The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17
HOME TALENT
FARCE COMEDY
lhe Play, Which is of the
Most Lauehable Kind is
for the Public Good.

lauies OF the Draper club have
prevailed upon the local theatrical tal.
en'. under the direction of W. E. Bun
iieii' 10 put on benefit home talent
pay the proceeds from which Are IN
De used for the re-establisbment of
'he ladies' rest room," which tbey
were just getting nicely fitted nm
"hen the fire this week DESTROYED if
and they will also put in a couple of
drinking fountains in time for Border
DAYS. The rest room is one mova
1or the public good which has met
WIN unqualified endorsement and sun
port on all sides, and its re-establish
ment is desired by all. The drinking
fountains are public need well rec
ognized.
The play which MIR. Bunnell has Sc.
lected Is one of the most popular
slde-splltting farce-comedies of the
day, entitled THE LIAR" and will be
presented in three acts, each of which
Is brlmful of fun. The first reading
OF the play took place Monday night.
and this will be followed up with re-
hearsals every night until the play is
given to the public on Friday night,
August 1st. The rehearsing is being
done on the l. o. o. F. opera house
stage, at which place the play will be
given on the above date. There will
also be a number of excellent spec
lalties put on between acts, which
promise to be of the most taking
kind"
The parts have been assigned and
the cast is as follows:
Hastings Hussen, J. P, (artistic liar
and fun promoter) w. E. Bunnell
Randolph Dearborn (who would mar
ry Flora in spite of her father
-. =. =. :. g.. Charles Branscombe
Guy McGuffin (bumptious constable
and masher) =. :. Harold Harris
Rev" Ezra Stiggins Gold cure
doctor who would marry money!
>. =. :. s.. .. =. e.. l. H. Higgs
General Boomer father of Flora, a
hot headed Southerner) ..........
:. =. =. :. E. :. :. c. A. Parsons
Flora Boomer (who runs off with
D,,tb ha
Lucretia Spriggins (spinster school
marin, who would wed) Mamie Long
Birdie Sweetlove (housekeeper,
whom Stiggins promises to wedD
Lamona Richmond
This farce-comedy has capital
plot and is full of interesting entangle-
ments and laughable situations. In
brief it is a story of Gay DecelVer
In the person of Judge Hussell, who
is a country J. p, but is not in the
business for the fun of it. The 1uuee
ani Gen. Bert Boomer, who were IN
the Confederate army together, met
for the first time after the war al
the Judges office where the general
seeks his daughter Flora, who runs
off with Randolph Dearborn to In
diana to get married. The general
follows with a shotgun. Here Judge
Hussell shows his capacity for lying
and lust how far he will go to Sc
cure the dollar, by playing on all SID
; es of the controversy. He creates
aristocratic parents for Ranuolph
: Dearborn, out of Miss Spriggins' the
spinster school marin, and the fe''
: Stiggins, who had never met before
tbot ba NAV secure the $1,000 offered
by the young man to have the MAI
( riage successfully brought about ana
: when the plot is dvulged, slips out
r of il by a prompt and graceful he'
S Cen Boomer is hot headed sou'n-
/. erner who stakes all ON the laiiiils
S roma Rev Ezra Stiggins is
po,d cure fraud. who is always imam
Y cially embarrassed and Wouid nn"i ;
/, r,onov n get out of his troubles
Rirdie Sweetlove is the houseAeePe
e Of the gold cure establishment VIM
saws stiggins has promised to marry
l. her Lucretia spriggins, is ioos
: Ter school marin, who has saved "
S s725 and would not object to marrias
S and stiggins almost ropes hei' ~ ~
o McGuffin is a fresh country cons'"1,e 1'
d who would ape the manners OF judge
uussel in whose court he serves o,.
Randolph Dearborn, swift young o", ~,
:. COCO real estate seller, would marry
O Flora at any hazard but Is shy w. -
e the general and his shotgun, r.o.s D.s
h likes good time, and would MARI w
- p.ao,nb IN spite of her father pio