Show j I SECRET SERVICE AT THE When William Gillette wrote Secret Secret Secret Se cret Service he did so with the object object object ob ob- ob- ob of ot producing a D. play pia which did not carry an any bitterness in its lines It simply tells teUs a story of or romance and love at the time the Northern forces were gathered before RIchmond Richmond Richmond Rich RIch- mond trying In over every wa way to break breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough through the Confederate lines and capture Richmond Many lany United States Slates secret service men succeeded In getting g-etting through as the military discipline was nece necessarily somewhat lax on account of the way the Confederate Confederate Con Con- federate forces were scattered in various various various va va- va- va rious parts of ot tho country countr These men got Into the city and remained for tor weeks under various dl disguises gul es transmitting valuable se secrets secrets secrets se- se crets of tho the forces and plans clans of ot defense defense de de- of at the city which eventually caused tho overthrow of ot the Southern Southern South South- ern capital Among the United States secret ecret service serIce was was Lewis Dumont known In Richmond as os Captain Thome Thorne He lie pretends that ho has been wounded in action and remains at the homo home of at Confederate General Varney's home While there ho he and the generals general's daughter Edith Par Var- nc nor ncy fall faU in love To prevent him again going to the front and not suspecting suspecting sus sus- his true truc Identity Edith goes personally to President ent Jefferson Davis Da Do Davis I vis and secures nn an an appointment for tor or Captain Thorne on the Richmond war telegraph service In the meantime Benton of ot the Confederate erato secret service se secures secures secures se- se cures Information regarding Thornt Thorne through the capture of or his brother Henry Dumont and the latter Is brought to Richmond and tho the brothers brothers broth broth- ers are confronted It Is thought best I to leave them alono alone and watch pro pro- Henr Henry Dumont manage manag to fo shoot himself and Thorne pretends that he has hus done tho the deed t ed In the In Interests In in- of ot the South The third act I changes to tho the war war dep department tel leI office with Richmond Richmond with Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain Thorne in charge chargo still suspects Thorne and shoots at ut him through the window while ho he i Is 1 dispatching messages In this scene Mr 1 Mack Mach who will wUl portray the role rolo of or Captain Thorne does some om of or the tha best silent acting ever evor seen on an any stage Even though wounded he continues sending messages over the wire and cool coolly lights a a. finally enters the room roon and tells Thorne that he intended to kill him Thorne responds that the tho reason you rou did not kill 1 Is that you are arc a n d d- d bad shot Captain Thorne Thorna finally refuses to act under his commission commissIon commission com com- mission as he ho Is too much of ot a Do man manto to send messages that would injure the tho Union cause In the last act he ho hohas has hils been arrested and sentenced by bythe bythe bythe the arm army court to be shot hot to death Just as ns the sentence of or the court is tobe tobe to tobe be carried out Brigadier General Nelson Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son Randolph commandIng In Richmond Richmond Rich Rich- mond decides that as ns Thorne did not actually transmit any messages detrImental detrimental detrimental det det- to the Confederate cause causa that his punishment be imprisonment until the l Issues sues of the war are aro d decided de de- He bids farewell to his sweetheart sweet sweet- heart Edith Varney Varne and Is taken away promising that It is only au revoir and that they will meet again Tho The end of ot the last act leaves tha the result to the Imagination of ot the audi audi- ence The Tho Union forces of ot course capture Richmond and Captain Thorne Is IR released Time heals all the wounds and ho he and Edith Varney are later reunited Mr r. r Mack will produce this ine great t war romance at tho the Bungalow week commencing Sunday night January Januar t 31 and will follow tollo it with Harold McGrath's McGrath s 's great comedy drama The TheMan TheMan Man Ian on tho Box exactly as produced produced pro pro- at the Madison of ad Is on Square and ana Lyric theaters by Henry E E E. Dixey and company |