not have been in better hands. Miss klArk va, at ber best as aHda. and particularly in the second act where she Iurus on Mcdonald and denoaaees him as liar, did the young woman haqe tHc fullest opportunity to display hef excellent dramatic agit. Lily. IL was a remarkable exhibition of the heavier work for which the lit- tie star k so well qualified, because Of her remarkable resonant voice and ex- eellent diction.
 Mir. Hareau fulfilled every expecta- ton as McIavish, handling the diffi- cult Scotch dialect in excellent shape. The rest of the cast were excellent.
 On Friday eThe District Attorney fa the offering, and Saturday double bill, "Tiger and the Lamb, and "ihe Deyil-n We predict bumper houses for this company during their stay here, which they well deserve. Adv
 THE YELLOW TICKET
 Coming to the Bradley theatre on Tuesday night, Jan. 26th, after "a year at the Eitinge theatre, New York city, k Michael Moftons drama Of life in modern Russia, "The Yellow Ticket, which will be under the management Of A. II. Woods who promises splen. did cast and fine production. Realiz- ing that this Is the play which was SC. leeted by MT. Woods To replace With in the Law at the Eltinge, il augurs we'll for the quality of the play if any further augury Is necessary than It's own long record at one play house in the Metropolis.
 The story of aThe Yellow Ticket has to do with the persecution of a young Jewess, "Marya Varenka," by the Russian Secret Police. In the first act. Marya appears as companion to the daughter of an Englishman named Seaton. The scene is the Seaton apart ments in the Hotel d Europe. To this place Marya is tracked by Police spy Pelrov Paviak who denounees her 10 her employer as the possessot Of 4el- low Tick, which is Russia's. license to the social outcast. When her employ. CT demands to know If 1t is true that she holds the Yellow Ticket, Marya Is forced to admit It, while, 'at the same time, disclamiug her guilt, and eX- plaining the circumstances in a pathe- tic story. It appears that her father on his way home from America, has met with an accident in St. Petersburg. He is dying, and in order 10 reach his bed side, Marya is forced to apply for the only passport allowed to her, because of her race, i. e, the Yellow Ticket. With this badge of terrible calling in her possession, ,Marya is uneble Ia leave the Pale ol Settleme.t in her na- tive villnge. She journeys to St. Peters burg, receives the blessing of her dY