ARiU'OH calculation as to theoff. nilanoo at tli#> P.l>la<;rn Thp-

LJk ;ii» r last week in connectionwith the official census returnsindicate that there were at least

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"The Lottery Alan." They are to be commiserated,for it was one of the fewgenuine care-dispellers. Cyril Scott isconvincing as a poor but industrious reporter,who was willing to do almostanything rather than go out and pawnthe magnificent diamond ring which hewore throughout the performance. Itwas a triumph of art for Mr. Scott tomake his impersonation so effective thatthe incongruous jewel was forgotten. Thebroad comedy was contributed by Helenlx>well, whose make-up as the pursuerof the lottery man makes the remembranceof Katisha in "The Alikado" seema vision of loveliness. It is not, however,to "The Mikado" that the play harksback most notably. It is often demonstratedin stage affairs that a good memoryis better than originality. While W.S. Gilbert is amusing himself at hiscountry home with a collection of lemurs,refusing to submit further productions tothe critical standards which apply toworks of a lighter musical character, hisquips and conceits go marching on in allsorts of borrowed uniforms. In "Patience"he had Bunthorne voice the followingrecitative:"Heartbroken by my Patience's barbarity,by the advice of my solicitor, in

aid of some kind Christian charity, I'veput myself up to he raffled for."But this was only an incident of the

story of "Bunthorne's Bride, '

a by-productwhich it was left for more recentcommercial methods to utilize withpleasure and profit. "The Lottery Man"is good fun and clean fun, and thoughgleaned from familiar gTound, a welcomeaddition to a none too abundantharvest. But in order to make memorytake the place of originality it isnecessary to have a long one. The plotof the musical creation "Three MillionDollars" is not sufficiently remote inrecollection to prevent the hero of flctitiousengagements designed to deceivea rich uncle from looking like a repeatercaught in the act. And whenthe composer of "The Deacon and theLady" comes forward with a "Floradora"squad, with lines which in effectare. "We really must sing something,and it might as well be this," the occasiondemands something other than thatcharitable, overworked adjective "reminiscent."In "The Deacon and theLady" the star of the performance.Harry Kelly, is practically crowded offthe stage by material in which he hasno part or in which he obligingly, butrather indiscreetly, serves as a foil.Mr. Kelly is evidently not one of thecomedians who insist on rewriting theirplays after they go into rehearsal. Itis hoped that Mr. J. J. McNally, whoused to write geographical extravaganzasfor the Kogers Brothers, andwho is at work on this book, will arrangethat the most important share ofKelly's work is not limited to puttingon liis make-up before the play begins.Climatic conditions have not been

wholly encouraging to the display of poponthn«iQ«mHnnronvialp to the ad-vent of the resuiar theatrical season.The most intricate and athletic demonstrationsof which a corps de balletmay be capable find formidable rivalrywhere current interest is concerned inthe outdoor struggle for a home run, or

even a slide to second base. And theautomobile, which is one of the theater'sbest assistants at times, when all vehicleslead to the playhouse, is now anallurement elsewhere. There may be a

trace of loyal sentiment for stock companyfavorites, both in drama and song,that makes the public reluctant to admitthat its locally discovered Bernhardtsand Melbas are to be outranked inimportance, if not in merit, by the more

widely recognized stars. Any one of thethree performances mentioned wouldhave been assured of far more liberalconsideration under ordinary conditions.

AN EXHAUSTING ROUE.."TheAmerican theater-going- public." saysRobert Hilliard, "is the wisest in theworld. It knows what it wants and whenIt wants it. Success or failure is scentedwith equal quickness and the publiccannot be deceived. Swift action is themanagerial idea nowadays. A forced run

spells folly. A play hits the bull's-eye or

It doesn't. If it tails to register close tothe center of the target there is a quickinovoito the storage warehouse, not mat-,ter how fine or costly the production. If"A Fool There Was' had not scored in-1stantly and widely I would not go outin it again this season. I would haveanother play. As a matter of fact, Ihave two new plays which I am anxiousto produce."I am very fond of the strong dramatispart which I play in "A Fool There

Was,' but for one reason I shall be gladwhen 1 can put it aside. In my long experience.1 have never before under-!taken a part that so exhausts the vitalforces.

