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Show AMUSEMENTS. Sol Smith Russell and hie new play "Peaceful "Peace-ful Valley" will be a welcome attraction at the theater this evening. The play is by Edward E. Kidder, who has given us in that quaint delightful character Noah Vale in "A Poor Relation." His new creation, Hosea Howe, in "Peaceful Valley," presents another an-other lovable character. The plot, it is said, is of absorbing interest, wholesome and clean. The comedy is sparklincr. The lines in many places teem with wit, wisdom and satire upon the cowardice of .wealth. The character of the hero is drawn on neat lines and fetands out the bold and complete picture pic-ture of the whole story. In his new play Mr. Russell has scored a pronounced success. suc-cess. The play deals with the invigorating air of a New England mountain farm, and it is a simple tale of modern life. Sol Smith Russell has made a special study of the I character of Hosea Howe, j At the opening of the play he is a waiter , in a mountain hotel, a summer resort in New Kugland, earning money enough to pay his w ay through college. He meets there a city girl, and from the admiration of each for the other a good deal of.humor is extracted. The scene isin the Peaceful Valley mountains, and the character of Hosea Howe is brought into relief by the surroundings of city-bred people and of flashy young "meu. Hosea' s courtship, his unceas'iug desire to go to the city, and other quaint situations, make up the humor and the interest of the act. In the concluding act Hosea is in New York. "Peaceful Yaley" holds the boards three nights. |