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Show THE SEASON'S FIRST PLAY Tho first ot a number of plays which wi'.ll appear In Logan during tho coming com-ing Beason Is tho Butler's Secret, to be presented at tho Nibloy Hall noxt Monday evonjng, September 30. Mrs. Annlo Adams, ono of tho best character actresses of tho country, will play tho leading rolo ns Nurso Applogato. Sho Is supported by a strong company of fourteen people. Tho fact that Mrs. Adams is Maudo Adams' mothor 1b causing great interest in-terest (In tho production. Tho play consists of a prologue and threo regular acts. Tho prologuo is laid Irs India In tho garden of Rov. Wm. Townsond, a mlBslonnry, whoso young wlfo does leaving tho father with a baby son. Tho llttlo follow (is ndopted by a Now York banker and his wlfo, who nro touring tho Orient. Act I, opons In Morrlsvlllo, Now Jersoy, twonty-flvo years later. Tho baby boy is now a promising young lawyer and is running for mayor of tho city. This and tho succeeding acts graphically portray tho trials and vlcissltudos of a political campaign. cam-paign. Tho identj'flcntlon of tho candidate can-didate as tho llttlo hero of tho prologuo pro-loguo Is clovorly worked out. The wholo production is a happy blondlng ot pathos and comedy of sentiment and exciting situations. It arouses heart interest and appeals to tho emotions, It Is pronounced by eminent crliics ns ono of the most beautiful plays of tho season. |