Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-10-09
peaceful VALLEY PLEASES
ANNAPOLITAES GIVEN TOUCH
OF THE MOST WHOLESOME
COMEDY LAST NIGHT
Mr.. Saxon Has Good Show and Is Well
Supported Throughout

got a large and juicy specimen Of
| the sour fruit. This largest and most
| face twisting OF the acid producing
| trees product. however, was passed TO
them through their having stayed
away from the Colonial Theatre with
/ the idea that the title of the bill
=" Peaceful Valley meant a lurid
| melo-drama Of the kind 50 often
served
What Peaceful valley as pre-
| sented TO Annapolis last night By Mr-
| Edward saxon. and an exceptionally
strong supporting company really
means, is an evening Of the purest,
most wholesome and hearty enjoy
| ment. The story is Of the simplest,
and breatehs the hOmely big-hearted-
ness OF the country, which is aeeentu
/ ated by the presence Of a moderately
bad, bad man and party Of arti-
| fetal City Folks.
| 1t tells Of the sturdy climb To mOder-
ate success Of a country youth who
earns his education by waiting at a
mouDtaintop summer hotel. II the
hotel lac meets the girl from New
York who reminds him Of a bunch Of
daisies wreathed about a rainbow, and
who through Offering him position
| In her brothers Office, makes IL pos
sible for him so go 10 New York, there
TO search for a sister vino had been
wronged by the smooth society man
who now seeks the hand Of his help
or. The plot, as all good pastoral
plots should, leads to a happy cOnclu-
sion. In its course, however, it gives
opportunity To Mr.. Saxon to present
to the audience iD a manner to make
the people love him, Hosea Howe. a
men Of the simply minded sturdy
type of Lincoln, who with all his YER
dant greenery, shows philosophical
wit THAT makes his audience howl
with pleasure.
Mr. Saxon is a tall daddy long
legs sort OF a fellow, vino was born
in the woods Of Tennessee, and in
face and features he fits into his
part so as to leave nothing wanting
While Howe gives bim the stage as
the star Of the plot, the other mem
bers Of the company have been So Sc
lected that each is a IumiDary on only
little lesser degree.
Jack Farqubar, the young fellow
whom the simplicity of the country
life and the county folk With whom
ne comes in contact, steadfes and
makes q man Of. Is ably presented
and artisticalIy handled by Mr. Car
son Bradford, while John Cote offers.
more than accepfably heavy maH
IN his Interpretation Of Ward An-
drews.
Mr.. w. J. Gross is we'll known and
too finished an actor to need praise.
His presentation Of JOtham Ford, the
grabbed s'IoOking-0ut-fOr-n a ID b r.
one'' country landlord, Was simply
another detail in the perfect whole
Although pastoral dramas" are
not given to billing the beauties 0f
1 the ladies Of the cast whose ad-
vance" nOtOriety has such important
effect upon the bOx-reccipts 0f the
Musical Comedy particularly when
they come to AnnapOlis-Mr. Howe
has been singulaTIy fortunate in the
members Of the fair sex who are elus-
tered about him in Peaceful Val
ley"
Miss Emily WeIlman, As Siobe
FaTqubar. the society girl whose na-
tare has not besn twisted By the rev
Citations Of the artificial life she leads,
and who recognizes real worth, even
10 the point ~ marrying 1t, notwitb-
standing its garb Of blue jeans is an
actress Of ability and Gnesse. Who ear
| be coy with a raw cOuntTymau With
out getting s'kftteufsb 's-besides this
she is pretty in away that cts the part
assigned her and would IL pretty rear
any part given her.
yfrgie Rand, "a girl worth win
ming" according to the program ez-
| pIanatiOn, - presented BY Hiss NzDle
| Wright in a >ay 10 make that ezpla-
| nation a truism that any audienes
/ would swear by after seeing her.
1 Phyllis Howe. the widowed mother
Of Hosea, Is a simple minded. strong
hearted country mother, with . great
big love for her boy in ali his IN
| gainiiness, who, Notwithstanding her
| Christian spirit, has . perfectly Is-
| Ultimate interest In the affair - her
neighb0rs in Peaceful Valley that can
hardly be called gossiping. II - a
character that finds = place II R1osa
| fneI0dra ramzs Dut never IN that class
of production is IL handled IN the way
Mary Davis offered Il % Annapolf-
tans last night. We did not fDqaise
whether she was really q mOtnes
though we feel sure she would not
| deny that she - close TO middle zZe-
| but IL she isn't she ought 10 BE- fOE
she would make a good one
More because she makes her entra1ce
last. than that she i least ze have
waited 70 give a word q e0nmendz-
tion TO Miss Z0Kz Lawrence wbO hza
the somewhat lsard-ridden role 0f the
wr0nged woman. she IS not presented
70 the audience in the depth % hez
degradation with low lights aBd sofl
music and a the wages of sin a
death conclusion nor - the rszl
| wrong done her heightened ~ ths
cheap resort 70 ragged clothes and
poverty. The bavoc wrought ~ Der
deserter is shown ~ its effect uDor
the woman herself, and Miss Law
renee acquits herself with = Gnssss
and sensftfveness that shows ~ excel
lent conception of the part
Peaceful Valley" with sueb aezst
goes further and is finished IN Ehe De
tail 0f scenic surroundings Like rbs
lines aud the characters the setting
are citing and true but totally devois
of exaggeratfoB. II is . pleasure &
think that arrangements are ALREADY
on foot for = return engagement of IL
show when It is hoped that inteIIi-
gent ard educated people, capable O
appreciatiBg such a production, wiI
avail themselves of the opportunity
for an evening of keenesf and Esos