The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-01-22
UNION DEPOT" SUCCESS
Rathdrum High School Home Tai
ent in Comedy.

Rathdrum High School Home Tai
ent in Comedy.
The presentation of the comedy
"Union Depot" by local talent of the
Rathdrum schools, under auspices OF
the high school and the direction OF
Miss Eta E. Dier, last Friday even
ing, was an unqualified success in
every particular. The opera house
was packed, many being obliged to
content themselves with standing
room The proceeds surpassed all
expectations, totalling $l19.5O.
From the rise OF the curtain to its
fall the special features and the
comic situations, which rapidly sue
ceeded each other ia the union depot,
kept the audience interested or in a
ripple OF laughter. Although only
one week had been spent in rehears
ais all the parts were we'll taken.
The depot scene included ticket
office, lunch counter, exits, benches,
etc. Gail McNett was depot master.
in uniform and cap and called the
trains in a loud voice at regular
inte walls. Darwin Sage was busy
lad as Joe Gamin, Cora Sage presided
at the lunch counter and Eddie Bobo
enjoyed "a snap" as ticket agent.
Loungers and loafers and "a cop"
were 10 evidence from time to time..
Edith Nicolai and Gertrude Kell-
ner, as the Chattermuches, provided
the first amusement, coming in
greatly perturbed, the former lament
ing the loss of 98-cent umbrella left
on the train, and the depot master
was consulted as to the adysability
Of catching the next train and follow
ing up the missing article. The
persistency with which Dewet Brad
bury. as Little Willie, troubled Aunt
Amelia Saylittle (personated by Ruth
SchuIdD, with questions, provoked
uproarious appreciation from the
audience. There was Brad McCarty
and Luella Hattenburg, as Uncle
Joshua and Aunt Sarah, with their
guileless ignorance of the mysteries
of the telegraph and the baggage
checking system and their adventure
with the scales; Glendon McCaddam,
as Deacon Longface. with his fierce
intolerance of the enjoyment of young
people which he characterized as
"unseemly levity"; Marguerite Rus.
sell, Inice Stoddard and Grace EpIing
as the school girls, and Milton Bourn
as the dude, with their contribution
of mirth; Gladys Dyer as Mrs. Garrnl-
Gus, with her misdirected sympathies
and habit Of disturbing and tiring
strangers by her loQuaclous but tact
less efforts to be sociable; Levi
johnson and Irma Cady as Mr.. and
Mrs. Henpeck and their troubles
Elmer Young as Prof. Learned, in
duced to take an infant while Myrtle
Dandy, as Mrs. Brown, went to look
for her son and forgot to return
causing the professor to almost miss
an appointment to lecture at Eli
Grove; Mrs. Needy (Nellie Crenshaw
and her children, stranded while en-
route for California and relieved b,
Nine. Patti (personated by Leila Nc
Caddam) by song and collection il
the depot; the widower Smith (Ro
Mitchell) his troubles, and his famil
represented by Leo Dandy, Jay Dyer
Vada Galloway and Agnes Bourn, hi
proposal and ready acceptance b
Miss Fishwell (Hazel Walker); Car
Bell, Roy Dandy, Dorothea Wenz an
Berna Bradbury, as Hiram, Lemuel
Barbary and Lucindy, respectively
with their exaggerated country man
ners and their ludlcrous haste I
catch the train, scattering their bt
longings on the depot floor in thei
excitement; Bertha Sylvester, as Mis-
Beaconstreet, with her dsdainfl
,, attitude toward the loquaeous Mr..
Garrulous; Katherine Chambart
Jane Borthwick, and Millie Mitchell
!, as Aunt Martha Ancient, and AuI
Maria Ancient, and Helen Slight.
respectively. with the scene in VIII. C
Aunt Martha faints in horror at tt
sight of a man, were all comical 81
uations whose effect was not lost {
the audience.
The choruses and drills intersperse
were also very good. Mabel Quarle
Glendon McCaddam and Miss LIE
McNaddam tonk leading nartS MY