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Show o THE ORPHEUM. Another week of farce comedy will follow the success of "What Happened Happen-ed to Jones," which will be seen for the last time Sunday evening, and Monday evening "The Private Secretary," Sec-retary," will go on the boards. William Wil-liam Gillette is the author of "The Private Secretary," and Orphcum patrons will doubtless remember that it was he who wrote "All The Comforts Com-forts of Home," therefore, some wholesale entertainment is promised all who witness the new production next week. The play opens in Douglas Doug-las Cattennold's chambers in a cheap London attic, where he and his companion com-panion Harry Marsland, have been compelled to go through debt. To escape the sheriff, Harry accepts an invitation from his uncle in the coun try, and plans to take his friend Douglas Doug-las with him and introduce him to his uncle as Mr. Spaulding, the new private secretary that he was supposed to have engaged for liinu. This being decided upon, they leave the real secretary sec-retary in their rooms, and hie themselves them-selves to the country. The real secretary sec-retary is a weak young man, who had never been in London before. Shortly Short-ly after he has settled himself in the boy's rooms, Mr. Cattcrmold Douglas' Doug-las' rich uncle arrives from a long trip to India. He is a stormy, choleric cho-leric old man and has not seen his nephew for many years. lie desires that Douglas should sow his wild oats before he inherits his fortune. Seeing See-ing the queer figure of Spaulding, he naturally supposes it is his nephew, and is greatly disgusted with him, and after a stormy interview with him, leaves absolutely disgusted, and goes to visit his old friend Marsland in the country. The first act ends when a tailor, with social aspirations, cntci i and lendcavors to collect a bill from the secretary whom he supposes sup-poses to be Douglas. The secretary trios to .escape through a window,, but the tailor catches him by the coat as the curtain falls. The second and third acts take place in Mr. Mars-land's Mars-land's country home. There are besides be-sides Mr. Marsland, his daughter Edith Ed-ith and his niece Eva, and two boys who have arrived. Harry falls in love with Eva, and Douglas with Edith. Old Cattcrmold has also arrived. ar-rived. Many amusing complications follow in quick succession, but the boys manage to pull through them all. Spaulding, the real secretary, finally fin-ally arrives, after discovering a telegram tele-gram that old Marsland had sent him prior to the boys leaving London, but which had not arrived Until after they had left, and consequently it fell into Spaulding's hands, hence his appearance ap-pearance on the scene. lie first encounters en-counters old Cattcrmold, who still thinking him his nephew, and being ashamed of him, tries to hide him, by putting him in a box couch, but finding this will not do, finally decides de-cides upon the old fashioned fireplace. fire-place. After this complications and assuming situations follow upon one another, until the secretary finally makes himself known, and Douglas likewise unveils himself to his uncle, and all ends to the satisfaction of all concerned. -. n |