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Lizzie Fletcher, in the former character excellently sustained the difficulties of an exacting role, wherein the author was continually forgetting that his heroine was a child of the forest, and ought not to be familiar with the ten thousand stage phrazes of which the familiar society drama is constructed. She made the most of the situation and pleased the audience. Miss Conne Thompson, as Sadie, was, if she will forgive the phrase "immense" and her love passage with Haus on the one hand and the Irish captain on the other, were generally funny. Both of these last mentioned characters are worthy of special mention. Jule Keen is a funny fellow in his speech, his make-up and actions and gave the audience many a good laugh. Mr. White as Mark Stanley is deserving praise for a most excellent representation of a difficult character. Messrs. White and Clifton of the Danites were also excellent. Mr. Cody in his own distinctive character of "Buffalo Bill'' would have attracted applause from the audience at every appearance, on account of his striking appearance and the general interest felt in him, even had he not deserved it by a spirited and stirring presentation of the character so familiar to him of the scout and hunter. The accessories of pretty scenery, fine costumes and a trio of Indians, whose genuineness is beyond question, completes an entertainment which the public will make no mistake in patronizing liberally.