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Show Little Theatre j H Play sx Please j H Drama Lovers H Better Music and Literature ! Aim of Movement in 1 jH Ogden Ogden theatergoers were well on- 1 tcrtaincd and pleased last Tuesday J oening when the members of tho Og- 1 den Drama club presented the second of the productions given by tho Little theater, for the first time. Contlnu- jH 1 Ing through Wednesday and Thursday . eenings, the members of the ciuo J claimed their share of success aiv! IH credit for the manner in which t.i jH I enacted the plays. Two one-act plays w-erc presented, the first of which .vaa 1 "Op 0' Me Thumb," written by Rich-ard Rich-ard Pyrcc and Frederick Fcnn. 'JJhe scene of tho play is that of the woik room of Madame Dldler's laundry, ,and the time is Saturday evening be- fore an August half -holiday. Aman-1 Aman-1 t'a, who is a combination of small 'statue and big imagination, is the jes; 1 of the other girls. She realizes that ( (she Is not like other girls, and she 'M I knows that things her companiona talk about are far beyond her reach, so she imagines that she has all that she wishes. One of her biggest re- grets is that she has no sweetheart to take her to places of enjojme'nt iM land to hide her disappointment she I tells her companions that they are "LiB I many who seek her hand. Her asao- elates do not bclloVo this, nnd Aman- I do realizes It, but when an oppor- tunity brings her the reality of ncr lH j most cherished dream, she rejects the VH I offer, preferring to bo alone with vjc I dreams. The part of Amanda wai , 1 enacted by Norma Sears Evans, whos j work was far above the average. .Mrs. Florence Gwllliam Nebeker as Ciem 'justly claims her laurels in the vivid I I nortr.n val of hrr rrlt Aiulrow Pl-i-h who has entertained many Ogden au- diences before, added the finishing H and humorous touches to tho ay. ifl Others taking part were Dena Wlwt,-'- im man Dix, Ivy I-Ioutz Woolley -and' Jo- jm sephine Taggart Coffmap. Mrs. Al- H berta McCanno Clark directed "Op o- fl Mo Thumb." f The second of ' the. plays, "Will o' fl tho Wisp," 'from the peri of Dons . j ,H Hal, presents a scene in a farm' house H at the end of things, in tho early even- j H ing of June 2. Minnie Moore Brown 1 in the role of the old county woman, is bewailing the fact that her yearly ' .M tenant, a poet, has not come to slay as usual during the summer months 'H at her home. The Will o' the Wisp, a poor dumb waif, is staying at the home of the old lady, acting as a scr-vant. scr-vant. The poet's newly married wife jljH and her maid arrive at the country home, the poet's wife claiming that jfl she seeks to find what there was about the place, which was such an jlM attraction to her husband. She It;- Jfl quires about the strange maid, and ijM then laughing gleefully at all the talea ''M of the place, she retires for the n.ght, 'II only to be lured forth into the night II and death by tho strange waif. Ella II O'Niel Ballantyne was very character- II istic in the-role of the poet's wife, 11 while Ellen Scowcroft Eccles held htr I audience by her unusual role and characteristic dancing. Rao Katk Piers took the part of the maid. MIjj j Minnie Moore Brown was the director. , of this play. Besides the two one-act plays, two -j scenes from two different operas 'i were given, including a scene from j 1 "Thlas" and -La Tosca." A syn- j J opsis of the story was given by j Leah Pardoe Greenwell before the en-- asting of each of the scenes, whlcn" were given as follows: j "Thais" Thais, lone Wilcox Sar j ville; Athaniel, Leslie Savillc. "La Tosca" La Tosca, Emma j Paine King; Cavaradossi, William I". 1 Manning. ' - Accompanlest. Lester Hinchcllffe. j , A well arranged musical program , was also given during the evening, 'n-cluding 'n-cluding tho following selections: Humoresfiue Anton D'Vo.vtK Sing. Sweet Bird Ganz Serenade Ere' la (French and Italian opera airs.... j Bizet, Massenet and Puccini 1 : |