The Washington herald., 1919-04-17

What wonderful world this is. after all
The daring telephone girl who sticks to her switch
board in burning Minnesota village the people m
the path of the flames becomes known overnight the people
of the nation.
The convict in a Texas prison who Of his dream.
eonures up fascinating population people world of his
becomes celebrated literary figure. sppIauded by an
lands. and his early are forgiven.
The fine wonderful thing about the people of the new
world is. THEIR WILLINGNESS TO FORGET.
THIS is the land of REDEMPTION the land Of forgive
Perhaps you don't really believe this,
the United States todayespeed prosperous. successful
menwho would not be where they society and
their felow-bengs accusnsy brought them book for
things they have been kind enough to forget,
How many thousands of women happily married and
surrounded by their families would have never been mared
and had their happy families they held strictly
to account to face the accusing finger Of soc'esy>
But there comes time when social earthquake oves-
human wipes completely the things that
and have done that they would wish society
forget. and gives to all who have deed soomed
tons ignored laws their hour of restoration hour Of
redemption hour for reconstruction and human eh,b-
tation.
There are TEN THOUSAND PEGGY U4wRENIs in
Washington; thousand girls and young better
and than the Peggy Lawrence who redeemed herself
and sent her and fame enccns the world; ten toe-
sand Pessys known to the Watch and Ward Society.
The REAL Peggy Lawrence is the heroine of wonder
full play.
In THE CROWDED HOUR which come. to the
Belaseo Theater week. she is HUMAN SINNER who
looked the world in the eye soouy seized upon and held
her a who left bis wife and the reprosches
of hi. fellows Against all Odds and with her beauty and her
power the who loved her. she kept her sweetheart
and laughed the faces of those who sought take him
from her.
At the very moment of her greatest triumph the mo-
when she had whipped who sought to break
and lost her lover because of Of the greatest crimes
RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE WORLD.
Two great paywriyht, Edgar SeIwyu and Claiming Pol
lock- have begun their remarkable play this dramatic and
,ss p., b. ss GREAT Of g
REDEMP1ION-so great a story il its hold upon the
emotions that in the cities where has played audiences have
discarded the customary methods Of applause and approval
and risen in their seats and cheered and wcpt.
They show you GIRL CLIMBING BACK 10 HER
RICHTFUL PLACE IN SOCIETY," A girl who failed miser-
ably according to soceys standing performing superb
of herosm that made and forget everything else
she had done before They show of the greatest
acts OF KENONlAlON you have ever seen IN the hester
and they make you FORGIVE her for what she HAS BEEN
and LOVE her for what she IS
HERS was the triumph of supreme moment. and in
that purgms of her past and the finding of
her SOUL.
Do you remember Sir Walter SCOTS word-known poem,
old MORTALITY" in which there these lines-nes
of an age gone that made live and hrob again
in your memoya
Sound the clarion. fiji the fyfe,
To all the sensual world proclaim:
One Crowded Hour Of Glorious Life
Is worth an age without a name
This famous poem gives the to the play of Peggy
Lawrence-the girl who had her DAY and lost eyerythns
the girl who had her HOUR and the admiration of the
world.- THE CROWDED HOUR" will be est the Belasco
Theaer next week. Don't fail il.
SEATS NOW SELLING Careful Attention to Mad Order,