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jft-rc. , THE SUN, SUNDAY! NOVEMBER 17, '1912. V HE imi VV 1 J iac I ' B A D- lise of a Novelty Every Night. Two Native Comedies and Two Extravaganzai. MONDAY: Criterion Theatre. "What Ails You?" Farce In Rupert lushes. Garden Theatre. "Hamlet." with John E. Kellcrd. TUESDAY: llnd-on Theatre. Mrs. Fi. kcin "The High Road." by Edward Sheldon. Harris Theatre, "Mrs. Christmas Angel." Matinee Per formance. WEDNESDAY: Gertrude Hoffmann at thc-Winter Garden, in "Hroadwav to Paris." THURSDAY: Opening of Weber Fidda's Mtbio Hall with "Rolv Pol" and "Without the Law." FRIDAY: "The Whip" at the Manhattan Opera .House. Wlm the British drama would (! without i'.'p iloclnr and hl inc il. hl ofttce. It la not easy to tell. Where mild the hero or th" heroine com fortably tell the story which is Indis pensable to an understandlim of the play? Where Is I'ouhl such sjnipa thctlc ears be found as those of that dnar phyflclan who Is nolns to ll-tcn nd aympathlze and explain and Inci dentally put the audience Into pus 'Eston of hII the facts it should know en the subject? It is certain that tlili l.'loved convention of the least en llnhtened utajre In the world Is not coliin i be withdrawn soon from the work shop of its pla"wrlshts. Of course "Bella Donna" begins In ti e office of the famous London speclal lf , who wan In Iondon the hero of the play Tills dramatization Is Just Ineffective In most of Its scenei ni might have, been expected from n writer who put the doctor and his ofTlce In the first act merely becauso It hap pened to be the. most obvious atartlnc point. What In lacking In the second ' act Is supplied by the demonstrations of Mme. Nazlmova. Her rcptlllc eroti cism furnishes" for these episodes Just the element of sensational Interest that will make the drama popular. The XeUiersolo kiss of former years pecms In comparison with tho manoeuvres of the Russian actress u cold salute. When the languors and Utiles of the lady have Iregun to pall on tho audl encr they would retain their effec tlvenesa for a longer period were there p Baroudl who In the least way re turned her expressions of emotion or levealed any of the masterful and virile qualities of this man In tho hook tho bird act arrives with something like dramatic Interest to form a foundation or Mme. Nazlmova's acting. She Is .-lowly poisoning the husband, who Is lying 111 on the dyahbecah. His friend arrives, Is repulsed before the action of this ticcne begins and aRiiIn attempts o consult with the physician, who h been led by his affection for the hero ine to be Indifferent aa to the exact malady of his patient. Here the Rtrug tile between the three la Interesting, v ictory seems at first to lie with tho nsolcnt heroine, who openly taunts the London doctor on his avarlciousness nnd his desire to profit by the oppor- intty to be brought Into the case. Then It Is the same physician who finally triumphs becauso he has In stilled Into the mind of his colleague a msplclon that after all there may be something mysterious In the Illness of this man who la dying from what he had been pleased to call on attack fol lowing sun stroke. It Is finally the friend from London who completely triumphs, once ho has seen the wretched ck man and heard his entreaties for ii consultation. Adroitly cumulative, In- reaatarfy interesting Is the progresn ot tola afct, which happena to be built THEATRES 9 n -mind technicil .rlnclileH that Im p.nt lis Kcnalne liramaiic inalit',. I: Aniilil he in;eresi!ns to -cp Alia .N.i;:imea act le,ip.iti.i. not the t'len. I "tr.i of th S.inlnu ersl.iii, but Mime h".sle arranenient of Shal.estieiire's phi;'. She seemed to be thlnklni; the o".ier nlKht of the serpent of old Nile and to find In this iIccI.is.