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Show "FKeil, Washington D. C." This play has been given in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco, and from those cities come reports of its genuine merit and decided novelties. It is a story of the Bohemian life of one of the most ambitious cities, the city in which the brainy men of our nation are struggling for mastery. The story of the play is as follows: As its title indicates, the scene is at the nation's capital, Robert O'Neil. chief engineer of Dickson's electrical station has built a man-of-war with a view of its acceptance by the government, govern-ment, which has advertised to accept the most practical electrical war vessel. Richard Dickson, superintendent of the works, is in loye with Mrs. Morton, a widow, who, with her child, are inmates in-mates of O'Neil's home. By teaching Daniel Q'CodupII 8heriaan, a servant, ser-vant, to believe that as the employer he is working in O'Neil'B interests, Dickson is permitted to make drawinza of tLe boat, bat as 0Neil has placed electrical appliances on the door, Sheridan Sher-idan ia no longer enabled to give Dickson Dick-son entree at a time when one more Visit would have completed the draw ing. Miss Philips, a flighty sister of a senator, who figures prominently as O Neil's influential friend, meets Dickson, Dick-son, lor whom she has long entertained I regard. He determines to use her, and wagers a box of gloves that she is not sufficiently clever to invade O'Neil's den and take a portion . of the boat without being detected. He writeB a description of the part she is to take, snd she Becures it. When O'Neil ex. bibits tbe boat to his friends, he discovers dis-covers to bis horror that it will not work and when left alone in bis den he finds the pappr written by Dickson i to Mis-t Juta and learns'what portion of the oa ia missiuf. .But it is im-d im-d issiblp for him to repiae the lost ar tide and Lave the boat Soi3bed in tin e t submit it" to the committee. Tl e child is playing on the floor, however, and among her playthings he finds a substitute for the mis3irg article. The last act is m the senator a home Dickson Dick-son has submitted his boat, as also has O'Neil. The former swears that O'-Neil O'-Neil stole his wea, and the government govern-ment accepts the boat. O'Neil who is branded as a liar and a thief suffersin silence, rather than -wound Mra Morton, who he thinks loves Dickson, until, learning Mrs. Morton loves him instead, he asserts hia rights. Sheridan testifies to having aided Dickson, but his evidence is doubted. Then MiBS Julia Philips volunteers her evidence and the government accepts O'Neil's boat. . |