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Show Ul STUDENT MATINEE FOR PLAY PROPOSED llavins received Inquiries from scnool teachers and students in respect re-spect to a matinee for the John Drinkwater production of "Abraham Lincoln." Manager J. F Goss of the Qrpheum theatre i3 sounding the sentiment sen-timent of Superintendent W. Karl : Hopkins of the Ogden city schools i and President Aaron Tracy of the ! Weber college concerning dismissing ' school for a mV4 nee performance on Wednesday of next week, the second day of the Ogden engagement. Principal A. M. Merrill of the Oe- ' den high school today assured Mr. Goss that the hljch school will ,sup- j port the matinee proposition "It is eusential," Mr. Goss said, "l hat the producers of the play be. guaranteed a certain attendance to ; warrant their giving the extra performance. per-formance. If we can give them this : assurance thu matinee will be held, j This will give Ogden students oppor- j I tunlty of witnessing this great his-. torlcal performance at special re-I re-I duced prices. "The play met with unusual suc-i suc-i cess In New York and wherever It I has been shown The superintendent! of the New York Citv schools Is i quoted as saying that If he were a millionaire he would buy a ticket to ! the performance of Abraham Lin-coin' Lin-coin' for every school child in New York," on |