STAGE INEBRIETY..Inebriety onthe stage has ever been a resource ofthe dramatist to create comic effects.As instances of adroit histrionic skillin the portrayal of inebriety on thestage, one might mention Frederick DeBelleville's wonderful drunken scenein "Toss of the DT'rbervilles" withMrs. Fiske: the late Dan Daly's acrobaticgyrations in portraying an individualwho had lost control of his legsfrom overindulgence in Scotch highballs,and Charles Warner's terriblyrealistic study of a French workmanwho succumbs to the absinthe habit inZola's great play, "Drink." Then therewas Ned liarrigan's semi-comic, semi.pathetic incarnation of "Old Lavender."showing the downfall of a man ofbrains and refinement, until he becomesthe associate of wharf rats and riverthieves.Otis Skinner's new play, "Your HumbleServant," will show a new type of

stage inebriate and not in any sense anoffensive on#*. This is the high-bredman of means who enjoys a life of luxury,who has no ambition, but livessimply to gratify a love of alcohol.The actor instrusted with the part isEdward Fielding, who has never beforebeen seen on this side of thewater.

BELASOO TABATER BOOKINGSManagerL. S. Taylor of the BelascoTheater is announcing with considerablepride the list of bookings he has just receivedfrom the Messrs. Shubert tor themonth of October. This list is as follows:Commencing week of October :i,Gertrude Quinlan appears in "MissPatsy." Succeeding attractions for thesame month will be Fritzie Scheff headingthe all-star cast in the revival of"The Mikado"; Lew Fields in the musicalcomedy, "The Summer Widows";James T. Powers in "Havana" and Kddie-Foy,assisted by Emma Carus, in thespectacular musical revue "Up andDown Broadway," the New York Casino'sbiggest success.

AN ACTOR GROWN PRACTICAL..When Otis Skinner first went starringhe began by acting in Shakespeareanand classic dramas, "hill-top" plays, as

George Bernard Shaw would call them.He gave the public productions of "Francescada Rimini." "Prince Otto," "TheHarvester." "A Soldier of Fortune" and"His Grace de Grammont." They weregood plays, full of imaginative and poeticpower and well produced #fter theegpenditure of much thougfeS And care.The critics rated them amoflf the bestof our time, but they did not ®ay, andSir. Sklnij^r was advised by his friends

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way. Next Mr. Frohman unearthed foiI hfm. out of the great bulk of Frencldramas acted in aris the previous season. and which he had secured for us*in this country, a stageworthy and actaide piece called "Tie Honor of thFamily."It enabled Mr. Skinner to .stajfour months in New York city, and foithe time his talents were not only recogrized but pecuniarily rewarded. Hi!latest play is frankly described as ar

appeal to popular, rather than to scholasticappreciation.

A VAUDEVILLEPROBLEM..As vaudeville evolves, numerojs problems ariseto puzzle the players and producers for «i

time and then the solution is obtained bysimple means. One of these, and one

that has occasioned the- managers andactors much thought, is how to crowdmore comic situations and more laughableaction into the narrow time limitsof the average vaudeville comedy sketch.There is a sort of unwritten law in vaudevillethat a one-act play, no matter whoits author, or its players or its theme,shall not exceed the actual time limitof thirty minutes. Porter EmersonBrown has, in his latest sketch, "In andOut." solved the question in a ratheisimple, though unexpected manner. Hehas provided two complete revolvingstages which, placed upon Chase's one

stage, whirl the nine scenes of the comedyalong and around much like theanimation and consecutive action of themotion pictures. There is no wastedtime and no lost motion. Every momenlcounts and it appears that there is fullytwice as much material in a playlet producedin this novel way. The mind ol

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i Coming Attractions.New National.

