The evening world. Newspaper, October 17, 1913, Page 27

x BY “‘S’Matter, Pop?’’ » ie Rix Here's ONE OF “POPS OLD COLLARS VhETS PUT IT THRouGH mana T uiwe To sae Bors’ WELL, 1 DecLare! MINDS TURNING TO “RUNNING ® + UatleMuont Hey? AW Wié4 “Great Adventure Has Originality Gone with tHe DOG? EY CHARLES DARNTON. FINE new theatre, an unconventional play and some very good acting were revealed lart night when Winthrop Ames opened the Booth Theatre with ‘The Great Adventure,” made by Arnold Bennett from his delightful story: ‘Burted Alive.” Of the theatre bearing the name that will ever reflect glory upon the American stage it may at once be said that it has beauty, distinction and dignity. In ite harmonious proportions and quiet coloring, with {ts wood- Panelled walle rising even above the single balcony, it is lke a big brother of the Little Theatre. Of the play it te not so easy to speak without qualifications, though ‘ has originality and charm, together with two uncommonly good characterizations. Tt ts a play for the discriminating, one might say the leisurely, theatregoer who finds character more interesting than melodramatic clap-trap and cheap senti- ynentality. Like the theatre itself it {s restful, and in watching !t you have the of lying back with your head against a pillow. But occasionally you wake up to the fact that you"are in a theatre, where events should move more swiftly than {s the order here. In fact, the two scenes into which each of the four acts is divided are like so many dialogues, Interesting in character and entertain- ing in humor, though not essentialy dramatic, “The Great Adventure” has a great London success to its credit and with- out doubt it ls as amusing—in spots— ae it is original. But, again without doubt, !t Is not a great play In spite of {ts Ife-like characters and Its witty ialogue, Of dramatic development, suspense, or grow'ng interest in chara: ter or altuation there ts nothing, The | scenes merely show various pha es in the altogether remarkable ‘career of In Westminster Abbey and goes to live quietly in a suburb @s the husband of Janet Cannot, with whom the valet had been {n correspondence through a matrimoni# agency. The novelty of : such conduct should be pecullarly ap- LA ann 1" bcm ‘ prectated in New York, where nearly Weave Yet W(h Nh) every one is striving desperately to get hf CRU wien Into the Imellght and the personal preas ‘ Janet Beecher ae Janet Cannot. = agent works early and late. Last night’e audience viewed as a novelty the electric frame at the edge of re aupposed to cocur between jome in Putnoy It began to lag, oe had grown a bit monotonous, It was not relieved by the arrival of the valet's widow and twin sons—gentle curat: for the humor ef this episode, so irresistible in the story, proved almost painfully old-fashioned ém the stage. All that toast and tea business was like a return visit to Polly Ecoles in “Caste,” while the last act, in which Carve was talked out of his dilemma, grew a bit tedious. Just why Arnold Bennett bothered to change the names of his characters is not clear, especially when he has not bothered to make other changes that might have made the play more effective. The great trouble with “The Great Adven- ture’ is that Ht offers too little variety. As Bernard Shaw said of marimonyy “It’s very pleasant from time to time'’—and this phrase really sums un the p'av when the domvstic relations of its two important characters are cons'dered. And everything, of course, depended upon the acting ofthese roles. To begin with, Lyn Harding made Carve more bumptious than shy when he ed the doctor called to attend the ct, and later he over-emphasized the artist's nervousnes: by mannerisms that got on one's nerves. But he did make An with, The police took up a number of clues, Which were at one ndoned; more than one pame was t and, lustiy, they accused Arse’ &n action ‘which provoked the famous burgiar's celebrated cable, despatched from New York six days after the cident: “Protest indignantly against calumny invented by baffled police, Send my ; condolences to unhappy victima In- my, bankers to remit th “LUPE (Copyright, 1013, by Doubleday, Page & Co.