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Show When He Came Back With the rise of tho curtain on the first act of "When He Came Back" nt tho Lyric theatre tomorrow, Manager Man-ager Thathor will present his players In the most startling dramatic hit of tho present season Vincent Lawrence great Chicago- success, a story of the great war ut Its clone without tho boom of cannon and the 1 utile, of rifles. "When He G.un'o Hack" hn Jim cloned a six months run nt the Couit Thentie, Chicago, wheio night nfteri night It playtd to clnnioroiiB throngn or people II 1 1 without doubt I lie. greatest tlfint of this nuilior, whoao name Is United with Hiirh plas ns "Fate Dukdos" ami "Weary Wlvos." "When He Came Hack" while It deals dlicctly with tho great woild war, Is rcullv a climax to tho war, .'or It pictuics scenes that might well well havo taken place yesterday or the day before. It has for its hero dashing, devil may care Jack Overton glvon to romanco and with the flro of fight In his blood. Jack 1b In lovo with Ann Norfleot, a girl of refined, aristocratic parents but her affection for hi in Is but friendly. Sho admires his dashing character and is amused at his advances. ad-vances. Appears on tho scene at thlB time James Stewart In lovo also with Ann, tint underhand in bis methods of courtship. Jack nnd James are at odds but thiough sheer force of personality per-sonality Jack turns the laugh continually contin-ually on his rival. When Jack finally tells Ann he has decided to go across, slut for the first time realles that sho Is madly In lovo with htm Thero 1c a bcoutl-iul bcoutl-iul romantic scene In which he tells her of his love and she admits that sho has lout her heart to him completely. com-pletely. They aro married and Jack goes to his duty In France. One day comes sad news. Jack has been killed In tho heroic performance per-formance of his duty Stewart takes advantago of tho now a to picas his attentions on Ann but she Is true to tho memory of her husband During Dur-ing one of theso scenes Jack, who has escaped from u German prison camp and mndo his wuy to America suddenly turns up at Ann's homo. Ho informs bor that ho has desorted bMauao ol bis love tor her and tensely tense-ly B ryMe feer attcUo for Stewart appears in time to compll- 11 cate matters and a tremendous ocww b ensues when the men aro brought IiH face to face. 11 True to his principles of decclr. . S Stewart Informs tho secret scttIcm- B of Overton's whereabouts. Ann trlea- M to shield her husband but fato low- fl crB threatening clouds and tho ffr- ,M Ing squad BceniH Inevitable. At thu ,H Juncture a surprlso Is In store for the- !H nudlcnco Like all romantic plays. ' 'H the cut tain goes down on tho filial 'B Kccno with everyone, excepting Slow- BJ art, happy and that Is aB ltVshouTct Bb bo Just how Overton Is released: HJ from hlo Intricate dllllculty Is better Sl nppieclated seen from tho audience than icad In this stoiy. Therefont we aio going to lot the Rotation play fVJ era uniavol tho mystery and allavr 'M the piece to rolnto In its fresh, vigor- JJ ous charm. M "When Ho Camo Back' Is tho sort M of, (linnm that cannot fall In Its np- HJ peal on tho multltudo for It Is clean HJ In Its comedy, fast in its dramatic HJ episodes and logical In its story. II: HJ promlBcs to bo tho war play of a do- HJ cado. HJ |