The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28
Senior Class of Lick. High School
:. STAGES BrOOdhurSt Farce
By Walter Anthony

/: As long as memory recalls the fact
that David. BeIasco was a graduate
|: from Lincoln school it will be worth
while TO watch the boys and girls of
SAN Francisco's public places Of learn
.ings for there may be another embry-
onie dramatic genius developing under
our: gaze. That's one reason why the
performance OF the students of Lick
school. was interesting yesterday aft
erhoon, when the senior class presented
What Happened TO Jones' at the Va
|1ehcia theater. The other reason why
the. performance was interesting was
because it was good.
L viii not say that any incipient
Davids were .discernible in the cast;
neither. will I say that there were not
l. win. say, however that the presenta-
tion of the fine Broadhurst farce was
smooth and ingratiating. and that there
were surprisingly few holes. wherein
recollection and lines fell out of sight
If the students Of the senior class have
like memory for the mysteries of al
zebra and Latin and the other untae-
atrical things Of high school as for
speeches in comedy. they will all be
eligible soon to wear the blue and
gold or the cardinal. They will pass
the reefs Of '.exes as easily as a star
passes the stage door keeper. They
were surprisingly we'll drilled, and
Maurice Stewart. who was stage man
ager for the production, deserves praise
Tor the duickness and directness Of the
action
LARGE AUDIENCE PRESENT
The house was well filled with friends
and relatives of the young players. The
event was for the purpose of putting
money IN the senior purse, so that
functions closing the year may be elab-
crate and paid for I should say that
financially the event must have been
most satisfactory to the busy managers
OF the performance as ft was artistical-
II 70 those who saw the show
The audience was only second in in
terest TO the play The fair students
who filed half the house encourage the
belief that for at least another genera
tion san Francisco's reputation as the.
home Of beauty is safe, and the husky
lads. well groomed and hammered. were
credit to the school whence they
came. Little bands OF gold and black
encircled the arms of the students. and
one future college yell leader started
things going by calling for the shout
was I couldn't make out, and it consti-
tuted the only part OF the entertainment
that Iedidn't understand anyway. il
was an enthusiastic and wholesome
shout from about a thousand throats
After that the curtain was rung up and
the play began.
Jones. the Corson Clark role, was in
congeniaI hands The bogus bishop
who starts all the trouble was PLAYED
by Richard .. Jones with all the s-rr-
pathy that a real relative might have
felt. Jones managed his voice well and
got many a hidden comedy point over
the footlights; he assumed with ease
the nonchalant airs of a drummer who.
sells hymn books in some towns and
playing cards in others. and struggled
comfcalIy with the confusion which his
dual role begets.
KISSING EPISODES INTERESTING
I noticed some comedy that I never
50 " before in the piece. / refer to the
kissing episodes Imagine a youth in
front of an audience composed mainly
Of his frfends-of the boys whose fine
camaraderfe has been part OF his school
training Then see him trying to kiss
a pretty girl, whose pink cheeks
rouged to stage red. harbor a hidden
blush. while his irreverent comrades on
the other side of the footligats roar
warnings. Never did you see such an en-
barrassed peck which passed for kiss
as that with which Richard 6of the play)
bade adieu 10 pretty Marjory fof the
play) in the second act It was evident
TO even superficial gaze that Maurice
Stewart had failed to rehearse his play
ers suff7etently in the romantic scenes.
Fred Hornick was old Ebenezer
GoodIy, professor OF anatomy, who gets