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Show OIXEY"S SEVEN ACES. Some Flae At). a. at th. What. Tlre.eie FWe IMey' "Seven Age? it on the) whole a good bit of a ditappelntment. The theater Ut njght was packed ta It lit most capacity but It ws a old audieace. Applause was limited and one lonesome Iri.hnian tarried off by far the greater part of that. The girl were not a pretiy a the people of ralt Itke had been led to expect and failed to fire the young bloods with any degree of enthusiasm. Th dancer were mther ordinary and failed lorta no uproarous burtof admirationfrom the galleries. The wing, failed to strike a popular chord and It U f to wager that none of them will be hummed by the Irrepressible street gamin today. The scenery and coatume wer how ever, excellent and could not fail to ex cite admiration. ' Seven Ag" Is a play. If I may dignify dig-nify It by that name, which how Dixey's strongest points a an actor. It give prominence to hi highest quail-tics quail-tics a an artist, but tl la not one to excite ex-cite enthusiasm. There la much In II thai I tiresome and mar Its artistic effect. Tbe ever reappearing ( horn., who thinks that an explanation I necessary to the understanding of th) piece, U a oulsanm. In plte of her many change of etattum. She a!4 that she knew that .he was a bore but It I srarvely possible thai she realized how much of a bore h really wa. The first sge that of cbllhood ba on redeeming feature a prltly dance, which was roundly encored. The ret of the scene the overgrown baby face In the perambulator ha something unattractive about it. II w as clever decidedly to. but not pleasant. pleas-ant. The school ceo la the second age was far fetched and got tiresome before the end. The wen of splendor and teauty wa) unfolded In the lover scene. The sUga wiling was .unrivaled, but th dances ami ong were low. At the cloee ol the next scene wa a rather fine tableau tab-leau Dlsey as Ueorg. Washington, but that wa all that there wa In II. The sixth sge-the Judge was decidedly de-cidedly good. Dixey a the Judge waa admirable, Hi make op wa wrfel and he wore Ih Judtetal ermine a to th manner born. In IhU rene the Irishman gol In his work and wa applauded ap-plauded to th echo. By far the best part of the performance perform-ance was the seventh sge old sge. Here wa really fin acting. A a tottering tot-tering great grandfatber.unl of mind but frail of body, Dixey howd whal admltahte work he I capable of. The baby la this act was a pleasing Tartv lion. The, 'Seven Age" will be repeated tonight. "Adoni" tomorrvw natisee tad night. |