Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-07

each of the participants but word
must be said because of the general ex-
cellence of the whole company of play
ers Herman Boelter made an excel
lent MIR. Roberts by his portrayal of
that husbands subsection to his wife 5
anxiety.
| Edwin Sipes acted the urbane and
witty DR.. Lawton with much cleverness.
while Robert Miller by his impetuous
and excited manner made Mr.. Curwen
a very real individual. The brother of
Mrs Roberts, a bashful man of few
words but with practical head was
capitally exemplified by Arthur Speer;
while Mr.. Miller, a man of many words
and a cool head, was equally we'll por
trayed by Perry Wilson. George Silver
thorn made splendid bashful lovtf,
under the restriction placed upon him
by his histrionic coach.
AS the class ran short of boys for the
play, Mark Scholfield was chosen from
the Freshmen as the most likely to make
good elevator boy and he fully demon
strated the wisdom of that choice by his
realistic Interpretation of that boys
predicaments.
The girls all made charming society
ladies and carried their parts with dig
nifty and confidence. Certainly it
would be difficult to see how the work
of some of them could have been i'm
proved. Maud Parcher ran the
whole scale of emotion with fin
ish and the proper expression of
| feeling, showing herself quite an
actor; Sadie LaDu, as the friend of Mrs.
Roberts, in her extremity, carried her
part with excellent understanding of
what the part involved, while Laura
Hoene made delightfully."- sweet Mrs
Bemis. Bessie Vaughan was great
favorite with the audience partially on
account of the successful way in which
she initiated the Southern drawl. Fran
ces Albers took the difficult part of the
hysterical Mrs. Miller very well, even
to the fainting scene a part often
| spoiled by amateurs; and certainly no
one could have made a better Miss Law
ton, timid, modest and retiring than did
Gwendolin Bugbee.
The class as whole is to be compli-
mented upon having presented play
of such literary and hlstrionic excel
| lence.
The weather the second evening ap-
peared little threatening but the in
terest of the audience during the first
evening had been so keenly stimulated
that the weather kept but few away,
and the auditorium was filled again
| After the piano solo by Miss Imogene
Harger was rendered and of which
special mention has already been made
another innovation in commencement
exercises was made by the reading of
an original story, ''The Hermit's Flow
er," by Miss Rubee Wilson. Miss Viii
son is versatile and shows talent in
many fields of artistic and literary en-
deavor, and certainly when she finds
| the one field best suited to her tastes
and confines her energies to that she
will be heard from. We can give but a
brief outline of her story
This little story is tale of Western
| life. The plot centers about a certain
primrose growing in the Rockies.
| The story opens with description of
sunrise upon the mountains. Two men
are seen looking around them, the one
botanist, the other a guide. The
botanist is impatient at not, having
| found the flower for which he is search
ing The guide in his slow draw tries
to sympathze with him, and is at last
reminded of an old man, who lives in a
secluded place on the mountain and
who, in his own way, is also natural
scientist, and knows every flower and
insect in the region. Together they 90
to his home and are cordially welcomed
The three then make their way under
the hermit's leadership to wild, rocky
cliff which is clearly impossible.
Springing up out Of crevices IN the walls
of rock, appear clusters of snow white
blossoms, so delicate as to be almost
ethereal
The three men stand with heads
barred gazing at their marvellous beauty
aud purity They give up the quest,
however, for were the path accessible,
they do not wish to be the ones to dis
turb so exquisite a picture.
The old man then tells story how,
when he was young man, his little
/ girl, child of three years, had been
stolen by the Indians and given up for
lost. During the long years of fruitless
search, his wife had passed away, leav-
inc him alone. At last he accidentally
| ,f If yhft ha
to be his long lost daughter. He and
his friends rescued her and had almost
reached home when they were attacked
by these same Indians who pursued as
soon as they discovered their loss. His
friends were both killed and too, his
daughter, whom he had almost regained,
he himself was stabbed twice, bot faint
ed and was passed by as dead. When he
came to and beheld the horrible sight
he prayed that he might die, too. A,
he knelt there he glanced down and
saw lone white flower bravely lifting
its face from out a crevice of bare rock
1t gave him hope and he resolved MOI
to die From that time he had lived
alone in the solitude of the mountain:
near the scene of the fatal disaster.
As he stands there, living over again
the scenes of the past, the two Other
. men quietly leave. lUtJ luIu DdCh ~
look and see him still lost in reveries O
bygone days, and in the back grounC
the lovely flowers wave in the fresf
morning breeze.
A third innovation came when Mis-
Margaret MeCrossen appeared on th'
stage and gave defamation, Mari
Twains ''The Mourning Veil" Mis-
MeCrossen has a great deal of ability
as a speaker and rendered this exactins
but exceedingly humorous selection
capitally. 1t proved to be very en-
jeyable part of the program.
A more solid subject followed, ''Th'
Panama Canal" which was given b.
Leauder Ringle Mr.. Ringle, too, TX
! lthe other speakers, has a good voie'
and presence and knew his subiec
thoroughly.
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