Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-23
AN AMERICAN PLAY.
It Ooses at Last From . Pan Francisco
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Below is a plot for five.act play
Boucicault would charge 5000 for /,
plot like it. But all we care for is tn,
regeneration of the drama. If we have
caused even one struggling soul to beat
with purer and higher aspiration; if we
have melted even single person in the
gallery to lead q better and nobler life,
we are all too well rewarded.
A fascinating young professor of phren.
ology had his head shaved and mapped
out into two lots in order to illustrate
his lectures with live model. These
squares are picked with figures and pic
lures illustrative of different passions
and motives. Rich miner comes to have
his bumps felt and exhibits containing
several millions in gold dust. Professor
mesmerizes miner drives tack into his
bump of memory and fees to foreign
lands The victim, like all miners,
never combs his hair, and 20 the tack
remains undiscovered while he wanders
around, supposed to be crazy and beg.
ging his bread. Meanwhile the phren-
ologist endeavors to change his appear
ance, but the chart on his head being
picked out in India ink it refuses to be
ob)iterated. Hence he lets his hair grow
and starts out to paralyze all Europe as
sort of American Mente Christie.
Meanwhile the heroine, who has been
drifting around during the foregoing
scenes with lots of good clothes on, mar
ries the miner, and the very first yank
she gives his hair after the honeymoon
out comes the tack, which at once re-
stores his memory. The couple at once
begin their hunt for the william, who is
doing the bonanza business on the con-
tinent under an assumed name. After q
weary search through Europe and
the third and fourth acts the miner be.
thinks him that all shoddy Americans
call on the Pope; and 30 proceeds to
Rome and enlists in the Swiss guards,
who are always on duty during recep.
tions at the Vatican. In the last act the
Pope enters and begins to "recep."
Hats ofip' howls the captain of the
guards to the usual gang of velvet-vest-
ed Americans who are eating peanuts
and talking stocks on one side of the
room. All comply but one. The cap
tain details the new recruit to knock
this one down with his halberd. To
avoid being hammered as specified the
obstinate individual reluctantly takes of
his hat. He had considerable hair on
his head, however, and the miner is
again disheartened. When the Pope
passes by the rude stranger, instead of
bowling low like the rest of the line,
simply says "Howdy, Pius?" without
bending his head. This again excites
the avengers suspicion and he goes out
on tiptoe, returning presently from
r. u. e. with a step-ladder, which he
softly places against pillar behind the
suspected man and then climbs up to
have birds eye view of the top of his
head. In a small bald spot in the cen.
ter he. beholds q blue square marked
+" No. 46, combativeness," and a picture
of two prize fighters. CAT lastl"
shrieks the miner, jumping down on the
prisoners head with his boots, and the
play ends with the william being dragged
of to execution, while the whole COM
pany dances in front ON the footlights
as the curtain goes down, with the cal.
cium on the miner in the center.-San
Francisco Post.