New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-18
At the Theatre.

The fame of that ideal play, miss
Petticoats, has spread abroad over
the country and everywhere theatre
goers are anxiously awaiting its ap-
pearance. It will be given atthe Tur-
ner Theatre in this city next Sunday
evening by one of the best companies
in the country and with all the embel-
lishments of elaborate scenery and ar
tistic costumes especially designed
with regard to detail. |
Crowded houses have everywhere
greeted this organization with enthu-
siasm, not only because Of the excel !
lence of the cast and the beauty Of the
settings, but likewise because of the
freshness and originality of the play
itself. A quaint seaport town, once
the scene of a great whaling industry,
lis the attractive locality of the first
act, and here, in the odd, fantastic
lbin of disabled old whaler, we first
meet Agatha Renter, the heroine, who
is affectionately called "Miss Petit
coats by her genial old grandfather,
Capt. Stewart. Here she lives, sur
rounded by the loving care of her
grandfather and his old sea cronies,
until she is taken up by an eccentric
rich lady of the town and introduced
to the 'ssmart set'' of New Bedford.
Then her troubles begin, for the sweet,
generous-hearted girl, full Of the JOY
Gus free life Of a true American girl,
excites the envy and jealousy of,other
women and between them and the viii
lain of the story she is only saved
from great disasterby fleeing to Paris,
where she subsequently, comes into
fame and fortune as the Countess For
nay. All ends happily and in the clos
ing acts 'sMiss Petticoats" is intro
duced to her old friends the same pure
good-hearted creature that she was as
a girl.
An original and extremely droll
vein of wit runs through the play like
a sparkling chain upon which are
strung the odd and wise satires of such
peculiar and curious types Of people
as are found only among those who
! ''go down to the sea in ships
New Ulm theatregoers are sure to
find it cleverly constructed work
throughout.
s'The County Chairman" at the
Turner Theatre Thursday evening did
not receive the patronage it deserved,
a number Of other attractions, in
Guiding the ratification at ST. Peter,
interfering It was fine show, with
every part we'll taken, particularly
those of the county chairman, the
Judge and Sassafras, the colored
politician.
Chicago has discovered that w alker
Whiteside, the New Vim favorite, is a
: great actor. The discovery was made
through the agency of 1.-THE Melting
Pot, a great dramatic preachment by
Israel zangwill. Whiteside plays the
role of a young Russian Jew who has
come to America, musician, and who
finds that here is the great melting POI
of the nations in which God is fash.
Joining new nationality, by the fusion
Of many old ones. The young arts
finds himself called to share in this
Il nation building, and he rises grand,
to the opportunity.
zangwill's play is described by ont
critic as ian impassioned polemic
preaching the democracy Of all man
kind, crying out the prophecy o
Americas destiny as the international
crucible in which will be fused tn,
great races of the world: holding up fol
the pity and indignation of the peopl'
the tragic story of the Jew from Egyp
& to Kisheney.'
But what has struck Chicago mos
forcibly is the genius Of Whiteside
condemned for many years to the one
\ night-stand circuit, and now suddenl.
coming into his own. This discover,
was made a year ago by Liebler {
Co., who decided to bring Whitesid
out, just as W. A. Brady brought on
Robert Mantell and gave him his op
portunity. Only Whiteside is NOR
valuable discovery, because he ca
play the plays of today, OF 1.-THE her
and now,' while Mantell raised i
classicism, will die there. Whitesid
has had the tremendous advantage G
Shaksperean training, but has ha
the intelligence to make it only afour
dation and not the whole structure
Now that Chicago has discovered hin
There is hope that New York, too, wi
wake up in due time.