Show THE COUNTRY BOY the country boy edgar selwynn Sel entertaining comedy of city life under the direction of the henry B harris estate will be the attraction at the alta theatre wednesday evening oct 29 first presented at the liberty theatre new york this play enjoyed a run ot of five months which was followed by a succession ot of crowded houses at powers theatre for two months the country boy is a comedy of types and Is peopled with real men and women that are familiar to everyone who has ever lived in a big city As one critic has declared the picture of life which is afforded us by the little group of new friends edgar selwyn has introduced in this play sends you away feeling mentally regenerated and morally feeling in every way a little better than when you put your hat under the seat the rhe story ot of the country boy ts Is that of a small town youth who thinks he is fitted fitted for big things when in reality he is is unable to hold down a 13 15 a week job reproached by his fiancee and her father tor for hla his lack ot of character and his fancied ambitions he is induced to try his luck in new york he is not a top boot yokel or a village gawk but only the ordinary youngster of the small community who lacks the hard enamel wisdom of the metropolis in a cheap boarding house where he lives while in the city he first rubs against the real world and when his money is gone and his spirit broken he la saved from froin suicide only by the cleverness with which a crabbed old newspaperman plays upon his feelings thus thui having town not a failure because he believes peri ence he is rought bought to know himself and he goes back to the small town not a failure Ie because cause he bellies in himself the sale of 0 seats will open wednesday morning at 10 and mail orders accompanied by remittances will receive first attention telephone orders reserved until 3 wed |