Show THEODORE PRAISES ES ESHA HA TROUPEr HAYDEN Crowded Cro out outlast last week But few of us in this neck of the woods knew kne anything anything- about Hayden until we saw the tine mine nc acting a ng of the Hayden Occidental Occident Occident- al dr dramatic c here Saturday Sat night Now we know now that t it is a very prosperous farming community comprising i ing ng people of thrift and ancI ener energy y Smart D handsome young youn men beautiful women and girls iris possessing possessing pos pos- the courage and plug pluck to travel 50 miles overland o to play to an audience of doubtful dimensions Hayden I may lY have no com cotti- commercial mercial club hut but her dramatic flub dub is doin doing a good job of ad mI- v Theodore has hm also a ti dramatic club but hut we move will have to look out for our laurels We Ve may equal but it will be hard to excel l the performance of the Hayden I troupe The troupe was elated at the manner its performance was vas received Its coming corning had been heel poorly advertised yet a large lame and appreciative n vc audience greeted reefed them then nevertheless Demonstrations of applause were lucre so enthusiastic at nt times that the actors were cre interrupted interrupt interrupt- e ed d not with the hurling hurling- stage stage- ward of cabbage carrots and sich for they have those lux- lux hr dries es at home The The drama is replete with fine flue sentiment and pathos and tells the repeated oft-repeated story of the hardships and heartaches I incident Jo the poor hoer farmer who mortgages his home t to I send scud his daughter daug to colle college e. e David J. J Peterson as strong strong- heart hearted d Banker Bluestone i takes his part well Of course I the dau daughter must fall in love as ns is often the case cast to a erit veritable able scoundrel but she is f fin finally finI nally n- n I ally ally rescued and returned i in n safety to her par parents N Miss iss Effie Davis Mavis takes the tile part of Wilful 1 Millie llillie with great I credit Victor Fhurman as Charlie Charli e the Irish comedian was the provoking mirth provoking char char- acter He lie sang snug droll songs and d cracked funny jokes in front frunt o othe of f ft the curtain between acts that tha t kept the audience in an all uproar J John Burgess Burg as Squire Tomkins Tom rom kins and Emma Lawson I a as s Mrs Tomkins acted their parts part s move well Ray Kay Kone one as Lidgerwood Lidger Lidger- wood Flynn the forger and an would-be would abductor and Roy Po- v Davis as Bunny Wayne carried Carrie d out their casts nicely |