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Show HM C!l GOK STAGE TCO Wk r mm i;ow ms w g:i his i:e.d If yea see ibe "nnav. " maa at the Oarriek pot oa him nlrsete oerin( this week with a mineing, wineing effort ef-fort tnat miM oespenk nnything from a chronic dielik for kU to niornin; after bead, there a ctory ba'k of it of aa oight foot tumble with too Gar-rick Gar-rick ' hardwood star floor u tbo oo-jeetive oo-jeetive point nnd tho book of Mr. Sermon r a trad M tho connecting Uk, that bat night gave tho andieaee which sntaeeeed that performance of ''I''"" . of tho Heine" an eitra act of thrills or two. - As s resell Mr. Reymonr it nursing ai kumn of fall uronortions nna kin, tho had nan of tho piece, kaa em bussed and fired point blank from a distance of a few yards at Pierre, t ha french Canadian plniasmsa. Tho aeon ia a wild, mountainous region and in the half light of tho stage Pierre ta aeen to fall imply baaido hi emolder-inn emolder-inn sanpfiro and after a twitch or two lie aa thongh dead. Parkin erawit eanltingrjr from hit hiding place and hnrrieo to tho fallen man. Aa ho benda over him to glower into tho upturned face tho man underneath hnrla bimaelf upward and ia an inntant Durkia known he haa been victimized bv ono of tho oldcat lighting ahama In the history of tho plains. Tho fight that en race ia oa looking forward rather ruefully to tho third act of tho Unrrirn'a currant abow particularly to that portioa of tho erase wherein ho locka with Jair.ce Durkia of tho company, who ia p aying ay-ing Plerro, in a triple plated, doplei, n-eyhadered stage death struggle that enda, if tho inatructiona of the C lay-right are followed, by Mr. Dur-ia Dur-ia hurling hie antagoniet backwarda down a eteep and bumpy incline, which to thoae out aeroaa the fooUighte looka tat all the world like a aha rp and proeipitone mountain pnthway, but which from the wing of the stage beer a very obvioua and buaineea like reeemhlanee to a group of Sx plnaka adorned here nnd there with artistically artistical-ly painted blorkn of wood, diegnieed aa honlders and rocks. The arena which forme the dramatic denouement of the third act ia tremely eeneatioaal aad laat aight the nateriahsm that got mixed ap with the ilusionery foaturae pretty neerly put a quietna oa "Pierre of the Plain"" tor the rout of the week. Edgar 8cl wva, in writing the play, made one at i lua point of a famoue old Indian f.hting trick and one known to every piainamaa of the old went aad to al-mnet al-mnet every frontier boy nnd man the went haa ever known, ao effective la it. The trick eoaaiata ia "playing dead" after one haa been fired upon or ea-gaged ea-gaged ia a hand to hand fight. Eugene V alter, noted for hia modern dramaa, "Paid la Pull." "The Kaaleat Way" and "The Wolf," need the name aub-terfugo aub-terfugo ia the letter production to effect ef-fect the oarape of hia hero from a po-aitioa po-aitioa eeemingly hopclena. In 'Piprw of the I'iaine"- .Tap Pnr a very dangeroua place on the mountain moun-tain aide and na both Mr. Seymour (playing Jap Durkln) nnd Mr. Durkin of the company (playing Pierre) are atrnng, powerfully built men who in variahlv indulge ia a good deal of ronghneea that ia more or lean real in their encounter, the mem here of the company were not altogether eurpriaed laat aight in watching the fight from the winge to aee the two nea locked hard and fnnt in a boot that aet acea-ery acea-ery and platforma a-qaiver aa they lurched and heaved. The arena Aaiehee with Pierre hurl ing hia ndveraary dowa the monntaia aide, though only for a abort dietanee. A tumble of that kind ia reeogniaed aa the moat difflcnlt and dangeroua im-poaed im-poaed oa actor, and even at that all might have gone properly and eafely with Mr. Bey moor at the Oniric k if hia hoot heel hada't eanght on a projection projec-tion juat at the moment he let go of Pierre to do hi "fall." The ereel, aa hie head hit the plank tkat formed the Diountaia pathway, napped away back up la the gallery aad downataira there waa no mistaking the reeJkem of the aeeidenU. Mr. Beyatau a4 little trouble ia fulfilling hi Inatrnctiona of "lying etill," aedfor the rent af the show he waa ia bad hap. The aealp wa aot broken, but the bump thnt rose altered the shape of the Seymour head until about the only hat the actor feel comfortable la ia one of the new helmet hel-met ahape femininity ia raving over thi week at the downtown opening The accident eould eaaily have resulted result-ed seriously and Mr. Seymour 'a aseo-c aseo-c ia tea are congratulating him oa hia |