The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-04
Show Makes a Big and Popu
lar Hit in the City
of Fairmont.

o. III -
'iBunty Pulls the Strings" was
the cleverest show the patrons Of the
Grand have had chsnce to see this
season and was far and beyond the
pres notices that preceded 1t. IT is
a purely Scotch play with a MICS
clean little story for the idea End ia
presented in a way that WINS in
staR.ly the entire audience. The
hunor was subdued and YET very i.,-
fictitious, the kind you see Iona
time after you hear it and take a
quiet laugh about It. or cours> 1t
was Scotch humor and Of the dr.
brand, but done in the way those
people did 1t, 1t was simply great.
The humcr was, however, not the
distinguishing part of the show, for
7 it was of the kind that makes you
think. Bunty said so many true
things and applied them in such a
way that they rang true to life, fnd
there is the charm of the entire pro-
ductioa, life
The story is really short ami is OF
a wldower that has two children,
"Bunty' and ''Rab." Thomas Big
GER" the father and widower, is a
strict old mn1 and an elder in the
kirk who thought the trouDies OF
an elder son who has run away from
home and gotten into difficulties, has
been forced to use mfney not his
own. SUSIE Simpson" to wnori
the misapprorriated money belongs,
is a housekeeper. she tells "Thom-
as" that she wants her mnley, .leav-
ing the impression that if he mar
ries her nothing more VII be said OF
Che money. 'lBunty" is to be mar
ried to William sprtat' and one
Sunday morning, the same that
Susie" proposes to Thomas" Two
strange ladies come to the Biggar
household. Che Of them proves 70
be etalen Dunlop, sa old sweet
heart OF Thomas, anu whom he, in
his early life, was to marry, but had
deserted her at the altar.
Thomas in taking to 'tiEalen''
tells her that he has used some mc.r.
ey not belonging TO him and IS
overheard by SUSIE They all go
to tae r1 where William is to he
the new elder aad watch the plate,
or see that the collection is taken.
The other lady is a niece OF
"5llen's' and is delicate lassie
with whom ,Rab'' becomes much
Interested. So the two youngsters
g to the church together, and like
al! -. crested" young folks arrive
late. Rsb, who has been promised
whipping by his father for whist
ling on Sunday does not care TO go to
church and tell "Teenie that ne
wants to get away cad out into the
world and see things. The minister
fails to arrive and "Rab'' is sent oy
his father to get another. He takes
"Teenie" along with him, she re-
turns and tells that NRab" has run
away. Susie has the policeman
called from the church and asks him
10 arrest Thomas" "Bunty'' saves
her father by telling her that the
money VIII be ready next day. Sac
then tells William that their wedding
will have to be postponed, as she is
go'2g to pay back the money out of
what they have save dto start house.
keeping on.
The next morning as Thomas
has gone aud brought back "Rab,
he tells "Rab" that he still has the
whipping coming to him. "Rab" re-
fuses to go to the shop s1d "Bunty''
backs him up, telling her father that
she will leave if he Furnishes "sRab.'
He gives in and so "Bunty" fixes II
up for him 10 marry %Ealen," "su-
sie'' gets her money but after being
told by "Bunty" just what is what
she gives the money to William, >
and ''Bunty" gets her father to lei
"Rab" go to Glasgow and find a
place for Teenie at the village dress
makers. Every one is happy anc
thus It ends. ''Bunty" was such q
lovable sort of a girl, with such gool
sense and with such lot of keen
perception that she was able tc
pull The strings" and get every one
in Just the right place.
The one thing that was most no.
ticable was the dialect used
throughout the performance. Tbs
entire cast is Scotch, most of them
direct from Scotland, and the 9th.
ers have only been in this country
for a short time. Miss Marjorie
hurry, who took the title role came
direct from Bdinburg to play thr
part and is one of the cleverest act.