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Show Tillie Olsen. One ol the most amusing comedies recently produced Is "Tilly Olson," a Swedish-American dialect drama shortly to be given here It Is strange that with the vogue attalued by Swedish-Amci Icon plays that the piayrlght never before constructed a drama In which the principal character charac-ter was of tl c fair sex The men have hap the best of It in the Swedish-American Swedish-American play hitherto, but the daughters of Scandinavia now have their turn. "Tilly Olson" will be found to bo a brlgttt and witty rcpte-scntatlvo rcpte-scntatlvo of their race and one able to take care of herself under trying conditions. con-ditions. She proves herself to be made of the stuff from which heroines are moulded. There are some very dramatic moments and exciting episodes epi-sodes In the play and there are many new and novel features in the presentation. pre-sentation. The piece is in four acts and eight scenes and a splendid scenlo production has been furnished. Miss Almee Common will play the namo part. |