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Show "THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR." As clever and gripping a little lrama as has heen seen In this city for some time was that appoar-Ing appoar-Ing at the Ogden theater last evening even-ing to a good-sized and appreciative audience. Perhaps the plot of "The House Next Door" is not as strong as it might be. but in the hands of such i a capable company, headed "by Wll- j liam T. Mong. It proved a surprising ' treat. The methods of tho entire ' company are quiet and reserved, and , In the very considerable amount ot comedy which effervesces quite frequently fre-quently throughout, nono of them S And it necessary to rosort to buf- m foonry to bring out the humor to the w last degree. w The story revolves around tho en- V: croachment of the successful, progres- sive type of Jew upon the hitherto S impregnable walls erected by the ? British baronetcy. Sir John Cots- 4 wold, as the typiflcatlon of the , haughty, austere, blue-blooded Eng- ? llsh gentleman is admirably played by Mr. Mong. Some of his frenzied out- 1 bursts .of race hatred are poworfully Intense, and ho succeeds In carrying his sincerity well Into the minds of the audience. Sir Isaac Jaeobsen, tjf playing opposite him as the head of: SJ the "houso next door," Is almost, If 19 not quite, as Impressive a portraiture. Grace Hale and Helen Gllllngwater, as Ulrica and Lady Cotswold respective- II ly, are excellent in their picturing of S the patient, long-suffering daughter and mother of the tyrannical Sir John. ' The company Ik exceedingly well bal- yk anced and mould the lines of the play , into a most enjoyable performance well worth seeing. j |