Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-09-26
"IHe ROSARY"
Excellent Play Ably Presented at
So. Pittsburg Friday Night.

The play 1.-THE Rosary" presented
at the Wilson Theatre, South Pitts
burg, Friday evening, was thoroughly
appreciated by the large audience as
sembled. 1t was the opening night or
the Wilson Theatre for this season,
and the manager, Mr. W. Fl. Wilson,
is to be congratulated on having secur-
ed such a high-class attraction as the
drama of "The Rosary" for the
theatre-goers of the valley. Heretofore
1.-THE Rosary has been played only to
audiences in the large cities, and it is
an artistic triumph to Mr.. Wilson to
have secured this beautiful and
thoroughly interesting play for his
opening night.
And the company presenting it was
live one in every way. They seemed
to enter into the rendition of the play
with genuine jest. No part was
''skimped'- pardon the expression
in anyway. They were careful always
to bring out the Interpretation to the
best of their ability, and that they sue
ceeded in bringing out the grand NOR
al ideas presented by the action and
story of the play, was evinced by the
remarks Of several on their return that
they felt "just as If they we're return
ing from church. And the moral ideas
were not conveyed in ''fourthly"
style, either, but presented in telling
situations and climaxes that aroused
involuntary applause. 1t is probable
that few in the audience were affilia-
ted with tne church which "Fatner
Kelly" the pivot around which the
plot of the play conferred, represented,
but when great moral truth was ut
tered, whether by Father Kelly" or
brought to light bv some grand climac-
teric, the enthusiasm was spontaneous.
The part of the leading man, Bruce
Wilton, a dealer in Wall street stocks,
was splendidly taken by Mr.. Thornton
J. Baston, and was finely given. 1t was
q difficult role, requiring deal more
acting than the ordinary straight part.
Miss Virginia Lewis was ''leading Ia
dy' in the part of Vera Wilton, wife
of Bruce Wilton. She played the part
finely. especially in the dual role she
assumed of Alice Marsh, her twin sis
ter. 1t seemed difficult to believe that
she was the same woman in the two
parts, SO much alike and yet 80 diff
ferent. Kenward Wright, the "vil-
lain," was ably presented by Mr..
George Clark, and Charley Harrow,
the English dude, very much in love,
was another good part well sustained
by Harry l.. Walker. Lee Martin,
''Skeeters, taken by Henry Garron,
was ''some" comedy. Garron made
them laugh going and coming, and his
flashes of soberness were only succeed
ed by wilder paroxysms of funmaking.
1t would take superlative actor to
make more out of the part of "Skeet-
ers" than Garron did. The part of the
priest, Rev. Brian Kelly, "Father
Kelly" as he was affectionately called
throughout the play. was forcibly and
cbaracteristly played by Mr.. Harry
Nelson. He presented a genuine, liv-
ing model of one of the thousands of
priests of God who pass the days they
are allotted on this tempestuous sphere
in smoothing out the difficulties of
souls they meet in the procession of
life. And it wasno funeral procession
of dogma or theology, either, but just
the events of human life met bravely
by good old priest in an humble and
honest endeavor to smooth them out
"a. M. d. G., for the Greater Glory
of God Mr.. Nelson is to be congrat-
ulated on his careful study of charac
ter, delineating as he did so many of
the little mannerisms unaffectedly as
sumed by an humble parish priest.
The part of Kathleen o. Connor, Faith
er Kelly's neice, taken by Miss Mabel
Thorne, was excellently played also,
and was a genuine open hearted, low
ing Irish girl, with just a suggestion
of rich brogue, which was very clev
erly managed. The soubrette part,
Lesura Watkins, from Bellows Falls,
VT. was taken by Miss Eva Ross.
There were some who did not like this
part, but though it may have been ov-
erdrawn, it was splendid foil to the
exuberant boisterousness of the comedy
of "Skeeters. It was a trying sort of
a part, and we have met in life char
acters who put as much damper over
jollity as Miss Watkins did with her
singsong remark, 81 don't see any
thing funny about that
The company presenting the play
was strong in every way and If they
had announced that they would pre-
sent the play over again that night,
late as it was, it would have been
doubtful if many would have left the