The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-04-02

OF high buccaneering IN the
street is doubly of interest. It's an op-
portunity no one should miss and we |
hope the house will be crowded. The |
company, during its visit here, hasn't |
received half the patronage 1t deserv |
ed. i
The Playter Players last night pre-
sented what they deem their strong
est play, s'The Land that God Forgot"
1t certainly was all they claimed for it
and the manner they presented 1t won
the approval and applause of the au-
dience 1t is typical western play;
the first two scenes laid in a mining
town in southern Arizona.
A miners cabin, in which Miss Hell
en- Aubrey, as Ann Hartley, personates
the heroine, leaving her old Massa-
chusetts home to earn money in the
desert of Arizona to lift mortgage on
her mothers home. Her sister, who
grew tired of the monotony Of desert
life, leaves her, as does her brother
and a friend, to return home, while she
remains in the cabin to prepare meals
for the miners. While she is all alone,
three desperadoes enter her cabin and
lusting for her fair body. gamble to
see who shall possess. it brent Stew
ems as w. A. Playter and Robert Hart
ley quarrel over the stakes and duel
results in which the latter is planted
with his boots on. Stevens then de-
mands that Ann Hartley accompany
him into a far away mining camp,
where he feels certain he will strike it
rich. She protests; he insists and in
manner that it is either acquiesce or
sleep in death. They leave the cabin
together, proceed to San Francisco
where Stevens marries Ann Hartley
and then they seek their new home
where Stevens wins fortune in min
ing.
Years after the sister, brother and
friend return and are shocked to think
Ann Hartley has woven hats and sold
them to the guests of the hotel, but all
this unknown to her husband, who has
given her money in plenty to live in
comfort.
At this stage of the drama, Stevens,
| who fairly worships his wife, is hav-
| ing plans drawn for a beautiful home,
| but his wife spurns it and his atten-
| tions, saying she is miserable and that
| they are ill mated. At the solicitations
of her sister and brother she leaves
| her husband and returns to her old
| Massachusetts home.
OF course Stevens is heart-broke en-
|
| turn does not reciprocate. A little babe
| is born to the mother in her old home.
| Distress and want come upon the fam
! lily, but Stevens love is so steadfast
and true to his wife that all her needs
] and those Of her family are supplied.
| Stevens hears of the arrival Of his
| son. His heart yearns for the little
| boy. His desire becomes so great to
| see him that he leaves the mines and
| goes east. Knowing how his wife
| feels toward him he does not call on
her but is daily posted how the situa-
| ton lies. He meets his wife's mother.
They talk the distressing affair over.
| He begs for an interview. The mother
! promises to do all in her power to Sc
cure it for him.
| His wife resents the proposal, yet
| realizes that she is not doing her duty
| to the man who has been true and
| loving to her in all these years. AS
this interview between mother and
daughter ends, Stevens appears on the
| scene, he must leave for the mines
and can bear the thought of departing
no longer without saying word to his
wife. AT first his wife spurns his ad-
vances, but as he proceeds to tell her
of a change of heart through attending
| a church meeting where the words OF
the minister Of God sunk deep into his
| soul, that he feels he must see the wo-
man who possesses his soul and tell
her of his change of being, it has the
desired effect.
There. is a perfect reconciliation and
the bitterness of years on the part OF
the wife is turned into heart beats OF
love and affection and what had such
a tragic beginning. ends in loving re-
cOncileatiOn that encompasses and
plays penance for all the years of re-
proach, bitterness and disappointment
1t was truly a strong play, splendid
ly presented by this very able com
pany. Seemingly it would strike the
average lover of amusement that g
company possessing the excellent
qualities of the Playter Players, will
their clean and merited plays, thai
larger houses would greet them. Tha
we have the play house and the price:
are reasonable. True, but a handsome
and pleasing play house is not all. The
essential to attending the play is mon
ely and most of our people toll earl.
and late for their dollars and there ar
a hundred things that claim the atten
ton and demands of those dollars, NJ
. matter how much of an amuSemen
loving public we are, there is a limi
and that stage the public of Ocala ha
reached
While the Star regrets that tn,
Playter Players have had meagr
> houses, it in no way reflects on them
but rather reflects the situation tina
pertains with our people along none
t tary lines. Let us be reasonable be
) ings and see the situation as it is.
The political situation in Florida i