Show I H e n nIn In the great reat ocean of plays based on characters and ad Incidents of Americas s ft fight ht for freedom there Is none that appeals more strongly to the patriotic fervor of American hearts herta than Nath Nathan an Hl HaJ Probably the realization I that It It Is tory history Instead of fiction is re responsible for Its Ita strength It If we know the fate of the patrIotic spy and of his little sweetheart hardly less Je history there is strong doubt that Clyde drama could Bring so forcibly to the mind the times that tried mens souls and draw patriotism to the surface IrresistIbly as asIt it does But knowing knowl that It happened it Is 18 a tragedy to wring tears from the strongest t hearts beart even eyen to read more so BO to see It enacted Howard Kyle returned t last night with the play and was cordially greeted by mAny of his staunch but not the outpouring that might have been had had the engagement not followed I Iso so closely doely on the heels beela of Viola Allen Alien Mr Kyles performance performa of the school schoolmaster schoolmaster master soldier and finally martyr Is perhaps the best thing he has baa ever done doneIt It 11 la Is eu easy natural no matter what the situation The star is admirably supported b by Florence Smyth as Alice Adams She Is In at once the coy and dainty school gIrl and when necessity the broken sweetheart whose who farewell to Nathan Is unquestionably one o of the most pathetic scenes ever produced In Aside from the chaRge change in inthis th this character Mr lr kyle has made only ne pc I two material al In the cast nd d hardly without exception the is strong Especially E pral e worthy are the Colonel Knowlton of Mr Johnson the Cunningham of John Miles and Mr lr Bookers Jasper the col eyed ered servant Mr Webber plays the Villain Fitzroy so 80 as to ln InspIre ron eon hatred and the nue and juvenIle roles are acceptably filled by I Rice and Charles Haight as Lebanon and Angelica respectively The stalls were beautifully draped in national colors last night and were oc cc occupied espied by a distinguished party in including chiding General MacArthur Mrs Ira H M lL Wells MajOr Callif Califf Mrs Holmes Cap tam Mrs 1111 B W Young Coy GOi I Wells Mrs MacArthur Captain I Brown Mrs Kernan Colonel Holmes LIeutenant Peyton Mayor Thompson Mrs Hammond Mrs Krs Thompson Thomp on Secre Secretary tary ot of State Hammond Mrs Cannon General John Q Cannon Colonel Ferry Mrs McClure Judge Miner VM SturgiS Sturgus gus giS Captain Kernan Mrs Irs Ferry Ma Major Major jor R B W Young Mrs Brown Browa Captain Shanks Colonel Pinkerton Mrs Pink Pinkerton erton Benner X Smith General Bur Burton Burton ton M Mrs J D Spencer Captain Sturgess I gess g Mrs Mra Shanks In honor of the dIstinguished visit on on patriotic music wn was the order of the evening Nathan Hale will wUl be presented for forthe forthe the laSt time weight tonight The Denver Is doing good h at the Grand The usuAl mali mati matinee see nee place today V TIle rIse teat at Ie for tor Rose Cochlan en p emet V begins at the Theatre this morning morAlD Friday and SaturdaY nights the he play Li Is Saturday afternoon the bill 18 Lady Barter |