Cañon City record., 1910-12-08
ONE OF THE BEST
PLAYS OF THE SEASON


ing European Princess upon her
throne and gaining her as his wife.
played to highly delighted audience
at the Osos last night This play. al
though savoring of the melo-drama
very strongly at times was saved
from any such taint by the superior
acting of the company AT times the
story lead to very dramatic situations
which stirred the blood, and almost
made one think that they were view
ing a popular priced melodrama- But
every one was saved such a thought
by the high class work of the actors.
Their Interpretation OF the play was
excellent and every few minutes the
audience was given an idea Of the lof-
ty conception of "Graustark." The
story is unusually interesting to Can
on City people and others near Dem
yer because the little romance had its
beginning on an overland train out of
our capital city Grenfall Lorry.
rich young American. riding on an
overland train. sees a girl who takes
his fancy. She is evidently struck
with him. too, for she gives the por-
ter a foreign coin to find out what his
name might be. Lorry soon finds out
that the porter has the coin and i'm
mediateIy buys II thinking by pre-
senting II to her he might strike up
an acquaintance. His opportunity.
get off at a small station for lunch
and the train goes ahead and leaves
them Greenfall Lorry hires the vii
lage hack and with the girl he is
driven madly over the rocky and haz-
ardous mountain roads to the next
station where they meet the train.
This gallantry on the part of Lnrry
gains him admittance to her friend
ship and he dimes with her and her
party upon the train He finds that
her name Is Miss Guggenslocker.-
pronounced Goog-euz-locker) but that
does not feaze him a bit. He immedi-
ately falls deeply in love with her.
She continues her journey to Edei-
weiss in Europe. where she lives Lor-
~ determines TO follow so goes after
his friend. Harry Anguish. an artist
They find Edelweiss In a very small
country called "Grausfark." but they
can find no Miss Guggenslock-r." At
last they meet her in front of a hotel
as Anguish termed It. They. while
brooding over the frosty mitten" that
had fallen In their path overheard
plot to abduct the Princess of Craus-
tark OF course like true Americans
they Sc, about TO intercept the plot
ters in their nefarions scheme. They
did so successfully, With the result
TINT Lorry finds Miss Guggenslocker
in the person of the Princess and she
hnds her Ideal American" BY the
time the play progresses this far all
the important characters have been
introduced: The heroine in the Prin-I
cess Yetive, the hero in Grenfail Lor-I
~. the villain In Gabriel. Prince of
Dawsbergen (who was surely a WILL
ain II there ever was one.) the hero's
friend in Harry Anguish. and his
sweetheart. in Countess Dagmar. a
lady in waiting to the Princess. and
last but not least. the true and noble
friend Of the Princess. Baron Dang
loss. minister of police in Graustark
I.orry has very difficult time with
his love affair because Miss Guggen-
slocker proved to be a princess: the
fact that she loved him dearly because
he was her ideal American" did not
help matters much. Yet the Ameri-
can persisted. like all Americans do,
and although he narrowly escaped be-
ing killed several times and was
thrown into a dungeon because he was
accused of killing Prince Lorence of
foreign empire who had come to
Graustark TO ask for the Princess in
marriage In payment of a debt. he at
last won the cir! through happy
blending OF circumstances.
The acting was superb at all times
and was especially strong at those
moments when dramatic effect was
most needed. Canon theatre goers
were fortunate In seeing this version |
OF the story by such an excellent
company. 1t is n iamentabie fact that |
a larger patronage was not given the
play house. A good theatre is one of |
the essential parts OF real live town
and II Canon is to have this essential |
part she surely must wake up and |
give more patronage to the shows that
come here. The management OF the |
onerR house ara frrinr tn fiva fhaIr