Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-25
local NeWS.

will spend Christmas in the effete
east.
Frank Cochran has amputated his
whiskers; now what do you think OF
thata
Eleven cars of feed, lumber etc.
are being freighted from here to the
x ranch.
Bert Keating has returned from q
two weeks visit in Iowa, glad to get
back to the land of sunshine and
fair weather.
John D. Wehrle, Maggie Martin,
Will Shelley and Roscoe Gerow, all
of Meade, were over to the show
Saturday evening.
Well, December, 2oth came, and
evening came, and the crowd came,
and the members of the Plains Ora
matte Company made their first
acquaintance with Grease Paints,
Rouge de Theatre, Grenadine, Emil
Noir and etcetera. The spectators
were attentive and appreciative, and,
we believe, every one went home
feeling that he had gotten his mon
ey's worth. IA few remarks on them
dividual work of each actor may be
interesting to those who were so un-
fortunate as not to attend.
We had the villains part and did
the best we could; if either eggs OF
bouquets were thrown they went
wide of their mark. A stranger
would have presumed that Charles
Copple, as Larry Divine, had not
yet shaken from his shoes the dust
from the Emerald Isle, so we'll did
he impersonate the typical Hibern-
ian; his makeup was perfect and his
delivery first class. Hon. Bruce
Hunter found worthy exponent in
the person of Tom Tegarden, who,
in his mutton chops, presented COM
pletely the appearance of an intclli-
gent, dignifed man of the world.
Tom has an ideal voice for the stage,
|self-possession perfect, and he de-
livered his lines with the ease and
grace of born actor. Alfred Stub
blefeld, as Clarence Hunter, in
jaunty yachting suit appeared splen-
didly, and it is no wonder, that with
his good looks and acting, he capti-
waited the heart of "the rover of the
seas," Bess. Peter Paragraph, in
the person of Joe Wood was an up
to-date newspaper reporter, thor
oughly alive to the importance of
his paper getting the first news; val
liant alike in war, peace and love,
and the way he extricated himself
from the difficulties encountered by
making love to two women at the
same time was admirable. Joe is a
strong amateur and his acting was
appreciated by all. Adah Edwards,
in the character of Mother Carey
disguised as an old fortune teller,
was a great favorite. Her imper-
sonation of an old witch, in make
up, voice, and delivery was unques-
tionably splendid, and when she
threw off her disguise and appeared
as Mary Hunter, she could have
brought to repentance greater vii
lain than Dayid Murray. Myrtle
Ward. as Miss Minnie Daze, look
ed very bewitching in a dainty cos
tune of white and acted the part OF
a dreamy, romantic young lady, to
perfection; and the way she turned
down Paragraph in the first act
would have driven to dispair any
one with less fortitude than a news
paper man; while the readiness with
which she was caught when he "hsh-
en- with a new bait" should have
raised him to the Seventh Heaven.
Matte Guyer, as Bess Starbright,
"the bright Star of the Bay" was an
ideal representative of the jolly,
llight-hearted sailor girl, who thought
more of her supper than she did OF
Paragraphs proposal. A strong
part, well played is the verdict OF
all. Effie Elder, as Biddy Bean,
the rosy checked, Irish servant girl,
whose faith in Mother Carey's for
tune telling was rewarded, both
Hooked and played exceedingly well,
| in a most becoming costume, and
there were many in the audience
who conld have said with Larry,
'rake me to yes warm heart, for its
could OF am wild the hunger of love
that burns in my BOSOM"
| And Scud, if we had hundred
verbal bouquets left we would throw
them all to Steve Montgomery, who
played the part of Hunters colorec
! servant. His costume was swell, hi.
makeup perfect, and his acting ,su
Iperb. When it comes to doing
tstunts in the Ethiopian cast Steve i:
an A 1 and no discount.
But further comment is nnncces
sary; the Editor of the News wa.
present and we suppose he wiilroas