The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-27
COLLEGEPLAYTHURSDAY
Commencement Days Here Tomorrow
Night-It Is Clean and Wholesome
Comedy--E4it at Winnipea.

Winnipeg Free Press: Quite out Of
the common is Commencement Days,
now playing at the Walker theatre,
and bright, jolly little comedy it is.
1t is not musical comedy; it Is a.
comedy with q few solos and clloruses
introduced into it, and the novelty Is
q pleasing one for a change. The play
tells OF girl college life and is fun of
fun and froIic and movement. while a
serious element is brought in, in the
shape Of some thefts perpetrated in
the college, which in the last act are
cleared up, all ending happily. The
authors, Virginia Frame and Margar
ct Mayo, have written a most interest
ing story with one or two rather clever
character sketches. and what will APP
peal to most people is the fact that the
piece is as clean and wholesome as ii
Is amusing.
Shortly the story is as follows: The
scene Is laid at Cotton college and
when the curtain rises the audience
learns that shadow is over the col
lege and the girls, owing to the fact
that various sums of money have been
stolen from the students and IL is only
too evident that one OF the inmates of
the college is the culprit Suspicion
has fallen unjustly on Kate Wells, one
Of the most popular girls in college.
AMI who, thinking to save her flanca
and her best friend, refuses to divulge
the name of the thief, which she has
learned. The money has been stolen
by Lorraine Douglas In order to save
her young brother from disgrace.
However, as already stated, the story
works out to q happy elimination,
Although this sounds 20 be the chief
motive Of the play, it is not really The
case as the roars of laughter wnicn fol-
loved its action last night indicated.
Humorous situations follow fast on,
cop of one another. For most OF the
fun Frederick ". Bowers is responsible.
although he is assisted In his efforts
to alnuse those Ia front In no slnall
degree by Willard Louis, E. r..
.O'Connor, Misses Amy Dale, Leila
Smith and Olivette Haines.
The fun started directly Mr.. Bowers
came on the stage, and with the ex-
ception Of the few moments for the
serious interest to develop, he kept the
pot boiling throughout the piece. He
has got a big. resonant voice, his best
songs being Here Comes a Colseke
Boy, I'm ait Home in Any Ola Place
and Love Me, Dreamy Eyes Some OF
his local illusions were much appre-
ciated by the audience. His acting Iii
marked by great naruralness conabin-.
ed with energy and an appearance Or
enjoying himself as much ais tbs peg
pie to whom he Is playing.
Mr.. Louis Is capital as Brick"
Harding, college man who is always
getting the twin sister Of the girl he
loves mixed up with the genuine
article.
The two principal women parts are
In the hands Of respectively. Miss
Jane Corcoran. as Kate. Wells anG
Miss Grace Hopkins. as Lorraine
Douglas. Both are quite equal to the
calls upon them, each showing i
touch Of dramatic power on the few
occasions the opportunity was offered
them. Their strongest scene was III
the end Of the second act when the
theft had been discovered and Miss
Hopkins fully deserved to participate
In the curtain call, which she did not
do. Smaller parts were done full JUS
tice to BY Edmund Mortimer and
Misses Catharllle Carter and Tips
Smith.
The play II splendidly mounted BY
John Cort. There Is one particularly
fascinating scene In which the girls
preparatory TO retiring for the night
appear In pajamas, kimonos, dressing
Jackets and other dainty Night lin
gerie. II II In the best Of good taste
and has n II nothing to offend the
most fastidious
Commencement lays ii d play that
appeals to those who like their I'm
decent and divorced from suggestion.
while college boys and girls win ana
II particularly to their liking, and they
can safely take their parents with
them