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Show I THEATERS GODDESS OF LIBERTY. Joseph Howard pleased a fairly largo audience last night by his presentation pre-sentation of "The Goddess of Liberty," at the Orpheum. In the part of Lord Jaok Wlngato he was able to amuse the audience In his skillful manner and ho was ably assisted by Miss Ma-ble Ma-ble McCano in the part of Phyllis. Soveral popular 6ongB composed by Mr. Howard wore sung in such a manner man-ner as to win the applause of tho audience au-dience again and again, Miss McCanc has a good voice and her rendition of irlt All tho Moons Were Honeymoous" was well received. The duet between Mr. Howard and Miss McCano In the novol forest scene also deserves special spe-cial mention. While the company was not so largo aR tho original one, overy member played his part well. Tho plot is not a deop one, hut was more In evidence than In tho ordinary run of musical comedies. It tellB of the necessity ol a rloh marriage by a penniless lord to an heiress and how after the lord has refused to marry the rich girl he finds that the girl o( his choice, whom ho thought was ponnlloss is also rich enough for his needs Tho leader with the troupe was unable un-able to manage tho orchestra In the manner desired by Mr. Howard and In soveral Inotances he was obliged to beat tirqe from the stage. This was the only thing to mar the performance |