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Show '"WAY DOWN EAST." Win. A. Ilr.,1'. Ilraeil t'rmluctloa. Aueventof druinatlolmportanremay be cliroulcl.il In thecomlmguf "'Way Down Laat" to the Halt Lake Theatre for oue week commencing February IS, with Wednesday aud Haturday mat-laaoa. mat-laaoa. Tlila lallivaame great play that for over two vvara crowded the Manhattan Man-hattan Theatre and Academy of Mutlc, New York, and It now taalug the oa paclty of tlualria wherever It la aeeni In fact, in a few tuoitlia it will ngaln return to the Academy lit Mutlc, New York, whrro It ia expected to remalu for another year. Tliia play la by little lllalr Parker, and haa been elaborated elab-orated by Mr. J. II. (IrUintr, It will j be given In thU city under the direction direc-tion of Manager Wm. A. Ilrady, with all the beautiful aceuloelfecla, meclun- , leal iiovelttet, Including the much talked uf anonatoriii, the village choir, and a company carefully arlected with I a view of the pnrlrnyal of the charao- ' lera ao peculiar to the rural dlatrlcta of New Kugland. The elory la plain and limply told. There la an old farmer who haa a eon ilralgued by tlm father lu marry Ida couatii) the young jwopla do not care fur each other, the girt falling In love ' with a buttrrlly liunllug profeaaor, while the young man la deaperately euiltton with a myaterloua girl who atraya Into the family am aervant, although al-though Itlaipilte ubvlout ahe la of a higher elation In life. Later It appears ahe haa been deceived by a mock mar rime, her betrayer being a rich young fellow, who la now trying to marry the coualu. Juat at the tliuu when thu aon declared hla love, hla father goea away to follow up aome minora relative to the girl hla eon Intra. Dlacovrrlng their trulhfutneaa, ha returna ami drives her from the houao. Thla la the atrong epliode of the play. All the charactrra uf the Miiry are upon the aceueand whrn the atern old country man orders the laitrayed. woinan"oui TinT.VTnT(uT neifSiiclalTon of the girl, of her aduitulon of guilt, and tlnally her atatement that the man who tare-apontlbla tare-apontlbla for her betrayal la an honored hon-ored gueit In lliahoiite Aa ahcoliita hlra out, lila very manner betraying guilt, all the other pcreonagee Impul-aively Impul-aively turn iH-krechlug her to remain. The gtrl'a Indignation la great and ahn ilaahea out Into the anow, the aon following fol-lowing the wronged woman, the love of whom llllahlalitarl. Of courie, the heroine has hern far more tinned agalntt than alnnlng, and all the crinkles are ao atralghtened out that there la a happy ending. There are many aiuualn'g actnra, In fact, the play Itaald to lie full of homely humor. There la aome jollltlratlon. Aud In all It la aald tn be a alerting drama ol rue-tlclty, rue-tlclty, bubbling with aanaatlon and allowing humor enough to atay aneet all the time. Thlt will twoneof the foremost plays ever teen In Halt Lake, The rallroudt have promlaed tn inakii special i educed rataa, alio special trains. |