The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-08-28

ing. The morning sessions we're more
largely attended and nearly thous.
and people were present. Miss Ed
ma e. Lowe delivered her last health
talk and Prof. G. w. Wassam deliver.
ed his closing lecture on THE Price
of Success" which was one of the
best and most practical talks heard
in many a day Those who have
heard Prof. Wassam will be glad to
learn that present indications point
to his return to Oskaloosa next year
Those who have met him and know
of his work are practically unanimous
in this. His work here has met with
great favor and we all want to know
more regarding the practical things
of life.
| There has also been a loud call for
the return of Mrs. Bess Gearhart
Morrison for next year, but this can
not be decided at present. She is
engaged in the development of a new
work in connection with her recitals
and her return will depend largely on
the completion of this work and her
selection of route and dates. If she
succeeds in her new departure, as no
doubt she will, she will make a great
success of her work as a public reader
and will add to her present popular
lily.
"As You Like IT,"
The balance of the closing day was
taken by the Shakespearian plays of
the Catha Woodland Company. The
Platform was specially trimmed and
decorated SO as to depict woodland
scene and the music was all back of
the scenes, thus giving the most of
the platform for the presentation of
the play. Instead of the mlscellane-
GUS program advertised, they decided
to give "As You Like It," and the
cast of characters was as follows:
The Duke, living in Punishment, Thos.
F. Snyder; Frederick. his brother and
the usurper of the dukedom and es-
ltates, ]. Ross Nugent; Amiens and
Jaques, lords attending the banished
duke, Herbert Garriott and Arthur
Beriault; LIE Bean. a courier attend
ing Frederick, Roland Schafer
Charles, a wrestler to frederick, J.
Van SAINT; Oliver, Jaques and Orlan-
do, sons of Sir Rowland de Boys, HUI
bert Garriott, r. Lynn and Harry X.
Budd; Adam, servant to Oliver, d.
Farnsworth; Touchstone. clown and
the court fool, Archie M. Tracy; Syl-
vius, shepherd in love with Phebe,
Leslie Grant: William. a country fell
low in love with Audrey, William Els
worth; Rosalind, daughter of the ban
ished duke, Miss Francis Berk; Celia,
the daughter of Frederick, Miss Mary
Tomlinson; Phebe, a young shepherd
ess, Genevieve O'Hara; Audrey. a
country maid, Catharine Snyder The
first scene Is in the garden in front
of the dukes house. The second
scene is in the woods of Arden, near
the place of Punishment, and the third
and last scene is in another part of
the same woods.
The plot of the story hinges on the
romance of Rosalind and Orlando.
The usurper, Frederick, uncle of Ros-
alind, orders her banished for her f.
deity. to Orlando, and Celia pledges
her love and promises to go with her
into Punishment. In order to escape
and make better progress, Rosalind
dresses as a young man and thus con-
.,
after various experiences, the father
of Rosalind is found and receives his
daughter and Orlando gains his favor
and good will and is finally made hap.
py with the hand of Rosalind. Sew
eral features were prominent in the
play and they were the wrestling
match between Charles and Orlando
and the humorous and ingenious work
of Touchstone, the clown. He was
always getting people into trouble
and confusion and then helping them
out. The work of Rosalind and Or
lando was fine and was really the
base of the whole play. AS a wood
land comedy it was great success.
midsummer Nights Dream"
The pleasing treat of the afternoon
brought out large crowd in the ev-
ening and to say that they enjoyed 1t
is but putting it mildly. The large
crowd were kept on the edge of ex-
pectancy all the evening and as a
humorous comedy 1t could not have
been excelled. The piano music at
various parts of the play was by Rol-
and Schafer and the costumes worn
we're of the Grecian period, the
scenes being in or near Athens.
The Cast. .
Theseus, Duke of Athens. Ross
Nugent. -Mr
Lysander, In love with Hernia
Harry X. Budd.
"Reminiscences Beik.
Aegeus, father of Hermia-George |
Leslie.
Philostrate-R. Lynn.
Nick Bottom, the weaver-Archie |
Tracy.
Junice, the carpenter-Thomas F.
Snyder.
Snug, the joiner-Mr Farnsworth.
Staryeling, the tailor-Gaylord Sny-
Ter.
Flute, the bellows mender-R Roland
Schafer.
oberon, King of Fairies--J. Van
SAINT.
Titania, his Queen-N. Norris.
Puck--Genevieve O'Hara.
Hypolita, Queen of Amazons-
,atharine Snyder.
Demetrius, his rival--Hubert Gar
lott.
Helena-Mary Homlinson.
synopsis.
Scene 1. Garden before Duke The
Gus Palace. Aegeus. q lord of Ath-
ms, comes before Duke Theseus with
0mplaint against hiR daughter Her