The daily sentinel., 1907-05-22

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Ia evening thirteen members OF o
Ia the Grand Junction high q
x school graduating class OF Q
,l6 1907 presented their class O
Ia play in a manner that was at Q
Ia once creditable and delight q
Ia full. Each year for number q
ia OF years play has been pre- q
ia sented as one of the features @
la of the commencement exer- q
| 4 cises of the local high school q
Ia and this year, as on previous q
* years, the Interest in the @
Ia home talent production was q
very intense. The demand o
1 a for tickets was great and o
Ia many people were unable to o
II q to secure seats for the per- O
a formance. O
The play selected by the class was
a four-act comedy drama, entitled,
"The Artist and the Lady" 1t bor-
ders at times on the melo-dramatic
but there is rich sprinkllng of clean
1 comedy and numerous pretty situa-
tions, and on the whole the play is
refreshing and is interesting and
gives ample opportunity for a dis
u play of talent and histronic ability
on the part of any company, be II
amateur or professional, that essays
to present the various characters. At
the same time THE Artist and The
Lady" is not a piece that is decidedly
easy 70 present, in fact it is way
above the average of the productions
usually attempted by amateurs. Good
work must be done in the majority
of the roles or the performance would
1 fall very very fiat indeed. There is
great diversity of characters, which
prevents the stage story unfolded
from getting monotonous. at any time
The performance was smooth. we'll
balanced and lively, The young peo-
pie had undoubtedly given the play
I their most earnest attention and as
result they succeeded admirably
in their work last night. There was
not serious hitch or bad bobble dur
Ing the entire course of the enter
tainment. "The Artist and the Lady
was well presented and the audience
was enthusiastic in It's approval.
The roles were well distributed
each character being handled by some
member of the class, qualified to
give an excellent, and as nearly ideal
as possible. Interpretation OF the role.
The class of 1907 certainly pos
sesses some very marked histronic
ability.
The story of the play hinges on the
determination of a young Southern
girl left an orphan, to control her
own property in spite OF the machin-
ations of her yillianous guardian. Wis
itlng little tavern around which a
band of rovers are camped the young
girl announces her intention of mar.
rying. who she don't care, simply to
established her right to her property
as married woman. Following a
series of cunning scenes the young
lady is married at the tavern to an
artist who is also n soldier of for
tune. She makes him promise never
to seek her again and leaves. This
artist is acquainted with the band oi
I nomads, consisting of an old drunken
tinker. his wife, Nance and theiI
pretty daughter Ginger. There is
a mystery regarding the parentage oi
the young artist and Ginger which
mystery sould be unfolded by the
old tinker's wife The story is car
ried on for some time up to scene
at the plantation home of the South.
ern helress. A horse race is about tc
be run with the daring southern CIR
as one of the riders. Her guardian
desiring to get her out of the wa,
so as to secure her property, employ,
4 the old tinker who happens to bt
wandering In the neighborhood tC
( shoot at the girls horse and cause the
animal to leap over preciplce. The
+ plot is carried out but the young art
ist who has wandered in foreigr
4 lands since his rash marriage han
pens on to the scene Just in time L
\ save the girl, his wife. Then follow,
a situations including further plots b!
\ the villainous guardian, trouble be
A tween the tinker and his wife, a fina
i uniting of the artist and his younl
4 wife and the unfolding of the secre
of the birth of the artist and Gin
& ger" who proves to be his sister. TIL,
4 tinker. his wife, an old Confederat,
Il veteran and several other character
Il furnish the comedy lines.
II As lmogene Courtleigh the wilfu
Il Southern girl, Miss Mabelle Carpen
ter. was charming. She awakened tn
highest admiration of the audience
= The young lady certainly possesse
n much natural talent and her worl
E was clever and ideal all the wa
a through She was at her ease at al
X times. Her voice was pleasingly
= modulated and her movements grace
4 full and winsome. She fitted the par
superbly. Her Interpretation of tn
& naughty yet loving Southern mis-
was most commendable.
u Richie Budelier took the part O
. ''SA ~ ' NAAtls Allt uIllhl. Inc NOun
gentleman made a very commenda
4 BILE showing in his impersonation O
u this character which is by no mean
an easy one. His powerful physiau
attractive voice and altogether hand
some appearance made the characte
one of true strength and pleased tn
audience immensely. In the daint
love scene he was very good.
As Ginger" the gypsy waIf. Mis-
Anna Gourley was enchanting and a
& eXhilerating as n western breez,
4 Her costumes were beautiful and tyr
cal for the character. her dainty man
y nerisms made the character a CON
Dlete success Ginger" was one @
of the best members of the cast. Mis-
Gourley read the role splendidly.
She fitted the happy character TO
e dot.
n Tom Knowles has great big 10
of natural talent as a comedian an,
In his presentation of the grlmly com
Il ical character of Buck Tyson, tn
& gypsy tinker who loves liquor an
4 knew nothing OF honesty, he wa
simply great. He had the part dow