River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-09-12
Local Theatre Season Gets
Fine Start


the opera house was occupied, and
all the benches in the rear of the
hall were we'll filled last Friday eve.
ming for the first performance played
on the new stage, and the unamin'
ious opinion of the audience was a
most enthusiastic recommendation
for the Paid in Full company and
also for the success of the efforts of
those who have made it possible for
the addition of the new stage.
The play, Paid in Full" proved
intensity interesting throughout,
and the actors gave excellent in
depreciation to their parts. Mr..
Robert E. Lawrence, rendered the
rather difficult character of Joseph
Brooks" in a very clever manner,
and Miss Florence Earle, as Mrs
Brooks" carried her part we'll. Mr.
Claude Boardman, as "Jimsey," "
had pleasing part, and he acted ii
in very pleasing style that won
the heartiest approval of the audi
ence. Earl Mcdonald, as Capt.
Williams" and Miss Doretta Will
Jams, as Mrs. Harris, also showed
fine judgment in the portrayal of
those characters.
The excellent selections rendered
by the Auditorium Orchestra made
the intermissions most pleasant,
and the musicians were highly COM
mended for donating their services
in this behalf. 1t certainly adds a
great deal to the general apprecia-
ton of the show, especially drama,
to have music during the intermis-
sion, and the musicians deserve the
heartiest thanks of the patronage,
the management and the company
putting on the play. The orchestra
is composed of John E. Howard,
leader, violin; Mrs. Howard, piano;
Fred Pratt, clarinet; DR.. C. A. Daw-
sor, cornet; C. E. White, baritone;
DR.. E. R. Smith, cello; Caesar Spill
cke, drums and traps.
The play was a fine one with
which to start the new theatre, as it
gave the local theatre goers an idea
of the class of entertainment they
are to have in the future. The
comments of those who attended
show that the average River Falls
audience highly appreciates first
class entertainment, and that the
booking Of good shows means a
continued large patronage for the
opera house throughout the season.
The management has secured for
the next attraction Charles Ram
Kennedy's Servant in the House,
to be played here by the Jones and
Crane company on the evening of
September Is. In regard to this
play the Washington ID. CO. Post
says: "A more powerful play has
not been seen by the present gener-
alton. Ii was written by Charles
Ram Kennedy, whose command of
pure English would gain for him an
enviable reputation were he lacking
in all other qualifications of dram
attic author. 1t is play with pur-
pose, one that will teach lesson
stronger than those heard from the
pulpits of modern churches, more
damaging attack on hypocrisy than
can be found in a dozen plays by
Henry Arthur Jones; a play in
whose quietly spoken lines stir the
emotions more deeply than vivid
pictures of action who prefer not to
think"
The people showed even more ap-
probation of the new stage than
was expected, and appeared to
realize exactly what this addition
means as a necessity to the pro-
duction of a good play. The ad-
vantage of the large stage, the
modern lighting system, with its
circuits for all kinds of stage light
ing requirements, including spot
lights, etc., will be still more ap-
preciated in a play such as THE
kissing Princess" which is booked
to appear here October 10.