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ly discussed play. Its demands
upon the actor is gigantic.
"John Ferguson" is a seri-
GUS study of faith upon a house
hold on a. farm in County Down
many years ago. 1t is SO serious in
some of its moods and so ridiculous
in others from the standpoint of
modern logic that one shoulders to
see it presented but by experts.
am more than willing to go on
record here and state that the cast
headed by George Somnes and Lii
ian Fraser Hamilton gave the most
careful, Thoughtful and sincere per-
Torrance OF the current season.
] realize that such a statement is
in the language of the day "a
mouthful" but 1 can best prove my
statement by asking you to go to
the playhouse this week and study
both the play and the acting.
AoO ACO I'D dPR4 OdSl1 CllO eICdO
demands made upon the cast by
studying the characters. First we
have John Ferguson, an invalid,
who Is first seen in his chair read
ing his Bible. He is waiting for a
letter from his brother in America
with sufficient money to pay mort
gage upon the farm. He trusts in
the words he reads In the Bible, but
he has some little faith in the mail
and his brother.
While he is waiting and praying,
he fails to study the numerous
dangers in his own home. Into the
home comes a weak chap by the
name Of James Caesar, who wants
to marry Hannah Ferguson, Johns
daughter. James is a coward and
he says he will pay the mortgage
if he can marry Hannah. Hannah
knows that he is weak, even pitiful.
Hannah listens to the high sound
ing lecture of her father to follow
her own desires but at the same
time he regrets leaving the old farm.
In the meantime, her mother, Sarah,
is taking all care to persuade her
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daughter to see her duty by her
aged father.
While the bargain Is going on,
Henry 7Yitherow, a farmer and
cruel Il ! who holds the mortgage,
arrives and DULLES the entire fam
lily, including Caesar. He tells
Hannah that she is good looking and
goes away in a great temper when
Caesar tells him that he will pay
back the money.
BY this time we are ready to meet
"Clutie'' John Magrath, the village
fool, who has an unhealthy way of
letting people see evil. Caesar is
Dragging that he wants to kill
Witherow because he has done him
evil and many others.
Then, Andrew Ferguson, the only
son, arrives from work and tells
his father that his sister is being
forced into most unhappy marri-
age, just to keep the roof over their
heads. Then again, John Ferguson
through his weakness and his old
age sees the light and sends Sarah
to Witherow to tell him to take the
farm because he hasn't the money
to pay the debt.
Hannah goes trotting of to
Witherow's home. While there he
successfully attacks her and she
comes home in most pitiful state.
And here is where we get the
strange logic of the play. John
Ferguson turns to his Bible and
turns his left cheek after the right
one has been slapped. Andrew calls
Caesar a coward and tells him that
it is Caesars duty to kill Witherow.
Caesar gets enough nerve to start
out to do the deed and the elder
Ferguson starts out after Caesar to
prevent the deed and at the same
time to warn Witherow.
In this desire to prevent harm
to the enemy, John Ferguson leaves
his own home unguarded again.
This time, the village fool plays
upon the weakness of Andrew Fer
guson to that point that Andrew
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to go to the police. And he does.
Then we see John Ferguson and
his wife tearfully turning the pages
of the Bible to find comfort.
And this confusing and lengthy
theme has been acted by the cast
in all of its darkness and its light.
Here we see George SomneS playing
the role of an old man who is seek
ing the light of truth and always
missing it when he applies it to his
own family. Somnes actually sings"
the role in the tempo of all of its
black loneliness and its pitiful
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ignorance of what love and faith
always mean. Here is one of the
biggest performances of the season.
- L. Ell

