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Show I. Iff fr "Life. Nothing ever attempted in the : dramatic line in Rrigham City has ! excelled that mark of perfection land finish reached by the Home Dramatic Club in the produc-! produc-! tion of "Life for Life," at the ! Opera House last Saturday : eve. Miss Virginia Sn.cw, as : Edith Walton, was the center of : admiration during the evening, i As the loving, patient wife she j could not be surpassed. During the whole of the play she did full justice to her role and in several instances fairly reached the climax ot dramatic elegance. Mortimer Snow, as Edward Walton, was simply grand and that his acting; was appreciated by the audience wis' shown by a curtain call reci'eved - -'atid frequent ' outbursts out-bursts of hearty and prolonged applause. A. If. Snow mastered his part aa Richard Singleton well, and portrayed the scheming villian with ease. E. A. Box, as Dr. Vernon, Ver-non, and Miss Etta Madsen, as Auntie Phrcma were a source of much amusement to the audience, while II. E. Dowring, as Archy, and Frank Bowring, as Martha, "a 'spccable cullud lady," produced pro-duced roars of laughter. Miss Birdie Snow, as Grace Courtright was just "too sweet for anything," and many were those in the audience audi-ence who envied her successful lover, M. L. Snow, as Barney Elliott. Ft. II. Jones, who had a long and trying role as George, Edward's slave, showed by his acting act-ing be was the right man in the right place. The quartettes were beautifully rendered, and the 'kluel with knives" so realistic that several ladies in the parquettc almost fainted "dead away." A little improvement, however, might be made in the stage management, man-agement, as even a Erigham audience audi-ence might tire, when compelled to waii too long during the change of stage scenery. Why. |