-cp London beniity the present Incarnation of tn.tr earlier charmer. Her speech Is vastly Improved in elcarneri and almost with out a trace of areent. It occasionally bettays ;i somewhat vulpar pronuncia tion, as if she were talilm; iter ldeali phi:'. She to li, thinking the I fifflPSSHMBSSt. JHBSH? I I n".ior night of tlm serpent if i.l.l Nile fi llBJK9lSt3SfA I an.l to nml In this deoI..soe London lillM JPi I V,.,. j Improved in rlcarnct-, ami alnv.,t with- H0IMttl1O 3 oat trace f accent. It occasionally nHftmeteiiaTi . ftg3 ! from persons without cultivation. The i:ni;l!sh lanBiiaxe, spoken with educa tion and correctness, Is rare on the, American stage to-day. It would he,' therefore, little cause for gratification . If Mme. Xazlmova did learn to pro-! such an enterprise, nounce more correctly If shn made this sain at the cost of a cultivated English speech. She speaks more distinctly to day than Ifelcne Modjeska ever learned to, and It would be quite possible for her to enact Shakespeare. To the last nlK,,t eMe actcd tne ro,.e ,,army Jflnu shock never spolte the lines of Lady Macbeth with as little foreign accent a Mme. Nazlmova possesses to-day. sell will find the plays for any con Then It would not be possible were she tinned season of this character'. It Is to play any of these heroines for the .. . ..... . ... i nusimn actress to uupi.iy so plainly her contempt for her roes as she has dono j for several years. It Is not only that linn unA... 0nm 1. Am I. . . , I . I n .. . I hki riuui iji .,ii.-iit in c.iuciil in ncr i manner. It Is affecting her dramatic method to a degree which makes her, when she feels that trtie material Is un worthy, altogether Indifferent as to what extravagance she may commit for the sako of making what seem to her the only possible points. Mme. Nazlmova has never given Indication of the least humor. She Is always the Inscrutable Mona Lisa, Her Cleopatra would not be the only role In the Shakespeare repertoire which would suit her strange genius. Perhaps she Is reserving Lady Macbeth for later days, when there will be further possi bility for her to reveal the exotic Juliet, which would surely be her most original creation. The character of the young girl would be ilt'by the strange glare of that glowing, smoky passion which Mme, Nazlmova more or less Imparts to every character, and certainly the iraglc note in till. tragic life would bo deoply sounded. Tcrhaps after a while the Itusslan actress will play somo of these parts and then she will not at least pre sume to treat them with contempt, but color them In the sullen glare of her own genius. Annie Russell's scheme of a theatre devoted to performances of old comedy seems most encouragingly started on Its way. The Thirty-ninth StreetThe atro serves as the appropriate homo for such an undertaking, which Is In all Its branches an evidence of Miss Hub sell's wholly artistic manqer of treating this aaaaaaaMK UaaaWBaaaMP" III. , , that i all f.ilse. There i Mill a public- Ill I Jaaaa'Ek fld IMF7" CVJI III w&e-r knd for lino things, splendid performances, 111 the 1 's''' minute. Ill I W H .. f.- 1 ,1 - worthy plays A laudable Shakespearian Aubry. an enclno.-r. ha III I W 1 11 performance is almost insured .-imilnst ,,,lr m perfecting n war nrenplan I'" Jf i ll Hnaticial loss ti'l tlic viry outset, alt IiourIi llf. 1 laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaMl 111 "',,i,il1 involved It. many times that I Ta III I XXutBaaaBlMaB'lBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBH Ml Cllllfcrmsl III lit, i-iptiiiuri inrulupii il u I i .j ill i nMMHiHi iii iiij;u.i is inir 'MiOiicn. X--W III I utHHmHH III LHHHHHH III IrfSSlfZSl HI laaaaaT - SHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaDaaaaaaaaai I III scheme exhausted by wittsT I aaA riflHH playwrights. i.. roiiownd th ox- yra III laaaayaV -77-l'aaaaaaaaHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaraBaPr-'- ,HiiL"lli4wth-rtw tho V S. .." which I RieA III ISVv. tKL gStFz&L III laaaaaHE aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBaaaaaaaaaaL I '" which I I IBBBBBBBK mHHHJI III I. Wto rv III IBT IHMI III 0 saHiBfM-Xw ; I 11,1 Oe-rt- rude There ought to be 