Show theatrical THE DISTRICT LEADER in the district leader which appears at the grand tonight joseph howard writer of the umpire the I 1 land of nod noa tae time lime the place wid the girl is vaid bald to have achieved t his greatest success thus lar far this i appears to be a somewhat strong assa tion to make wring taking into consideration the fact act that all of mr howards previous efforts have been included in tho the trean tremendous adous hit class but competent critics who have seen the district leader all agree that this the latest creation from the prolific brain of the popular song writer and comi poser Is the beat thing he has done don e to anyone familiar with mr howards work this should be all sufficient the i district leader differs from the great majority of so called musical comedies in that it has a plot not a flimsy dis connected stoby stary put la in to hold the piece together but a strong melodia matle sequence of events that alone would hold the attention os of any audi aud 4 ence add to this the fact that the play is plentifully with music representing mr howard at his best and some idea ma may bo be had of the entertaining qualities of T the district zeader leader miss bliss ethel dovey and frederick C truesdell bead a company especially chloeen for its ability to ade portray the characters in a production said toros to resemble embIe both the me vanderbilt cup and forty five minutes from broadways miss dovey dorey will be remembered dorher clever singing ringing i and dancing in the land of wod nod and in the part of flossie whittle in j the district leader she has bag ample opportunity to please along the same lines the balance of the cast support i miss dovey and mr truesdell in ia a i manner which is well calculated to bring forth all of the praise the production has merited this season 0 |