Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-03-30
COUNTRY CLUB SHOW
WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
Played to Very Large Audience
Thursday Evening
Presented in Most Pleasing and Excel
lent Manner by Amateur Local Tall
ent-Cash Receipts $167.

by Richard Harding Davis, was
presented at Reeds opera house last
Thursday evening, by anna teur talent,
under direction of The Country Club,
in manner that would have done
honor to professionals. and once more
demonstrated that Lancaster possesses
a number of people of unusual
histrionic talent. The play was re-
ceived with much favor by an audi
ence that filled the opera house to the
limit of its seating capacity. The
story of THE Dictator" ceuters
around two New Workers, Brook
Travers and his valet, Simpson who
are assaulted and think they have
killed their sssailant. Fearing arrest
TOR murder they take passage under
assumed names upon vessel bound
for Central America. Enroute they
form the acquaintance of an adventurer
who with his bride is going to Porto
Banos as the American consul at that
place. He has intrigued 20 bring on
a political revolution there, which
has placed his friend and tool in the
presidency, and the consul boasts that
his position will make him the
virtual dictator of the country and
incidentally make him very rich.
Fearing arrest and extradition Travers
confesses his identity to the consul
and brides him to protect him. When
the ship reaches Porto Banos the
consul learns that a later revolution
has taken place. another element is
in power, his friend the former presi
dent is in prison and he himself is
to be shot as soon as he goes ashore.
Upon the preteXt that he fears the
ravagBs of yellow fever ne tells
Travers that he has determined to go
to Jamaica, and tranfers his credentials
as consul to him (Travers) for con-
sideration. On the same ship is a
Young woman who has come TO Porto
Banos to wed a missionary, and
Trayers falls in love with her. Travers
reaches the consulate end there dis
covers the trick that has been played
upon him. He is threatened with
death and barbados himself within
the consulate. An American detective
who has followed from New York
arrests the missionary under the sup
position that he is the murderer but
Travers as the supposed consul makes
him think that the real consul is the
murderer and he places him in irons
and starts back for New York with
him. Travers brides the native
soldiery to his support and starts a
little revolution of his own. The
missionary fails to meet his bride,
owing to the fact that he is at that
time prisoner in the hands of the
detective, and he in turn falls in love
with beautiful native widow, who
brings food to him in the prison.
Travers wins the heart of the mis-
sionary's intended brido and she con-
sents TO marry him. A wireless mes
sage sent from the consulate as a
bluff to scare the consul's enemies, is
caught up by an American war ship,
which suddenly arrives in Porto Banos
and rescues the Americans at the con-
sulate Travers then discovers that
the man he supposed he had murdered
is alive and he is safe to return to
New York and all ends happily.
Following was the cast:
Lucy Sheridan .....- - Mabel Orton
Mrs. John Il. Boyle. -.------- Miliie LlsherneSS
Sonora Juanita Argullla.-. Pearl Mcdonald
Brook Travers, alias steve Hill $780,
Simpson, his valet alias Jim Dodd..--.
Charley Hyne. wireless telegraph Oper-
atOr for the Red Gross line. Lowry Morse
Col John Il Bowie, U. S. consul at Porto
BanOS --------..------ -------- Clarence MarkerG
Duffy, detective --------.----------. hubert Alt
Rev. Arthur BOStick ---------H. Il. Schre1ner
Lieut.. Victor, u. s. s. Oregon
Du OlIOSA
Samuel GodmOn. Captain of the Bolivar
............-..--- ----..-. Il. III. Hyde
General Santo Campos, President San
DR.. Vasques, Health Oficer at Porto
BanOS. .-------------- E. n. Eastman
Senior Jose bravo, proprietor Hotel del
Prado.------- !. " DuI
Corporal Manuel Ellis Smith
col. Garcia, aide to Gen. Campos. :-......
. - - --------. Otto Wiedenbeck
Smoking Room Steward Geo. Behnke
~ s. MANIFESTATIONS Battle, Geo. Brack-
ett Morris Ziegler, Clyde Roth, Der. Chand-
Ter. Orville Trentzsch.
Central American SOld1erS-Paul R1cnard-
son. Yves Cooley. Fred Godtrey,Will denkel,