Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1901 — “THE PRICE OF PEACE. [ARTICLE]

“THE PRICE OF PEACE.

A visit to McVicker’s Threatre, Chicago, where Jacob Litt's production of “The Price of Peace” is running, is almost as good as a trip abroad, for during the course of the play the whole of London is laid out for inspection and the scenes are filled with living, breathing people just as in the big modern Babylon. The play opens with a bit of the Thames in view. It is the afternoon tea hour and the terrace of the House of Commons is filled with the beauty and fashion of London offiicial society. Across the river one can see the great St. Thomas hospital, and Westminster bridge looms up to the left. The second act takes the spectator to the Niagara skating rink and shows the wonderful half of mirrors and the fairylike grill with its thousands of electric lights. The skaters in fancy dress glide over the smooth surface of the ice or sit and ‘•partake of refreshment at the small white tables which dot the space outside of the enclosure for skaters. The scene changes to the corridor of the House of Commons and then again to the play grounds at Harley House convent—a scene in strong contrast to the bustle and excitement of those which precede and follow it. After this the traveler has a glimpse of Westminster abbey from the outside and the inside. Then he is whirled away to Carlton House terrace, the swellest residence portion of London, and sees a ball in progress at.the home of the Prime Minister of England. The street outside of the House of Commons and the house itself with all of its menbers in place and fierce debate going on follow. The last act shows Little Biddlecombe-by-the-Sea, a sort of English Coney Island; the home of Lady St. Azuline at Lorpoint on the coast and the interior and decks of the steam yacht ‘'Marigold.’’ When one has seen the play through one has a good idea of the show places in the British capital.