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Show THEATERS "POLLY OF THE CIRCUS." An old friend n tried and true friend of Ogden theater-goers, "Polly of tho Circus," was at the Orpheum last night. Polly was welcomed, of course, because she Is the sort of person per-son who Improves ou acquaintance. It would be difficult to say jusi how many times Polly has been to see us, but hor power to charm is not lessened les-sened thereby, because Polly is a dear little person who has forced her way into the heart of everyone who has seen her. She is such a happy combination com-bination of tho real -and Ideal that nothing more could be nsked in the way of stage portraiture. "Polly of the Circus" Is one of the sweetest loves stories which graces the stage and Is really a classic in its particular style of drama. It Is one of those plays in which fancy and realism are mingled so exquisitely ex-quisitely that along with the laughter which the humor provokes there is sometimes a suspicion of a tear. And tho stagecraft which makes possible some of the scenic background adds wonderfully to tho prettlncss of the performance. A young girl rider of the circus Is thrown from her horse and injured and Is taken to the homo of the village vil-lage pastor, the nearest haven of shelter. shel-ter. During the period of her convalescence, conva-lescence, the minister whiles away her time by reading to her various passages pas-sages from tho Bible, among which are tho well-known verses from the Book of Ruth, and these lines are cleverly interwoven Into the play and indelibly fixed in the mind of the circus cir-cus girl, as they arc in the minds of the audience "Entreat me not to leave thee or to return from following thee, for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge." Polly stays until the village gossips tell her that If she remaln3 longer under un-der tho minister's roof she will endanger en-danger his pastorate. She runs away to her circus again, but "Mr. John" seeks her out and convinces her that the Bawdust ring is no longer her place, and persuades Polly to "lodge" with him as his wife from henceforth The curtnin goes down on a unlquo stage sotting, showing tho circus trains and wagons slowly winding their way over tho hills, "with Polly and the minister watching them depart de-part from their life rorovor. It Is a now Polly who takes the narao part this year KIbIo St. Leon. She is as pretty as her sister Ida, who played it here laat year, and gives to the part that touch of simplicity which Is ao necessary to a careful characterization character-ization of tho little orphan -whose environment en-vironment has been not at all refining, refin-ing, but who, thanks to tho "mothering" "mother-ing" of Uncle Tobey, the clown, and Big Jim, the canvasman, has emerged unscathed. The second act calls for some careful work and delicate interpretation inter-pretation on tho part of Miss St Leon and sho rises to the occasion admirably admir-ably Charles F. Newson Is eminently satisfying sat-isfying In his manly portrayal of the broad-minded "sky pilot" Robert Lee as "Uncle Toboy" and Matt Hel-sey Hel-sey as "Big Jim" were also pleasing. Rena Sanders does excellent character charac-ter work as Mandy, tho minister's colored col-ored servant, and the balance of the cast Is placeJ In capable hands. A fairly largo and appreciative audience au-dience witnessed the performance last night Amelia Bingham in "Little Moments From Big Plays," Bhould prove a popular pop-ular headline attraction at tho Orpheum Or-pheum starting Thursday night |