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Show I STAGELAND 1 I. Vhe Wloore-Ethler Co. the ilooro-Ethlcr company of players play-ers held th6 boards at the Opcrallouse !th'e foro part of the week.. Their opening open-ing bill was "The Land of Arizona," a play of exceptional merit and A was cleverly handled. Tuesday, "To- morrow" a pastoral play of changing f fun and pathos pleased much better ', as evIdoncM by Ihe frequent bursts 4, of applause, The company was con- slderably handicapped by playing to I small houses, due In a great measure I to the many Hallowe'en attractions and parties during the fore part of the I week. The company Is composed of Utah people who know their lines well. .For a popular priced attraction the company presents n good bill. Mr. Moore the lead Is strong and has a clear cnnunclatlon. If the balance of the players would brush away the tendency to stiffness It would make the company a very strong one. ... Seldy Roach. What a world of memories the name of SeldV Itoach brings up. Six ycafs ago It was a household word In Logan. Lo-gan. How many of the children re-1 re-1 member how thoy used to flock to i the matinees at the Opera House dur ing tho vaudeville season to see "Dear 1 Old Seldy" as the funny "culud gen- man" or tho hundred and one clever things he used to do. Seldy Is coming com-ing to see us once more, tomorrow night with the Colonial Players, at the Opera House. You must all bo there and give him tho "glad hand," show him there Is always a warm spot ; ' for him in the hearts of Logan theatre- j) : goers. I )l "The Girl In The Taxi. With a record of more than 1,000 i consecutive performances in NowYork Chicago, and hoston ns a recommendation recommenda-tion of Its groat popular appeal, "The Olrl In The Taxi," that laughable sensation sen-sation of melody and mirth comes to the Opera House on Nov. 8th. The locale of tho comedy Is Now JKjj York cty. It deals with tho escapades Iff of Mignon, tho pretty wife of a ,Now K Jersey perfumor, fond of visiting Mio IS Gay Whlto Way for a good time. Her . proclivity for flirting leads her Into embarrassing" entanglements with a Mr. Watson,' Bertie,, tho callow son of a rich banker, and the banker's Philadelphia Phila-delphia nephew, a married man, who In an effort to have an occasional good time In New York.lcads his wife to suppose that he 1b suffering from a bronchial ailment, curable only by a famous New York speclalst. Ilertle, the lamb, has casually met Mignon In a taxlcab. Is madly Infatuated with the beauty, but under n meagre pocket pock-et allowance of ten dollars a month, Is having a hard tlmo to make It Inst while becoming acquainted with the girls. His dotlug mother, forgetting that the boy Is twenty years old treats him as a youngster, The old banker himself Is fond of a good time ami makes many a mlduight prowl to the Whlto Way, where In company with show girls and expensive suppers ho forgets the rigors of home rule. The first act closes with tho bunker, bunk-er, his son and his nephew all sneaking sneak-ing from the house to keep their appointments, ap-pointments, each without tho knowledge knowled-ge of the other's intentions. The banker goes to meet his show girl, tho son to meet the "girl In the taxi" and the nephew to meet the same person, having Intercepted the note sent to the son by the beautiful Mignon. Mig-non. All the appointments are to be kept In private room No. C at tho Cafe Churchill. |