The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-07

, his dscoy from the vessel and his sub
sequent murder in the harbor and the
rescue by old Jack Salt. The ''Un-
known returns to his old home, but is
unable to recognize his sister whom he
meets. owing to the wound in his head.
The attempt to murder the sister is
frustrated by him and the curtain rolls
down on happy scene with the mys-
terry cleared away.
The play was we'll cast and the parts
we're happily adjusted. MIR. Bass, as
"Unknown," did the character thor
ough justice, and his work was we'll re-
ceived by the audience. Mr.. Bass is a
good actor, showing great attention to
the smallest detail, which usually con.
tributes much to the success of the
play. G. G. Rathbun, as DR.. Brinkton,
was seen to good advantage, and while
the character was not unnew to him it
seemed to fit him to nicely, and his
makeup was iifelike. AS Arnold Ty-
sen, the plotting lawyer. II. B. Adams
did some really t,ue acting. His stage
presence vas good and his makeup lent
IN :tnul.lonal force to his character.
II. z. Beckwith, as Albert Stormking,
the West Point cadet, made the most
of his part and it was one of the best
characters he ever assumed. Mr..
Beckwith made splendid appearance
r,;
OF the part his work is highly COM
mendable. Edgar Dix caught the
audience with his Interpretation of old
Jack Salt, the friend of the unknown" :"
and he certainly accomplished some of
the cleverest bit of acting we ever saw
the gentleman do. His makeup was
excellent. In the Irish character Ed.
Dundas was great surprise. 1t was
the first time he assayed anything in
that line and he was all that could be
desired. Ed. was irresistibly funny
and his makeup made him more 80,
while his scenes with Mrs. Dix made
the fun of the evening. Jay Dundas
scored an immense success as Jimmie,
the English thief. His best friend
could hardly recognize him through
his makeup aud his purely English
swagger and his ''lacerate me art"
took we'll. AS Bessie Merry bright, the
"Unknowns'' sister, Miss Emma Har-
ker was seen in different role than
she has heretofore assumed, and she
certainly did some very fine work. Miss
Harker is particularly gifted in this
respect and what she does is thorough
ly done. She has a splendid stage
presence, easy, graceful and command
ing and the part she performed on this
occasion is among the best. Mrs. Jes-
sic Dix is always popular and her act
ing on this occasion was up to her
usual high standard. Miss Florence
Gregory, as Annette, looked very
sweet, and although the part was brief
she did very nicely.
The special scenery for the play,
painted by Mr.. Bass, made it all the
more realistic and the New York har-
Dor scene was we'll arranged. In fact
verything passed off smoothly enough
to give a finished performance. The
play was put on for the benefit of the
Episcopal church and they realized
good sum for their share of the profits.
During the evening Carl Hover pre-
sided at the piano and entertained the
audience with some choice selections.
At the close of the performance Rev.
Mr.. Durant invited the entire company
to banquet at the restaurant of Lock-
hart & Lindsay and the success of the
evening was discussed over the dainty
viands.