The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-09
ADJUSTMENTS
MetropolItan-"The college Widow

WetropoHtah-'''l ne college WldoW.'
."The College Widow" added Minneap-
oils to her list Of conquests last night.
The city was attacked stealthily by Mr..
Savage's players, and fell without the
slightest resistance. In fact, it rather en-
joyed the fall.
The Widow" is more Adesque even
than the County Chairman and the note
OF satirical humor is more subtle, yet no
less delicious. 1t Is something of bur-
lesque upon life in the small college, but
1t goes nearer to the heart Of the college
man than does 'Strongheart." There are
touches which make the 1875, 'S2's and
'91's howl with sheer delight and it will
not be strange If some enthusiastic seat
holder does not forget himself before the
week ends and break forth in the eva
hoo-hoo' of his alma mater.
AS usual with the Savage productions,
the play is staged with great care. as to
the details, and the company is wonder
fully balanced. The play is original, save
the touches which AIDE has borrowed
from "The White Horse Tavern" in the
character OF the college professor and the
drawing of the color line'' by the sun
burned athletic girl in decolette, strongly
suggestive Of the vaudeville act Of Artie
Hall.
The play has a plot so simple and SO
easily worked out by the artists that it
is in no way wearisome in its intricacy
The story Of "The College Widow" begins
with the opening Of the Atwater college,
Presbyterian institution, with a great
longing to lick Bingham, a Baptist foot
pail institution, In the Thanksgiving Day
game The star halfback Of a Minnesota
,, team comes, as his father remarks,
after four years course as a, freshman,
out Of the tall weeds" He is on his way
to Bingham, ana thru the Vaccinations
| of the widow, is ensnared for the Atwater
| team, and plays in the great game, MAX
ing the inevitable 105- yard run for a touch
down in the last three minutes of play.
The father. 'supposing his son is playing
on the Bingham team backs that squad
for a thousand and the sons proves
/ costs the sire the wager. ~" - g. !
! I. When the awakening comes the widow
discovers that at last she has met the
! conqueror, and she capitulates, heart and
hand, to the victor. Miss Tenant, as the
| widow, leaves nothing to desire in the
way of the finished artist. She exempli-
fies In pleasing style the way of maid
with man, and the development of the
little freshwater college romance is han.
| died with reserved delicacy Natura
charm Of face and figure has aided Miss
Tenant in her work. Close to the stat
| follows Adeline Dunlap, the athletic girl
|
/ water afterward. She has all Of the bois
| ferrous good fellowship of the athletic
| girl without transgressing anywhere neal
| the ;indiscreet, and is finally won by
| junior who proposes on the strength O.
winning $40 on the big game.
Billy Bolton, the halfback, does not cal
| for all Of the best of Frederick Truesdell
altho it must be a difficult task for al
actor Of his ability to portray the char
acter Of a somewhat thick headed, blu
strong line-bucking collegian. It woul,
require space far beyond the limitation
to do Justice to the Individual characters
The football team, ranging from the light
weight quarter, to the iron-puddler cen
ter, imported for the OCCASION is good
! The freshman evolving from the Jasper
from Squantumville, to the sororit,
scamp, and his straight Laced dad, VIII,
found harpoons lurking I'm those Mar
TIM things are telling touches. The re
formed pugilist-trainer, the chaperone
the tutor, the "prexy,'' the town marshal
the prominent waitress, in fact everybod,
had something to do and the tasks ar
performed in a style to put the seat
holders into the seventh heaven of mirth
It is too good a show and too we'll don
to attempt specialization
| The play struck a responsive chord Il
the Minneapolis audience. When the thir
act came, showing the grandstand wit
the rooters on their feet with the ole
familiar ''hold 'eIn" sounding, ever
minds eye in the house was watching
Dan Smith tear up the, Michigan line i
the big game of '03, or watching "Ba
Bill'' Ittner pillow thru Wisconsin's stall
warts for Minnesota's first touchdown las
fall. The audience was football crazy 1
five minutes, and at the end of the &C
demanded no less than seven curtai
calls. The actors probably realized tina
they were in the football hotbed Of tn
United States. In passing it was also
commentary upon the position which tn
much abused game holds in the hearts {
the people, something for the gopher fac
ulty to ponder over before they follow tn
conference foolishness.
1.-THE plays the thing" and in 18th
College Widow" AIDE has struck a popu
lar chord, which will sound and echo fc
| a long time to come It makes me
younger for night and any playwright
!, who can do that has achieved marke
: success. -O'Loughlin.