The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-24
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METROPOLITAN The College Widow"
"The College Widow is with us again,
and promises to- retain her hold upon the
class of 'A6'gs just as we'll as she did
"'05. She has lost none of her spright-
l1ness and eternal youth since the last
| appearance in Minneapolis and was
greeted by a large audience. ~
George AIDE was, too clever to write a
play in ''The College Widow He SIM
ply lifted, 1t seems, the football season
out of freshwater college and presents
| 1t with all of its mirth- provoking procliv-
tiles, without eliminating single feature
| of the life to be found in any Of the less
er coeducational institutions Of the land,
The r1valries of Atwater and Bingham
are even now under way all over the
country where rival schools of differing
| creeds chance to be near each other
1t is production in which one who has
anything of youth left in his veins for
gets the stage settings. They appear to
come In as a matter of course The seat
holder is just as DESTROYS that Billy Boil
ton OF Minnesota" should stay at Atwater
to help trounce Bingham as is the college
wldoW and the alumni coach. The mild
protest of the educators against athletic
madness, the game and the roofing, all
get upon the seatholder in a telling style
1t is triumph of playwright and plav.
ers. The soil Of Minneapolis is particular-
~ well titled for the production of the eff
1ects desired. It Is one of the greatest
| Iootpall towns Of the country, and the
plouuctlon is pitched in key to strike
a responsive chord. 1t strikes hard.
| IN this weeks presentation Mr.. Saw
age has given attention to all Of the de-
tails which marked the first appearances
OF the play in Minneapolis. The COM
pany Is just as capable and shows none
OF the indifference or tendency toward
ieaolng OF lines" sometimes demon-
| strated In a second season. The antics
oI the freshles and sophs are just as real
as before
10 delVe into a detailed mention of the
| "ork or the players without naming one
ana all Is almost an injustice. Louise Rut-
Ter the widow, could captivate any half
oack with a sufficient amount of red
oAooo IN his veins to make that position
upon a team. Robert Kelley is a digni-
ned Billy Bolton. Thoroly diyerting are
the activities Of George G. Odeu as Mat
~ McGowan; Alan Brooks as Sport
TICKS and Frank Wunderlee as "Silent
Mufpnv' the man who would make Heff
inser LOOK like an infant This is a
ms take OF the dramatist which Mr.. wun
derlee could correct in his own mind hy
|
at the mighty "Pudge," still in Condition
TO rip up line on two minutes notice
linen comes Otis Turner, the town mar
shai or many city, who has been tiec
up TO trees all over the continent, while
1renzled sophs danced about him.
donald Meek, as Stub" Talmadge. the
undergraduate of trouble and activity
IS another clever bit Of work.
Misses Rutter, Toner, Allison and Dale
forming the coeducational faction, do az.
cement work, especial mention being due
70 MISS Rutter and Miss Toner in the
respective roles of the widow and The
atnietlc girl. They are all good and
fatty Allison, the prominent waitress
VINO mas Laughed at these college come.
olans until she hasn't smile left in he,
system, is just as bright as ever.
line play is a satire, but a gentle ono
! 90 gentle in fact is the satire and so wei
concealed that the seatholder does, mo-
remember 1t until the next day. The nro.
auction Is going to live as long as ther<
are college men who care to spend az
, evening in reviving memories. There i,
not enough Of satire to hurt anyone Ther'
is a world of fun for EVERYONE