Show SIRE TO SON A crowded house greets milton nobles in hiis great play the theatre last night contained with but one exception the largest audience berei assembled there to witness any play and milton nobles with his great melodrama of from sire to son has won the heart of the people of provo it was to he regretted however that mrs dollie nobles was so indisposed aa to prevent her playing mabel armitage ant the lady biad been sick for some daye past and hence was enabled to play miss lizzie lambert appeared in the character and did exceedingly well the audience was enthusiastic and appreciated precia ted the points made through the evening milton nobles was brought ont before the curtain after the second and third acts the last time with miss lambert from sire to son is a romantic melodrama whose characters come from a western camp though the daring author subsequently transfers them to venica the language and manners of the characters are a great deal more agreeable than the horrible drawl and the poor imitations which generally make one tired before the evening is over the play is by no means without the author with the boldness of one soaring above conven having preferred to bring about thrilling situations and telling effects to himself mr nobles has assigned a very difficult position in the play and his role calls for the strangest emotional acting the enthusiastic applause which greeted him showed how he was the emotional role of mabel armitage quickly won the pod will of the audience and the simple sweetness with she sang home sweet home herself on a mandolin elicited tivo plaudits pl audits the humor of the play is quite droll mr nobles is here in strong element and lie has given to grimes some exceedingly cee funny business with which mr louis F howard deli eats the audience the lovemaking love making between dr mandrake and his bon hamilton on tho one hand and mra and her daughter aurelia on the other is delightfully light fully interesting after the fashion of the courtship in the henrietta the i scenery is very striking the entrance of the red dog stage in the first act proving very effective |