Otis Skinner will be seen at the Nationalthis week under Charles Frohman'sdirection in his latest New Yorksuccess, "Your Humble Servant," byBooth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson.It has been the aim of the authors,it is said, to reflect with unflinchingrealism "life behind the scenes" with one

of those nomadic troupes known amongtheatrical people as "repertory companies."The play Introduces a small Company

of struggling players in the midst of a

performance in the "opera house" ola tiny New York village. The leadingspirit in the company is an optimistictragedian. Lafayette Towers, who has a

young and beautiful ward, MargaretDruce, and a young protege, Dick Spencer,who has left the roof of his millionairefather to gratify his histrionicambitious. Dick is infatuated with Towers'ward, and their love for each otheris sanctioned by the actor, whose wholelife has been one of bitter struggle andprivation. When the manager of thecompany departs with the exchequer,leaving the Thespians stranded, the resourcefulnessof the buoyant Towers istaxed to its utmost. He procures transportationfor them after hypnotizing withhis gifts of oratory and hia Shakespeareanglibness the captain of a canalboat, who sympathetically offers themaccommodation on board his craft.The second act finds the stranded troupe

ensconced in a typical theatrical boardinghouse in New York. Towers andhis ward are starving cheerfully and uncomplainingly,but their companion, Dick,begins to feel his ardor evaporating inthe midst of so many sordid experiences.The girl recognizes that his in-fatuation for her is a caprice, and. ratheithan see him endure further sacrificefor her sake, she contrives to give himthe impression that it is her own affectionthat has grown cold. He is noiloath to return to his father's homeagain, and in the next act he has almostforgotten his old Thespian friendsA fashionable vaudeville performance

which takes place in a New York mansion,enlists the services of Towers andhis ward, who have decided to abandonthe "legitimate" for the more lucrative field oZ vaudeville. Dick's, Joy<

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r for Margaret revives when lie again seesi her, but she reveals to him the unex-i nocted news that it is Towers, her pro-r tector from infancy, who has won hert heart by his patient self-sacrifice andj his inherent nobility of nature. Mean11time her histrionic talents have budded. j under his careful tuition, and in the

last act she makes her debut at a Broad_I way theater, where her' latent genius[ is acclaimed and applauded.? Towers, who is wholly unconscious of" the girl's tender feeling for him, finds? solace in her triumph behind the footlights,and wishes to leave her, nowf I that she is launched upon a successful

j career. Before he Is fully aware of hers! true feeling Margaret is compelled, toi confess candidly how muoh she has- grown to oare for him. To an actorwho has lived all his life in the artificialglare of the calcium such a revelationcomes with a sincerity and earnestnessthat bring joy and happiness atr last tohis heart, and the shock almost overiwhelms him. Reality at last vanquishesromance, and the curtain falls on the

, happy union of the actor and his ward.

| Belasco.Max Figman will appear in "Mary

j Jane's Pa" at the Belasco Theater thisweek. Mr. Figman is said to be a sln.cere and winning artist, who has only

, needed a suitable play to establish himamong the best drawing cards of Americancomedians. In Edith Ellis' storyof Indiana, "Mary Jane's Pa," he hasa vehicle that will bring out his best

. efforts and demonstrate bis versatility.He will be supported by an unusuallystrong company, including Helene

: Lackaye, Edwin Chapman, FranklynSearight, Tony West. Charles Merriwell,Ernest Warde, David Marlowe, DorothyPhillips. Nina Ainscoe, Helen Hartleyand the wonderfully clever child actress,Gretehen Hartman."Mary Jane's Pa" is a very lovable

: fellow, and made friends by thethousands in New York for six months,in Chicago for three months and in

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i by Edith Ellis, lie is a tramp printerfrom a small town in Indiana, andbears the prosaic* name of HiramPerkins. His ambitions are too closelyconfined in the dwarfed Indiana village,so lie departs one day from his home,wife and children and wanders aroundthe world for eleven years. When hereturns to another village he finds liiswife a woman developed witn remarkablebusiness capacity, his childrengrown up and ids own memoryalmost dead to them. His wife, thoughtrue to him all these years, has begunto form other attachments, which hisreturn so unexpectedly seriously complicates.Her womatfs instinct ofcharity prevents her from turning him

I out when in need, and yet she does notfeel justified in acknowledging him asher husband either to the children or

to the world. Remembering that hewas an expert in the kitchen, she offersto let him remain as cook at statedwages, and with certain conditions,thinking he will refuse. Struck by theaudacity of the proposition, and witha keen appreciation of the possibilities,he accepts. With this as a beginning,a story is developed that is full ofheart interest and comedy. The scenesare laid in the Perkins home, and inthe print Shop of Mrs. Perkins. Thecharacter of little Mary Jane, whoselove and sympathy are the ultimatecause of the reunion of the parents, isplayed by little Gretchen Hartman.