'support for such A tli "lie tastes of thU p theatre In the cath olic tastes of thN public. liven those theatregoers who aro supposed to exer cise such an Injurious effect tm the theatrical taste of this city might be suftlclently curious to listen to one of tho clas;Ic plays of the country which uho cream tarts in the midst of her dis they have made their own. ( tress, and walking over to the t.iblw said: It is not easy to see where Miss Hus easy to speak of the old Ungllsh com-' ... . ' puips, but tjiere are not many of them. , When one lias acted "She Stoops to ' Conquer," "The School for Scandal," ' n 11 1 . ,, I 1 1 ...... . . . .. . ne jiivais, i uc i.onu lo i;uin. "Sneed the I'loutrh." "The i-v., Wife," "The Recruiting Ofllcer," ,,Uf,. ' rolled in on tho baby carriage arrange it, ,, .1., , ..... ,., ,, , . menl which linn come to represent to l,J,,CilC n"J ShP W,,UW anrt tho mind of tho average. American stage She Wouldnt. there is about an end imager tho last word in Hritisli aris to the list, unless one goes Into the I tocrai-v Shakespearian repertoire nnd will also regard "London Assurance" or "The Honeymoon" and possibly "Money," as old comedies. When Is a comedy old enough to bo really old Is ,a question which such a season as'MIss Husscll's if It lasts morn than a certain length of time will bo compelled to answer. It will probably be round necessary In future years to take advantage of the leeway that Miss Itusscll allows herself nnd act modern dramas that fit Into tho general scheme of this enterprise, which deserves such loyal support from all lovers of the theatre. Helen Lowell has probably been quite sufficiently praised for nil tlia-t she ac complished In "The lted Petticoat." Sho Is a comedienne so superior In most ways to tho average funny woman of musical farce thut It waH quite excusa ble to acknowledge her abilities so gen erously. The unique quality of her fun seems to lie In her naturalness. It Is qulto conceivable that everything sho docs could havo been dono by a human being. Her extravagances never ex ceed the bonds of possibility. Of course so soou as sho begins to sing and (lance there is no longer any discussion of naturalness. Hut thero Is always about her humor tho satisfactory feeling that sho Is not trying to bo ton amusing. It Is Just that quality which succeeds In making her about the most amusing of all the 'sisterhood. a- . . Maaavjtu aaaVaaaaaaarnaaaaaaaaaaaV TxJMm ,,iMlLt WTLw 13I P W IM Hill : i CAHHI III . j Ho m VT3 T3 Sroa&tijay to JariUs ' POINTS IN PLAYS. I'leiiirnta In the I'ntlnrlnar Kgrrrt. nf Crrtnln Cnrrent Drama. Fe-v who saw the part a Agntw (tooth umhI Io play it will forgot, the delight with which Belinda In " I 'ti i'ji ce. 1 " slublnl "Thank lleavon, I can eat again " It .. . .... H possible for half the characters liir""" nam. riiwy whh ? pri- Never Say Dlo" at . tho forty-eighth olrPl, ," - ' , ., , ' y are ablo to eat. slnco there Is a constant ,bgMo of food to accompany the farco "J l ut he does introduce enough throughout its. progress. No les tiu,n , characters to throw his gypsies into three separate tmeals. aro served dur- 1 ,llf) Irackgrouml and impart the polite I .1 . 1 . . .1 I ' . . 1 ..I fln Vnr tF I (M 1 1 1 I M 1 1 1 1 1 U 1 ! 1 f I n 1 1 1 11 , w. nig win uiree hcim, in cue iirsc iiiero it . a inrmal ntternoon tea. w it ti tne v anus ... ....... It is in the second act that there is htill , more of n meal. Nicholas .ludols, as the French cook, is onn of tho most amus ing figures in the play, and all through this act ho is busy preparing the dinner which Is ultimately served Tho audience hoes the elaborate electrio stove, with tho intricato supply of dishes, and when over there 1b a lull in tho dramatic action the white capped chef dash(i over to tho ptovo. Asparagus with sauco Hol lumlalso Mr. Collier stlckos one stalk in Ills oyo lobster it la Nowburg, and soup aro tho features of (his moil. In (ho last act Mr. Collier takes n hurried breakfast , but it is substantial includ ing tea, an egg and toast, Naturally Mr. Collier, being star and author of tho now (ilay, waH able to Insert ns many meals nshi) wanted. And nobodyVoallzes so well as the author what aid nnd com fort are to be derived from tint move ment, if not the action, that stage meals provide. The revival of "Julius Ctemir" at the Lyric Theatre has met with great pop ulur success, which may bo tho cause of William Favorsham's optimism con cerning tho pub Ho taste in theatricals. At nil events Die actor mot with his great est success as Mere Antony mid has just expressed In an interview this opinion concerning the taste of the public: "Managers somotlmos nssort that they have to cavil to tho loose Instincts of Ihe tired business man In order to keep heads abova the financial 'water, but NOVEMBER IIll ill Pl.t) .HT.lill lirt.ir nf tlm ft-mrl. 1 I lont think they were any fonder look a he luvnor's plan, anil every Not a theatro manager in New York I thine seem.i bright. Hut need It he said I hut aKrecd that tlniilea of "T'n Prisoner of Zendu" any longer imviwd vitality. t Tliin t.chem wa, very well exhausted ly ,the pl.iyvvrichts wlm followed th" et ' ample of Vnthonv Hoih' tlahhinc: hero. . Htu. lll4wthrt of tho V S. .." which is to h. noon at lh slor Theatre. i huilt in jini the -;uMe lines of th play which 'was at one time mi hucv e-sfiil. DoiiuI.ik' I iiiil'.nil;- has an acreeable air of youlli I and in lni-irf-iti. In a utrt that Milts I him lie is alvvay aid" to attract a l.iri;o following Ho is admirably sui-.ed as tie. youtiK American ofticer in this fabuloii i land .lames H Kukuii vvroti (lie piece i Urst a an adventurous melodrama and It was seen in London without altractim; ' unusual attention It took ('corse M Cohan to season the txi slroiiRly with I his vicoroiis American vixmIiuIji-v Now the play in i spite of its foreign locale when the (rnvernesa appears we recoB ires a national flavor throue.h nlzc llermaiuc nnd know that those really neon Mr. Cohan's successful embellishment or the dialogue, One novel feature of j Cierm.ilne Is caught stealing docu tho play is tin-marring" of the hero to the n"'nls n1"1 defends herself from tho youthful princess on whoM Ixdialf he has 'ir'uvral's taunts on the ground that shn undergone so manv dangers. It has 1 many always lieen diftieuH. to find some exclls" i for a matrimonial alliance between char acter of Mich clifterent social cast. Mr Cohan and Mr. Pagan; however, have ; arranged tlm matter very easily. Tlvi I old king quietly ap-rees that thr lias , been enough monarchy already in his I distant country and is proud to have his (laughter lceome the wife of the citizen of a republic. I li looks now as if Oustav Luders would never nsiiin write music so melodious at that which mude the fame of "Tho Prince of Pilseii," That operetta travelled around the world. In "Th Oypny" thenr is th" Hiinw graceful form through a" ms music, t it lacks tho vigor or the ..1.1 . 1 . I . t.! pared the te;tt of tho new play at tho Park Theatre frankly took refuge in conventionality of the most conventional . ..... . . - ..i.l .in nr ,1... ..In.. U I. " ,b -i imih to meet with success. It is unfortunate. nun lor tho enduring popularity or tin. u,,, e:;-spy Anspnch Is there, so natu play it lacks a comedian with a really rally there Is n quarrel, and Ansnach rich vein of fun. Mr. Hnziwril's inetlnt!, in .in , tin wo, n.i ,1... ...i ....1.1 .1... I ,n ,wv -! niu ..j f,,-s nail, ii, t' i 0,,t morning and Mr. Lambert always nlavs well tho silli na f-'nelishmiiTi ' But a really funny man could do a groat frm ti'utz. Her lover replaced the pas deal for tho success of the performance, j lor "'"ii vvuh allowed to vslt her, nnd of course lie left her a few files and a TO DELIGHT THE EYE. I'lramtrr for the Venae of Slirht lit nrlons I'lucra. Drninutie education proceed rapidly nt the Hippodrome. Twin deer were born In'the niHiiiigerle nf the building Ihe other iUy and will soon he