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Show excellent throughout. Lottie Alter, as lxvey Mary of the titlan tresses, did exceptionally well. Miss Alter played "Meenie" with the cider Joseph Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle for a number of seasons and was always a special favorite of the "Dean of the American Stage" John F. Webber, as Mr. Stubblns, sustained that curloiu character with pronounced success. He is a droll fellow fel-low wherever ho may be placed and Is enpeelally suited to a role or this nature. Mr. Webber was last seen In the west with Blanch Bates In "The Girl of the Golden We.st." The balance of the company wa ail good, and the utage sot tings commendable. MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" delighted a good-sized audience at the Grand last evening, an audience, probably, prob-ably, that has witnessed the piece time and again. It never falls to please, thla simple, homely comedy, teeming as it does with quaint humor, sparkling good nature and a wealth or good, old, home-grown advice to everybody. ev-erybody. The origin of this story is still a much mooted question with some people. peo-ple. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, will tell you of the ' original cabbage patch" and seem surprised that anyone any-one should question the idea. On tho other hand, your Chicago friend wilt go into the details of ' the story's origin or-igin out at the corner of "35tn and Shields," where Grandma Doody had her garden, and where Comlnsky of the Chicago-American Baseball league has recently commenced operations to convert the flat into a new home for the famous White Sox. And there you are. The company presenting the piece last evening is a capable one and still Includes some of the original cast. The company has just returned from a tour of Australia and New Zealand, Zea-land, where it remained for half a year meeting with wonderful success, the people of those distant lands apparently ap-parently appreciating y quaint American Ameri-can humor as well aa we at home. Blanche Chapman, In the role of Mrs. Wlggs, received much favorable comment for her portrayal of the lovable lov-able old mother of the whole neighborhood, neigh-borhood, possessed of malico toward none, and a heart with room In it always al-ways for one moro unfortunate. Ml3s Chapman is one of the old time prima donnas, having appeared in this city as far back as 1S72, when she toured the west as one of the famous Chapman Chap-man Sisters. She originated may parts In her singing career, including "Josephine" In Pinafore, "Mascot" and Olivette" in the operas of those titles, and many others. Miss Chapman married mar-ried John Ford, a brother to the proprietor pro-prietor of the theater where Lincoln was assasnlnuted. and was associated with many of the old-time companies. Helen Lowell, as Miss Hazy, the bride, is the originator of the part, and was also tho original "Dearest" in Lord Fauutleroy. Her work was |