Columbia.Robert Hilliard, in ids success of the

past season. "A Fool There Was," willbe seen at the Columbia this week.This vivid and vital play by Porter Em|erson Browne vitalizes Sir Philip Burne,Jones' famous picture of the vampire

woman and her dead dupe, which inspiredKipling to write his shivery poem of thefool who loved "a rag, a bone and a hankof hair." The story reverses the familiartriangle of two men and a woman andgathers force from the struggle of twowomen for a man. The latter is a polishedman of the world, big financially,socially and diplomatically. He is ordersed to Europe on a government mission

t and is first revealed at his charming homeat Larchmont, with his wife, child, sistter-in-law and bosom friend.

i The action shifts to the' deck of a bigocean steamship about to sail. A hag.gard youth is seen to come out of the

, crowd and furtively conceal himself near- a passageway. A tall, striking woman,I who walks with serpent-like sway, sud-denly confronts him. She is startled but- self-possessed. The lad's face shows hisi agony, lie levels a pistol at her. She

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bouquet of huge red roses. Near the railingstands Robert Hilliard, as the handsomeNew Yorker bound abroad. He iswaving farewell to his charming wife anddaughter. Suddenly he turns and meetsthe insinuating gaze of the red woman.She smiles at him.and the drama reallybegins.Among Mr. Hilliard's associates are

Berton Churchill, Virginia Pearson, StellaArcher, Winifred Burke, I-illian Collins,Edwin Holland, George Clare, HoraceMitchell, W. C Brlstor, Fred Russell, C.W. Haskins, Edward Clare and the childactress "Boots" Wurster.

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Academy."The Fortunes of Betty," a new play,

with Cecil Spooner as the star, will be;he attraction at the Academy thisweek. The play is laid in a smallcountry town called Logan's Corner.Associated with Miss Spooner will be

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Casino. '

This week at the Casino Theater, thechief attraction will he the Royal VenetianBand, an organization of sixteeninstrumental soloists under the batonof Signor J. Quintano, one of the youngestand most talented of conductors. TheVenetian Band Is one of the foreign iini'jortations of William Morris. Otheracts are Maj. Doyle, the Lilliputian travleler and entertainer; Dow and Dow,comedians; Cummlngs and Claddings. ineccentric shadow dancing: the TossingThompsons, in juggling feats, and Bea:trice Vance, singing comedienne. Threereels of motion pictures will be shown.

Lyceum.Tom Miner's "Bohemian Burlesquers"

will he the attraction at the New LyceumTheater this week. Every part of the"Bohemians' "

program is said to be newthis season. Among the principals are

Andy Gardner and Ida Xieo'ai. in theirwell known characters, I'atsey

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andRoxie; Hugh Bernhard and Jack Dunham,known as the "mint juleps fromthe south"; Sisters Valtnore. in a newsinging and dancing act; Lawrence andThompson, singing comedians, and theBohemian Quartet. A special featurethis season is Ah Ling Foo, direct fromChina, who lias the distinction of havingappeared before the Emperor of China.

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AI Reeves and hlu "Beauty Show" appearat the Gayety Theater this wet k.The well known burlesque "eonology"has been entirely rewritten to meet thedemands for wholcsomeness in story anda general "celaning up" of hurlestiue. Inthe company are Andy Lewis, who waslast season a estar 01 his own company ;William Cahili, "the Man from lielanu ;Edwin Morris, popular tun maker; IdellaVyner, comeaienne; Marie Brandon, toedancer, anu Billy Bush of the Bush-DeVereKour. The organisation includes a

large chorus and dancing ballet. All olthe scenery and costumes for this season'sproductions are new.

