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Show uu "BO PEEP" TO PLAY IN DENVER Tho final production of tho delight-ful delight-ful operetta, "Bo-Peep"' was given Saturday evening at the Ogden theater before another largo and appreciative audience of Ogden's representative rep-resentative citizens Benefitting by tho oxpcrloncc gained In the previous performance, the little players onterod Into their work with zest and confluence, closing clos-ing the engagement with tho best performance per-formance of the series Miss Lcona Johnson, petlto and graceful, again charmed her audience with her ch-ver Impersonation of "Bo-Poep." Miss .Josephine Shorten as Boy BIuo was also a prime favorite The vocal work of this little mezzo soprano, who seems to slug as naturally as she speaks, roachlng high A-flat In the charming solo." I'm In Love with Little Lit-tle Bo-P?ep," was a rovolntion and won numerous encores from the delighted de-lighted audience Albert Oborn, as tho prince, pleased every one with his careru: acting nnd excollent slnglnr. In the minor parts Maude Farloy, as tho colonial lady, Bonnie Ensign as the sun bonnet lady, Francis Browning as cupId and John Shorten as the poddlor, interpreted their roles like veterans Jean Browning, as the queen, and Harry Bagloy, as king, made a most stately appearance and little Florence Paine made a charming herald. James Sullivan, a promising Juvenile, Juven-ile, made the most of his opportunity In tho talking Bong, "When tho Man In the Moon Laughod Ha! Ha' He! Tho choral work was on the same high plane as the rest of tho performance. per-formance. A pretty Incident occurred Juat before be-fore tho finale In tho last act Bo-Peep Bo-Peep and Bov Blue were recalled after their exquisite rendition of their final rtiret and presented with a beautiful double bouquet of pink roses Running Run-ning to the first entrance In the wines, whore Mrs. Herrlck was standing, directing di-recting the performance, thoy presented pre-sented tho bouquet to her and, taking hold of her arms, 'they coajtingly pulled her to the center of tho stage, where she was mot with a perfect ovation of applause Another reception, which tho tal-cntod tal-cntod authoress will cherish as a pleasant memory, was the one given her after tho performance by tho chlldron, who vlod with each other In expressing to her tho love which she had gained during their pleasant association. In an intervlow with a representative represent-ative of this paper, Mrs. Herrlck said that the manngoment of Ellch's gardens in Denver, Colo., had requested re-quested a production of "Bo-Peep" to closo their summer season Ellch's gardens Is one of the most beautiful resorts In Colorado. Its special object ob-ject Is to provide comfort and pleasure plea-sure for women and children. Tho ar?o theater in tho grounds is opened each season by a special attraction in the Interest of charity and Is attended bv the elite of Denver. A first class stock company takes tho boards for the summer and tbo season closes with a special performance. Should It be possible for Mrs. Herrlck Her-rlck to arrange for tho requested performance, per-formance, the two principals In tho Ogden production, Leona Johnson and Josephine Shorten, will be taken to Denver, as Mrs. Herrlck stated thnt It would be extremely hard to duplicate dupli-cate them in the parts. Mr. and Mrs. Herrlck left las- night for a wcok's trip In northern Utah after which they will return to Don-ver. |