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Show STOCK SEASON AT GARRICK OPENS "The Olrl From Laramie.' a comedy drama, which opened an engagement yesterday yes-terday at the derrick theatre by the Reynolde and Ross company, played to large audiences. Tha company Is a capable capa-ble one and the play was warmly re celved. The plot le a mixture of comedv and romance, having to do with a schema to marry off a beautiful western girl with a fortune to a no account, bankrupt English Eng-lish tvoblarnan. Mlss Robin Weatherford, the girl from Ia ramie. Is to be married, according to the arrangements of her deelgnlng aunt. Mlaa PTiscllla Pea body, who bankers for social prestige, to Sir Blakealy B res ford. But at the climax. Whooping Hank, from the weat. father of Robin, arrives and alter, plans a little. The corned v hinges around the picturesque Hank, while he remains the center of attraction In English society. Robin, however, is Piqued at the apparent Indifference of un 'American engineer, of whom she Is enamored, en-amored, and accepts Sir Bereeford on her own accord. Then comes a letter bear- ing me sea news mat Kootn naa been left pennlleee, and the baron promptly declares the match "no go," characteristic of his type. Soon this message Is followed fol-lowed by another, however, stating that Miss Weatherford Is wealthier than ever, whereupon the nobleman fall all ovr himself trying to hold Robin to the engagement. en-gagement. But the engineer. In the meantime, haa won her. The unraveling of the situation. situa-tion. Including the foiling of the villainous nobleman's plot, keep the interest on edge. The role of RoMn ts capably handled han-dled by Miss Jane Qrey, and Q. E. Reynolds Rey-nolds as Howlln Hank. Justin McN'abb as Sir Blakesly Bereeford and Samuel E. Avey at the engineer are all competent JrM players. For 10. 10 and SO-cent entertainment entertain-ment the Reynolds and Ross players are putting out an article quite superior to the grade of drama usually furnished at these prices. Ths play will run throughout through-out the week. |