Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-05-26

step into the reception room between
dances where they discuss the col
lege gossip and the chaperons talk
of women's clubs and Billy Holt, q
freshman and his fair one, Betty
Carewe show their great interest in
each other and Eleanor Thornton de
clares her love for Dick. Frank
Thornton enters the room in a tipsy
condition and his lady friend, Anne
Schuyler. gets Dick to see that he Is
taken home. Thurgton Hall, who is
also in love with Eleanor. tells her
that large amount of the frat's
funds has been stolen, which she
denounces as an outrage. Thurston
then accuses Dick of stealing the
money but Eleanor and all his
friends refuse 70 believe it until he
says, Yes. | took the money" he
still remaining loyal to Thornton for
the sake of his sister Eleanor.
Dick being in disgrace decides to
leave college, even though he is be-
lieved innocent by Eleanor, Anne
Schuyler, the frat house matron,
Mrs. Bone, her son Thomas and in
fact by most all his friends. They
are bidding him goodbye when Flea
nor rushes into the room declaring
that her brother has confessed, to the
great astonishment OF all that he
had stolen the money. Dick is then
kept busy shaking hands of congrat-
ulations and accepting few EN-
braces by the fair goods"
The acting of Sam Max as Dick,
and Helen Noble as Eleanor Thorn
ton, his fiance, was above criticism
Miss Noble being especially fine in the
last act. when she rushes into the
room declaring with a great effort.
that her brother had confessed to
stealing the money. Her superb voice
meditation was also very noticeable.
Walter VIM as Thurston Hall, the
mistaken accuser of Dick, and Edith
Hubble as Anne Schuyler, his true
friend and ardent defender. haad :
ed their parts as no one else could
have done, Mr. WINS voice being
just what was desired for the char
acter of the hasty accuser. David
Browns delineation OF the weakling
could hardly have been improved
upon. Loran Kitch as Billy Holt
the freshman, and his sometimes
jealous friend, Betty Carewe, por-
trayed by Hazel Skinner. were simp-
ly grand; they appeared to be al
home at all times on the stage and
their natural, easy style was well re-
ceived. Ida Schneider and Florence
varnum as Sally Middleton and
Katherine Stanton respectively were
good in their conversations in the
reception room between dances. Ha-
gel Marshall as the frat house ma
tron. and her son Thomas. portrayed
by Guy Connors, we're not able TO
show their comic ability to any great
extent, because of their lack of lines,
but when they were on the stage
they certainly held the audiences at
tention. Vera Engstrom as Mrs.
yanche. a chaperon, and Mildred
Thomas as Mrs. courant, another. al
most made one believe that they were
real sedate observers. and Florence
Brophy as the maid seemed true to
life. Chester Nogler as the news
paper reporter was always on the
job with his Wagging tongue and
pad and John Morgan, Adolph Carr.
Fred Babcock and Ted vesser as part
of the bunch" proved never to be
far away when any OF the fair
ones were IN the vicinity. Adolph
Knudson as Dicks father. was
grand old man.
Individually and collectively the
class was above any criticisms in
their portrayals and Director b. VI
George should be congratulated on
obtaining such excellent results.