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ROYAL.
AT the Mercy Of Men," Alice
Brady's latest Select Picture, win be
the feature attraction here at the
Royal theatre today. It is Q
thrilling story depicting the life in the
period before the revolution when the
Car still held his throne although the
masses were murmuring revolt. The
~photoplay. however, involves only IN
| directly the political upheaval.
Souroff, a beautiful young MUSIC
teacher, the daughter OF retired
Major In the Russian army, who ID
seized In the streets of Petrograd By
three ~carousing officers OF the ImpeA
rial Guard, dragged into a hotel and
ruined by one of them; in the piton
darkness, h cannot identify the OFF
fender.
The Countess Zaptine, an influential
patroness of Vera, gets the CTar to ara
rest the three officers; and he orders
Count Nicho, as the eldest, to marry
the girl. She however, leaves him 70
return home to her father. The mob
Guardsmen. Vera warns them, but
too late; yet she succeeds in resous
ing Nicho in a wounded and uns
conscious condition. When he re5
wives. his first thought is Of Vera, des
spite his former consistent refusal to
tell her whether he Is the guilty mani
now he confesses and sets her mind
at rest. :
Theirs has been a terrible, trying
time, but they have found their haven
Of rest and undisturbed love at last.
DTTAIAS.
The role of Madame Sphinx
which Alma Rubens plays in the photo
drama of the same name that to
the Dftmas on Monday and Tuesday
Is a departure from her usual por-
trayals. SO far, Miss Rubens has
never undertaken to ferret criminals
out, but in this picture she takes a
~headlong plunge into one of the weird
est n most fascinating of the mys-
terfes that eve emanated from the
haunts OF the Partisan Apache.
Henri Du Bots, a wealthy French
man., is murdered in a mysterious
manner In the city of Paris. His
ward, Celeste, played by Alma Ru-
bens, finds a c~uff-button with the head
OF a sphinx carved upon 1t. Conceal
ing this clue from the eyes of the
keen Partisan inspectors, she disap-
pears from the kin OF her acquaint-
ances and as Madame Sphinx" the
mysterious woman, sinks into the
oblivion of the Partisan Apache.
There h meetsAan adventurous lad
who commits burglaries and defes the
cunning of the detectives mainly
through the love Of sport and the de-
sire to brighten the lives Of the poor
artistic fellows of the Latin quarter.
After thrilling adventures and several
mistakes she succeeds in bringing the
murderer to Justice and winning q
sweetheart.
Viola Dana In Opportunity is also
included in Monday and Tuesdays
program.
MAJESTIC.
Walter Perkins. who is playing an
important role in "Parlor, Bedroom
and Bath" the famous New York
farce hit which A. H. Woods will pre-
sent at the Majestic Theatre Monday,
Sept. 2 for an engagement OF one mate
inee and night had several years in
stock before he found success on
Broadway. Naturally he has good
words to say for the training an actor
gets in stock companies.
Nothing gives such assurance and
resourcefuiness." he says. "On one
occasion I had the long and beautiful
passage extolling Iris in Pinero's play
of that title. The speech has a score
Of exquisite metaphors, each ending
with the line. THAT is Irisi'' She wa1
compared to bird, bee. cloud, flower
everything lovely in life and nature.
I loved that speech, but had a pre-.
a SO0A0A ACaAA IL " IL
time vas short. AS I anticipated, ]
forgot the lines. But was I lost? No.
My stock experience stood me in good
stead. Instead of recitiLg Pinero'1
beautiful speech I merely saidi
Words sail me. All hat is beautts
ful-that is Iris
Again when playing with a big
star, I had an opportunity to use my
stock experience. One night the stage
hand supposed to hand her a toy at
the entrance forgot to do 80. She
did not notice he had left II on a chaiE
and asked me in an undertone IL I had
seen 1t. I did what any resourcefuI
stock company actor would do. I in<
l~terlopated some lines and business
that enabled me to go to the entrance
and get the toy"
But every actor is not so quick-wit<
ted-even in stock.