The Minneapolis journal., 1904-05-27
Opens on Olympus.

in heaven, garden of Jupiter, Mt.
Olympus. After, time Professor
Heayenworth" Of the University of
Minnesota is ushered uniquely in
among the gods. The festivities are
interrupted by a trumpet blast, there
satyrs bring in a whole observatory.
Mercury steps up, opens the door, and
out steps the professor q. - @.r r.
a telescope Is discovered and under
Professor Heavenworth's direction
Jupiter and his companions look thru
the instrument, discovering the Uni
versity Of Minnesota and espy Signal
strathern Rogers, the football hero,
strolling on the river bank with
Phlll1s Ransome, the girl to whom he
IS devoted. discussion arises as to
now constant Rogers affections are
and wager of Venus "apple Of dis
cord is made between the gods and
goddesses, the ladies contending that
Rogers, once brought into their COM
pany, will forget his Phyllis and the
men taking the opposite view. Mer-
curry is dispatched to fetch the foot
ball light, and the immortals take
automobiles for, party in hades.'
!. The Plot T1iickens.
The second act is at the University
of Minnesota. Rogers and Miss Ran
!. Rogers rival for the lady's affections.
~. p: jenkins, "gets into the ganle.''
Jenkins is an engineer and candidate
against Rogers for the presidency of
the senior class The election takes
place and Phyllis catches jenkins at
the engineers "time-honored stunt"
Of stuffing the ballot. box. Rogers is
victorious. In this act, which is late
In the morning Of the day Of the great
Minnesota-Michigan football game,
one Of the features is a chapel scene
in which there is rousing football
mass meeting. The act ends with
Rogers falling asleep while waiting
for Phyllis. Mercury enters and
descends with his charge as the cur
tain falls.
The last act opens with a group of
famous men and women, gods and
goddesses, congregated in hades.
Rogers is brought in and everything
is done by the women to win his love.
The gods, fearing they will lose their
bets, send Mercury, post haste, to
fetch Phyllis Ransome, who arrives In
time to win for the men, who find at
Hast that 10, the COW, has eaten the
apple.
The telegraph instrument ticks of
the result of the football game: to G.
and as crowd rushes on the stage
Mercury exclaims: Just look at the
mob! : All Minnesota is coming down
here to celebrate the game
The Full Cast.
The title page of the book, disc1os
ing the nature and personnel Of the
cast, is as follows:
t'The Apple Of Dlscord."
n Time-Oct. 81, 1908: Prolog, early morn
ing; interlude, continuation of the same
morning; epilog, afternoon of the same
day.
garden of Jupiter, Mount Olympus; in
terlude, earth, chapel of the Universt,
Of Minnesota; epilog, hades, salon o
sCleopatra.
Gods-Jupiter. Ernest Price; Apollo
Leroy Arnold; Minerva, Blanche Higgen
botham; Hebe, Helen A1drich; Juno
Ruth Leonard; Venus, Marjorie Cole
Collins.
Faculty Members-Professor Heaven
worth William McManigal; Herr Schlitz
James Kranz; Dean Jones, Albert Welles
Professor McDuffer. George Stone; Nine
Button, Marian Bo1in-
: Mortals- Signal Strathern Rogers Nose
strathern; F. Usser, VIII Hale; ]. Oh
/ Her, Clarence Goodse11; Phyllis Ransom
Alice Bean; Fay Tigue, Amy Cook; Ma
Bee, Caroline Salisbury; Mr. skinnel
Clarence Drake; Lack Jane, Richard Col
Inns; G.. Rind, Isaac Choate; U. P. Jen
kins, Joseph ,sThompson; Miss Skylarl
A Ruth Rosholt; junior president. Fran
Fernald; Engie Near, Lucas Kells: frs
j newsboy, Archibald Gibbons; second news
Z boy, Courtney Glass; medic, Earl Looms
Mr. Redding, Clifford Pierce; Mr. B1uini
T.. veldey; Mr.. Browning, Cecil Warner
Sid. Carl Void: Mr.. Bertrose, II. T. s,
dow; Mr. Uphill, Truman Rickard
Inhabitants of Hades-Mark Anton
Cyrus Barnum; Cleopatra, Leora Eastol
Sir Walter Raleigh Joseph Thompso
Queen Elizabeth, Lillian Garrow; Gibse