" The Lost Paradise " DIRECTION OF BLANCHE KENDALL MCKEY ORPHEUM THEATRE, OGDEN, MARCH 1 AND 2 NIBLEY HALL, LOGAN, MARCH 25 How DIFFERENT from my conception of Paradise may yours be! How different from yours may be that of the friend who thinks he knows your every thought! One thing which no one can wholly share with us is our dream world. Who except the dreamer himself can follow the alluring route of fancy even ascending to the Land of Fulfillment? And when that elusive world fades into the sunset and is no more, who can understand the suffering-except the dreamer himself? But in accordance with the truth that nothing really worth while perishes, one radiant day with the sunrise, when we have learned the humility which betokens development, it rises again on our horizon (changed mayhap as ideals must ever change with growth)-our Paradise regained. How beautifully Leon Bush poured out the anguish of his soul. "I can only stand outside at the gates-my face pressed against the bars, looking at my Paradise-lost to me." And with what genuine womanliness did Ruth Scowcroft, at the end of act three, open the gate which led unto the regaining thereof. How exquisitely Cora Mortenson expressed her sorrow without a spoken word-when her Paradise rolled into the intangible. Weber is proud of the cast throughout. Georgia Tate gave a fin- ished portrayal of a worldly mother, and Wallace Budge was equally good as the loving but unscrupulous father. Carl Ballantyne played with fineness that last leaf upon a famous family tree. How genial and handsome was Elijah Clawson as Bob Appleton; and how charmingly did Marguerite Rogers "cast her shoe!" Spectators will long remember Dorothy Nichols as Cinders, who was '"sifted down on that cinder-pile straight from Heaven"; and her lover, the valiant Billie, played by Leroy Johnson. Rulon Peterson played Schwartz with strength; Ira Terry aroused sympathy as Old Benzel, as did Gladys Green as his daughter, Kate. Paul Cragun appeared as the foreman, Barrett; Frances O'Neill as Julia, and David Bybee as Hyatt. Leland Johnson, James Lindsay, and Alvin Robson appeared as work- men. Every part in the play, even to the smallest "bit," was well sustained. The costuming was beautiful, and the special scenery made for the occasion effective. The excellence of "The Lost Paradise" did much towards pro- claiming Weber ideals; and the College is grateful to Mrs. McKey, for without her wise leadership so difficult a play would have been impossible in the hands of students.