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Show ' What seems barbarous in this country may. in another, seem perfectly per-fectly correct, and vice versa. This is strikingly brought to light in "Jlr. Wu." L011 Chauey's new starring star-ring vehicle, coming Jlonday and Tuesday to the Star theatre. For the uncanny drama of Oriental mystery, intrigue and revenge is tounded on codes which in China are considered perfectly natural and right, although this country would regard them as shocking. Chaney plays an uncanny mandarin manda-rin whose revenge on an English family precipitates a thrilling dramatic dra-matic situation. To the European his Oriental idea of revenge is almost al-most umjiiclievable. But it is founded 011 actual Oriental tradition. |