Show THE liTHE LION AND THE MOUSE Speaking of f The Lion and the Mouse which comes to the Colonial next week the Seattle Times says Beauty without brains Is a common thing Brains without beauty is a com corn common common cornmon mon thing But beauty and brains is a rarity on the stage especially The Th com corn combination combination however exists Its in a high de degree degree degree gree in Miss Carolyn Caroln Elberts the lode lodestone lodestone lodestone stone of The Lion and the Mouse that tha virile drama dram of present day life ute which opened at The Grand yesterday after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon The Lion and the Mouse Is a arlend friend of Seattle theatregoers Miss lIss El Kl Elberts Elberts berts Is a stranger That is she was un until until Until til yesterday In the first act when as Shirley Ross Rossmore Rossmore more she appears fresh from Europe In Inthe Inthe Inthe the humble home of her father who 1 is 15 about to be ground under the wheels o othe of the money power Miss filberts Elberts efforts effort are quite subdued So much so 50 that you i begin to wonder If It it Is another case of beauty without brains The second act sees her likewise subdued nut But ut in inthe Inthe inthe the third act when her best opportunIty comet comes in the big denunciation scene Miss Elberts proved d her worth and her en enthusiastic enthusiastic audience rose to her at the curtain with witt wave after wave or un unbridled unbridled Unbridled bridled applause It was really a tri tn triumph triumph Walter Edwards as the cynical hard hardheaded hardheaded hardheaded headed business men of many millions against whom Miss Elberts was pitted In the battle of brains gives a perform performance ance wholly his hid hi own Mingling sent senti ment mert with business has ever lost fo for forthe forthe the business man and it Is Ii so when The Lion attempts to outwit The Mouse |