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We can show you in a few minutes why, among well dressed men everywhere, “ KUPPENHEIMER ” stands for the very highest degree of tailoring excellence. It will cost you nothing to learn why these suits are better than others. If you decide to buy a Suit or Overcoat you will get it at a saving of 25 per cent off its real value. Its an opportunity you can’t afford to neglect. We reserve nothing—every garment in our store must go. ; STAR CLOTHING COMPANY DAVE WACHTEL FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS We have a superb line of Men's Fine Neckwear, Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Mufflers, Plain and Fancy Hose, which make useful and attractive Christmas presents. Let us show you these lines IN THE THEATERS JAMKti K. IIACKKTT. - Juno* K. Hmkott, who will ap pear here In "Tho Prisoner of Eon- da” on December 21, has recently wilt ten a niaRAilitv article, in which ,no aak* Ihe very pertinent ques tin, apropos of his successful revival of tlio, a ronuntlc drama: “What has be come of the staffe villain?" Among other tlRngs he nays: ••There whs a time whin lla 1 frewalnu. RlowrrtnjK man. who |H*r#vt*utnl vir tue for four arm, to bo dealt with no- cording U» hi* hu rlts in tin* itrth. was un tnson*ruble pert ot our Irsltituatc *!»«»• iimtlo riitorlHlunKat. • Hut aomrlhlDK Imn h*p)>r»t.'i1 to tin* villain. It I* not that villainy m tin- theater is any W* popular than It wan fM'vorat dreade* aao. but the villain n» h villain Medina to have Iso n • llmtnuP >1. In tact. wo may own go further nml m> that the vlllutn him boctime thu If that paradox woukt tie M*-tv|>t*-d. In tin* good old-fnshloiaal lomantlo th*r»* was not euch JmnhllnK of rbzut or wrong mn wt have today, iUttit was rlaht, and the hero roproMUH'd virtue; ami wrong ,%iw wrong. Mini the villain rrwwwtal ■the devil, and all that bakmini to that Amiable ad at pretcitt very popular Indi vidual. :!( * Confuses Right and Wrong. • ••Following the vogue of the romanth' fclnyji them came a |» rind or uulinaltutiv .2nd problem diaiga. which very fionkU I Pet forth the Id* a that right wu not al ways right, or wrong always wrong, and therefor# that iu ewry hero there was a v good btt of villainy, and In every villain •arnettilng of tin herote ami the vlrtuon*. • .Now we have the drama today In which •them Isn’t any doubt whati-wver ** to the Inter.-nltt* ut «iuallty of the hem'* vlr- dtw or Hie vtltain’s Vice. In other words, today vice la rvpreaented by the bans, or fwth-r h# rrpn-aents vko* and virtue, tf It Is h'|iriMiU(«l at all. stalks upon the •logo In atHrted t _ this latter-day form of drama Is. of course. p»*» well fcmiwn to naad much comment. The genttemei whn ara tm»re than qualitled to dtacus tbeas Iblngs have explained to uv that • mu glowing ««4ort» and ua hue# that only children the ilreatvr Interastlng The fight of the tbaen ivill for Imh-atrd however, that th< klltfmi had a good grip «*n th< i oho still nut ah«ral lire hero mui entertainment. Villain In Every Day Life. Man knows too well that tho villain every duy life does not moot with hts Just deserts, and It Is therefore with a greater glee and a deeper Interest that he follows the villain through four seta in which h# seems to triumph. In life wo know that be may continue to triumph, and It la a great satisfaction to know that there la one place where he will get his Just deserts, even If that one pi tho stage. •it Is to be questioned as to whether the passing of tho villain, his glorlttcgtlon and delfleatlon, la a ((Improvement. It Is la rr.lly the mission i>f the Musa, but It la by nu iiuwi, a question tluil tli.ro I, a large public who stll love the mance, who lovo Mr. James K. Rackett. Scene from Vera, the Medium. with »l tli. swash-bncSlInv prMlIvltles. hla .Irfalua at virtue. at hta ultimata “DOMINO THRO; thk kyk " Of the many musical which have been produced In title country during the put few year* * there tf not one which has achieved a greater record of sucoee than hu "Coming Thro’ the Hye." which w\U be aeen here at tha ((rand on Ch(Hat- mu, matinee and night. December Si. Indeed, Judging from all ec- counts, there are certain section of tha couatry where Its popularity has not (wen area remotely ap proached by aay similar work. It wu presented for nine weeks In Boston to' a succession of literally overflowing audiences, whence It proceeded to the larger New Ragland towns and created something like a sensation, going back to the aarne cities two, three and even four time* within a few weeks and invariably with the ume result* In the matter of tremendous patronage. The ume conditions prevailed throughout the sooth and middle west and every where the performance and the stage production received the hlgheet en comium* of the newspaper review ers. There mutt he something far out of tha ordinary In a theatrical offer- lag which coo roll op such a record, and Ua forthcoming presentation here win, u a natural consequence, be looked forward to with unusual Interest. “Coming Thro the Rye” was written by George V. Hobart, snd the music wss composed by A. Baldwin Sloane, It Is said that Mr. Hobart haa evolved a story of much originality, and that In lu working out he hu hit upon many Incidents and situations which keep the au dience convulsed with laughter. It tails of the effort* of a rich widow of the Mri. Malaprop type to break Into fuhlonable Newport society, and the scenes are all laid Inand around her beautiful mention at tha famous retort. After mtny futile attempt* to (sin recognition, Mrs. Kobb Invites a distinguished portrait painter to be her guest, with the result thst the personages whom ah* aspires to know visit the artist's temporary studio In her home. . . Mrs. Kobb Is elated at the success of her scheme, and It serves the purpose of bringing before the au dience in the theater the charac ter* whose fua making and singing and dancing make up the entertain ment. Among these Is a certain Nott, a tailor, whom the artist owes o small account Nott Is an exceed ingly comical character and, u Played by Tom Waters, It hu taken a place among tka really distinctive {CuUaiMd aa fogs Thru) T1IE MACON" DAILY TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1908