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Show "MADAME X" ATJHE LYRIC A rcmarkablo demonstration on tho part of motion picturo enthusiasts enthusi-asts took plnco In Chicago last week when threo thousand peoplo atormed tho doors of tho BIJou Thentro la an attempt to witness tho first exhibition exhibi-tion .of Mndnmo X, tho screen vorsdon of tho Snvogo Etngo success miens-cd miens-cd by Potho on tho Gold Roost'Jr Po- ffrflm. T.nm linfnrn flin ,tnn,n ivmn scheduled to open tho pcoubj brgan to gather and ns tho hour apprjach-ed apprjach-ed tho crowd grow to such j.ropor-tlons j.ropor-tlons that poltco reserves euro called call-ed to keep order. Thoso who woro unablo to get Inside In timo to witness wit-ness tho first run waited two hours for tho second show. Tho demonstration Is all tho moro Joinarkablo when It .Is considered that up to tho last mlnuto tho mnn-ncers mnn-ncers of tho thentro did not know whether or not they would bo permitted per-mitted to oxhlblt tho production, Tho Hoard of Censors had condemned tho production 'n total. When this decision deci-sion was announced, Mr. Burlock of tho Snvago forces, caught tho Jlrs,t train out of Now York. Ho appeared beforo tho Board and nfter explaining explain-ing that It was tho samo production with practically tho samo cast that was permitted to run for fifty weeks In Chicago, thoy passed It without u cut. Madamo X, Is takon from tho story by Alexandria BIsson. Dorothy Donnelly, Don-nelly, who plays tho lead, mado an onvlablo namo for herself in tho logltlmnto production of tho pleco nnd contlnuos hor good work In tho screen version. Georgo F. Marlon, who put on tho ploco for Savage, directed di-rected tho "picturo. Tho Logan public Is to bo congratulated congrat-ulated In being permitted to sco thl.i romarkablo picturo so soon after Its roleaso. It will bo shown at tho Lyric Ly-ric Tuesday, February 1, |