. The Argonaut. D A f TNf NEW CALIFORNIAft Allll ll JOCKEY CLUB OaklandRace Track Six Races Each Week Day, Rain or ShineFIRST RACE AT 1:40 P. M. For special trains stopping at the track, takeSouthern Pacific Ferry, foot of Market Street;leave at 12 m.; thereafter every twenty min-utes until 1:40 p. m. No smoking in the last two cars, which arereserved for ladies and their escorts. THOS. H. WILLIAMS, President. PERCY W. TREAT, Secretary. February 20. 1909. THE ARGONAUT 123. THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN. By Josephine Hart Phelps. The County Chairman is the sort ofplay that fills in a week when laughter h
. The Argonaut. D A f TNf NEW CALIFORNIAft Allll ll JOCKEY CLUB OaklandRace Track Six Races Each Week Day, Rain or ShineFIRST RACE AT 1:40 P. M. For special trains stopping at the track, takeSouthern Pacific Ferry, foot of Market Street;leave at 12 m.; thereafter every twenty min-utes until 1:40 p. m. No smoking in the last two cars, which arereserved for ladies and their escorts. THOS. H. WILLIAMS, President. PERCY W. TREAT, Secretary. February 20. 1909. THE ARGONAUT 123. THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN. By Josephine Hart Phelps. The County Chairman is the sort ofplay that fills in a week when laughter hasits turn. It is a cheerful, amusing comedy,and since it is one of George Ades it fol-lows that it is American to the backbone. A city audience always takes kindly to astage representation of village life. Probablyin the little hour of diversion that it stolefrom the rush and fever of a metropolitanexistence it was soothing to see the idlerscongregate in idyllic dolcc far tnente aboutthe village porch, smoking in sociable silence,or hastening to witness the daily excitementof the incoming train. The Valencia Theatre management, whichis prone to offer things with a lavish hand,has, however, a much larger number of idlersthan is really necessary, which somewhat in-terferes with the village simplicity of thepicture thus set forth. The County Chairman does not heavilytax the acting capabilities of the company,except, perhaps, in the case of RobertHomans, who plays the
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