The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-15
HIT OF LOCAL PLAY
AMATEUR PERFORMANCE, "UNIoN
 DEPOT FOR A DAY. IS HIT.
Local Talent, corraIled by Young wo- mans Society of the Court Street Methodist Church Filled Grand
 Theatre-CasfnO Tonight.

l To full house. The Union Depot for Day" was played at the Mont- gomery Theatre last evening by local talent under the auspices of the Young Woman's Society of the Court Street Methodist Church. And the perform ance deserved the warm reception 1t l was. accorded from the standpoint of merit, Under the training of Mrs. Charles A. sheldon, the company of about fifty amateur actors of Mont 1 gomery. had been trained to a won derful point of competence.
 The Union Depot for a Day" is drama in two acts, representing scenes enacted at the Union Station during twenty-four hours of the day. The place at which the story is laid is Montgomerys the time, the present: and the season, summer The local hits were received with | great appreciation and they were ex- cellently apropos. The audience was thoroughly in sympathy with the ac- | tors.
 The boxes were filled with beauti- fui and representative women of the 1 social world of Montgomery. SO the scene was pleasing one from stage to auditorium as well as from audi ence to actors While every part was | carried with credit. there are, of course, a number who stand out in the even ings performance as stars. so to speak. and among these must be noted the rendition of the parts of a country couple on wedding trip to verbena, undertaken by MT. Phares Coleman and MISS Frances Stakely. The run away couple was represented by MT Clifford Lanier and Miss Marie Alexander
 Mrs. Leon Well, in the role of a ner- vous woman in trouble at the station through the loss of her purse, and Mrs Blob Graves, in her dual role the old aunt anxious to protect her niece from the terrible creature, Man. and as Mrs. Chattermuch. were excellent MT. R. O. Blakey as Station Master was simply Just the part" as was Mir l.. l.. Lasseter as the policeman ana MT. Junius Pierce as the long-faced sanctimonious preacher who could not stand things cheerful. MT Merritt Vandiver did the Dude to perfection, l and those who know her beautiful voice will appreciate the pleasure given by Miss Minnie Watt Pierce as Prima Donna. as they will to that of Miss Mae Robinson in her solo as leader of a band of Gypsie fortune tellers.
 MT. Ed Burke was a pitiful spectacle in his part of having the temporary care of baby thrust upon him, and Mrs. E. NJ. Graves as the mother of the lost infant was among the best of 1aySe6d" and his wife, as done by Mir Ray Rush ton and Mrs. F HI Logan, was as good bit of country-folk play as could be found on the professional vaudeville stage.
 Fine characterizations of the worn widower" and the scheming "old maid" were given by Dr. Thomas M. Owen and Mrs. Thomas Nj. Owen.
 Mir. J. s. Carroll and MT. H WilliuQha0n a Hanc Mike O'Tooie brought down the house in their dellneations of the German and Irish toughs who hurried to "Fet that beer before g o'clock" and who dis cussed the affairs of the nation with wisdom at the station.
 The cast of characters is as follows. Depot Master R. O. Blakey.
 Bootblack Billie Davidson.
 Ticket Agent, E. NJ. Graves.
 Policeman, l.. L. Lasseter. Newsboy. owen Barry.
 Baggage Master. R c. Brooks.
 Stewardess, Mrs. F. M. Graves. Lunch stand, George PeaEler.
 ACT l.
 Scene 1. Graves. DioD Gayle. "4ilie @ Aunt Amelia saylittie. Mrs. c
  Her Nephew. Willie, Miss Tnci1a Pearson. HUSH Rushton. Hay Aunt sary Hayseed. Mrs. F. H. To- ,(6 Gypsies-Miss Blanche stokss MISS MISS 6eIIe stewart, Miss Mae Robinson | MISS Emmie Lamar, Miss Hettie Marks
  Judge Wv. Pearson, Armstead Brown
 Scene 2. (l( Hans Bickerstein, J. S. Carroll Mike OToole, H. J. Willingham.
 tzl Miss Fishwell, Miss Marie Bank MT. Smith. pr. Thomas M Owen. His Three Children-Niss Clara Van diver. Henry Clay Johnston, Byron Ashton. v"
 Scene 3.
 CD Mrs. Henpeck, Mrs. T. H. Mizeu MT. Henpeck, Lawrence H. Lee.
 (2) Miss Beaconstreet of Boston, Miss Peyti-belle BIbb.
 Scene f.
 CD Miss Helen Eighty, Miss Marie Alexander
 Her two aunts Mariah Ancient Mrs F. H. Logan; Martha Ancient. Mrs. Bibb Graves.
 Harry Field, Helens Lover. Clifford Lanier Jr.
 College Boys. and Yell-Phares Cole man, Jr.. Harris Wash burn. Grady No ble. Powell Holt, Edward RagIand Howard Douglass Robert Griges George Miles. George Harris. James Browder. Harry Randy and others. Lunch Stand-George Peagler, W. A. Jordan. A. c Stewart.
 College GIrls-Miss Belle Anderson. Miss Theresa Blakey Miss Frances Blakey, Miss Willie Kerlin.
 Brides Sister, Miss Fife Mae Wag- ner.