Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-23
ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS
f.MUSEM ENTS.
Booth Tarkington's "The Man From
Home" FIeases Large Audience.

Booth Tarkinaton's 1.-THE Man From
Home" FIeases Large Audience.
Marshallto wn saw for the first time
last night the success of recent years
in metropolitan runs, The Man From
Home" the result of collaboration by
Booth Harrington and Harry Leon
Wilson.
A good sized audience at the Odeon
witnessed the Liebler production, and
was highly satisfied. A long and tedi-
Gus wait in opening resulted from the
fact that the car containing the COM
pany's scenery, enroute here from RI.
Dodge, became lost, and could not be
located in time to open the house on
schedule time. 1t was after O'Clock
before the curtain rose on the first act.
Like any story that might come from
Booth Tark ngton's pen, or in which ne
even assisted in writing, THE Man
From Home" is delightfully."- American.
So much of foreign air is given to
the opening act that the audience
fears for a full comprehension of the
plot. This doubt is happily dispelled as
the story progresses, and centers ABOUT
the Npredolninating figure, the Hon.
Daniel Voorhees, Pike, of kokomo, In
diana.
The central characters of the Indi-
ana legislator, savors strongly OF the
Tim Murphy type, or possibly more
nearly the sort that Murphy was wont
to portray n his younger days. Espec-
ially is this true as regards the I'M
pulse to SHIN snobbery and foreign IT,
ties. and uphold a true American spirit
among titled aristocracy.
The story, told briefly. is of broth
err and sister from Indiana VINO nave
been in Italy for years. Their father
plain John Simpson, was dead. and ms
estate was being administered by Pike
who was The guardian Of the daugh-
ter. In sunny Italy a young English
man. with more title and family con-
nections than brainsJ seeks her hand
in marriage, ostensibly for love. put
primarily FOR a settlement of $150,O0u,
which his titled family demands. The
scheme is ably abetted by the young
Englishman's father and French
woman adventures. All goes we'll UNI
til Pike arrives, resists the demand
and REFUSES to give his consent as the
girls guardian. Russian politics enter
into the story to give action to the
plot and when Pike finally succeeds IN
showing up the titled family to be
anything but honorable, the young
American girl and her brother come TO
their senses.
Henry Hall, as Daniel VOORHEES,
Pike. gave an extraordinarily artistic
portrayal Of the Indiana lawyer. and
was assisted by an almost universally
strong cast. Four native Italians are
used in the cast to remarkable adj
vantage for local coloring, and Louise
Beaudet's native French makes her
version of Helene, the adventures de-
cidedly pleasing. The only real weak
spot in tie cast is in the character OF
Ethel Granger Simpson, the daughter,
as given by Rosiana Henley. Miss Hen
ley did not show enough of the Am
erican spirit the character would nat
urally call for. and was decidedly too
girlish The fact that she is only ~,
however, may account for this in part.
Miss Henley is daughter of Helen
Bertram, who is well-known prima
donna, ard whose last appearance here
was made with '"The Gingerbread
Man. Miss Bertram came out from
Chicago yesterday to be with her
daughter until after Christmas.