ignorance of what love and faith
always mean. Here is one of the
biggest performances of the season.
The entire cast is as follows:
Sarah Ferguson. Lillian Fraser Hamilton
Hannah Ferguson. ...... Dorothy Farley
{ HHnTS %afSsT Ee HutcRnsoS
9cIutie$ john Magrath Hardin j. caiiithan
Andrew Ferguson. ..... ALBERT .. DeIuse+
Sergeant kernaghan. .... Hamilton CLARK
Two oon icharies bosch. Edward Calender
VILLAGERS; Jane ogbqrn; Mary Florence
RyerS. Robert Waltz and Ewell Newman.
Splendid is the work Of Mrs.
Hamilton as Sarah Ferguson. She
is always in character and gives a
most satisfying performance of a
difficult role. They will be talking
about Miss Farley, who is making
her first appearance with the Little
Theatre. Here is true and honest
acting as well as bitter and cruel
work. A big triumph. should go
into detail concerning all in the
cast. I have only praise for all Of
them.
The stage set is as perfect as the
acting. John Ferguson" is at this
writing the big accomplishment of
the Little Theatre so far this season.
AT the Playhouse tonight and rest
of the week.
Other theaters today offer:
Thurston, magician, at English's;
Siamese Twins at the Lyric;
CASTOR and Andre, European
adagio dancers at Keiths; Ben
Hur" at the Ohio; Feel My Pulse"
at the Apollo; MY Best Girl" at
Loew's; Bright Eyes" at the Mutual;
Chicago" at the Circle; Sporting
Goods" at the Indiana and movies
at the BandboX.
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Eight big choral numbers will be
featured on the program to be given
at Cadle Tabernacle Friday night
of this week, by the famous Zion
Choir of Zion, Ill. They include the
works of such celebrated composers
as Farmer, Mendelssohn, Haydn,
Rossini, Gaul, RubinStein and
Handel.
The choir of 300 voices will be
conducted by John D. Thomas,
himself the composer of many
choruseS and quartets, and who
ranks as one of the foremost choral
conductors in America. Vocal
soloists will be Mrs. j. D. RoSsini'S
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JOHN FERGUSON
is STRANGE STUDY
George SOmneS Lillian Fraser Hamilton and Others Give
Best AI-Round Little Theatre Performance
of the Present Season.
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN

St. John G. Ervine in writing his four-ac play, John
Ferguson has attempted play of many
characters.
"John Ferguson" is gloomy play and far as l am
concerned its logic confusing it's characters
Indianapolis had its first chance night see this high
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"Stabat Mater" with the choir, Mrs.
E. G. Sparrow, contralto, who will
sing Sanderson's Break O. Day"
and Earl B. Paxton, barytone.
The Zion orchestra of thirty-flve
pieces, and Fred FaasSan, dis
tinguished organiSt. will accompany
the choir. The orchestra will be
under the direction of L. ]. Hire.
Instrumental SoloistS will be Rich
ard F. Hire, violinist, P. B. New
conner. cornetist, the McElroy
Saxaphone Quintet, and Mr.
FaasSan, who has presided at the
console of the great organ in
Shiloh Tabernacle at Zion, for the
past ten years.
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The border vidette., 1928-06-16
NEW BRIDGE AT TEMPE

In the tentative budget for the
fiscal year 1928-29. beginning on
July first, as just announced by
the state highway department.,
the sum of $93, 1872 has been ap.
propriated for the beginning of
work on the big new highway
bridge to be built across Salt
river at this place. This will
probably always be the most i'm
portant highway bridge in the
state with regard to the amount
of traffic it will! be called upon to
accommodate.
The proposed bridge will cross
the river from the foot of Mills
avenue and it is said that it will
be wide enough to permit two
lines of traffic each way at the
same time. The time required
to build a bridge OF this size has
not been stated. but the commits.
sion hopes to have it well under
way the first year.-Tempe Daily
N:vs
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MERELY ~PUSSYFOOTiNG

