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Show I THE DAUGHTER OF A PIONEER. Next Monday and Tuesday, the Daughters of the Pioneers will present pre-sent at the Orpheum theatre a drama of merit, which will recite the truth about tho early settlement of Utah and In which will be displayed the characters of some well known Utah citizens who have gone to the great beyond, as well as some who ar' living liv-ing today. We are told that these characters will be portrayed eo real that they will be readily recognize 1 by those of Ogden's citizens who will be fortunate enough to have a seat at the Orpheuni. "The Daughters of the Pioneers" is an organization formed for the express ex-press purpose of preserving the storj of Utah"s settlement. and growtl: to date, ami also that of the future In order that a history true to the facts may be hunded down. Several hundred pioneers are still living who crossed the trail with Brlr ham Young, and some who came af ter. The Daughters of tho Pioneer-; 111 every county and village In this state are securing from these living witnesses facts pertalnlnp to thn great past. In this way, the Daughters Daugh-ters of the Pioneers are securing bio:; raphies and statements that will be of great historic- value In their undertaking un-dertaking it was discovered that many experiences. Incidents and accidents of the past, if but presented in dramatic dra-matic form, might equal or eclipse some of the greatest theatrical dramas dra-mas ever produced Real incidents and love stories and hair-breadth escapes es-capes are to be found In the cany settlement of Utah, which far surpass sur-pass the romantic stories of our best novelists. The ladles who have charge of tho play to he presented next week do not feel like going on a begging expedition ex-pedition and yet they feel that their work is for all the people, lor the future of our great state of Utah, and that every one should be sulti-clently sulti-clently Interested to attend either .Monday or Tuesday evening's performance per-formance at the Orpheuin The Standard is convinced that the Daughters of the Pioneers hae undertaken under-taken a worthy cause and believe the people of Weber county will respond nobly. We have received sufficient intimations as to the merits of the drama and we cm assure the public that it will prove surprisingly entertaining. enter-taining. The best talent in Utah has ben engaged for th great, drama, "The Daughter of a Pioneer." There are three acts and each one of the acts will be worth the full admission price. The story begins with 1850 and will wind up with the presentation of char actors living In Ogden today The Standard is going to witness the drama. We believe the people generally will turn out. If they do not they will miss a treat. And, further, fur-ther, if they do. they will learn something some-thing of the early settlement of Utah. |