Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
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"The Great John Canton" Strong Play
of Stock Yards Life.

1.-THE Great John Canton" Strong Play
Of Stock Yards Life.
| A breath from the stock yards was
| waited over an audience of only mod
crate proportions at the Odeon Thurs
day night, in the presentation by Sam
S. and Lee Shubert of 1.-THE Great
John Canton based on Arthur J
Eddy's novel. Canton & CO..
The Great John Canton is a strong
| play, as Canton & Co." is a strong
story. There is much about both to re-
mind one of Upton Sinclair's offering
! of packing house life and methods In
his 1.-The, Jungle" and at the same
time the more unpleasant features are
eliminated.
The story of the play deals with the
life of John Canton. head of Canton
& Co, king of the meat industry
Canton is pictured as a rough, burly
master of finance. who has made his
own way in the world and has built
up his big business by hard knocks
He stops at nothing to gain his point
regardless of the feelings of others
Success. to him, means getting on top
before the other fellow does.
Canton mas a son who he had always
expected would some day direct the
destinies of Canton & Co. Years be-
fore Canton had a competitor on the
stock market. one Jim Heating. Keat
ing tried to overcome Ganton's power,
but Canton triumphed, and Heating
committed suicide.
Heating left two daughters and the
younger, May. was in love with Can
toms son, Will The father learns OF
the attachment. and sets his foot down
against any alliance between the Can
tons and the Keatings. The old man
| is obdurate, and the son is as equally
determined that his father shall not
pick out a wife for him. Young Can
ton also has other ideas about rum
| ming the business, and they do no,
correspond with the methods so long
| in vogue with the head of the con-
Germ. Young Canton speculates II
copper and loses, and the young man
short $4,000, appeals for help. Gan.
ton proposes to pay everything pro-
viding the young man retires from
Canton &, Co., and again offers to de.
stroy the bill of sale for the young
1,man's stock providing he will give W
Miss Heating. The latter proposition
| is spurned. and father and son separ'
ate.
The story goes on, to picture Gan
TOMS continued successes. and show
| Canton to be failing in health. and o.
/ the verge of a surgical operation. tn
Hast act portrays the victim of diseas
4 being prepared for the operation, am
| in his sick room is the girl he so dis
likes because Of her fathers memory
1 Naturally forgiveness comes. both t
1 the girl and her aifianced, and the cur
tain goes down on fathers blessin
on both.
i Neil Macleod appeared in the nam
part to the very best OF advantage
and furnished a character study Il
Il every act. William Marble, Jr.. wa
most satisfactory as William Ganto.
i Harry Farnum's Lawrence Delane
Twas played with artistic naturainess
and william T. Hays was good q
Browning The feminine portion Of IN
cast was not strong, altho Lotta En-
mons made a good Mrs. Jack Wilto'
Claudia Colonna, as May Heating. ha
an excellent opportunity when sh
makes an appeal for her lover, to dis
play any qualities she may have -
emotional acting, but fell short fron
what the character deserves. TIL
weaker spots, however were not SO no
ticeable that they really Aetracted froi
the production.