Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-03-03
1.-THE AWAKENING" PROVES
HIT OF THE SEASON
Play Staged by Dramatic Arts Club
Pleases Big Audience-Fulton
Stars as Leading Character.


members of the Dramatic Arts club
in the college auditorium Saturday
evening, was by far the best local tai
ent play ever staged in Pullman. The
entire cast handled their parts like
old-timers at the business, but espec-
iai credit should be given II. Reed
Fulton for his almost perfect inter-
probation of the easy-going old man
who later was found eight miles
ahead of the procession" The audi
torium was well filed and the pro-
duction was thoroughly enjoyed.
The story of the play together with
the part taken by the different char
acters, is well told in the following
account of the play which was writ
ton for the Evergreen, the college
paper:
Clever and enjoyable throughout
was the production of The Awaken
ing given by the Dramatic Arts
Club, Saturday night in the College
Auditorium, under the direction Of
Miss Augusta Roziskey. The play
was comedy, full of laugh proyok-
ing incidents, the same old story of
father and his Indifferent sons. The
story conferred around the rich faith
err, his two good but over jealous sons,
who liked to get all the benefits of
nj g lot
any of the work in securing the same.
The boys desired to bring the father
to their way of looking at life, and
the father was very anxious to make
the boys see his view of the world.
With one son, William, the eldest,
society lion," and the other Thomas.
an "avaricious athlete" he failed,
until, as the boys expressed it, he
more than caught up with the pro-
cession," when he did blossom out
into the real man of the world, in
for anything and everything, very
ably assisted by Mamie Clayton, q
real, true western girl, who came
east to sell mining stock from Ne
vada, rather rough and outspoken
and not considered one of the real
400" on this account. She was
hopelessly in love with handsome
miner out west, one Lin Howell, all
unknown to the boys, who presumed
that the old dad was seriously con
sidering planting anew his own vine
and fig tree with Mamie as the object
of his affections. The plot works out
after flying trip to Nevada, the old
man and Mamie in the lead. closely
followed by the boys and their fan
Gees, Helen Baldwin and Grace Hunt
ington, and everything comes out 20.
*. and all live happy ever after, ex-
cept the smooth old major, who loses
out with the whole crowd because of
his attempt to beat Mamie out of her
interest in the Bluebird mine.
The cast as a whole was well
chosen, the lions share of the honors
going to H. Reed Fulton, in his char
acterization of the father. Mr.. Full
ton has been active in school theat-
ricals for the past three years, but
critics pronounce this as his very best
piece of work. His facial expression.
gestures, and voice were almost per-
1ect Tor the part, and although the
whole performance conferred around
MIN, his work was at all times of a
nigh standard, and in keeping with
the part of the "Old Man"
MoX Baumeister, as Tommy" was
exceptionally good, as the athletic
prodigy, and NJ. Twain Clemans, as
the older and more "sociabIe" son.
found his histrionics without a hitch.
lie suited the part and the part suit
ed him, real, live, social lion. Miss
Zoe Bean, as Mamie Clayton, handled
her part with perfect ease, and as the
typical western girl, made a hit.
Miss Marie Wilmer, as Helen
Baldwin; Miss Mildred Morgan, as
Grace Huntington; Otis Welsch, both
as "Muggs" Davis and the hotel
clerk; Roland Glaysier, as the butler,
and the ready western miner, Lin
Howell; Homer Humphrey, as the
Major; Z. Il. Jinnett, as Robert Nc
Coy, lawyer; Joe Shields, as Mr..
Pierce, bookkeeper; Miss Melcina
La Toilette, as Mrs. Curtis Belmont;
Miss Josephine Olson, as Mrs. Shep-
ard; and Miss Flora Cline us Mrs.
Lawrence, housekeeper, were all we'll
cast for their parts, and did good
work