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. ich val, with his wife nd bis at z ee the regres. ‘tious ifth te a (who intro- uee Mite fan, Eilice perecior, Dela ae Dugval, tearing to hl @ match ath: cota yust I . te Ooh Fan, We een and nephew, depouncing tor as @ thief, CHAPTER IV. be pect Carve a likable chap, who sccemd a ‘True enough, on the day ‘good-natured, helpless boy, and his (Continued,) ; publication Of” the, cable a, stranger Fa Pa la orient The Infernal Trap. handed her an envelope, The envelope t dea! of charm. He Was not, how- altogether the artist that * drew in "Buried Alive." After a rather ~~ bad beginning Miss Janet Beecher eaniiy won first place a Janet. Here, to my "mind, is the best character of both the contained Afty thousand- 5 This theatrical stroke was not at all calculated to allay the universal com- ment. ut an event soon occurred which provided any amount of addl- tional excitement. Two later the as Mne. N a moment they were Ld Dugrival w: lamb, absolutely bewillder His wife continued to shriek at the top of her voice, piling up ex- le M y how and while Miss people living in the snine !i * m1 01 planations, railing against the inspector. arming that ‘com> lanation: ee orieee H Dugrival and her nephew were awak- ened at four o'clock In the morning by horrible cries and shrill calle for h They rushed to tho flat. succeeded in opening the door, she gave @ simple, human ce once she was out of the Without attempt ng to A brown suit. ° © © Oh, the villain, ofr 9 & him A porated beard, to think what h 3 examined the visitor for ny thi rt along broad Cockney Fifty thousand — fran s ¢ * why light of a lantern carried by one of the i hie wetght tn gold to ua the artist! a weeping-willow contemplating a crime, Aes “Gho, sreqeuted the: practical, levels why, Dugrival, what are you nolehbors, he found Gabriel wtretched — mae maeees ene. 5 einai, fers one Set unt sill “e . Come, just one little mile for daddy!” headed, straightfor iy’ in With one bound whe flung herself + gull length in his bedroom, with his tumed by leo, offered a big consent, © © © ay coe (| ‘The howre guccesded ene another, ing, he bad a very wa- . a very tool upon her husband. Too late! He Hit Wests and ankles bound end & BE remarg to whossever sbould eupply the He opened the door of the dining. DA7® passed. After @ every word an ry . Lyn marainy as liam Carve. | pressed the barrel of a revulver against forced into his mouth, while, in th Live lade es cin team and ctoueen been’ ms mice One morning the wounded man ge- celved that, dur All this “he a4 tor that first acene, she more than| bis temple, A shot rang out Dugrival noxt room, Mme. Dugrival Iny with har Dret mformation teadieg to it Other eae ae ack to allow the gained @ moment's consciousness. sleep, his less, chest and arms he wore her kitchen apron, In short, att Pi +s fell. He wan dead. life's biood ebbing away through a if eae, The ete, a bi Seer ent ence talsed bis eyelids and looked around fastened to the bedstead with thin uitiiied expectations, T. Wigney Per good doctor, but Frank |e eee tm ten tro Brent Rass in her breast. Set ane salle Ges ReaaEt Whe him. rands that cut into bis flesh at matter for Edward The reader cannot have forgotten the Goldsmi was not at all like As an easy She whispered: Wonnelly to walk off with third honors when he into the last act as the | commotion made by the newspapers in “The money. © ® ® I've been rovbed. vnerican art collector amicably: intent upon bilnging a lawsuit. Frank Vernon connection with this case, nor how they « ¢ © Aji the notes gone. * * * staged the with understanding and good taste, And good taste ly something Jumped at the opportunity. ‘once wore And one tained away, = 5 the to accuse the police of carelessness at What: had happened? Gabriel satd— to be thankful for these ¢ | blundering, Was It coneetvable that 4 nd, ae soon As she wne able to speak, Dugrival completed her nep! —that he was startled frem his sleep by Anding himself attacked by two men, one of whom gagged him, while the other fastened him down. He was unable to aee tho men in the dark, but heard the no'se of the struggle be- tween them and his aunt, [t was @ terrible strum Mme, Dugrival de- clared. The ruMans, who obviously knew thelr way about, guided by some intuition, made stralgit for the little cupboard containing the money ani, in spite of her resistance and outertes, la! hands upon the Bundle of banknotes, scsi ickpocket could play the of an ¥ Ihepeowr Uke that, in broad daylight and in @ public place, and rob a re- spectable anan with impunity? Nicolas Dugrival's widow kept the controversy alive, Wianks to her jere- miads and to the ingerviewa which she granted on every hand, A reporter had vovured a #napshot of her in front of her husband's body, holding up her hand and awearing to revenge his death, Her nephew Gabriel was standing be- ede her, with hatred pictured In his face. He, too, it appeared, in a few words uttered in @ whisper, ‘but In wo Betty Vincent’s Advice to Lovers A shail probably be engaged soon. Her Her Mother Objects. Vicnaky {a near ana Ti abayla like (9 “M. 