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INTHE NEXTROOT SHOWSTO BIG HOUSETh* C narortf Player* again l*. unused, tbrilled, and gam a tbor it. oughly enjoyable evening to ttnxlt;»* capacity boa ton on Thursday, Fri-I* lt;**X and Saturday crenlnna whan th they presented ’In the Next Room' i© by Kleanor Rob non (Mm. .Vuyuati« Balmont) and Harriet Font, a dra-r» mat laat Ion of a novel by Hart on•d Stevenson.re The pnwent performiuirn* werethe Unit amatucr preaeutation of it, tho play.* The plot la one of mye-d. tery which la not unrav«ii*d until w after a succession of thrllla and 4 attrpriaea, and aftor anapicion baa C. alighted on one utter another of d the character! of the play.^ The time la the present and the 1 Play opena in the New York home *' of Fhillp Vantlno (Mr. D. Ripley Oaire) an amateur collector of an-I tkjuea who hue Ju*l returned from, a European aearch for antiqueHrtreasure* .“ The opoo Inc scene. in bdwren ° Uma Webster (Mr*. John Ab-* bolt) Vantlne* nlwo end secretary* mud James Godfrey, ||%ul C. L Lamb) cub reporter for the NewYork Record, and Jimmie's bssh-fu! lore making and attempt at a b proposal, Iu which he fta ably as-r, alated by Lorna herself. furuisttos b m delightful comedy and load up h u Important cue In the plot, for a signal la arranged between thorn by which Jimtnc la to be e warned of danger In hla diploma-* tie milt to win the irascible uncle*'* consent, 4nd by which Jimmy may* assure Urua that he baa naught her warning The algnal l.i Give me a cigarette, the reply “Let me give you a light.'[ A rare buhl cabinet, one of Mr. Vantlnos' recent acquisitions ae rives, and becomes the center ofr the plot. The one Mr. VantHte 1 had bought, however, waa an im!» ► tat ion. the one that arrived provedff I an original, many times more valu- jr able, and Vantlno. a man of hon- j a or, immediately cables to Armand• and Son of Paris, from whom ha i made the purchase.®to tell of the istako., I Two visitor* aro liiilirif, a man who fta shown Into the draw*)riirhtB»Eirlog room, and a woman who wait* In tho hall.Tho cabinet !• moved Into tlio drawing room wlion- the visitor'irt walling A black bearded From hmad I now appoara and Introduce* himself aa Felix Armand (Raymond P. Baldwin) nays he la a member at the dim of Armand and Bon. explain* that the cabinet has been1 delivered by mistake and make* overture* Cor it* exchange for the one purchased. Vantlno covets the rarer cabinet and arrange# with Armand to return in tho eveningto discuss the matter.On Armand'* departure Van tine goes to tho drawing room to nothi* viator and finds him dead with a mysterious wound on,tho buck of his hand and symptoms whichsuggest poisoning. The police aio notified Inspector Grady (H. Robert By grave) and tfinuaons'* of headquarters,’ (William B. Welling* ton) appear and put the servant* through the “third degree.’ Rogers (Mr. Hans W. Miller) Vantlne*ifootman. receiving especiallyInc vis-harsh treatment, and being ably affected, fainting when aud-suddenly confronted with the corpse brought tn by Grady's order. The woman caller has diaap-Vaatiae goes to the drawing room to look at the cabinet and after a time cornea staggering out and falls dead on the fioor. His hand la wounded aa hi* visitor's bad boon.La Duchesne De Cbarriere, formerly Elisabeth Newton (Mrs.■Henry A. Dnnghlia) ta announced and declares the cabinet Is hers,•old wHhput her consent by her husband, from whom she baa separated. and says that U contains loiters Important to her In a sec ret drawer Armand la preseui i and renews his claim. The duchess opens the secret drawer andHods her lottom. A pHufo found ot tho body of tho murderod man Ig recognised by the Duchess ss that of her maid Julia. The maid I (Miss La. Tapper Cadbury I is questioned and becomes hysterical.A broken cuff link is found on iho door, may be a clue. The burglar alarm wire at the drawing mom window Is found to Ik* cuta face dtoeovered at tho pnn -The room ‘to Mft In darkness be* Jimmie lies In wait. Much has bon said about the coming to fcb*w York of Col Ptggott bead of theBngllsb Detective Service and b*will come to the Vantlno residence at 10 P. M. to advise Grady.The windows opens and a man stops In, whom Jimmy confront1* and face* at the revolver point to hold up his hands. The strung* visitor to Col. PlggoU, so he say#, making tn vast Igat ions in his own way. He discloses the mystery of this murder by finding another secret drawer, but before he opens U he put* an iron clad glove on hi* hand. Then the mystery is disclosed. The hand pressing the button Is struck by fanes, like a| rattlesnake* and deadly poison lAu jedod. Tbo bolt h* #f deadly pollson to removed and a bag contain Ing the “Megartn” diamonds lately stolen from the Louvre iu Paris^lo view.A cablegram Is wolwd froip Kell* Armand to Parts. The pLd thickens; Lores uotes a broken ouft link ou Plggot's sleeve, fttI(Pugci
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Concord Enterprise
Concord, Massachusetts, US
Wed, Dec 09, 1925
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