The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-17
AMUsEr .NTs
MetropoIltan-'Mrs Wigs OF the Cab
bage Patch"

MISUNDERSTANDING Wigs Of the Cab
bage Patch"
It is the intense human interest in
Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch" that
holds attention and sgrips the sympathy.
Everybody has known Mrs. Wigs, for
In every village and neighborhood there is
a brave woman whose big heart has only
been mellowed by misfortune and whose.
shoulders are broad enough to bear the
burdens Of all who are in trouble. It is
a character that all can understand, for
1t is built of staunch wholesomeness,
common sense and a great love of every
thing that lives.
Mrs. Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch" is
not so much play as a series of Incl
dents which introduce the quaint char
acters that made Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice's
stories famous, and 1t is one Of the few
instances in which dramatization has not
spoiled book.
Mrs. Madge Carr, Cook gives life to
Mrs. Wigs, whose homely philosophy
sweetens the Cabbage Patch. 1t is not
Surprising that the Patch throws its sor-
rows on Mrs. Wigs, for her strength is
felt from the moment she enters to iron
sAsia's braids and make arrangements
for the wedding Of Mis- Hazy and Mr..
Stubbins, until she takes her erring hus-
band back to her home and heart. De-
serted by Mr.. Wigs and left to raise a
geographical family with nothing to
raise them on, Mrs. Wigs courage and
good nature never falters. She enters with
a whole heart into the joys as well as the
sorrows of her neighbors, and her sense
of humor is keen and kindly. It is her
effort to bring some sunshine into the
| dreary life Of Mis- Hay that produces
Mr.. Stubbins thru the agency of mat
rimonial bureau. Mis- Hay is splendidly
| fmpersonated by Miss Helen Lowell
| Never for a moment does Miss Lowell
cease to be the gloomy pessina1st, the
| woman. without backbone who twas
sicked into matrimony'' by Mrs. Wigs
and who has not the spirit to resent the
disappearance of Mr.. Stubbins, who il
sent away in freight car by Mrs Wigs
! when he proves unsatisfactory. Even the
presentation of an unpaid bill, "One wife
one dollar by the marriage broker fail:
| to produce anything but a whine
Charles Carter is admirable as Mr.. Stub
bins, the "haro" .looking for a good cool
| and a home thru the agency of the bu
reau, and driven desperate when he find!
his bride has deceived him in the mat
ter of pies. The influence of Mrs. Wigs
unselfshness causes him to forget him
self and offer to share with the sheriff
the arrears of his pension If Lovey Mar!
makes a charming Lovey Mary, hal
child, half woman, whose love for the lit
tie orphan Tommy caused her to stea
4 away with him from the asylum, an
whose good fortune led her to Mrs Wigs
: who took her in because lit is cas-
enough to divide things when you haven
anything to divide" Miss Nora Shelb
has the part Of Miss Lucy, and Thursto,
Hall of Mr.. Bob, whose happiness bios
SONS under the sunshine Of Mrs. Wigs
common sense. Oscar Eagle is the errinl
Mr.. Wigs, who returns after an alb
sence of many years. Miss Helen Ray
mond as cross Mrs. Eichorn, and Mis-
Anna Field, as the very stout Mrs
, Schultz, with their husbands, aid in Civ
ing the proper local color, and there ar
a lot of children, the geographical Wigs
es, Chris, Hay, Billy Wigs, Tommy an
| all the Schultzes and Eichorns, VIII
cleverly add realism to many homely in
: cidents. Frances R. Sterrett.