An editorial in a leading East
ern newspaper, in discussing the
crime record Of the United
States, claims that in order to
check crime we must have a
more drastic method Of selective
immigration. To substantiate its
argument it points out nun Der
of foreign names among those
indicted 10 Chicago's $4,000, 900
liquor ring conspiracy.
Without going into the immi
grafton question Or the name
which an individual bears, will
the mere message of more re
strictive legislation of one kind
aud another which continually
tends to encroach upon the rights
OF lava biding citizens. reform
the criminal? The majority of
remedies proposed for crime
dodge the main issue, namely,
quick and speedy capture, trial
and conviction or the law breaker
We have a mania for passing
laws which offer loopholes for
the escape of the criminal. AS
an example, an honest house
holder owns a revolver and a
criminal owns a revolver. ln
order to prevent the criminals
using a gun, legislation is pro
posed which would make it 40
lawful to own gun. The peace
full citizen Immediately has to
become a lawbreaker or dis
pense with his gun. Will such
a law in any way tend to disarm
the crimlnal-Not that anybody y
has q record of.
II criminal obeyed the law,
be wouldn't be a criminal, Then
why not make our legislation
applicable to him, and not a
dragu ct affair which takes in
every person who has committed
40 crime? In other words, pun
ish the guilty and not the limo
cent. Such a policy will do more
to secure law enforcement than
pussyfooting around the main
issue.
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in the state legislature or road
projects by county board Of
supervisors. The only differ
ence is one of degree. Congress
handles matters on much larger
scale but pork barrel methods
prevail to large degree.
THE Hearst newspapers, the
Scripps-Howard newspapers, the
New York World, and many
small papers have devoted a
great deal of space to alleged
revelations concerning the &C
tivities of a so-called lobby
maintained by the public utili
ties companies. I followed the
so called revelations very close
ly. The only evidence [ could
find that they had been able to
make up concerning the men IN
the Colorado River Basin was
that some two/or three of the
men who are supporting the
legislation had received some
money from the public utilities
company. The activities of the
lobby supporting the. Boulder
Dam bill had been much more
fragrant and abusive.
THE Los Angeles Bureau Of
Power and Light and other Cali
fornia agencies have resorted TO
methods far more unethical than
anything that so far has been
brought to light involving the
so-called power trust. | can not
see any reason for the indigna
ton expressed by the newspaper
lobby supporting the Boulder
dam which has intimidated sen
ators and congressman. ~4One
cynical friend of ours 10 com
menting upon the situation stat
ed that it was going from bad
to Hearst" So far as the
Boulder Canyon bill is concerned
that to some extent summarizes
the situation.
when congress meets in De
Gem mber there may be a different
situation, for the election will be
out of the way. [ am hopeful
that the senate will seriously
consider the Boulder Canyon bill
on it's merits; will analyze it's un
sound economic features; review
its unconstitutional provisions
expose its cynical and ruthless
greed; and that as a result the
bill will be so amended that
equity. justice, and fair dealing
may be written into its provis
ions; and that 10 case Of failure
to do so that new senators will
be found to defeat this raid upoc
the treasury and upon the basic
and fundamental principles Of
The border vidette., 1928-06-16
ARIZONA WEEKLY iNDUSTlAL
REVIEW
June II, 1928

