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Show "The District Leader." . In "The District leader," which comes to tho Thatcher Opera Hous?, Wednesday, April 15, by Joseph Howard, How-ard, writer of "Tho Umpire," "Jho Ltnd of Nod." "The Time, tho Placo and tho Girl," Is said to havo achieved his greatest success thus far. This appears to be a somewhat strong assertion as-sertion to make, taking Into consideration consider-ation the fact that all of Mr. Howard's How-ard's previous efforts havo been Included In-cluded In the "tremendous hit" class, but competent critics who have seen "The District Leader" all agree that this, the latest creation from the prolific pro-lific brain of the popular song wilier and composer is the best thing he has done. To any one famlllai with Mr. Howard's work, this should be all-sufficient. "The District Leader" differs from the great majority of so-called musical comedies In that it has a plot, not a flimsy, disconnected story, put In to hold tho piece together, but a strong melodramatic sequence of events that alone would hold the attention at-tention of any audience. Add to this the fact that the play Is plentifully Intersprlnkled with music represent ing Mr. Howard at his best, and some idea may be had of tho entertaining qualities of "The District Leader." Miss Kthcl Dovey and Frederick C. Truesdcll head a company especially chosen for their ability to adequately portray the characters In a production said to resemble both "The Vandcr-bllt Vandcr-bllt cup,, and "45 Minutes from Broadway." |