moved into quarters on Superior Avenue, into a room so long and narrow it was nicknamed `the cannon.' The following year, however, there was another move, to the Odd Fellows Hall on Lake Avenue, and in 1915, when the organization name was changed to Finnish Workers Association, the move was to the German Turner Hall. It was called the Workers' Opera, and it remained the scene of the organization's activities for many years. There was no fixed dramatics group within this organization;
but when a play was needed for a projected occasion, a committee

Duluth S. S. 0. drama group which presented "Tukkijoella" in 1908. In front are: Vilho Westerlund, Emmi Jauhikainen, Mr. Merisaari, Mrs. Ronbeck, Fiina Erickson, Axel Ronbeck, Mrs. Merisaari. Center: Sofia Hautala, John Mononen, David Anderson, Fannie Saari. Back: Ella Hilden, Mr. Airaksinen, Tyyne Viita, John Mäki, Ilmari Nappa, Otto Hagman, Mr. Hietala, John Louhi,

John Korpi, Ben Mäki.

was chosen, and it picked out the play and selected the actors. Rehearsals were frequently held in the church hall, which had a platform at one end, and sometimes some simpler plays were put on there. The earlier programs were mostly Finnish plays (like Alexis Kivi's Lea in 1905, with Anna Johanna Eskelin playing the title role), gradually began to include plays demanding

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