Majestic.This week's featured vaudeville includesJ. C. Mack and Co. In the musical

comedy skit entitled "My Mother inLaw"; Beaudoin and Co., European noveltyhoop, slack wire and juggling act;Horn and Horn, singing Germans, andJoe Nicol. novelty skater and comedian.The Majestograph conc.udcs the performancewitlj bright and eatery pictures.

Cosmos Theater.The feature at the Cosmos for the next

week will be Woodford's Animal Circus,which consists of a well trained troupe o*dog?, monkeys and ponies.A big attraction of ihe circus is the remarkableperformance of the trained ap?.

Counsel II, one of the most remarkableof the educated monkeys now before theAmerican public. On the same bill willbe Allen. May & Co., in their travestysinging act, "Stranded." Lillian Murthaknown to many as "that happy Germangirl," in her new and original entertainment,and Tydeman & Dooley, comedyclown acrobats. These acts will be seen

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Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening'.Thursday, Friday and Saturdaymatinees.On the other shift are the "Most"

Twins in snappy dialogue and songs;Harry Rlckrode, u daring aerial contortionist;Herbert Williams and Hilda, as"The CrSzy Pianist and tlie Giri," andas a feature Corey Brothers, comedysharpshooters.

Yiddish Dramatic Company."Alein Weibs Freund" will be the bill

at the Columbia Theater tonight, on theoccasion of the second appearance hereof the Yiddish Dramatic Company ofXew York, headed hy David Devinsonand a large company of capable performers.Despite the fact that the dramais not presented in English, tlio excellenceof the acting last Sunday nightappealed strongly to even those who wereunable to follow the dialogue, and theseries of evenings contemplated by thecompany gives promise of a successfulrun.

Casino Sunday Concert.The popular Sunday concert at the

Casino Theater today begins at 3 P.m.The Chinese baritone, Lee Tung Foo,will render a number of new selectionsin various languages. Lawrence Wilson

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Academy Sunday Concert.The program for the Sunday concert at

the Academy tonight includes tho Metro'politan Quartet in a selection of favor| ite songs; George llelmuth and BillyClark. The motion pictures to be presented include many films from the bestmakers of America and Europe, producingpicture dramas, adventures and scejnic marvels. One of the strongest pro!grams yet given at any Academy conjcert is promised.

Cosmos Sunday Concert.An event of special interest at tonight'sconcert at the Cosmos will be tho

first public appearance of Slgnor BartoIlomoo, who has Just returned from studyj abroad. He will render favorites of Europeanmelody. Acts held over fromj lan week's show include the popularMetropolitanMinstrels in new songs andstories, Eva Thatcher. Tom Kerr andBilly Dale.The usual enlarged orchestra will renderpopular and classic selections.

Avenue GrandAn attractive program is planned for

the coming week at the Avenue Grand.There will be eight vaudeville acts andseveral scries of new and entertainingmotion clotures. -^s usual, there willhe a enmrleto change of program beginningThursday, for the last half of theweek.

"The Echo."Miss Bessie McCoy will make her first

stellar appearance in Washington at theNational Theater during the week ofOctober She will appear in "TheEcho," Charles Dillingham's musicalcomedy production, which is now endingan extended engagement at the GlobeTheater in New York."The Echo" Is described as "a singingand dancing frolic." It is the joint

work of William Le Baron and DeemsTaylor. The piece gets its rather unusualtitle l'rom the fact that the scenesare la d in and around a mountain re1sort, the Echo House, which is noted onaccount of an echo. Miss McCoy appearsas the head waitress at this hotel.During the action Miss McCoy will appearin half a dozen specialties. John E.Hazzar.i, Edgar Halstead, Joseph lie-*

jhrrt, jr.. Douglas Stevenson. George| White, John Sea nr.ell. Ben Ryan, Mrs.Annie Yeamans, Georgie Drew Mendum.

i Delia Foster and the Dolly Sisters arein the company. An unusufh leatiire isToots Faka, dancer, and her Hawaiianmusicians.

