Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-10-14

Cast:
John Smith-Who loves ~
~
Gen. BilletdouX-A model hL Ser
...... .............. Nj afs
Count Won Griggenheim
wants to get married Mr.. iars
Major Duncombe-Who also wants +
to get married ...... Mr.. Wittmaa
Robert Walton-Mrs. Smiths broth
err ................... Mr. SaGord
Mrs. John Smith-Who wants her
honeymoon ....., Miss Laughlin
Miss Smith-A giddy young thing.
.... ............. Miss Moore
Mrs. Billetdoux-A trainer of hus-
bands ........... Mrs. Cartwright
Rose Walton-A Hungry bride -.
......... ........... Miss Force
Celeste Dupre-Maid with French
sauce ..............Mi Miss Alfonso
Elsie-Maid to be seen, not heard
...... ........ -. Miss Bean
Lavinia Daly-a lady who doesn't
care who knows it.. Miss Seligman
Time: The Present
Place: Anywhere.
Scene: MIR. Smiths home.
Act. I. The drawing room.
Act H. The sitting room and den.
Act Ill The lawn.
The action takes place during an af-
ternoon and evening of the same day.
The EIks' theater was filled last
night with Santa Feans and visitors
from all over the country who made
no effort to conceal their keen enjoy
ment of the farce why Smith Left
Home" written by George H. Broad
hurst and played last night at the
Elks theater for the first time by
amateurs and in a manner to place
them in the professional class.
1t was a splendid exhibition and re-
flected great credit on every one in
the cast and especially on the Rev.
James Grattan Mythen who had drill
ed the players and whose skill in
ed throughout. The work of the
chorus so daintily gowned, and of
! the orchestra under the direction of
Mrs. " L. Bean and the costuming
! by Mrs. Baca as well as the atten-
ton shown the comfort of the audi
ence by Mr.. Bean, the business man.
ager in providing fresh air in the
theater at frequent intervals to the de-
light of outdoor livers, all made the
entertainment one that could have
been drawn out another hour or two
without complaint.
The dance by Mrs Sylvanus G.
Morley, too. was decidedly interest
| ing, and her gracefulness was appreci-
ated by none more than by the ladies
in the theater who split their long
white gloves in giving her encores.
The show" last night was a credit
to Santa Fe's local talent and those
who save up their money for profess
sional exhibitions may find they are
! losers when such exhibitions as that
OF last night are given by amateurs. 4,
| The play was for the benefit of the
choir of the Church of the Holy Faith
and it is safe to say that good sum
was realized.
| Several prominent members of the
Episcopal church, including Governor
and Mrs. Mills and Miss Madeline
Mills, occupied box seats and they
frequently led in the applause.
There Was a Reason.
And there was reason for this
spontaneous burst of enthusiasm, as
everyone in the cast did creditable
work
First of all on the program was
John Smith, who loves his wife. G.
Volney Howard took this role, which
some husbands find difficult, and he
had an earnestness of voice, a deter
mination of gesture ana a neatness of
appearance that suited the part of a
man who has been married just half
year and is still in love.
General Billetdoux. a model hus-
band (when his wife was around) was
impersonated by E. F. Keefe, who
has repeatedly won laurels as a come
dian. He had the difficult part of
French general to play but his ac-
cent, his gestures and his delightful
shrug of the shoulders, and above all
the clever manipulation of his eyes
proclaimed him a strategist in the
game of love and war worthy of re
/ OF guard" he so ably defended.
The Count.
! And now for the Graf Won Griggen.
helm, in the person of August T.
Koch, who scored in Princess Bonnie
last winter as Pomposo. With all re-
spect to sein Hochgeboren Herr Graf,
he was one of those rash men who
earnestly desired to get married and
seeing whom all must have the gig
giles.
| He spoke the dialect in a way that
almost convulsed one of the ladies to
whom he was narrating his deep heart
affection but the audience could easi-
| ly forgive even the stage folks sue
| cumbing to mirth when Graf Won
Griggenheim looked, talked or walked.
1t is questionable, however. whether
any German count would wear his
| trousers turned so high as were Won
Griggenheim's But for all that, the
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