The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-05

other episode in THE Fighting
Trail, viii be presented Wednesday
and Thursday.
without Honor is a Triangle
play that deals with the marriage OF
a big hearted girl and bigamist
! the girl then becoming a scarlet
woman to save him from prison.
| In reality a native of Butte, Mont,
Julian Eltinge, the famous feminine
| imRersonator, spent most of his early
| life \in Boston, Mass, a fact which
| doubtless explains the manner in
which he is able to assume so COM
! pletely the polish and as it were,
culture" Of a perfect lady"
| He began being ladylike in Bos-
! ton while a member of the 'Bos-
ton Cadets" a military organization
most of the members of which were
| Harvard men. 1t was the custom of
this organization to give, each year,
| amateur productions in which the
members appeared as actors, direc-
! tors and managers.
1t was in Miss Simplicity" a
! cadet play in which he took the lead
! ing part as a demure school girl,
| that Julian Eltinge gained his first
| notoriety as a female impersonator.
! long before he appeared by request
at the New Amsterdam Roof in New
| York city, and again in London,
! Eng, at the Palace theater.
On returning to New York city
| Mr.. Eltinge, with a number Of other
famous starsg appeared at Sunday
benefit for George Fuller Golden,
where he attracted the attention Of
George M. Cohan. who straightway
engaged him for the star feature in
the Conan and Harris Minstrels at
salary of SITS a week which was
increased to $4O0 after the first
week.
Subsequently he appeared in sew
eral vaudeville engagements, receiv-
ing sometimes as much as $1,000 or
81, 500 a week. His success in
vaudeville led him still another step
up the ladder Of success, and in
"The Fascinating Widow" in the dual
role of Mrs. Monte and Hal Blake,
he scored a phenomenal success.
This was at the Liberty theater, New
York city, in 1911.
After touring in the same produc-
ton. until 1914, he appeared in THE
Crinoline Girl in the role Of Tom
Hale, at the Knickerbocker theater,
also New York city. Mr.. Eltinge
until 1915 when he started in on his
latest and greatest success, Cousin
Lucy" in which he has played until
very recently when he followed the
example of most of his fellow actors
and succumbed to the lure Of the
motion pictures, becoming a noted
member of the Paramount forces.
His first picture for that company
was THE Countess Charming" which
created a veritable furore. The next,
"The Clever Mrs. CarfaX,' will be
shown at the Garrick theater on
Monday and Tuesday.
The Strand, during the coming
week, will present interesting bills,
featuring The Grell Mystery" on
Monday and Tuesday, and William
S. Hart in The Aryan" on Wednes-
day and Thursday.
The story of THE Grell Mystery
reveals a millionaire on the eve Of
his marriage about to pay blac6mail
no the husband of a former sweet
heart. The would-be blackmailer is
killed by his wife in the library of
the millionaire's mansion and the
body discovered by the sister of his
promised bride. Believing her guilty
and to save her, he disappears and
the body is mistaken for that of him
self
The solution of the crime is the
fascinating story of THE Grell Mys-
terry" Earle Williams and Miriam
Miles head an unusually strong cast,
being supported by Jean Dumar,
Denton Vane, Mabel Trunnelle,
Robert Gaillard, Frank Crayne, and
Bernard Seigel.
An unusual theme is developed in
THE .Aryan," William S. Harris
Triangle play. 1t is the power of
fearlessness and faith to overcome
evil.
The opposing characteristics are
personified in q girl and a man. The
man, embitteTed by a misplaced az
lection. is the embodiment of hate
for all manlIind-and womankind-I
and of an Unsuitable lust for revenge.
This is Harris part
The girl, with an unsullied love In
her heart for everyone, goes to the
man believing that because he is OF
the white race he win protect white
women against his riff-raff crew of
reds and browns. Her utter fearless
ness and trust in him, despite all his
attempts to terrorize her, slowly
break down the power of his hate. !
The whole fabric of his badness dis |
solves in the light of her faith.
In the end he rides off alone across |
the desert to begin life anew, friend |
less except for the memories Of the
little girl with whom he has just
parted, probably forever,
The part Of the girl is exquisitely |
filled by Bessie Love, and Louise |
Glaum makes of the dance hall siren |
a revelation in remarkable feminine