T Nogales lets first unit CON-
tract for street paying at $780,
900.
Prospects bright for rapid ex.
,pausion of fig tree planting in
Casa Grande Valley.
Grand Canyon-The Kaibab
Trail opened to traffic.
| Building activities increasing
10 Yuma.
Somefton-$75. 900 bond issue
voted here for new school build.
ing. =
Holbrook $4,000 Episcopal
church will be constructed here
in near future.
Salt Lake City-Historic 5th
East hotel will be remodeled at
cost of $4O0.O60.
Cedar City-Thorley Theater
dedicates great new pipe organ.
Duncsn-C Construction of new
cotton gin in progress.
Mountain States Tel. & Tel.
Company's new telephone line
between Globe and Duncan will
soon>be placed in service.
Estimated that 400 cars of
lettuce will be shipped from
Duncan Valley this season.
Kingman Ore vein on $40
level of White Hills property
widens from original "a inches
to four feet wide with average
of $35.
Kingman-Local school build
ings will be remoceled and re.
paired.
/ Nogales-Cornerstone laid for
100000 new Catholic church
here.
Jerome - New United Verde
clubhouse under construction
will be completed by September
Plans making for construction
of 17-story Office building here
to cost approximately So, 900, 900.
Wilcox - Extensive repairs
made to Wilcox hotel.
Florence - Local farmr har.
vests 1000 sacks of wheat from
100 acre tract. n
Duncan-Two additional rooms
will be added to Duncan consoli..
dated school building.
Twelve cars cabbage have
been shipped from Toltec sec.
ton. to present date.
Clifton - Clifton Mineral Hot
Springs, Clifton, capitalized at
$50, 900 granted charter.
-Bisbee - Shattuck-Denn ore
body estimated at $4,000 tons
down to 2,4OO feet.
Winslow - Sunshine Oil Co..
will resume drilling to below =.
600 feet.
Jerome-Verde Central starts
work on modern 800 ton aotation
plant.
Oatman-Oatman Eastern in.
stalls electric power for big de.
velopmeEt.
Presscott-Sheldon shaft to be
deepened, possibly to 400 feet.
Parker-Wenden Copper Co.
cuts good ledge of copper gold
ore.
Phoenix = New Camp Creek
road will open important onyx
and metal mines.
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Yuma = Construction of ice
shed at Pacific Fruit Express
Company's plant nears compile
ton.
The border vidette., 1928-06-16
our governments.

Il want to close this state
ment by again saying that each
and every one of our representa-.
tives in congress made a splen
did fight in defense of Arizona
and her rights.
Evening star., 1928-11-15
ptatbE.

denly; sundsy, November II. 1928; JAMES
friends. Funeral Saturday, November II:
At | pm. from. the funeral parlor Of
Morris A. Carter & Co.. End and sts sw
BUTLER, MARCIA FLAGG. On Thursday
N@oysmpsr @ - Is; 1925 st l53S Eye st; M: NJ:
Henry Butler. Notice OF funeral hereafter
BYRD. ELIZABETH. Departed this life or
s esy Of ,s Rs SErinddasshtGr "a Mrs Eza Hgs
BETH beloved S 11Ht wife S'f of Perry Byrd. She
leaves to mourn their loss Aye sons. four
nsIsl aqI Friday, November IS: from Mount
and friends invited.
0SN vsnSsa ls isss krp2ecA EusSaazF; AZ
aged 7S years Funeral from W. W. Deals
NoVeber H0e e. as ss P st. 1nternent s Sa Hia oien
wood Cemetery.
COULTER. SARAH. On wednesday. No
neral from W. W. Deals funeral home,
stS st. ne on Fridsy MSvem6er lS'
1sS.r '2sEfa e. ys, sss 4 S 9S pn
residence. i4ss. Belmont St NV. JOSEPH
ShAs SsOyed hgS6apd Of Iagrs rsl
per ee, l2; at pm. 1nterment in Plain
ELLIOTT. GEORGE. sr. On wednesday. No
y=emhsr =I ! a, /, 1923; at the chastleton Hotel,
GEORGE ELLIOTT, sr, aged 81 years. be-
loved husband OF Catherine A. Elliott Re-
mains resting at Hysons,,S funeral home,
1900 N st. NV. Funeral from Hysong s
parlors at $3.50 am. Friday, November 16,
thence to st: Paurs, Catholic Church. 18th
and v SITS. NV. where low mass will be
said at Q am Interment private. IS
HARRIS. EDITH CORINE. Departed this
life "Wednesday November IA, 1928, at her
residence, 1851 Sayles place Sc, EDITH
COR1NE. the beloved daughter Of Charles
and Roberta Harris She leaves to mourn
their los5 four brothers and two sisters
funeral Friday, November is, from her
late residence, 1851 Sayles place s.e., at
2 PM
HAUSER, ERNEST. On Wednesday, Novem-
ber a. 1928. ERNEST. beloved husband Of
Sophie sto HSs sS on.
Friday. November IS, at l;so pm: sery-
at 3 pm. Relatives and friends invited.
Interment Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1928-11-15
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Mostly cloudy
tonight and tomorrow: mild tempera-
ture; gentle to moderate southwest and
west winds.
Maryland-Mostly cloudy tonight and
tomorrow; mild temperature: moderate
to fresh southwest shifting to west or
northwest winds.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy tonight and
tomorrow: warmer tonight in extreme
southwest portion; moderate southwest
and west winds.
Records for "a Hours.
Thermometer pm, SO; 8 pm, 81;
IL midnight, So; am, 81; 8 am, Al;
noon. 81.
Barometer--4 pm, 30.42: 8 PM.
30.42; IL midnight. 30.41; am, 30.37;
8 am, 30.39; noon. 1896.
Highest temperature, 81. occurred at
2:45 pm. yesterday.
Lowest temperature, 46. occurred at
6 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 10; lowest, SO.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
Today--Low tide, 4:20 am. and 4:20
pm; high tide, 9;5S am. and 1906
pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 03 am and
500 pm; high tide, 10:39 am. and
l0:47 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 6:51 am; sun sets
ASS pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 6:52 am; sun
sets asa pm.
Moon rises 9:53 am; sets 7:04 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Condition of the Water.
Great Falls-Clear.
Harpers Ferry-Potomac and Shenan-
doah Rivhrs clear this morning.
Weather In Various Cities.
Evening star., 1928-11-15
MRS. MARCIA BUTLER
IS CALLED BY DEATH
Wife of Retired Reporter of q. s.
Supreme Court Succumbs
to Illness.

