Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-08
Mrs. Wigs of the c.ss.ss Patch

A full house greeted sMrs. Wigs Of
the Cabbage Patch" at Chandler Music
hall last Thursday evening. and that lady
seemed TO be perfectly at ease and not
at ali put out by her large number OF
guests.
The stories from which the play was
taken have delighted many readers, but
to see the well-knowu characters living
and speaking before ones eyes gives a
realistic touch that the printed page can
not furnish. Mrs. Wigs in her humble
home looked the part to perfection, and
her optimistic disposition and wise and
charitable view of her fellow creatures
offered a valuable lesson to those who are
only happy when they are miserable.
Miss Helen Wcathersby's impersonation
Of the role was good, but her rapid enun-
citation combined with the Southern dia-
lect the part called for made the greater
part Of Mrs. Wigs philosophy as hope
lessly uninteldgible to the strainlng ears
of the audience as that of Confucius would
be in the original Chinese.
Mr.. Stubbins and his shrinking bride,
Miss Hazy, in their makeup and portrayal
Of their parts, left little to be desired.
Their "quiet home wedding was more
funny even than the usual society event Of
that nature, in which humorous possible
titles are generally lurking. Minnie
Milne made an enhancing bride Of some
thing under 90, blushing through q pair
Of a neighbor's best parlor curtains, and
Harry Buchanan played Mr.. stubbins to
the life.
Lovey Mary, the timid abductor Of an
orphanage baby, was unprecedented by
Parke Patton, and her escape from the
clutch of the law was effected by the able
legal arguments OF Mrs. Wigs and the
hustling out Of the sheriff by her loyal re-
tanners.
The children in the piece were real
children and made eli the noise they were
capable Of or could be expected Of them.
The ironing Of Europeans braids By Mrs
Wigs to ensure crimps for the wedding
was hoinely scene that has its counter
part in almost every little girls life.
Mrs. Schultz. the corpulent German
lady, and the crosspatch, Mrs. Eichorn,
were artistically disagreeable, as present.
ed by Myra G. Brooke and Marcia Harris.
An audience never loses the villain but it
requires . good actor to play the part. In
real life II is sometimes different.
The other characters were we'll sus-
tanned, especially that Of Chris Hazy, the
boy with the wooden leg, played by J..
Fred Holloway.
The entire absence OF street lights with
the moon and stars put out Of business
by thick clouds made getting home after
the play q farcical performances in which
everyone took part. It was literally i'm
possible to see your hand before you and
all sense Of direction was lost in the inn
penetrable gloom. BY blindly following
the concrete walks people in the village
succeeded finally in reaching their own
houses after trying their latch keys in
other doors along the way and making,
perhaps, one or two wrong turns. One
party, in hunting for their team hitched
in front Of L A. Jerd's market, walked
up to the Morton drug store before realiz-
ing their whereabouts and then, turning
back, went as far as the Scott block in
the other direction, without seeing either
time the waiting team they passed. Four
from Bethel drove to that town without
lantern, and good horse sense alone
took them to the right destination.