Show i im amusement notes 4 J t 4 44 14 1 4 to bunor natu nature re rex res beachs beacha great aill american lican romance the spoilers which comes to the devey thursday july indicates that fiction may have as high or higher aim than fact tor for in addition to telling a gri gripping aping and absorbing story he has reflected certain phases of civilizations civilization s advance that will never come again undoubtedly this western world has experienced the last of the great gold rushes these picturesque and frenzied pilgrimages that commenced with the spanish invasion were continued with the journeys of the argonauts over the great plains and the mountains of our west in the days of 0 49 and concluded wit with h the to toll some rush to the Klon klondike dihe or the sailing over seas to the arctic shores ot of nome these were potential and picturesque periods in the big advance vance that made a conquest of the unknown to gratify mans never end crid ing thirst for gold in providing the big properties tor for this stage that runs hundreds of miles up and down the pacific coast from washington to alaska it was necessary to charter vessels tor for voyages the steamships ohio and santa maria were engaged for this service and halt half a hundred vessels were leased to give life to the foreground or b background of the water ater scenes special railway trains were secured locomotives were leased to serve the deb desperate ventures of strong men fighting tor for their all to retake re take their onn on possessions from their oppressors in some scenes ot of the play huud hundreds reds of people were employed and the landing at nome is as remarkable for its showing ot of types as the tamed famed bridge constantinople over which moves the panorama of nations in this scene move the Alie and the eskimos the aborigines then there are sinewy invaders from far australia bronzed africa Afric riders anders who deserted the fever belt for the new gold fields and the all perva pervasive sive americans who give the punch ot of power to all the proceedings at the quinn last night was presented the first episode ot of the new mysterious serial picture the black box it Is gripping story full of startling dramatic situations and will surely draw good houses every friday during its run al liss a shubert lubert I feature adapted from a story by bert harte the great western character cliar acter writer will w ill be the picture at the dewey tuesday the howard estabrook aud and barbara tennant are the leading characters following Is a synopsis of the story A young girl melissa smith 3 has become orphaned by the death of her father who lie having failed to make his gold claim smiths rocket produce profitably commits suicide mliss is cared ared for by some friends on red mountain nevada is sent to school and falls in love with the schoolmaster gray A strange man secretly installs himself at smiths pocket w which Is made to yield gold news that the deserted claim is now producing gold leaks out and the stranger is found murdered mlisse Mlis AIlis ss mother appears from san francisco and makes good her title as smiths widow to the possession of her late husbands property mliss and her another mother leave tor for san francisco with their new found wealth and are followed by gray the schoolmaster w who ho has resigned from the little red mountain schoolhouse |