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...Ferguson, a rugged old Iris farmer with pure faith in the Biblical doctrine of "turn the other cheek, awaits the destiny which God has is store for him. Neither the impending loss of the house in which he has live all his life, nor the assault on his daughter, Hannah, by the brute Henry With row, who is going to foreclose the mortgage, shake him from his trust. When he believes Jimmy Caesar, the neighbor hood coward and a rejected suitor of Hannah, to have killed Withrow, his only feeling is one of sorrow that revenge has been taken...
...only when his own son, Andrewtells him that it was he, not Jimmy Caesar, who shot Withrow, that the old man breaks down and thinks of nothing but Andrew's escape. But the courage of the younger generation in Andrew tells Hannah comes to fortify the old, and the ideals which are temporarily shattered in the mother's cry of "I don't wan God's will, I want my son!" are regained John Ferguson "carries on"; his fortitude remains supreme...
Joseph Brennan, as John Ferguson, it a notable actor. He has the rate gift of acting by being natural, and is there by doubly convincing. No less excellent was the performance of Miss Freedmar as Hannah. These two were easily the outstanding figures, but no one in the cast was inferior. Dudley Digges slightly overdid the part of Jimmy Caesar, but not enough to spoil it, and Brandor Peters was sturdy if not brilliant as Andrew...
...Hannah Butler will give a recital of modern French and German songs at the John Knowles Paine Concert Hall in the Music Building next Monday evening at 8.15 o'clock. Tickets are now on sale at Amee's, at 50 and 25 cents each...
...money is being collected under the direction of the Hannah Winthrop chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and on the Advisory Committee appear the names of President Eliot and a number of other prominent Harvard graduates. Big contributions are not expected; the smallest subscription will be gratefully received. Subscription blanks may be signed at the Co-operative Society, Amee's, Kent's, and at the Cambridge Savings Bank...