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Show K: i; 'THE LURE" HERE 111! ! FRiDAYNIGHT I k i 11 A u:iiinu event in local theatricals He1 I . ' ' I will bo tho presentation at tlie New Ml ' ! Lyric theatre, hero on Friday Novem- HI y j ber 21 thnt now ho much talked of l ; ' ' 'i riratnu on tlio Wlilto Slave tralllc, B' ;. JI "Tho l.uio." This startling play will lr f. I thus bo suc'ii In this city simultaneous- H! , , J ly with Its sensattonal Now York run B. K : where It has been playing with only B ' temporary closure over sltico the H ! middle of August to crowded houses H' . nt Maxlno Elliott's theatre. This Is BH l! tho first time a big eastern succor Hi ,i Iiub been simultaneously given to the I J . western stago. "The I.uro" Is tho Bj I ii ' ' bold and drtrlng dramtt by Goorgo BJ .. M '' Scarborough, which has stirred tin B J It j . such a storm of opinion by Its thrill- Bj ,, , ' ft 1 1 "B roallsm, Mr. Scarborough wns i! Mil formerly a special Secret Service . 1 1 agent for tho government and ho was encouraged to wrlto his drama by no I, Ji less a person than Sthnloy W. Finch licad of the Federal Hureau for tho , Suppression of tho Whlto Slavo traf- BJ I i flc. This greatest authority In tho il ' country on tho subject has placed the ' coal of his export approval on "Tho J Lure" as a faithful exposition of Its BJ S J tlicme. Mr. Finch declares! Its char- BJ, i I' j sclera to bo Hfollko and Its situations HJ: i' jj j tmo to tho average whlto slave case i 8 j which comes under his Investigation. I I fj This endorsement of tho pleco by tho 1 United States Department of Justlco hh , ' J I is further emphasized by tho pralso BJl ' bestowed by tho New York revlewors Bli upon Mr. Scarborough himself for his wonderful skill as a dramatist. Tho Hj! I'tay has been declared to bo moro H li daring than "Tho Easiest Way" nnd K ,! more thrilling than "Within tho Law" BJ. '' i i and Acton Davles of tho New York HV I I Evening Sun asserts that "since the- ' S debut of Eugouo Walter with "Paid BJi i' I I ! j ,n I'U" no such powerful dramatist BJ1 ' ' lias appeared on tho American stage." Bft , i I j j I" was Inovltnblo tli.'it tho play should ' Bj I to brought direct to tho coast. Tho HJ 1 ! ' company that Is to present It hero Is ' BJ ' ' fully equal to tho Now York coast, for j , I ! ' it comprises William J. Kelly, who Bft r ' , rat enacted Den Hur on tho coast BB I nnd who Is ono of tho best leading ' BH'' ' men iu Amorlca; Ilcatrlco I'rcntlco, BJ. i ! who was for many seasons leading Bj . ( i ; 1 lady with Robert Edeson; Charlotte BJ i i i (ircnville, tho noted English emotion- BB ' j I t al actress, who was brought to this I BB i ! country by Charles Frohman; Leon - ard Ide, who supported Margaret Islington Is-lington In "Tho Thlof as tho young lover; llaro d ltussell of "Tho Man of tho Hour" fame; Enid Gray, who so recently scored a hit In "Excusa Mo;" and other such well known hrtlBts as Ituth Ffrd'ay, Jeon Temple, Adolf Link nnd George Soyboldt. |