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Show Theatricals. "The Kerry Cow," Joseph Murphy's famous play, with Allen Doone, Ireland's Ire-land's sweet singing Irish comedian, In tho cast asi Dan O'Hara, is to bo presented at the Thatcher opera house January 21. "The Kerry Gow" is Interwoven with the most charming touches of nature, brightness and artistic excellence. excel-lence. It toll's of Dan O'Hara'sand pretty Nora Drew's love for each other; he is the Kerry blacksmith (Kerry Gow), tho Drews are threatened threat-ened with tho foreclosure of a mortgage mort-gage on their home, which Is held by Valentino Hay, who lias offered his love to Nora. When he is refused, nay uses every possible means to crush tho Drews and O'Hara. He employes mentohldo pikes In OTIara's forge, and sends word to the English soldiers that O'Hara Is making mak-ing pikes for the rebels. In thoso days this meant death, They arrest O'Hara, but ho escapes. Hay Intends foreclosing, but joung Drew has a thoroughbred, which If It wins a certain cer-tain race will sell for enough money to pay off tho debt. Hay sends away and gets the greatest racehorso In the country, to beat Drew's horse. Tho news of tho race Is carried to tho Drew homo by carrier pigeons, i) row's horso wins, and ho sells It for enough to pay olf the mortgage, whllo Hay and his henchmen are dragged to Jail for conspiracy. con-spiracy. The company supporting Mr. Doono Is said to bo excellent and havo been with Murphy for years. It Isn't tho Gtlmorc band that Is coming to Logan It's Paul Gllmore, tho noted actor, In "At Yale." This is one of tho better class productions, Gllmore having a reputation as an exceedingly ex-ceedingly capablo actor, and at his best In this famous college production. "Kerry Gow" is now In the cities of the northwest. Newspaper comment Is to tho effect that Allen Doone, tho Irish singer, Is tho peer of the famed Olcott. "Ole Olson" and "riHIa Olscn" aro coming before any great while. |