able to nut I; c their first appearance In "Fmler .Many Finns," Their parents are the Scotch led dorr Used fa the Seoteli m-oiio, They were imported last your from the highland near llnljrood Palace. The herd nuinbei nxteen ami skips acros thu Hippodrome slatte Jusl iw (lie sun is rising. Thn new arrivals weighed ovpr ulna pounds puch nnd aro spotted white and led. After a wlille tliey aro expected lo assume I lie color of their parents in thu Illpnodronm company, In the meantime "f nder Many Kinds" continues lo delight large audiences at tho Hippodrome. The first of a series of Newninn Travel talks to benln to-night at Carneglu Hall will deal with Holland. Amsterdam, Hotter dam, The limine. Delft, the islands of Zoo land and Munrken nn well as less well known rural section of tho country will he de scribed, Itnrnl Fiance, .Swim-rlnml, Munich lo llerlln and the "Top of tho World" are lectures Hint will follow The Paul J, Haluey African hunt pictures are still to bs seen every uftcriroon uud evening at (he Uljou Theatre, I-..RI.1, .o'. iv aiPiiMirnma h .un pn.-pd to bi tm dead In l'rancn na It Is In llin.t immtilrx; ytt H0 Ambldtl. the i liomn of inulodraina. In , tilled every nlBht i with aiiillcnci'.i that chi'or and hoot. Jeer (nnd wi-cji at the richt minute, nnd sit i out llvo ai'tx In r.ipt attention, llnd then ' so home thanking heaven thry arc true. ! horn l'l-endi men and women. "The Heart of a Trench Woman." the play that produce these results. Is not only a well written melodrama, hut It tomes at the lisht minute. Auhry, an enclne-r. ha ruined lilm- that will Insure his country, -uceess In the next war. A bureau'-ratlc War De partment will nut listen to him. and his only comfort Is his datichtcr Oermalne who refuses to marry her sweetheart ("apt. Mvrard, an army aviator. In order ' ....... I , ... . . 'l " I I " captain the War Minister promises to that a serpent lurks In this Ktlen. a per son c.illlni;. himself Meyer and pretond I it to be an Alsactati. but really a tier man nhiccr. Lieut. Ansii'ach. actlr.,; as a spy. Me has wormed his way Into the hoiiM'hold's confidence and purloins the plans tin, day ln-fore they arc to be prevented, (lerm.iin surprises him in he net. but he knocks her senseless and eseapf Act M. tike places in ("Jen. von Thai bers's ipiarters in Itcrlln. The fipneral Is ;r,Mty troubled ;it the , leakiice of eo.-lidentlal papers ifnd rebukes Ids staff H I fe'. wain nf cu e i inn ..f Hinv.. ..fiw.nr.. ',.,, H ,,, ,.., i,f. I,,.. t,u,. on t.iken jiIhco since lite Ci-neral ciiKitKcd hi; new Inverness, but tin- (.Jeneral is not Impressed, because his enverness came to him with excellent references, I a (I'er.nau and a charmin-i ulrl. Hut references muM have been forged, ''' Practice nrst. Then the pretended miller. Lleul. Anspach. nriive. and throws tho ncnuilane plans down In triumph on the General's desk. Hut Ciermainc Is still there, the other side nf the desk, and as everybody rushes to hold up Anspach, still weak from an automobile accident, she picks up tho plans and throws, or rather hurls (things aro always hurled In melo dramas) them Into the fire, where It Is presumed they are Instantaneously an nihilated. Last Saturday night, It Is true, the fire failed to burst up Into llames as It ought to hnvo done, but none the less the skill with which tlm dramatist had led up to the point by making the General complain of the cold and have two loss placed on the lire nt an earlier point In the scene, was much appreciated. Oormnlno Is tried by secret -tribunal and condemned to twenty years soli tary confinement. She boasts of her guilt but refuses to betray her accom plices. The nex-t sce.io Is In a' beer house, with students anil some attempt to j cheer up the audience after such stren uous doings. In It Germalne's father aml ,0VUP urrlV(. ln Kearci, of evvs. ami and Kvrurd arrange to meet In a duel .... .1... ... ' on .. i(juci. Germalne's esrapo from the citadel was ensv work cnmmi re.l t,i l-.im