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Show .Jean Paige Today In "The Prodigal Judge" At the Alhambra J'-an Paige Is the star of the big Bpecial production. "The Prodigal Judge." which will be shown al the Alhambra theatre tor three days bc-I bc-I ginning tpdaj J The Prodigal .Li.,"- I.- a story of the ante-bellum das with the Idcahe i mostly in Tennes.se,- While the noel takes its name from the Judge, Colonel 8lpcum Price Tubervllle. a lovable hero, eloquent at every bar and Fal-stafflan Fal-stafflan In capacity of app- titi and Intellect, In-tellect, the Interest centers mainly around the loves and fortunes of the pretty heroine Betty Malroy, and It is this character that Miss Palg portrays. por-trays. She is admirably fitted into I this story' of the late '80' and early j AO's, w ith the quaint, and dainty costuming cos-tuming of that period "The Prodigal Judge Is a romance rich m inri.i.-nt heart) in humor, i'uii- flowing in a broad t Urrent o1 life and events. Love nnd hate and private feud .true friendship and evil ambition, ambi-tion, all hae their place In this splendid splen-did American story The surroundings I are colorful; the characters are "f char cut types and the men and women wo-men are of the sort'who do rather than talk It Is a strenuous story, of str-'nuous times, and It Is doubtful If another American no'fl could be found which so nerfectly lend? Itself to adaptation Lo th bcxt), |