'T® writes; “I have been paying | give her a present-not flowers ot attention to a girl for over a year andj candy, What do you suggest?’ we love each other. But her moth Either books or music would be suit- objects to me because I am not earn: | able, tone of fleree Getermination, had taken ing enough money, and tries to make an oath to pursue and catch the mur- Aw they left, one of them, whom she | ther man's atten-| “S 8." writes: “I am a widow, and derer. had bitten in the arm, atabbed her with the girl accept anot when my threc-y ‘ld child had to go The accounts described tha humble a knife, whereupon the men had both tlons, What shall Id to the hospital the doctor was very kind @Partment which they occupied at the fled NE advise you to ask the girl to walt, Batignolies; und, as they had been fh way? she was asked ‘and meanwhile to try and Increase vee | ¢ ay me arsioard Aruna {SBE be robbed of all their means, a sportin rough the door of my bedroom i oO MekA The spoke: + il per opened a scription on thel a 1 sippy hr ni tmcome. wlko ask hitn to call, Pleave adviae me” PAPET Opened & subscription on shir st muppade, chrough: the - Dako the gift Mf you Like, but | don't Ay for the mysterious Delangle, he re- The porter would have “oO, 1." writes: "E bave known & | advise you to ask him to call, Doctors mained undiscovered. ‘Iwo men were noticed them. young lady for several months and we’ are very busy men, ---. @bPeated, but bad to be tosta> Vor the whole mystery Jay in this: The Confessions of Arsene Lupin 1 confessed The whote thing The Evening World Daily Magazine, Friday, October 17, 1913 AND If Sou OWN A FING BiG LAUNDRY, ‘YYou CAN Tsuy Av TOS AND YACHTS AND LOTS OF NICB THINGS how had the ruffians entered the house and how did they mai Was No outlet open to them. Was It one of the tenants? A careful inquiry proved the absurdity of euch a suppunl- ton, What then? @ to leave It? |New Adventures ot the Thief Genias, Chief Inspector Genimard, who was * No, more in it than meets the eye, something very doubtful and suspicious. ° ° ° r) aides, If It were Lupin, why should he tnke back the Atty thousand france whieh he sent? There's another ques- tion that pussies me: what In the con- Neotion between the the first, the one on the race-course? fe incomprehensibie and I have @ sort of feeling—which is very rate with me-that it ie no use hunting. For my part, I give it up.” placed in special charge of the case, ever known any- e said, “and there's gecand robbery and ‘The examining magistrate thew hitw eelf into the case with heart and soul. amining magistrate himaelf grow tired arm of struggling in @ darkness which only decame denser as time went on. And life continued ae woual with Du- Nursed by her nephew, goon recovered from her wound. the mornings, Gabriel settled her in an easy-thair at the distag-ream window, 414 the roome ani then went out mar- keting, He cooked thelr tunch without even accepting the prefered assistance of the porter’s wife, Worrled by the police investigations and especially by requeste for inter- views, the aunt and nephew refused to see anybod,, Not even the portrens, whose chatter disturbed and wearled Mme, Dugrival, was admitted Bhe fel) bask upen Gabriel, whom she accosted @ach time that he passed her room; “Take oare, M, Gabriel, you're both ef you being spied upon. There are men watohing you. night my husband o staring up at your win jonsense' sald Gabriel Why, only tant ht a fellow wa.” "Tt'e all ‘That's the police protecting us.” o'clock, bottom of right no afternoon, at about 4 there wana violent sitercation hetween two costermongers at the the atreet, dels Ber veom te Uaten ‘The porter's wife at once to the tavee- ee Ad unable to wes any room: fn . “Got him!" cried Mme. Duarival, d Ce en greene TLL LEAVE IT To ANY FELLAH- DIDNT IT peed LIVE LAUNDRY, =. WORK? (4 ‘ , = ~~ bs Yes, Bur wes veey viciou GO 'WaNT TO A thie pesition taught Rimeeif te