Show amusements the heart of chicago one of lincoln J carters famous dramas as presented at the grand opera house test night the attendance was smaller than is usual at any of mr carters plays due to the fact that an impression had gone out anong the that there M be no show last night because oe recent developments the play itself is of the kind which appeals strongly to the mass of the people be cause of the element of the sensational in it the villain thwarted aad the final triumph of right mechanical effects of the ilay vere good the fire scene in the first act was a realistic representation of tho great chicago fire the great scene of the play however is lie one showing the draw bridge in the fourth act it shows an express train bearing down upon the draw bridge which has been opener by the machinations of the villain an apparently real engine cornel snorting aad puffing down the track to be stopped just in the nick of time by the heroine alio batters er way out of the watch mans hut and succeeds in turning the light the danger signal As the engineer jumps from his locomotive and picks up the heroine from the track where she has fallen the audience breaks into tumultuous applause this scebe called for several those worthy of mention in the cast are john T Nj cholson kathryn marney alyde hass charles wells johnny halliber hll liber blanche boer and emilic lessina |