Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-08

| time There will be no chances taken
in the future, however, and Louis
| Mann is assured Of capacity business
on his next appearance locally. All per-
sons in his audience last night will
hope, too, that it will not be longer than
| next season when they may have an
opportunity to see him agam-elther IN
his present success or some other. II
he appears next year in '"The Man Who
Stood Still he will prove the same
drawing card here that he has in re-
turn engagements elsewhere. Any one
could well afford the time and money
to see this beautiful and inspiring play
a second time.
AS a German character comedian Mr..
Mapn's equal has never been seen in
Marshalltown. His present vehicle APP
pears to afford him every opportunity
to display his peculiar gifts of artistic
Interpretation of character study, and
no prettier nor more wholesome bit of
comedy could be imagined than jules
Eckert Goodman's lines in The Man
Who Stood Still
The story of The Man Who Stood
Stir is conferred around Mr.. Mann S
character of John Krauss. Swiss
matchmaker, who has been content to
remain satisfied with little things and
little business while his competitors
joined the ranks of progress. krauss
has a daughter, Marie. whom he as
pires to give in marriage to Fred
Spiegel, the son of Krauss' boyhood
friend, Edward Spiegel Marie does
not love Fred, but has given her heart
and hand clandestinely to Frank Mac
Ferguson, son OF Martin MacFerguson,
krauss' competitor in the jewelry bust
Il @l,v-, .Nf,ly
marriage ceremony which, to the young
woman, is supposed to be genuine. and
they disappear from home on the very
day when Krauss has planned birth
day party to celebrate his daughters
18th anniversary Before leaving the
krauss store young MacFerguson, robs
the cash drawer and when the guests
are assembled for the birthday party
a messenger delivers a note from
Marie. telling of her departure with
MacFerguson. and that asking forgive
ness FOR the act and also for MacF'er-
guson's theft OF the money.
The sudden shock of the elopement
does not compare 10 the bitterness
krauss holds against his daughter
MacF'erguson deserts the girl and her
baby daughter. and the efforts Of
krauss friends are combined TO bring
the father and daughter together
krauss is obdurate, however. and not
until ii is planned 10 bring him i'll con-
tact with his 4-year- old granddaugh
ter, Emma. named for krauss' wife. are
the father and daughter reconciled. No
prettier or sweeter ending would have
been possible in the pIaywright's art
than the wordless close when krauss.
with Baby Emma asleep in his arms,
receives mis- daughter with a warning
hush not 10 disturb the child. The act
end needed no words.
Mr.. Mann is surrounded by a COM
pany. every individual member Of
which is strong. even TO the minor
characters. There is an artistic finish to
every scene, every situation. and every
act. Every setting is in strict harmony
with the surroundings, even to the old
furniture. old pictures. and the Old
piano. While the sadness of the story
brings tears. the playwright has deity
planned anti-climaxes of comedy that
change tears to laughter No funnier
stage scene was ever witnessed than
the pinocille game in the third act. and
yet the act-end is sad and one of the
strongest imaginable. Where tears
from laughter We're present, genuine
tears followed a moment later.
Mr. Mann's support is largely eastern
talent. and several members of his
production. Nine. Mathilde Cottrelly