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Show both ond tho hand r.f a cbannini damsel named Tina, for one. "The Red Mill," has been the nios pronounced hit that has been mali in the musical comedy in the las quarter of a century. Its engagemet. hero will be on next Saturday, at th Ogden Theater. THE "RED KILL" HAS A RECORD BREAKING SHOW The scenes of Martin & Emery Co's. production of the musical play, "The Red Mill." In which those two clover j comedians, Swor and Woods, take the leading roles, are laid In Holland. It . Is believed that this Is the first play ever presented In America devoted exclusively to the portrayal of Dutch character and location. The quaint atmosphere of tho country of dykes, windmills and wooden shoes Js.sa'.J to haves been capitally caught by the author, Henry Blossom, and tunefully portrayed by tho composer, Victor Herbert. "The Red Mill," is In two acts. The first depicts a square in the town of Jatwykaan-Zee, a picturesque place on the North Sea The picture Is said to be absolutely correct and a duplication of an actual scene. In the background Is the great, prac-Ical prac-Ical red wind mill, from which the play takes its name, with Its slowlv sweoplng sails, and at one sldo Is a fuuny little Dutch inn. which has an Interior representing the house of the Burgomaster. Both these settings are typical of the artistic distinction that characterizes all of Martin Sc Emery, Co.'s productions. Tho plot revolves around two stranded Americans, played by Swor and Woods. They . are unable for some time to escape from the windmill region becauso they can't pay their hnftrt hill - Tn an tttrt tt AimAn it which calls for a sensational nortin from a gabled window. They are captured cap-tured by the Burgomaster and put to work, one as a waiter and the other as an Interpreter. The Purgomaster'a daughter, has a love affair with a sailor and when the father finds out about it ho Imprisons her In the old red mill, which has the ropu atlon of being haunted. How the two Americans Ameri-cans rescue her from tho mill Is n spectacular development of. the first act. In tho second act the two Americans, Ameri-cans, In thir erforts to flee hard lurk and Holland, have to resort to various disguises, the one having the most Important heorlng on the story being a wonderfully clever representation representa-tion of Sherlock linings and Dr. Wal-iion.'. Wal-iion.'. In ithto.-characters 1 hey finally final-ly brln about a happy ending to the etory and reap "pecuniary regard lor |