l.nv'u I very long, stoutly made rope ladder by which, In the next tableau, Germalno lets herself down from tho window. This scone outside the citadel is the poorest of the play. The citadel is a medlioval fort with a drawbridge. Ger malne's .father walks on It Is night with u lit bomb,, which he places under the drawbridge. The sentry, apparently having seen him coming, wthdraws long enough to ullovv him to place the bomb nnd Gcr mulne to throw her ladder from tho window. When Germalno Is almost all the way down tho sentinel takes a shot nt her without result. Tho bomb ex plodes and tho baffled guards Inside tho cltudcl arc unable to pursue the escap ing prisoner. Final scene on the frontier, tho duel, In which the French offlcor Is success ful, and tho hated German spy Ii cur ried off among cries of "That's It!" "I am content" from tho audience, and Kvrard prepares to return to stand his trial, for It must be oxplulned that Hid General, us governor of the citadel, had detected the Imposture In thu mutter of the paitor and only let tho French of. fleer go long enough to inert his o gagement on the frontier. However, lb General, who Is of course at tho thiol, decides ho has already been somrwh.it culpable In not urrestlng Kvrunl before, nU he determines to make a complete Job of It. and frees Evrard from his oath and allows him to return across tho bor der to loin (lernialne. The other new piece of the week Is "Frances's Idea," a chnrmlng four-act comedy by Paul Qavault. It was pro duced at the Ilcnalssanco nnd Is surely fated to charm I-Yancc, Kngland and America. It will only need translating, and' no scissors will bo necessary to cut out a line as unsuitable to non-Latin ears. ' Mr. and Mrs. Duvernct are a ctiarm- Ing middle-aged couple, light hearted and gay, free from Hnxletles nnd per fectly Ignorant of the value of money. They hnvc, been ruined more often than Mr. Dttvernet can recall, but every (Ime something has happened to save. them. Me still owns a wall paper fac tory which Is not In n flourishing con dition, He owes his neighbor, Count la Pcrllorc, $8,000 nnd has not a cent, hut ho gaily promises his younger (laughter, l.lll, ti dowry of $60,000 on her engagement to a worthy If some what ridiculous young man named Na poleon Couture. He Is about to order on electlrc light Installation In his seaside villa where the scene Is laid, although the young engineer estimates the cost at $7,000, Another member of the family, n son, Henry Is it worthy child of his parents. In fact, tho only level-headed person Is the elder daughter Frances, who looks upon father, mother, brother and younger sister as her four children, whom she tries to keep In some sort nf order. Now ", she has no Idea of falling In love or making the best of herself by wearing pretty clothes: all her thoughts arc occupied In running the house nnd trying to keep expenses within a reasonuhlo limit. r.uln tills time seems Inevitable, when l.t Perllcre arrives with a proposition. He will wipe out his debt, ndvanco $35, 000 capital for the paper works, and marry the younger daughter: not that this must be looked upon as a condition, ho explains, but merely as nn accom panying factor, he having fallen ln lova with tho young girl. The Count Is, aa he puts It, over 40, or. as his friends express It, nearly B0, snd has been di vorced recently. f.verybody Is delighted with this ao Intlon of the d:iliculty. Frances, who doi-i know what love Is. can see no ob jection to her sister'. abandoning Na poleon for the middle aged count. The light hearted parents put the case tn their younger dau'ihti.'t'. Of course they ln!st on their wish not lo Influence her decIlon In anv way, still, she must re member that her acceptance menus th family's rescue and her refusal means ruin. Poor little Lilt agree to (he marriage. Hut Gerard, (he electric light engineer, surprises her in tears, and rebuke. Frances for being willing to content to her sit. tor's sacrifice. Gerard and Fran ces have crown intimate by till- tltn'i for they have been Indulging in tho.