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Show 'Twixt Love and Money. Tho lid is olf tho Wan! Hall. Tho f building ns a thoatro haS nu nusplol-1 ous oponiug Inst Fridajjand Saturday 1 nights, when tho Mutual smprovo-1 mnnt Dramatic Oh,jfeuy..ti'tuo ViK ITT' f ' LmgO houBcsr'Brootodlftlfo? Jnoduo- tion and tho rocoipts wcrovery satisfactory. satis-factory. Tho now soouory was favorably favor-ably commented upon, i,ad ovory-thing ovory-thing wont off smoothly. Porhaps tho best f aatnrc1of tho on-tortninmout on-tortninmout was tho duot by Sarah and Ellorn Urio. This was a piooo of spoolalty work worthy of n piano on tho best stago of tbo country, and oallod forth voolforous applauso. Tho onaoro wns so persistent that tho children woro forced to repeat a part of tho song. Tho Perry orchestra a in atton-dauco atton-dauco and onlivouod the waits with inspiring musio. Tho play has a lady lend, nnd Poarl Hlg boo as Lillian Brough did ro-markably ro-markably woll, especially whon It is considered that this was only hor second appearance on tho stago. Sho Bhowod plainly ublo and luolligoi t coaohing. ' Tho othor loading ohnrnotors woro Ghnuncoy Mnofarlauo in tho horoio rolo, AIox Rollo, vlllian, William Sohoppmanu, comedian. All did fairly woll, and it might nppoar prosumptious for us to undortako to oritloizo tho work of somo of thoso old stand-byes, or "professionals," ns thoy would porhnps he termed. Still, nowpnpors, liko individuals, havo a right to thoir opinions. Ours is thnt Mr. Mnofarlauo a llttlo overdid over-did somo of tbo pathetic scenes. A strong man can show prior without wailing liko a woman, and in n rolo suoh as Ilorbort Van Allan, tho rich nud aristocratioal young gontlomau, too muob show of omotion is unbo-comlng. unbo-comlng. His laughing, on the other- naud.was oxcollont nnd woll-timod. His mnko-up was good and tho gouornl verdict would be that he wns "simply out of Bight." ' Alox II. Rollo was n little lamo on his linos and required oonsidorablo prompting. This wns largoly duo, no doubt, to tho faot that ho had tho ooaohing of tho othor younger players protty much all through the rohenrsals and could not giro much attention to his own part. Will Sohoppmnnn did considerably hotter than ho did nt his last appear ancojin "Escaped from tho Law," though ho still gostlculutod nud voolf-orated voolf-orated rather too frantically, eepoo-lally eepoo-lally whou rooltlng yorses. If Will can bo suduod u llttlo more, be la going to bo ono of our best porf ormes. A nwnber of faverblo oommouta wero honrd on his acting in tho Inst production. pro-duction. Evolyn Pnrry, ns Pearl's blind fathor, hud tho mnunorism of tho blind mnu very woll down. Ills mnko-up, too, wns good, but ho could not disguiso his voice On tho whole, Evelyn did quito woll. Riohnrd Hrynnt nnd Sam B. Jones mudo thoir debut, nnd for beglnuors aro not dosorvlng of olrtloism. Miss Mnmo Parry nlso mado hor first appcaranoo, in tho rolo of tho maid, and did nlcoly, though almost too digillod for a girl of all work. ThiB, however, was probably duo to tho faot thot sho had "that thousand dollars." Fnunio Wnlkor mndo up woll for tho purt of tho old womnn, nud did muob of hor pnrt nrtistloally. Iu tho Inst act, however, eomo of hor "antics" during tho rooital by Van Allon of his story, woro unnatural and a llttlo out of plnoo. Our ama- tour actors should early try to com prohond tho otornnl fitness of thigs and nvoid, in thoir nnxioty to oroato a laugh, intermixing low oomody with pathotlo scones. Othor minor chnractors woro fairly woll supported, and thoro wns roally no vory poor acting. Taken altogothor, tho play was doo-idodly doo-idodly a suocoss, and thoso who failed fail-ed to 800 It miBsod a treat. Tho work of Profossor Marshmnn, though ho was at only two of tho rohenreals, was apparent, and whon ho has n fair ohano to cobqIi tho troupo n great improvomout may bo oxpootod. Another ploy has beeu oast uud' "tbo pot will bo kept boiling" for the remuindor of tbo eeasou, wo aro assured. |