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Show GREAT PLAY AND WELL PRESENTED Without doubt Tuesdny evening saw tho biggest nudlenc.) In tho history ..f the Thatcher Opera houso when Tho Lion and the Mouse" wn? pio-santcd pio-santcd by really the best company or players seen heie. Tho vast audience roirialncd Intensely Interested through out 'tho piny. The excepMonully btron part's being taken by Miss Iledda uiu-lent uiu-lent as Shirley lto-sinore. Mr .1. T. Comcrford as Judge Hossmoro, Mi. Hobert lla)louk as "Heady Money" Hydcr. and Mr. John Caylor s Jefferson Jeffer-son Hydor Miss Lam cut as Shlrluy Hossnwre. was a splendid "Mouso' , strong both lu tho emotional parts, nnd when sho measured her woman s wit with those of tho financier. Her rcndjtlon was excellent, sonic migl.t think It a little too dramatic at times, but not so In our opln m considering that she had n part to piny which called for something out of the ordinary.' ordin-ary.' The work of the financier In the capable hands of Mr. Dlaylock was very strong, nnd tho characteristics of-the reimiikuhlc character wero well brought out. The long black cigar, the' raspy, piercing almost gruff ejaculations ejac-ulations His neuteness of mind and his studied replies In conversation, nnd the inflection of his volco acquired ac-quired through )cars of grind, grind, grind, after money and battling with and subduing the moneyed and political politi-cal geniuses of the nation was grand, and at the point when he was finally beaten by the "Mouse" with puro woman's wit and consummate skill, sent the audience wild with enthusiasm. enthus-iasm. The work of Mr. Caylor, tho son wns splendid, nothing overdone, his love for the girl battling for her rights, his sileht Idolizing of her, made him stand out ns nn exceptional character In this great play. To sum up, tho whole company of players would be hard to beat, as each one fitted In and dovetailed to a nicety. Vo havo seen some splendid plays in Lognn this year, but we do not think for character, depth and tense situations situa-tions that one has been presented that can at all compare with the Lion and tho Mouse. Owing to the fact that Picston was quarantined for a mild caso of small pontile company played here last nlgh' to what In the afternoon promised' prom-ised' n'nother record breaking house. tl Is unfortunate that they could not bo seen In Preston ns we under-, stand n largo audience would have, greeted them there. |