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Show That Fourth Ward Sunday School Drama Clever is proabably tho best word to sum up tho play given by the Fourth ward Sunday school on Tuesday Tues-day and Wednesday evenings, March 3 and '4. Good judgment was exercised by tho'ofucors in tho selection of the play: What Happened To Jones, is a play filled with sparkling humor ot phraseology, repartee, and situation. It Is a play that whllo It adapts Itself It-self to tho amateur, gives, as was Bhown In tho play tho other ovening, Bcope-tor better ability. Much of the success, too, was duo to tho Intelligent Intelli-gent . selection of cast, each person was placed in tho particular nlcho that hevand no other ould havo filled. fill-ed. J. W. Gardner, ns Jones, had tho heaviest nnd longest pnrt. Professor Gardner showed himBolf capable of adapting himself to tho Hymn Book Seller, tho card pcddlor, tho bishop, tho doctor, tho poet, nnd tho lover, with characteristic alacrity. H Mrs. Charlotto Larson, Orson Clark H Edith Bowen, Stella Jorgensen, and H Pearl Johnson as Ebineozer, Mrs. H Eblneezer, the two daughter Eblneez- H ers, and the Eblneezer ward respec- tlvely wero delightfully hen-peck H a-fled as to parents, charming as to H daughters, and beautifully clever as H to ward. And the Aunt Evelina, Ven- H lo Maughn, as well as tho servant, H Feo Mathlson must not, will not, and H cannot ever bo forgotten to any per- H son with a spark ot tho appreciation jH of tho humorous. Tho policeman El- jH mor Klngsford, and tho Indian VI r- H gil Lowo mado tho most of their parts IB and ns to the real bishop with his H makeup and his forced facial expres- H slons ono fully appreciates tho weight H ot Jones remarks: If I looked Uko H that, I'd suo my father for damages. jl Tho plHy ought to and probably IH will bo repeated In Smlthneld and H Provldenco and probably again In |