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Show (Editorial Correspondence) Y. M. M. I. A. Dramatic Performance Delightful Romance-&c., &c. Having been called as a missionary to visit the Y.M.M.I.A. 6# Weber and Box Elder Stakes, in company with Elder F. H. Anderson of the Junction office, Ogden, the writer recently visited Ogden and arranged with the Stake Superintendency a programme of travel through Weber county, and on Saturday, ? ? ?, viewed Brigham City for a similar purpose. On the evening of our arrival we had the privilege of witnessing the performance of the celebrated Spanish drama, "Don (" De ?." by the Brigham City Dramatic Association. Owing to a sense of unfortunate circumstances beyond the power of the company to remedy, the performance hardly did justice to the company, but was, on the whole a success. Several members of the company, though playing ? disadvantages, showed marked talent which would undoubtedly win for them a livelihood if not celebrity in the dramatic profession, in any large city in the Union. The role of "Mar?," the gypsy girl, and the heroine of the play was very effectively and artistically rendered by Mrs. Armeda Young (?Snow); Mr. L. H. ?erce played "Don ?" the brave spendthrift, generous and ? Spanish count, with admirable ? and effect. Mr. F. A. Box as "Don Jose," the villain of the piece, did well, but was out of his element, comedy being his forte." Mr. H. B. Bowring's talent for making mirth contributed to the success of the performance, as did the careful and good acting of other members of the company who are well worthy of mention. This dramatic company, when fully organized and in good working ? is one of the best in the Territory and the hearing of several of them upon the boards was that of experienced and artistic "stages." Between the acts an old friend revealed to us an interesting bit of romance lately consummated in Deweyville. Ardent love between a youth so brave and a maid so fair, family prejudice, unrelenting parents, a friend in need, a judge, and at last a wedding, with all the con? elements of a romance which, well told, would be at once pathetic, humorous and deeply interesting, entered into our friend's story. For a long time a certain Deweyville youth has loved a certain Deweyville maid. The love was mutual. And the (unreadable) one thing wanting (unreadable) of a genuine love match was the (unreadable) his eloquence on the father, while the girl was to "tall," with her mother. Both sternly and uncompromisingly refused to sanction the match, for reasons, which were in their estimation, good and sufficient. The maiden was given the choice to either give up her lover, or take herself and her effects from beneath the perennial roof. In this dilemma she remained, (as might have been expected) ? ? love, and applied to his (married) brother, who probably, had not forgotten "how it was myself," and who proved himself a true friend to true love. He conveyed the young lady's effects to his own home and on the following day, at 9 o'clock a.m. the precinct Justice tied the conjugal knot, and in the p.m. the happy couple, with a company of congratulating friends and relatives made a trip to Brigham City and attended the theatre by way of a wedding tour, on the same evening we were there. The last chapter of the romance, describing a general reconciliation all round, is not yet quite ready for the press. Brigham City, Nov. 22, 1880. |