Show Alvin Joslin On Friday and Saturday evenings of this week Charles L Davis who is so extensively billed about the city will make his first appearance in the Theatre as Uncle Alvin Jos lin He comes supported by his own company and notwithstanding the adverse ciiticisms of the press i which have aeen showered upon I him he continues to draw nightly I The following is an extract made from the Ottawa Free Press concerning concern-ing Mr Davis his company and the i piece If ever any company had reason I to be satisfied with its reception in Ottawa the Alvin Joslin troupe is the party The Grand Opera House where they appeared on Saturday night was packed Standing room only both in gallery balcony and reserved seats was the rule from an early hour in the evening The performance per-formance fully deserved the patronage patron-age it received and Uncle Alvin kept his promise to afford his audience audi-ence 180 laughs in 180 minutes most faithfully Mr Davis has certainly spared no pains to deserve success and the cordial reception he seems to meet everywhere is certainly worked for He has a good play beth plot incident and dialogue and his caste has been carefully selected and all up to the demands of the most fastidious in their work The makeup ef Uncle Alvin was perfection per-fection and in his humor there was nothing of exaggeration He was excellently supported throughout the entire piece and from the opening open-ing to the close of the performance I the had the entire company sympathy i sympa-thy of their large audience as was evidenced by the frequent outbursts of applause |