Mrs. Marcia Butler, SO years old. wife
of Charles Henry Butler. died at her
residence, 1888 I street. early today
after long illness. Mr.. Butler IS
retired reporter of the United States
Supreme Court and Is engaged In the
practice of law here.
Mrs. Butler was the eldest daughter
of the late Ethan F1agg. one of the
pioneer citizens Of Yonkers, N. Y, and
of Julia Baldwin Flagg, daughter of
Anson Baldwin of the same place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Butler were married in
Yonkers in November, 1882.
She Is survived by her husband, two
sisters, Miss Janet w. Flagg and Mrs.
John Maynard Harlan, and by her four
children, Mrs. Edward G. Heald of
Yonkers. DR.. Ethan Flagg Butler OF
Sayre, Pa, secretary Of the American
Society Of Thorasic Surgery; Charles
Marshall Butler of South Pasadena.
Calf, and Henry Franklin Butler of
Woolwich, Me. She also leaves six
grandchildren.
Interment will be In Yonkers.
Evening star., 1928-11-15
SHIPPING BOARD CLERK,
AUBREY PAGE, is DEAD

Aubrey Page, IS. chief clerk of the
purchasing department of the United
States Shipping Board, died at his resi-
dence, 403 Washington avenue, Aurora
Hills, Va, last night.
Mr.. Page was educated at ST. Adams
Episcopal School, He served with the
Rainbow Division overseas during the
World War and was member Of that
division in the American Legion. He is
Royal Arch Mason and member of
the Acacia Lodge, No. 1s, of the Ma
sonic order.
Mr. Page is survived by his widow.
Mrs. Josephine G. Page.
Funeral services will be held at his
late home Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Interment will be in Arling-
ton National Cemetery with military
honors. The Rev. A. A. McCallunl, rec
tor of st. Paul's Episcopal Church, will
officiate.
Evening star., 1928-11-15

veniber IA 1928, at Freedmens Hospital,
EDWARD B. YOUNG, devoted son of Ed
ward and Beulah YOUNG. Remains resting
lors, 1922 Georgia ave. NV. Notice OF
funeral hereafter.