The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-30
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they were as hardy as Indians and
their muscles burst the sleeves OF their
Jackets l recognize my boys little
deficiencies, but | am making the best
of the great disappointment of my life.
The Marchioness of Castlejordan never
permits herself or anyone else to refer
to her daughters as other than boys, or
their lordShips. These girls wear
knickerbockers. except on very rare
occasions and most charming boys
they make. The oldest. Lady Noeltne
Belturbet. is known as Noel; the next
oldest, Lady Whilemina Belturbet, is
known as willie" while the young
est girl, Lady Thomasin Belturbet is
known as Tommy"
The scene of the first act is in 1.-The
Tangle," an oVergroWn corner OF over
cote park The. second act occurs at
the same place, and the last act takes
place at Overcote hall, a location two
hours railway journey from London.
The events Of the play all occur in a
single day in fine September. 1t is
discovered at the opening of the play
that the two younger daughters OF the
| marchiOness, having been allowed 10
attend large social affairs on an ad-
joining estate, met ana We're Sollie-
what smitten with Galfred, Earl Oh
TWeenWays. and Andre, Count de Grl-
the park and meet Whilemina ana
Thomasin Lady Noeline has been to
London on a visit to relative. anu.
while there. it seems she indulged III u
strong desire to surreptitiously depart
one evening from her hosts home in
male attire All of her early teaching
naturally led her to the belief that
such action on her part would not be
entirely out of place. While walking
London streets thus attired. she knocks
down ruffian who had inSulted 4
young girl After rising equal 20 this
occasion. however, her feminine nature
shows itself in the fact that she faints.
I Her face has attracted the attention
of one of the crowd, harrington. Vis-
count Utterly; he grabs the supposed
hero up and dashes from the crowd
to his lodgings Here, when Noeline
reViVes and discovers where she is,
she grabs up a cap Of Litterly's and
. dashes down the street. His curiosity
has been arOused-he watches the
house she enters, and afterwards fol-
lows her to Overcote park. The three
intruders and the three mannish dam
sells meet at The Tangle" on this day,
when the maTchiOness has been called
to London. Aside from their mannish
gGrb, these daughters Of the marchiOn-
ess are strictly proper in everything
they do.
Litterly finally obtains an interview
With NOeline, and she is about to
haughtily dismiss him from the grounds
when he tells her the story of his
rescuing boy in London who re-
sembled her very much. She grows
interested, but keenly suspicious. She
! viii have none of his association, yet
| longs to hear more. Finally, he agrees
to tell her providing she will tattoo on
his wrist letter similar to the one
she has tatoOed on her own Her
curiosity gets the better of her and she
consents. He insists that She tattoo
the letter IN" her initial. From that
moment on. one can readily see that
Utterly has touched the heart of Noe
line In the meantime, TWecnways and
De GriVal manage to win the affections
of Whilemina and ThomaSin, and all
are engag ged in quite lively dance as
the Mortified MarchioneSs and the Rev.
Roger Minchin return from town. The
whole party of merry-makers are dis
covered passing the time for its full
value. aided and, abetted by one of
the best bottles of wine from the cellar,
in the girls gymnasium. Litterly is
proved to he a nephew of the mar
ciiCness, and consequently q cousin of
the girl whose heart he has been try
ing to win. The marchiOness surreE-
ders her cause after this, and the girls
lttClut 10 lOIeNeI cast dSIuc lIlciI hIllSh-
erbCckerS and don the skirts and floun-
Ces OF the heretofore abhorred woman
kind The Amazons'' will be cast as
Galfred, Earl of Tweenways.. William Sampson
harrington. Viscount Utterly. -Robt Drouet
Andre. Count de Grival. John B. Maher
Rev. Roger Minohin ........... Charles Kent
Ftton, a gamekeeper William F. Owen
Iouatt, a servant ............. Arnold bailey
Orts. a poacher ............. James f. Wilson
Miriam, Marchioness of Castlejordan-
Eleanor Carey
Lady Noeline Belturbet. Mary Hampton
Lady Whilemlna Belturbet ..... Kate Blancke
Lady Thomasin Belturbet. Anne Blancke
Daughters Of the Marchioness.)
Sergeant" Shutter ......... Blanche johnson
THE Amazons." to be given on Monday,
Tuesday. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
evenings and Saturday matinee only. No per-
formances Thursday and Friday evenings.
James E. Wilson. who played the
leading role. that of Courtice Jaffrey
in "a Social Highwayman" at the met