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Show LEWISTON GETS BUNCOED Local Theatrical company com-pany takes 'em in To the extent of $3.20 and Turkey dinner, Tim Home Diamatlc Co. piesented It's evening of mlnistielsv, opera, diama and specialty at l.evvlston Wednesday night befoie a house that was crowded to its utmost capacity with empty seats. Some of the audience audi-ence said that the slim attendance was due to the fact that the show had not been piopeily advertised, but the writer is Inclined to feel that the people peo-ple up theie knew what they weie about-had a hunch, so to speak for tiulj the production was one of the bmninest of the bum, fully the equal or the vvoist evei ('one by llavcrly, PHimoscx. West. Win. II. Crane, Joe Jelleisonorlhe llostonlans. Thcslng-Ing Thcslng-Ing was good, bad and Indllleieiil, mostly bad. The Jokes took well, better bet-ter by far than in Logan wheie everybody every-body knows it all. Dixie Shellon was a new end man and was theie with the goods, doing a dancing stunt that was about pioper. The drama, "Drifted "Drift-ed Apart," was a ledeemiug feature, Miss Kllason anil Mr. Cardon covering themselves with glory "Hawkshaw the Detective" went well, but Corian-ton Corian-ton was a llzle with a capital F. "Floiodota" was the same dainty old ghl, although It can baldly be said that she has Impiovcd with age. Whether 01 not the audience found the entertainment worth the while, the company had some fun, and one of theswellest tuikey dineis it ever ran up against. AL the home of Rilgham Telford's had been piepaied an unlimited un-limited quantity of about the best that ever happened, and the appetites afterth.it eighteen mile dihe were fully equal to the occasion. Tuikcv, salads, mince and cocoanut pie and all the other good things disappeared Willi a rapidity that miisl have been alaiiningat any other place than Tel-fold's, Tel-fold's, when 'lis said the laider Is always al-ways full. After the show theie was another "big eat" and still there was something left when the aggregation shook the dust of Lewiston fiom their feet. John A. McAllster had been over In the Lewiston vicinity hoodooing some or the bloated bonders on this inbber racket and was just leaving town as the Home Dramatic drove in. .loliu was hailed and asked if ho wasn't going go-ing to the show. Tliu peach-blossom on his face giew thiee shades paler and he gasped out: "Aie you fellows going to show In Lewiston tonight?" The answer came "yes, of course," but It failed to reach the rubber man's ears. lie had given the son of Lou Dillon, which he was driving, a most tcnllle whack and was saillngtoward Logan as though the bogy man weie after him. Nells Hansen and (ieorge Toigesen tenoros bom bassos of the company, remained over night foi the purpose of hunting ducks on Thanksgiving. At the close or the performance this fact was announced to the audience that the fairuers might g"t their stock into some sah' place or else piovldc their animals with bullet pioof blankets. HcfoicuowCcoigehas been known to mistake a white cow foi a black bear and 'Ms said Nells alwavs closes his cjes when he shoots. We hope for the best and expect the vvoise. Tom Cutler's love for the stage would not lei him lemalii awaj. He diove over fiom Tienton and was "behind tire .scenes" most of the time, moie inteiested than any of the com-pain. com-pain. Tom Is one of the best Mils couutij evei pioduccd, but is now trj-Ing trj-Ing to hide his light in a stoic of his own at Tienton where he also acts as I'nclc Sam's postal representative. The Lewiston opeia house Is leally aciedit to our town hi the noith. The room Is rather spacious, has nils-ed nils-ed seats, Is nicely papered, the stage Is very commodious and has a number of dressing rooms comfoitably furnished. furnish-ed. Acetylene gas fm nlshes light and Then. France's orchestra pretty fair music. As a whole the house is far beyond that possessed by the average tovvntho sl.o of Lewiston. The. giand chorus, linale of the Hist act, was so splendlferously mag- nllleent, supeibly glorious, so must-callv must-callv musical that the audience was held spellbound and the curtain almost al-most icfused todio) on such melody-divine. melody-divine. If silence Is always the highest mark ot appreciation, then Indeed In-deed did the company scoie a hit in that chouis. The silence was so deep, so profound that It hint; not a hand moved, not a foot stilled, theie were only sighs Selh Langton's "Relieve" did not get fiom the audience the appieciation appiecia-tion It leally deseived. nor did Moore's "Main the Wieek." Had Rob Laston 01 the gieat (ioddaid been on the pro-giam pro-giam they must have been completely eclipsed by these two gentlemen- but it seems the audience didn't know how to appreciate true merit. I!y the way. this is Moore ottering this kick. (eoigc Squires sat on a front seat and was taken in w Itli the lest of 'em. Continued on last page. |