Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-02
Santa Fe People Immensely
Pleased With Play Which
Appears in Elks' Theatcr at
Matinee and Night Perfor-
mances Here Today,

"rhc Rosary" drlghtod "a guud-
sized audience at the matluc" per
Torrance at the Elke' lhuptur this al
icruuon, ana thu high praise It re.
CciNcd insuros % iull house at the
evening performance, at which II Is
announced the curtain viii rise at .
o'clock The l;usury' is q powerful
emotional drama aud is presented by
a tlrst-clnss company The following
notice In the Santa be- Sew Mexican
shows that the attraction made the
biggest KIND of q hit In that city.
The Rosary, presented last night
at the Elhs' rhontcr, VAS truly a
beautiful play II the drama at last
evening ~ du evidence of what Wc
are To- have during the dramatic sea-
son ahead of us, then indeed have
our thuairrgu,rs - treat IN store and
something L. look forward 10. Even
with its luud Of huuur which 'Ih"
Rosary contained, running all
THROUGH the play, 1t reached a. times
most tense situations and held the
lnudi"ur, almost brrathlcss.
"l}uck 81 all Mas n tremendous les
son, through which ran both the t"n-
dcrncss ana high motives NhiDh con
trul the prN elements Of our lives. IA
, one could hHN" "A play lik" The Kos
larry without feeding better.
"In addition 10 the strength and cx-
duistcncss of The play itself the cast
prcscnting u VAS FUZZY equal to thu
demands of tins strong drama. Every
one in the uIdicncc fcll in love with
the priest, played by Rufus l.. Perry
II was u charming presentation and
II seems Hs II no sympathotIc touch
was lost by Mr., Perry In his dclinca'
/ ton of the high character Of this
minister OF the church.
"Gordon Hamilton In the character
of Bruce Wilton was excellent all the
way through. both In tho reading OF
| his lines and his conception OF the
part. Roth In prosperity and adVer'
slty he brought out all that the author
must have intended when he drew
this character which showed 50 much
OF both strength ana weakness.
"Wurth Kinney played KenwarC
| Wright and did II well. The par
wns entirely ~ the unsympathotic or
der. ns no one In ever drawn TOWARD
n person who In endeavOrlng to ruiz
the character and fortune Of another
but even In this unpleasant chHrac'
1 terlzntion Mr.. Kinney's work wal
clean cut and left "A strong impression
| with his audience.
| "Joscphine Worth assumed thu
| character of the twin sisters and al
the strength and tenslty az the pla,
| grew, ~ grew the work Of this excel
| lent actress, rising ns she did at time
10 the high point In rlstriOnlC ability
1.-THE Lesura Watkins, Of Below
/ Falls, was AN amusing bit of wOrl
and she acted the stone image evl
| IDENTIFY Intended by the author with
out missing "A point OF It's humor.
v "Katheleen O'ConnOr played b,
Y Johnnie Ray was very pleasing ant
her admiration for the Irish was evl
IDENTITY strong euoGh even to overcom
her love.
Erred whitman IN Lee Martin, wit
h his fund OF bad punH and decide,
sense OF humoT, kept his audience q
a Jolly mood whenever he WAS on IN
stage, and he added his part to tn
pleasure OF the performance.
"Charles Dawson on hia retur
from Ireland, tricked out IN gree
socks. wniatcoat and tie 10 show hi
girl he could be Irish, called forth
roar OF laughter from the audience.
'"The play was Of that chaFaete