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Show AT THE ALHAMBRA Largo audiences last night at the Alhambra theatro welcomed the beautiful, beau-tiful, and stirring photoplayN "Uncon-quered," "Uncon-quered," which will be repeated to- night. This superb play depicts the woes of a beautiful young woman who weds a middle-aged millionaire. The joys of motherhood and the supreme sacrifice are embodied in the whoK some and thrilling story. The vampire woman, making trou bio between husband and wife, play? to perfection the role of a type tor common in real life. The beholders marvel at the stupidity of the hus band, the villainy and heartlessnesp of the mischief-making' woman, and the long suffering martyrdom of the innocent young vrife. The child in the play. Billy Jacobs. N 6 years old, proves himself a prodigy among tho babes of the "movies." .tragic scenes in souinern settings include tho "hair-raising" and mysterious myster-ious doings of a company of superstitious supersti-tious negroes who are devoted to their "queen of the voodoo," together with their weird and savage rites. The voo-' voo-' doo queen demands a human sacrifice vhnd one of her subjects kidnaps the boy hero for this terrible purpose. The drama is brilliantly acted The gowns of the women are of. the finest and in the latest styles. "Gungalowing," a delightful comedy, ndrtrays the trials and tribulations of u typical young American family, acquiring ac-quiring a home near Los Angeles on the installment plan, "a dollar down and a dollar a week forever," swept by ocean breezes, no mosquitoes, five minutes' walk from the car line, close to the lake, etc., with the usual experiences ex-periences of such home-buyers. The mosquitoes aro large as "eagles," the breezes make sport of tho bungalow home, whirling it round like a top, and everything is disappointing. The play, however, is a scream. |