-o disputes and arguments which. In M. Gnvaulfs plays, are the forerunners of love between any (wo unlikely persons. France", quite taken aback at an as pect of affair she had qulio failed to sec. ha an Idea to set tblnss light. The prospective bridegroom Is In bis villa when first of all his ex-wife callt nip him. anil his Joy Is so evident that she guesses he Is about to remarry. She congratulates him. but when shn hours It Is a girl of 10. she shows a cer tain doubt and will only say. "I think you are a very lrave man." When sho has departed th" Count'" siBfd butler gets In his congiMiul.iiloiT, which are ,il-o of the bluer sweet order. The ancient family retainer Is ilellghlejl with his future mistress, "so I'ke Hie former m.olaine." uhoe levity ha I caused (he divorce. These .seeds of doubt had hardly taken root before l-'ri-nccs Is imnoiinceil, but mil the Frances we have n-en lillhcrtiv. who wore the cheap blouse and tho winking skirl which made the electrlo lighting engineer take her fur u scam stress when first lie saw her. No: sho was wearing the latest fashion from Paris, and ns If Hint was not cnouch ,1,0 fascinate the Count, ahe forthwith set io work to put his house In order, went to the kitchen and explained why the stove nlways smoked, went In the. poultry yard and showed why l he hens would not lay. While Hie was so ucrit pled poor Napoleon cillcil, and the Count learnpd for the llrst time Hint ho and Llll had Just been engaged when the Count made bis proposal. Thus enlightened, the Count determined lo set free his tlnncec nnd marry the elder sister. Frances accepts and Joy reigns once more In the Duvernay household. Hut the poor engineer, Gerard. Is now disconsolate, as the news of the new engagement has shown him that ho loves Frances. Frances, at Ills dis tress, finds she loves him. hut Is de termined to carry out her Idea to th't bitter end. With her usual practical spirit she assures Gerard she will soon divorce the Count nnd marry him. TIo Count soon finds that bis second en gagement is not more certain than his first, And, having ventured to say that ho does not Intend to employ Gerard to do his electric lighting after lie Is married. In fact, Hint he does not In tend to hnvo Gerard around the ho use, Frances tlniues out In such a defence of Gerard that tho Count recognizes that once morp, he Is to bo married from Intcrestnot love, and being really a good sort, sets Frances free and turns his thoughts to .remarrying his former wife, without withdrawing his promise of llnnncial support to tho wall paper factory. A SHY SOPRANO. I, re KiibcI KttnvTa Our Who Won't Toll Her .Nhiiic. .Ittat Lee Kugel Rives his word of honor that u tlistinguirsliecl American soprano who has sung with success in tlie foremost oKra houses of Europe will nuikn her debut h wook from Monday afternoon ut Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre, This is her flrt-t appoaraneo in vaudoviil or anywhere else outsldo of a European opera house. At least 'Sir. Kugel inys so, and he adds that neither ho nor sho has the slightest intention of reveal ing the.itlentlty of this mysterious artist. There' is a reason why tho soprano selocted the two a day in place of tlm MotrooUtan Opera lioui-o or some of the other operatio theatres in this coun try allied with it. Sho says that being an American it was imiiossilile for her to get a hearing at the Metroolitan Opera House. Sho found that foreign singers were preferred tlioro and decided without revealing her identity to make her .first appearanoo in vaudeville. !-'b anybody acquainted with a dis tinguished Amorit'iin soprano who slipped her moorings ln tin: foreign opera house and whoso whereabouts are Ht present , unknown may find her iwst week at tho Filth Avenue Theatre. Sho will not wear a mask ifor sing behind a net, but sha ,juit nover, never will let anybody know4 who she Is or vw. '1 l V. a