The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-06-25
PAVILION
Scene OF
PLEASURE
"The Flower of the Indian
Maize" Captivates Those
Who Were There.
The Acting and Scenery Dis
played Were Far Beyond
All Expectations.

Monday and Tuesday evening Fallon
people enjoyed the most beautiful and
spectacular performance ever seen here,
when several of the young folks of the
town presented the four-act comedy,
''The Flower of the Indian Maize.
1t was stated n the STANDARD last
week that the people would be agree
ably surprised at the scenery and stage
setting, which at that time was procur-
|, ed especially Tor this show, and to say
that they were both surprised and
pleased would be putting 1t mildly in
deed. The people We're simply enrap-
tured when the curtain rose Monday
night On that hrst act, the old Puritan
Aitchen scene, and great deal of credit
as due to Percy kinney Tor the labor
performed IN stag lng The play in that
sIyie and IN suen short time, and to
mrs. L. b. Coe, Mrs. Jud Allen and
MISS Myrtle hun, who helped 10 paint
the scenery.
With lew exceptions everything in
the play was historically correct, it be-
ing lad IN the tune our 1orelathers
came over IN the Mayhower and eked
vut a mlseraoie existence during the
nrst hard winters that followed, from
me tlil.ng oI the SOL, one or the prln-
cipal prouucts OF which was maise, or
.vrn. 1ney naturally had to be very
saving OF TINS erop curing the summer
.n uIuer that All ol 1ner people would
nave enough provisions 1or the winter,
and when ally une Was SO waste1ul as
W cut 1t III the summer they consid-
.red 1t nothing snort VI CRIME, pun
.snaple by llosglng. lne plot OF this
play is lad on lnc steaAng oI this corn.
"bnl, ba.ley, as ''Garrett toster'
me hero oI The pay, wno through star-
yation Is orlsen lo steal the corn, was
excenent, wei rendering the dramatic
parts.
Myra Sanford, as the wife of Capt.
Niles otandlsh, WAS especially well
suited to the pant OF tnat esllmaDle
.natron, anu She played the role with
u grace anu dAgnly mat would have
Jeen naru 10 equal. besides knowing
ner woras perfectly, her acting had
nnlsh To IL lnat would nave uvne credit
70 professional.
MRS. Franz smith, as Aunt Resol-
ute," an ola kngllsn maiden, that has
cvme 1rvm gay London to tiymoutn IN
search Vi d Iiow SENSATION, was eAcep-
tionaily clever. mat MRS. smith has
missed ner calling and Should have
ueen Oh The stage @here she certainly
would have nIaue d career lvr herselT,
was the opinlOn or many In the audi
ence. OI Special note was the sleeping
scene, wherein MRS. Sm.lhs snorlng
! was So reaiIstic as To cause several TO
think that she naa reany ovzed orf.
| Miss 1iaee Reeves, as the heroine,
"Rose De La Noye, little french
ma. den, transplanted toqmet plymouth,
did splendldly IN the naruest part of
the play, considering the snort time
she had to learn 1t.
We regret that lack of space does
not permit US To give more tnan re-
sume of the noteworthy WORK OF the
balance of the cast. MRS. Belle WICK
Hand. as "Mnlam Cnni.nssley, the
timid little Puritan mad, couio not have
been better chosen.
Messrs. Percy Kinney, as the villain
and coward, John Margeson; Fred
FRANKIE. as the handsome capt. Stan
DISH" and Tom burchell, as "fnilip
De La Noye," the huguenot brother
of Rose" deserve great deal or ere
dit for the way IN winch they acted
their parts, showing rare talent.
1t was a play on which great deai
of effort had been expended ~ produce
il properly, and was MortIy cause,
and therefore should have recelVeu more
of the cooper auon Vi the PeVpie;
However. what the audience lacked
in numbers it made up IN enthusiasm,
for those that attended were weh sat
isfied in every respect.