Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-03
GREAT ATTRACTION NEXT WEEK
1.-THE Man From Home" One of the
Very Finest Attractions Ever
Seen i'm DEBORAH.

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Man From Home" which comes here
next week Saturday evening, Nov
9th. 1t is play which has delight.
ed the audiences of the big cities
of the country with long runs, and
is everywhere credited with being
one of the most appealing of modern
productions. The company which
comes to DEBORAH is a splendid one,
and has been showing in the big
citiese to large and constantly de-
lighted audiences. We predict that
the Grand will be packed that eve
ming. The production certainly de-
serves one of the largest houses ever
in This theatre.
The following is an excerpt from,
lengthy criticism from the MiIwau-
kee Daily News:
With every one of the acts laid
in the old world, with only three
American characters in cast of
sixteen-and two of these doing all!
In their power to conceal their
American descent and "be English"
THE Man From Home" is never
theless one of the most distinctively
American plays ever put upon the
stage.
The dominating character of the
name part in the piece, that of
Daniel Voorhees, Pike, a plain, easy
going lawyer from Kokomo, Ind.
quite Overshadows the numerical
predominance of characters other
than American, and though French.
German, Russian, English, Italian
and other old world characters in
profusion are individually and with
out a single exception played pract-
ically to perfection by various men,
bers of the company gathered to-
gether by Liebler e Co. for the road
tour OF the piece, yet this homely
character of the Indiana lawyer is
so thoroughly interviewer into the
pretty story of the play that the
audience cannot, if it would, for a
moment lose sight of Daniel Voorhees,
Pike and true Americanism is the
dominating theme throughout.
and dispassionately, despite the al
most brutal reception accorded him
by the young people whose best in
terests he serves, carries out the du-
ties of deceasd friend who has
named him as the guardian of his
children toward a brother and sister
seeking marriage for the girl with
titled but unworthy son of Eng
lands nobility, finally opening the
girls eyes and-So we are left to
MISUNDERSTANDING her for him
self by the most upright means,
those OF genuine love unmixed with
mercenary motives, is a delightful
theme for stage presentation.
The quaint, droll humor and the
manliness of the genuine Anne nar
is most adroitly intermingleti i'm the
homely character OF Pike and
schrewd comedy strokes, though
numerous and of the most pleasing
variety, never intrude themselves too
manifestly upon the ,ually nuni.r-
Gus and equally pleasing pass gees
calling for pathos or Other Kindred
emotions
Too great an anxiety to gain
points might seriously mar the fir, it
ful character of the Kokono attnu-
ney, 80 that the utmost care is neces-
sary in the selection OF am actor to
portray the part. Henry Hall, chos-
en- TO enact the role-whieh has fixed
William Hodge firmly In the stelan
armament by his portrayal of the
character in Chicago and New
fork-meets all the demands made
upon him In the part, which is say
ing much i'm view of it's exacting
nature.
Really delightful work is done. by
Mary Elizabeth Forbes in handling
the difficult part of Ebhel Granger
Slmpson-formerly plain Simpson,
whose better nature has been to a
great extent smothered in the glitter
OF a possible alliance with the, nobill
ity of the old world.
Charles ID. Herman as a Russian
grand duke masqueradlng in German,
character does very fine piece of
work besides speaking German for
few moments in the first aut with
such rare case and perfection that
one almost wishes he would adhere
to that language throughout the.
play. Harrington Reynolds as the
Earl of Hawcastls does excellent
work and Vaughn Trevor makes the,
eccentric character part of the Hon.
Almerte st. Aubyn stand out by
clever and original methods. John
Martins Ivanoff is a consistent piece
OF work, w. Leonard Howe is ex-
cellent as the snobbish Horace
GraRger-Simpson, Emma Meffert as
the scheming eomtesse is beyond adj
verse criticism and Bertha Welby's
Lady Creech is thoroughly weh play
ed. In fact, the entire cast, TO the
least OF the minor characters. is OF
high order and seldom is a better
balanced nrpa niza tian Coo. 49,