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Michelle Lahn le‘ve all heard it before â€" istmas has becomes mothing a commercialized, advertised, ginalized shopping event, but nice to see the ‘true‘ Yuletide it surface once in awhile. heatre and Company will perâ€" n The Gifts of the Magi, a m tale in a cold city (New York is), based on the writings of rican author 0. Henry. Two ies, woven together by the ator and newsboy William ter, chronicle a newlywed ple‘s struggle to survive and a rant‘s desperate attempt to be wn in jail for the winter iths tuart Scadronâ€"Wattles, Artisâ€" )irector and founding member heatre and Company, says the story is perfect for the istmas season because it is i a jazzy musical and a touchâ€" story about love and giving. One of the reasons why Gifts the Magi is so popular is ause it has mythic sides to it. about giving and what it ns to give and of course, ‘s what Christmas is all ut," says Scadronâ€"Wattles. ut let‘s start at the beginning. ure the Big Apple at the turn ispect Description: Male/white, 55 years, 6‘2", thin build; short silver grey hair; blue eyes. Wearing: Blue _ toque, dark scarf, dark jacket. ime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for any information that leads n arrest in this robbery or any other serious crime. You will not to identify yourself or testify in court. l Crime Stoppers at the tollâ€"free line of 1â€"800â€"265â€"2222. member, Crime Doesn‘t Pay but Crime Stoppers Does. i Thursday, November 14 at approximately 7:15 p.m., a man, dishing a silver handgun, entered the CIBC at King & Argyle ets, Cambridge, approached the tellers and demanded money. e tellers handed the suspect the money, he stuffed it inside his et and left the bank in a hurry. His direction of travel is not GRC! â€" HALE OFF WITH )W OPEN IN )WNTOWN KITCHENER CITING AND THENTIC EEK RESTAURANT 24 King St. East Phone gl45-6902 The Gifts of the Magi ‘arm tale in a cold city YEARS TICKETS 886â€"7730 tht o ‘‘Putting the two â€" stories together | think is a very interestâ€" ing concept,"‘ says Scadronâ€" Wattles. ‘"‘It gives a whole feel for what it‘s like to be in a big city at Christmastime and really what it‘s And then there‘s story No. 2. Soapie Smith is a gentleman who purposely gets arrested every winter for vagrancy. He serves his threeâ€"month sentence and is freed just in time for the spring. This Christmas Eve there‘s a catch â€" try as he may, Smith can‘t seem to get arrested. And when he comes across a church and listens to the singing from within, our old friend realizes the error of his ways. Just as he decides to turn his life around, a hand grabs him on the shoulder and off to jail he goes. Oh, the irony of it all. of the century, population four million. Jim and Della Dillingham have just moved to the city and Jim can‘t fing a job. Neither can afford a present for the other. So Della does the logical thing â€" she cuts off her hair. Hmmm. Well, she sells it and is thus able to buy Jim a chain for his most treasured possession, his grandfather‘s pocket watch. In the meantime, Jim sells the watch to buy combs for Della‘s hair. SUPERIOR OIL RUST PROTECTION FROM BUSlNESS ETY . mt for hard workng se“~mol~aled. pieasant v person Uniimited oppofluv\ny Tramnd pmoed Noewenencemefied Leave messag®: every call reurned (619) §76â€"8517 435 Conestogo Rd., Waterloo 8$86â€"3881 "The Rust Bug Exterminators" $€$9.95 " ~omt * EXCE\-\-BN L BUS\NESS OPPORTUN\TY N un sefl~mm~aled. pieasant Trswind â€"â€"~~CECN ExcelLeNI nA S voun ame CAR Scadronâ€"Wattles, a native New Yorker, knows exactly â€" what Christmas in the big city is all about. Although he has many fond childhood memories of the holidays, he notes that New York can be brutal during the jolly season. But his New York days aren‘t the real reason why he wanted to direct this production Scadronâ€"Wattles grew up listenâ€" ing to a reading of The Gifts of the Magi every Christmas Eve and passed the tradition on to his children. He loves the story and he particularly enjoys 0. Henry‘s writings. _ _ _ like to be on the underside of a big city at Christmastime.‘ FoZ M BuueLight CHRISTMAS GIFT SUGGESTIONS UNDER $20 FROM Labatt‘s (Continued on page A39) _ . CCV UV 71 VUISQNvDd. PKQE“ EOS w.. ,t ob ap ze has. gauo N2Â¥ / RsSntbac dn AND LC * _ BIDr! 1 NEDW MORE! «[ s J °/ r't/ 178 B Weber St. N., Waterloo s @ 725â€"5170 rtel. &~ to We could cut down _ &2 on our costs of our /’5”’ company Christmas Party if we rent everything we need WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1991 . PAGE A23 \,\E\_\““ s AL\-OO“S AND LOTS \_\N\‘â€"Ns