Show amusements the union opera house that was a pretty play presented at the he union opera house rouse last night 11 ni me A boatman la is fuch tuch a play as vi 11 alais attract t tha the gentler bex sex it ie is that kind of a play winch which ul always abys lr hir tears to tile thebes eyes of women and niu who ho have tender hearts A play w which even strong men sometimes allow to get the better of their ay sympathies m pa t it Is 11 a atory which c cn in not flit to draw the oldest coldest beut by the pathos which runs through the plot and action act on one forgets that it is IA a infra mere story the vivid DC turps wres of heart fuff ring the g gool w anem and nd the virtue the lite pathetic a and ad the joyous one P situations the ilie triumph of right over wrong all combine to interest and entertain and individually affect each auditor the the story of the play is is about lik like e thin ibis liaos beckel a peasant la lad d from switzerland who ho has the singing habit an abnormal fondness tind ness for children and a deep rooted antipathy to work rows a boat at a summer resort in the adirondacks when not riot other otherwise wiFe engaged and finally pulls himself into the affections of an aria ana tp cratic summer boarder mined gladys farwell clalya rejects a suitor named darrell vincent a bid bad bat man in in her own social st station allor and in in defiance ince of lier tier fathers fd therB threat to 0 o cast her off marries beckel As poverty enters the door love flies out of the window after six yeara of the bating combination coca gia gla ls tires of iian and flees with liana jr she is la urged to this cauree by tier rejected suitor the bold bad man of a few lines hack back bhe she senda sends her boy to her grandfather and is to have gone wong w ong about tt ft e time of bia is cifes flight liana loses bis his eyesight through the ion 0 of T a horn of powder in the fireplace fire placa he lie wanders about the country with his bg big bt st bernard dog and for a air the a vagabond exia existence tence gladys did not go attray antray liana fans eight sight ia Is restored the ob father takes bauthis bick hia daughter and theand the erd ia is that liana bet let and his wife reunite and the audi atice go home happy sire and son the ogden rowing club have no cause to complain of the number of people who he bitne eed the aasc night of monte nonte cristo at their benefit at site breyer opens house last las t eight con Ri dering that there were other oilier attractions and that the seats at ha ilia brever were ere neacy nea y all filli d aio monte n le crofto r i A to has been well adne d ne tor for the pat tabrae nights night and the bill for the aming three nights of this week will draw even better houses liou ees sire ad and ison son is u an play the plot is gool good and ae a tion alon is 19 strong aad and full fall of that port sort of abor atter acter which holds an audience to the and anti makes each one feel the tile reality of it Th the estory ia Is a simple one and deals vi with ith a crusty old lan cachine farmer who desires that his eon son should marry a cousin whose docial tsi position tion will elevate him tile son ret refu set because of his love for a simple country cirl girl wife ile whose lowly place in life prevents ins his making known it the I 1 e fa fact c t of his ilia marriage which has been secretly contracted 71 alie e old man is is obdurate and d declares ec lareo that hia his will is law but the fates are against him the son pon dies and his wife and child fail to reach the old mans heart until he ile learns the truth that the little one it la his ilia sons child then ali n there is is a reconciliation A and n d me tl e play ends happily air at V breyer ill do the gruff old fa farmer riner mrs brer breyer will take the role of the sons wife sir fabian the tile eon ron and little stuart breer that prince of child actors will win the hearts of the andi ente ence by his presen tat tation iorii of the tile little fellow who brings his old grandfather to time |