Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-02-24
FITTED TO THE DRAMA
|. playwright" Yields His Handy Pen
:. Dramat'z ny q Well-Known
Bismarck Scene.
rhe Mystic Thirteen; or, Where Are
rhev AtP" to Be Placed on the
Boards in the Future.
,.,,oh;l;tv of a New Manufacturing
Enterprise Securing Location
in Bismarck. /.
A New Play.

.r, Incoming 80 common nova days tina
nn,v A few of the higher grade American
authors, myself among the number, can
find markets for their works. And these
authors must write something out of the
ordinary. Were it not for myself and
.m.lle Rives, l should shudder for the fate
of American literature; and while Amelie |
and accomplish a great deal for the
Detterlncnt of the public, we are unable to
accomplish everything. Taking this fact
into consideration, the people OF this broad
nation should not attribute all the little
failiuys which have crept into III litera-
ture. to us.
There is too much red fire and too many
Kissing whispers and fearful signs in the
average play. In fact, a play which does
not remove a half dozen people from the
earth, and drop two or three persons of a
Jagged cliff or p%recipice is at once set down
as outre and uncommon. The mellow
surgle of the hcro's life blood, as it trickles
in a sparkling crimson stream down his
spotlessly immaculate shirt front and
stains his new lowered silk vest, and the
death shrek of the heroine as she losses
herself, arrayed in her cOstliest garments,
from a tenth story window and falls to the
ground with u dull thud, her syiph-like
form 50 bruised as to render it impossible
for her to attend the opera for several days,
are all right and are good things to use, in
case the playwright runs short of ideas.
But there are a great many better events
than those to use in play, az the synopsis
of the one | am about to write will show.
The title of the play is ''Fhe Mystic Thir-
teen, or Where Are They At?" The seem
is supposed to be laid at Bismarck, during
the months of January and February in
the play should De properly presented, to
lenu to it a realistic effect, is a large brick
building which stands exposed to the bleak
winds,lnorth Of the city. This building is
an imposing structure and should be
viewed from either end. but by no means
from the front or rear. This may seem
strange to some, but it is a necessary pro
ing Worlds Fair buildings i'll Chicago and
iinding out the records of candidates for
office to put wall paper on the ends, make
other necessary improvements and put on
the finishing touches.
There are a great many actors in the
play. Ninety-three Legislators and 2S4
candidates tor senator MAKE up the cast.
OF course il is not necessary to have real
legislators. Any nlnety.three men can be
secured at 50 per day who can act out the
senatorial drama just as well as real legis-
lators.
In the first act the legislators should all
be seated on the stage, and should look
wise. The wiser they look the better will
be the effect. Some of them should be
writing on little bits of paper and then
tearing them up. This will create the i'm.
nrIssInn fh0f fh0vv - hnpSxy s,Stn tLI
preparation of some important measure
and will occasion a great deal of surprise
1t will also occasion a great deal OF disap'
%pOlntMent afterWard to the people who ex.
pect to. be benefited by these important
measures.
The III of the ninety.three men
should then be called, and eacn man should
vote for a different candidate for senator
II there are not enough senators on the
stage to go round the stage manager
should rush out between the acts and EN-.
ploy some more. After the votes have all
been cast, II of the Legislators should
arise and make a touching little address
about unity and harmony, and the curtain
should fall for the day.
This should continue for forty days be.
tore the curtain should rise on the second
9e introduced into the play, and q halt
dozen carpenters should appear. They
should be erecting a broad and high barri'
cade to shield the actors from the plauditS
Of the audience. Now and then a stale
ee3Sg or a embryotic chicken should strike
ge barricade with a dull PUNK
j tais will afoa add greatly to The real ;nt
pleasure OF the audience. AS soon as the
cartaln raises, the senatorial candidates
should assume a downcast expression,
and the orchestra play "What Are the
W,lld Waves Sayingw A courier should
aasl across the stage on horseback anC
cry in shrill. ~clarion-like tones that there
sa base ball game at the park. The sena
ihto an air tight closet and the doors
locked, and the Legislators adjourn to tn
0aSe ball game.
These two acts may be continued a!
llnhnltum, until the audience have al
dlrd, or moved to Kansas. There are
Efeat many little points, too. which ma!
W. improved upon, and polished up, unit
lae play would be as good as almost an!
81 1.-THE minstrel tr0upes which now treae
Tho boards.
Two years are supposed to have elapsed
oetwcen the second and last acts. 1t !
again Legislative year. The actors upOl
ue stage are all strangers to us nOW-al
new faces. Back OF the stage q little dis
lance should be- the ninety-three legislator
VINO appeared in the first act. Some q
ultm are busy removing the elusive pc
aalo bugs from the delicate potato vine
ahd squirting paris green on the cabbag
pants. Others should be working in larg
4;hlcts, retilling the lamps and rejuvGnat
. .ME the cuspidOres. Still others should b
,,ia'ng freight trains and wrestling wit
He brake wheels. Some should be work
aI farms, roofing up the luxuriant ger
sing weed and pOking the nigh ok in til
region Of the tail with a sharp stick.
wlld shout of hysteric delight should 8
up from the audience: then the cu:tai
should drop and the people all 20 out.
THE PLAYWRIGHT.
A New Manufacturing Enterprise.
Mrs. Linda w. Slaughter is in receipt
i letter from Racine, Wis.,, the writer {
winch is introduced by Robert Schillin
ana Endorsed by the local assembly X
."'of that city. A number of members {
WAT order arc about to embark In I'll
manufacture of a newly patented lignil
n~'ove--inventcd by one Of them-an
"'0"h has not yet been placed on I'll
market. These men are all first.cla:
,maehinists and members of the Int
HWn.io'i"l Brotherhood of Maehiner
aaii%H u union. They would be u vail
'"o acquisition to any community III