Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-19
1000 Foot Drama
Longfellow's "Hiawatha" at
Family Theater, Tuesday,
November 3Oth.

The first scene shows Hiawatha S
home on the shores of the Shining Big
Sea Waters. Hawatha talks earnestly
with old Nokomis his mother, and then
fares forth into the forest.
The second scene shows how Hiawa-
tina shoots the arrow and outruns it.
The big Indian poises his bow, draws
and lets fly, and begins running. The
the scene sh fits rapidly as he hurries
through the woodlands, until at length,
coming to an open glade, he puts on a
fresh burst of speed, and down comes
the arrow behind him, seemingly out
of the sky.
The third scene shows Minnehaha
Falls, rushing and roaring. 1t is the
young braves first visit, and he has
come to the old arrow maker to replen-
ish his store of weapons. Beside the
creek he finds the ancient man sitting
in front of his wigwam. The water
ripples along and Hiawatha begins his
bargaining, rejecting one arrow, ac
cepting another The arrow maker is
finally portrayed. Suddenly there is
movement of the flap of the wigwam.
and Minnehaha looks out smiling. Hia-
watha sees he +, and instantly forgets
his errand. The old arrow maker
talks on and on, but Hiawatha has only
for the maiden. At length she steals
from the wigwam, smiles once more,
and hurries into the thickets
The fourth scene shows the enrap-
tured Hiawatha in pursuit, running
down the gorge. At last he catches
her, but she looks up into his face.
smiles third time and then vanishes.
This is the end of their first experience.
Hiwatha has gone back to his lake
home in the next scene. Standing on
the edge of the lake he sees a wild
swan, but in order to get clean shot
at it he plunges into the lake, then
shoots. In moment the big bird
comes fluttering down and falls into
the water by his side.
There is story connected with this
scene. 1t was cold when the pictures
were taken. The stalwart actor who
portrayed Hiawatha stuck his foot into
the water before the camera was set.
1t was cold as ice, but there was no
help for it. Hiawatha, in the story,
never stuck one foot in and waded out
slowly He rushed full-blooded into the
water, and it was up to his counter
felt to do the same. He did it, but he
nearly froze. When the scene was
over and he had dragged out his stuffed
bird, to his CONSERVATION it was found
that the camera had baked, and poor
Hiawatha had to do his ice-water stunt
over.
In the sixth scene Nokomis bids IIia-
watha go kill their hereditary enemy,
the great Pearl Feather. He takes his
club, leaps into his canoe and disap-
pears around promontory. In the
next scene he lands at new point, and
the eighth scene shows his conflict with
war clubs. This is thriller, for the
stage manager let Hiawatha get all the
worst of the struggle. The enemy is
apparently victorious, and everybody
is just wondering how Hiawatha is ev-
err going to get Minnehaha or anything
else when the hero leaps to his feet and
with one crushing blow delivers jeff
ries knockout.
| In the ninth scene he returns with
the trophies of the fight, and tells the
story to Nokomis. Incidental to the
scene he scorns the pretty maiden
whom his mother would have him wed.
He cannot help thinking of Minnehaha.
Scene ten takes the S pectator back to
the falls, the old arrow maker still
working on his shafts beside the rip
ping waters of the creek. Comes Hia-
watha and tells him the story of the
battle while Minnehaha listens. She
gives him food, and finally Hiawatha
can keep silent no longer, for he asks:
"Give me as my wife this maiden" and
the scene closes with the words thrown
on the screen: Thus it is our daugh-
ter's leave us, leaving II things for
the stranger"
The eleventh scene shows the falls
for the last time, and the pair of low
ers starting on the journey northeast.
Hiwatha helps her across the gurgling
stream. Hand in hand they ran through
the woodlands, and the warrior at last
takes her into his arms and carries her
across an arm of the lake, and the clos
ing scene is the welcome of Mime
haha by old Nokomls, after which Hia-
watha puts his blanket around them
both and brings the pictures to an ap.
propriate close.
ADMISSION FIVE CENTS