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Show TllEUllJU.flO. Active Preparations to Properly Entertain The Old Veterans Who Will Be There This Week. WAS FLAYS AT THE THEATERS. Intermingling of Parts and Sentiment The Skillful Handling of "Political "Polit-ical Differences." Boston. Aug. It. Special. The veterans who hold their reunion in this city this week will have tut just cause of complaint of the arrangements made for their reception and entertainment. Civic and military organizations have vied with each other in their endeavor to make this one of the most enjoyable as well as one of the most memorable of the reunions ever held by the (i. A. It' The theaters, too, in keeping w ith public sehtiment. have been moving in tho direction of entertaining the isit-ors. isit-ors. At twnof thoin tonight tho Holds Hol-ds street theater and tho (;raud opera house war plays will be presented. At tho former "The Oivided House" will be produced, with Miss Maude Hanks, daughter of (icnoral Hanks, as the heroine; and at the latter "A Fair llebel" w ill bo seen. The subject of "Tho llivided House" is chosen from the manv phases of the lato war, and is so skillnlly treated that the political difference is not in debate. de-bate. Tho treatment is along sentimental senti-mental lines and deals with tragedies of the heart rather than with the livid ones of blood and battle. "A Fair Kebel" is in four acts, with the scenes laid in West Virginia and in Kiohmoud one of the scenes shows tho hero escaping from Lihhy prison by means of a tunnel. The prison is a revolting re-volting scene ami shows four rooms with men in each room. It is said to bo' one of the most elaborate effects ever presented on the stage and Is likely like-ly to create a sensation w herever it is seen. |