The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-08
THE HEIR TO THE HOORAH.

Ac Hell " lue l1OOFdH Will ne
given its first local presentation at
the Metropolitan Friday, May II. The
new piece is announced as an Ameri-
can comedy in four acts. by Paul Arm
strong, clever young newspaper man
who had previously written fairly
good farce called THE Superstitions
of Sue" and a better melodrama which
found some favor in the West under
the Hoorah", however, is neither farce
nor melodrama. though it combines
some of the qualities of each as they
are understood in American dramatic
nomenclature. 1t is a Western play
and all four acts take place in interior
scenes. The hero of the piece is Loe
Lacy, 4 miner and TYPICAL rough dia-
mond, one of a trio of chums who have
seen hard days in their quest for gold
and who have finally been enriched
by the Hoorah mine. Joe comes East,
marries, a society girl with a Mama,
takes them both back West in a private
car. and realizes after little that the
comic papers are not SO very far wrong
in their descriptions of the much be-
rated mother-in-law.
Joe has done handsome thing by
the girl when he married her and Mrs.
Joe, being we'll established in this
world. goods through her marriage
settlements. the mother-in-law takes
Joe in hand and sets about nagging
him into separation from his wife.
His crudities of manner and of speech
afford the old lady abundant material
for her purpose and before long it is
a case of '.Betsey and ! are out"
After Joe and his wife have parted,
an heir to the Hoorah mine is born
and through the baby eventually, of
course. the couple are brought to-
gether again. There are two sub
Sifiary love stories which furnish
amusement along high comedy and low
comedy lines. One is an affair be-
tween Van Ressalaer Kelly, Harvard
man who has gone broke" and who
seeks to better his fortunes as fore
man in the Hoorah mine and Mrs. Kate
Brandon, IL breezy Western widow.
who, as the owner of the katydid Mine,
has all sorts OF money and a DISPOSE
tion to share it with Kelly. The other
little love story has to do with Bud
Young, a crude Westerner, partner of
Joe Lacy in the Hoorah who has been
strung" along by Joe and Dave Lacey
about a certain maiden aunt, Madge
Casey, until as he says. before he sees
Madge, that whenever he has a night
mare the maiden aunt is it." When
however, Miss Casey, syelte, youth
full and beautiful arrives fresh from
Vassar, things are different, and she
completes her revenge for the un-
fortunate Buds misjudgement by
eventually marrying him.
There is a quaint trio of typically
Western men, miners, and cowboys
which adds much to the humor of the
story. Desiring to present the Heir
with a suitable birth-gift, the men,
bers OF the trio ask advice as to the
proper thing, and when told that a
mug or spoon would be the convention
al gift. express themselves with much
disdain.
What! mug or a spoon for Joe's
KID demands Bill FERGUSON. Hell!
give him mine" Nav, give him a
RANCH" interpolates Gus Ferris, who
wears spurs with his new evening
clothes.
A British butler of much self-im-
portance, is properly put in his place
by Il truculent little japanese valet.
who is master of Jiu Jitsu, and the
proud uncle of the Heir to the Hoorah
y
of the married people in the audience
by telegraphing an order for six
thoroughbred cows-one for each day
in the week except Sunday, when he
gathers that the heir apparent is like
ly to be bottle baby. The late Mr..
La Shelle according to New York
opinion, exercised more than his usual
accurate taste and judgement in cast
ing the anew comedy. He took Guy
Bates Post who will he remembered
for his exquisite bit OF work as Steve
in 1.-The Virginian" from that company,
to create the leading role of Joe Lacy,
and took Miss Jane Peyton, last seen
here as Harriet Fordyce from the earl
of Pawtucket", company to interpret
the breezy western widow, Kate Bran
don. Other important members of
the company are. Wilfred Lucas, Colin
Campbell, Brinsley Shaw, Cassius Quin-
by, Ben Higgins, Louise Rutter, Harry
Rich, r. Tanamoto, Frances Coventry,
George Barr, Frank Monroe, Maud
Slower and Charles M. Seay.