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Show FRANK M'GLYNN LEAVES VIVID IMPRESSION IN PORTRAYAL OF I LINCOLN AT ORPHEUM THEATRE j With mingled thrills, pathos and I laughter. John Drin kw ater's play, ; Abraham Lincoln, " in which Frank McGlynn plays the pari of th" great 'emancipator, was shown at the 1 Ipheum theatre Tuesday evening. The drama Is one which makes n lasting I impression mn thf mind and serves I ' I Illuminate those troublous times when the struggle between slavery and the I preservation Of the union was forever I decided. Throughout the play there I runs a tension which Is unrelieved i until t he final curtain. i vn p.fsi m: esi i . Beginning the action with a scene In , Lincoln's home at Springfield. HI., I herein he makes the momentous de-cislon de-cislon to accept the nomination for the presidency, supported r.v the unwavering un-wavering faith of Mrs. Lincoln tne drama takes one through the heart-testing heart-testing days of the Civil war up to I tho surrender of General Pee at Ap-pomattox Ap-pomattox In 1 865 and closes with the assassination scene In Ford's theatre Ion the evening of April 14, 1M.."i o-; o-; w here does the interest lag perceptibly percep-tibly At times the scenes of tragedy i bring the audience to the v erge of tears, again the quaint humor of Lin-'coln Lin-'coln breaks through the clouds and I there appears ciearlv the steel determination deter-mination of the president to settle the question of breakup of the union and the right to hold mankind In bondage iCnee and for all. even though many in his cabinet and among the populace are opposed to his action. Particularly interesting .and at times thrilling were the scenes of Lincoln's cabinet meetings meet-ings at which the retention of Fort Sumter and the freedom of the slaves took their place in history. Exceeding those In dramatic excellence were the scenes in General Grant's headquarters in which Ihe courageous General Lee admitted defeat and most of all, the dreadful clamor of rage and grief which arose wh"n the president met his death at the hands of John Wilkes booth. LINCOLN M SOLDIER Probablv In no other scene were the emotions so played upon as In Lln- coln's he -to-hcart talk with Vermont youth, courtmartlalcd as sen n i d to be shot for falling asiei on ii. nil dutv l h.- youn? s,iMi--. poij trayed bj Warren A -he made no afl peal, hut his storj was drngge i frol him by the president. j 1 "Voi; are nol goin? to l.e -hr, " ssJ Lincoln This -e, M , , i to h ',inl a cue by I to audience for aimostH medlatclj there -.vent Into plaj harifl terchiefs, all over the house Wom9 weep and nn n weep unashamed. 9 I I 1. 1, I N I CAST-The CAST-The plav i- s aged with utmJ f 1 1 b ! 1 1 ' u h . - 1 1 . i e d m c i p t i o n . i n d tl company 6t 4o person or more ts more than adequately lare Cm honors "i ourse, to Prank M Glynn, btft others to whom high pi-aj - due lnclud Winifred ii-miey, Art i ln "in bohn v Bennett 1 Seward, the right hand man In wru- cabinet William W Cr.nuns, j ' : I -a t 1 i i a . J a i - I oil In as lel ere I Lee r-'-i n i n d a - . mal in : ie Lincoln household The suppH ing company was so well trained tn t hi a udlem-e , ,, i r.u g.d i he surroundings and watched with H iiteuiion lery m. e as the actid was unfolded Adding to the dramatic effecttyeH was the r idinr u. ih- ln-onider 1M acts of the of eH scene iut told In poetic form The CH pheum orchestra loo, helped to hlenK the production into one long to be WM membered. a . matinee iva. to i.( en thf afternoon ani Ihe las! performs! this even Ing P |