Show Es esmerelda wag was the bill at the opera house laft last night it is is one of the neat comedy dramas writt written enIy dymm 1 31 ra frances hodgsen burnet t and t lie Us a pretty love story dare hardy a yoni 01 n 9 carolinian poor but ambitious loved oled old rodgers daughter daigh ter esmerelda whose hopes the over fond mother of the girl destroys when eho she suddenly becomes rich the family fo 0 o to paris and have a gay time that is the old lady d des ee but the old man and the girl are unhappy hardy follows them thence and it final finally y turns turn out floathe that he is immensely neb while lethe the rodgers go to th the wall the lover gets the girl and the old lady is is finally finall pacified sir andrews pd bews is exceptionally good in the role of the henpecked old noth catlina farmer and parents a laughable but interesting inte charac acter gertrude andrews had f 3 neither r the part cor nor the physical health to show her qualities aa as an actress as thoroughly last night as she baa has shown in other plays the andi audience ence no doubt comprehended the fact that the lady wai was suffering severely seve iely from cold ci ld and nl although though her acting iwas was admirable her voice distressed her maria allaria nelson as emerelda won the me whole audience immediately upon her work in the first fret act and she ph maintained the tire appreciation throughout abe tl e performance the play entire and the company as a whole gave the audience a plesant plea ant gant eveni eie ninia entertainment |