work the TIE accompanying picture and dime gram from the Illustrated Lenden News show net only the method whereby Pegoud, the aviator, made hie famous “loop the loop” flights, bet his course of training in learning to guide hie airship while sitting in it, head down, to accustom himeeslf to reversals of balance, &c. This “upside down’ position he was at last ahle to maintain for twenty min- utes at a time, His monoplane wag re- versed and slung on tresties, He was strapped Into it, head downward, and in top of ite fram shows the pat! ‘The aviator earthward and enough momentum has this fall he pw 'e jae Inte Charl H. Cramp, the Poilsdeigh'e fj By Maurice Leblanc avon tn te ) & gray euit of Ir chable cut, os | reane, When he came to the third foor he |. ‘im ten years after rang the bell. Receiving no answer ve be the came trequality pref oon the third summong the frames, : ‘a : , up every ‘Mme. Dugrival?’ he asked, taking a casy 00 vellim’ off o keg, int off him hat. ‘Mime, Dugrival te still en one,” who stood im the hall. “It's moat important that I ehoult spea® to her,” "I am her nephew and perhaps I could take her a message * ° “Very well,” onid tei Mme. Dugrival thet an accident has cuppiied me with valuable Informa. | HOR concerning the robbery trom which she has suffered and Uprt 1 whould lke invalid eald of inquiry, and ia to be of use to her. ? Is the bath-chalr there? Why, cheer up, stupid! You look like He wan lying in @ room larger than that In which he had been stabbed, a room sparsely furnished, with thiek curtains hanging before the windows from top to bottom. There was light enough, however, to enable him to see young Gabriel Dugrival seated on @ chair beside him and watching him. it movement. ft movement, atruck he jr over the right ouléer, ie A buret of laughter rang through the going be died. Are you operating, Angel Gabriel? If 90, see that your rasor’a nice and clean, old chap! ‘The antiseptic treatment, you please!” But he was interrupted by ing up from her chalr. "Well done, the sound Gabriel! But, I say, you haven't killed “Aan, it's you, youngster!” he mur Of ® key grating In the lock. The doer irel, have you?" mured. “I congratulate you, my lad, PPeaite opened and Mme. Dugrival ape don't think #0, aunt. It's a small you have @ sure and pretty touch with Deared. and I didn't strike him too hart.” The man was staggering, with hie hands stretched In front of him and his deathly pale. ‘ou fool! sneered the widow, ‘So you've fallen into the tray * © © and ® good job too! We've been looking out for you a long time. Come, fine fellow, down with you! You don't care about it, de you? But you can't holp yourself, you That's right: one knee on the ground, before he minsus * © © now tho other knee © 8 © How well we've been brought up! @he approached slowly, took @ chair and, producing a revolver from her pocket, cocked It and laid it on the woke up several times, and each time table by the bedside. he saw the atripling’s pale face, his thin ‘“Brrerr!” aid the prisoner, “We lips and his dark eyes, with the hard might bo at the Ambigu! * * © Fourt® look in them, act: The Traitors And the fair “You frighten me," he ealé. ‘If yew ex to do the deed. © © ° hand have sworn to do for me don't stand of the Graces © © © ‘an honor! on ceremony. But cheer wp, for goad- ° * * Mme. Dugrival, 3 rety om Oa fees sake, The thought of death has not te disfigure me.” always atruck me as the most humor- “Hold your tengue, Lapin.” ous thing In the There was @ solemn note in her volee you, old chap, it that im the dag And he fel! asleep again. ‘That day and the following days he the captive and com> © 9 © Crash, there we Ko on the floor! h I prefer to 9 to sleep. Good pelled him to silence, He watched his Tord, 1f my poor Dugrival could only night! two jailere in turn, ‘The bloated fens wee him ike that eee Stil, Gabriel, in obedience to Mme, tures and red complexion of Mme, She went ta her hedroom and onened Dogrival's orders, continued to nurse rival formed @ etriking contrast one of the doors of a hang Ward- him with the uumost care and attention, her nephew's refined face; but robe Aled with dresses, Pulling these ‘lhe patient was almost free from fever both wore the eame alr of imp aside, she pushed open another door ‘whieh Corned the Leck of the wardrobe and wae beginning to take beef-tea aad resulve, ails, He gamed ao Ute etrengts and (eo Be Continued) = _.