Fritzi Scheff in "The Mikado."j Fritzi Scheff comes to the Belasco The|ater for the week beginning October 1<»in a revival of the tuneful opera, "TheMikado." Mine. Scheff will, of course, ap;pear as Yum Yum, in which shescored sucli a pronounced success during

; the recent all-star "revival of the opera at '

the New York Casino. Her support willinclude Digby Bell as ko-Ko, Frank Rush-worth as Xanki-Poo, Herbert Waterousas Poo-Pah. Arthur Cunningham as theMikado, Kate Condon as Katisha, GraceKennicut as Peep-Bo and Charles Arlingas Pish Tush. The chorus is composedof the best voices obtainable and thescenic investiture is said to be sumptuous.After a short tour in this revival Mme.SchefT returns to New York to preparefor the Christmas production of her newmusical version of "Trilby."

"Miss Patsy."Henry \V. Savage .will offer Gertrude

Quinlan in Sewell Collins' farce, "MiasPatsy," at the Belasco Theater nextweek. Miss Quinlan in this play provedone of the comedy successes last seasonin Chicago and New York. Althougha very young woman, she hasappeared in both grand and comicopera. She sang most of the seriousparts with the Castle Square Opera Companyin Boston. In "The CollegeWidow" she made a hit in a new sort Jof role, that of Flora Wiggins, a slangy.

I waitress. In the company are HardeeKirkland, Ruth Chatterton, WallaceWorsley, Dorothy Tennant, Nellie Maleomb,lone Bright, Jennie La Mont.Maud Earle, Jane Carleton, PaulineWinters, May Stevens. Annie Buckley, .

Dan Mason. Frank D. Dec, Joseph Gray- - Jbill and Robert Kelly. % fl

Vilmos Westony. \1Chase's next week will present the 1 I

Hungarian virtuoso, Vilmos Westony,an artist who attains effects that are

i as unusual as they are impressive. Mi.land Mrs. Gardner Crane and company,rive comedians in all. will portray Mrs.

| Crane's farcical success. "The Little.i Slinbeam." A foreign, novelty will be

Mile. Rosina Casselli's ChihuahuaMexican Midget Dogs, eighteen in number.The recently imported presentation,the Great Namba Troupe, a quintetof imperial Japanese acrobaticwonders, inciuue ;t pcuuimnwalks on his head up a flight of stairs.The Fay, two Coleys, and Fay companyappear in "From Uncle Tom t<»

Vaudeville." Hal Merritt, "The Collegej Boy from Ipsnitch," will make his anInual appearance. I>e Renzo and Da Due.in their grotesqueries, are included in#the bill. "A Modern Romeo and Juliet'sExperiences in a Small Country Town'*is the concluding episode.

"New York."A1 Wood's pretentious offering of WilliamJ. Hurlbut's three-act drama. "New

York," will be seen at the Columbia Theater,beginning a week from tomorrow

night. Tiie play opened last Monday' .

night at the (Jarrick Theater, Philadelphia.Prominent in the cast are Orrin

I Johnson, l^tura Nelson Hall, Mary Shaw,Mortimer Welden and others. The offer-,ing is scheduled for a New York run at*au early date.

Elmendorf Lectures.Mr. Elmendorf returns to Washington

October lit. when he will begin a nev\*

series of his "Delightful Hourts of Trav el"4,at the New National Theater. The openinglecture on London will embrace a gene-altour of the city, boat rides on the Thames,excursions to Hampton Court and Henleyand the best impression of the coronationof the late king, together with scenes of

the recent funeral pageant.The taik on Berlin the week following

will cover places of interest, from theSchloss to Potsdam. Vienna, the thir£subject, will he shown In all Its presentday picturesqueness, while the fourthlecture will comprise a tour through theart galleries of Europe. Paris will form tthe concluding topic. The lectures willlie given at the National Theater Thuis-day afternoons.

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"A Minister's Sweetheart.""A Minister's Sweetheart" comes to ths

Academy Theater next week. This 1nf Ithe lateRt work from the pen of Owen '

_ IDavis and deals with village life in ISew England. It is said to be full tlof stirring situations, heart-touching episodes,bright comedy and charactersdrawn from life.

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