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Show "THE OLD HOMESTEAD" TONIGHT. A Comedy Full of Good Things That Present Pre-sent a Moral as Well. The attraction at tho Theater tonight will be Denman Thompson's Now England Eng-land play, "The Old Homestead." The company comprises twenty - eight people, solocted by Denman Thompson and are under his management. Every effort has beeu used to make this organization perfect, artistically and in appointments, and tho verdict of the press of the country seems to indorse it as a production equal to that of the original, which has now been two years in New York City. Of tho piece, it has been said that all tho temperance lectures lec-tures and evangelists have not accomplished accom-plished as much good during the last two years, and hardly a person leaves after tho performance without just about that sort of a conviction. It abounds in quaint humor, rugged honesty of character, and is a feast of mirth and wholesome enjoyment. It teaches a, grand moral lesson, introduces intro-duces the audience to the noblest and simplest of characters, carries one away from city life and incidental cares and worries, and sends its auditors back lo their homes with better thoughts of the stage In particular and of mankind in goneral. To 'those who have never seen "The Old Homestead" this production pro-duction can be heartily commended with the assurance that scarcely any of its flavor is lost in its presentation by the traveling company, the only one playing it outside of New York City. |