The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-04
THE LIBRARY BENEFIT.
A Splendid Audience at the Ooera
Hall Last Njoht.

such an attendance as filled the an.
ditorium at , Opera hall last night
BY the volunteer performers as we'll
as the old general and eminent actor
John Mcguire, the magnificent audi
ence was looked upon as an unex-
pected compliment.
Inc first part of the entertainment
was principally musical. but from the
overture to the concluding song the
numbers We're eagerly heard and IA
mously applauded. number of en-
cores being given.
Part two. the comedy of "a Cen
tleman from Ireland" was very fun
ny, the situations. while embarrrass
ing in the extreme. were ingenious
ly adjusted by the ready Irish wit of
O'Callaghan, Mr. Mcguire.
The first act opens with the lovers
an" young widow on their way to
the village, the latter goes TO make
her purchases while the young peo-
pie promenade. The young man.
Charles Rivers. declaring he will not
leave for school that night and be
parted from his sweetheart until their
engagement has been settled. He
affects an illness. as his aunt, the
widow, returns and in great alarm
they hasten homeward.
Felix O'Callaghan. one time
wealthy and aristocratic freshman.
having become very dissipated and
spent his entire fortune and being
competed to earn his living responds
to an ad which he sees in country
paper tor a school teacher. The lit.
tie village is but fifty miles from
London, and one of his fellow travel
ers, a DR.. Banks, is bound for the
same place, hoping to effect a recon
Citation between himself and his
lamlly after quarrel which occur
ieu some ten years previous. The
thought comes to him that perhaps
the good natured Irishman, whom he
sees TO be in need OF money, may be
or some assistance and he therefore
AAS~AN~S go appointment Win MN
handing him his card. Mr.. O'Calla-
CHAN finds the position which he
came for is taken, and with only one
sovereign. starvation stares him in
the face. At this time, Betty the
maid, in a mad search for physi-
clan to attend her young master, Mr.
Rivers, comes upon Mr.. O'Callaghan
VINO offers his services and passes
himself off as Dr.. Banks. He is
taken to his patient and after pre-
scribing very rugged treatment and
writing a prescription to be put UP
by the apothecary, the father of the
young man is dispatched and then
confessions from Charles Rivers that
he is not i'll and from Mr.. O'Calla-
CHAN that he is not a physician are
heard. This scene was indeed a
clever one
They agree upon plan and he is
patient who falls asleep. Mrs. Mon
tague comes in to find her nephew
resting quietly and when introduced
to the man whose wonderful power
has been displayed, she shrieks and
falls into a chair, recognizing for
mer lover whom she supposed was
dead His ready tongue convinces
those around that it is an illness, in
fact an epidemic, and sends old Mr..
Rivers for water. By the time he re-
thinks the physician has performed
thins the physician has performed
another cure. From this time on
complications arise and at every turn
new dilemma presents itself but
no web is too complicated but what
the clever Irish comedian can pull
himself out. He finds himself the
father of a family and is equal to the
emergency, never allowing an oppor-
tunity to escape to steal kiss from
the beautiful young girl who thinks
he is her respected and long es-
tranged parent.
in the meanwhile Mr.. O'Callaghan
has made overtures to Mrs. MOnta-
que and compels her to believe that
it was she who brought him there
and during the affectionate interview
which he has with Julia, the daugh-
ter Of his fellow traveller, and she
who thinks this is her father, Mrs.
Montague enters and denounces him
monster to practice such deceit.
The real DR.. Banks arrives, then
comes his wife, a reconciliation is
affected, Charles and Julia receive
their parents consent to their en-
gagement and O'Callaghan changes
the widows estate.
The cast was as follows with Mr..
Mcguire in the leading role:
Felix O'Callaghan (of Kilmorney
Abbey ........... John Mcguire
Mr. Rivers CA country gentlemaD
....... Mr. Samuel L. Wallace
Charles Rivers (his SOM
............... Mr.. James Swaney