Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1922, Page 48

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (‘.—()’I‘(D(ERA\'URE SECTION—DECEMBER 31, 1922. O-{9 ©n The Mystery Play By W. E. HILL Copyright 1922 By The Chicago Tribune “Oh. Why DOESN'T She Look Pe- hind Her! Oh. That AWFUL Man!" And Jessie Will Clutch Harold And The Nervous Young Scream When The Lights Go Out. And Man Who Jumps At Harold Will Hold Jessie's Hand Tight The Sound Of Pistol And Have A Beautiful Time Shot The Comedy Relief ‘Oh. Gee. I Got A Pain In My Eugenics-—- Honest, | Have!” When Things Get A Little Too Tense The Comic Maid Or Butler Does Some Heavy Relief Work The DCetective With The Big Cigar. Who Sees Right Away That “Some Fiendish Master Mind Is At Work!™ The Love Scene. * Sometimes.’ Admits Helen. The Beautiful Heroine Of ‘The Man In The Suitcase.” 'l Feel That Some One Is Trying To Frighten Me!"" Whereupon Gerald Says It's AllNorsense And Not To Worry. And That They'll Stick It Out Together And See The Thing Through. The Madman Be- hind The Couch Is Really A Ce- tective, As Every One Will See At The Final Curtain, When He SaysTo The Culprit, " You Ceme With Me.” The Old Desk At The Right Has Just Swung For- ward, Revealing A Corpse In The Recess Behind. To The De- light Of All Nervous Ladies In The Audience. (’iEDE)r See How She Knew The Cld Uncle Had Silas Borrow. Multimillionaire And Skinflint. Put The Dead Body Up The Chimney-Or Found Dead In His Library. Curious Pc‘netrnl- Wasn't She Supposed To Know That Anyway?" ing Odor Throughout The Rcom. Strange People From The Suburbs Who Have To Leave Bluish Light Seen From Without The Window Just A Few Moments Before The Final Curtain All Doors And Windcws Barred Crudely Have No End Of Trouble Figuring Out The Drawn Skull On Paper on Table Whys And Wherefores. Three Jolly Matinee Girls Trying To De- cide Where To Go. It's A Tossup Be- tween “The Snarl In The Dark™ And ““The Creeping Thing™ Until Mrs. Mabel Roe Remembers That Her Friend Mrs. Oleson Told Her That Five Wemen Were Hysterical After The Second Act Of “'The Creeping Thing.”" So ‘‘The Creeping Thing” It Is. And. Oh, What A Splendid Time They're Going To Have! You See In Act Second All The Lights Go Out And A Ghost Chases The Detec- tive Right Down Into The Audience And Screams And Howls Something Awful MYSTERY PLAY STANDBYS The Heroine. Some One Is Forever The Beautiful Young Herc. Cut Off In The Scapegoat Nephew. Quarreled . < The Old Mother. Badly Treated By [ Torturing Her WithQuestions. “Can't The Wil Loves The Heroine. Very Violently With The Old Man And The Cop. Who Comes In At The End My Borrow. For Whom She Served O You SEE I Know Nothing What- Muych Suspected Of Murdering The Threatened His Life Time And Time i D e A sbeper’ Given TolSoYbing ever>” Whereupon She Gives A id Man. Again. So Very Suspicious Are His ptpvant And Begging Not To Be Made To Tell Gasp And Faints. Actions That The Audience Immedi- What She Knows. ately Decides He Is Innccent