, 1893-10-25

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even by professional. Without being invi.
dious it i'll Gel tHinly be conceded that Sir
Charles Coldstream Was the best mao. dis
part w&a we'll sustained from beginning TO end,
Let me give you a short synopsis Of the piece
in order that | may be better pble to show
how splendidly Sir Charles acted his part.
Sir Charles taving lived a rather fast life is,
at the age Of thirty three. a man thoroughly
used up" The world las no further at
fractions for him, his friends, a fast lot, advise
him him to try several noted places as a be-
neft tc his physical condition, but he had
been everywhere, and had seen everything,
and, to quote him, there was nothing in it,
He was simply dying Of "ennui" and he want
ed some excitement. something which would
stir his sluggish blood and renew the man in
him. At last his friends advised him
to marry, being Of opinion that the connubisl
state would bring about the desired change.
He did not consider it quite a bad idea,
In fact lie agreed to do 80, and it was while
he was proposing to q charming widow, a
neighbour of his,-who was fishing hard for
him, he begun to get the excitement which
he was pining for, in falling i'll with a sturdy
blacksmith who came to his house, profession
ally, during the visit Of the willy widow. TAX
ing off his coat he coolly proceeds to chastise
the man of hammer and tongs, but though
be succeeded in planting q couple of blows,
owing to his superior skill in the fstic art,
his opponent closed him, and instead of
throwing the latter through the window
both fell out, and into the river which ran
below. This fight took place owing to q dis
covsry Of the blacksmith in connection with
the widow. The blacksmith turns up after
wards and 10 a fugitive from justice, fearing
he will be punished for murder. Sir Charles
also turns up, disguises himself, and finds
n~-I-..A =. 6o,,nn marvapH NTH q fIpar
on one Of his estates at which the blacksmi h
is hiding. Situations arise wherein they
meet in some secret place in the house, and
after both discover lhal Mother is dead
mutual explanations take place and they ars
both themselves again. The widow Is left
in The lurch, and tho maid servant who was
so kind to poor Joe when he was a servant
in the house becomes Lady Coldstre'rm, at
Last We suppose 50. The ooel and impertur-
BWbls manner in which Mr.. Russell depicted
Sir Charles dying Of snn~t, the excitement
which began to manifest itself in the attempt
to chastise the blacksmith the disguise as Joe,
the meeting with the blaoksmith'S ghost and
consequent fear. the denouncing Of his fast
friends, aud finally his declaration Of love to
little Mary was consummatsly acted.
Miss Kussell's acting was Of no mean
pretentiots either, she persouated the oharac-
ter admirably. in fact abe WAS the star, Wills
Miss May Russell deserves her share Of
praise. Mr.. Coulter had much to do and did
it we'll. We congratulate Mr.. w. Fl, Woods
on his successful debut on the local boards.
The other two gentlemen having been 50
often before the public their merits are we'll
known and therefore | make no comments.
Mr.. T. NJ. Moorr's acting was certainly
above the average amateur and he deserved
much praise. Poor fellow he suffered much
from uurequifed love. Lest my readers
should fancy thai l am over rating the above
l would advise all who can do 50 to 60 to the
repetition entertainment which | understand
will take place on Thursday night and they
will convince themselves that ] do but sim
pie Justice to the players.
must intrude %a-little more on your valua-
BILE space to speak of the artistic arrange
ment of the stage and the beautiful scenic
effects which charmed the eye and lent their
aid to the play, all the work of Mr. Russell, to
whom, as also the others who took part in
the play, we offer our sincere thanks for the
really delightful evening which we enjoyed.
I have not heard the result, financially, of the
ENTERTAINMENT, but let Us hope there is a nice
little sum towards the Organ Fund, and also
let us hope that we will have the plea
sure of having these entertainments
oftsner.