The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-02-28
was in Mankato yesterday on

vile visited In the city yesterday.
S. A. Thorson of st. Peter was a
Mankato business visitor yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. B. Loeffler of Al
bert Lea visited yesterday in Man
kato.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Van Campen
of Owatonna were Mankato visitors
yesterday.
Rev. and Mrs. VIII s. Emery OF
the Methodist church at Amboy were
Mankato visitors yesterday.
F.. l.. Soaring went to Minneapolis
today to attend the ceremonial Of
the Shriners which takes place there
this evening.
Ed. Bartholomew, S. T. Lamas. II.
T. Day, w. A. Misch and NJ. A..
Krause of Amboy transacted business
In Mankato yesterday.
j. II. Moore, manager Of the
Wells Flour company of Wells,
Mimi. visited with friends here yes
terday while on his way to Shake
pee to spend Sunday.
Fred Swanson, head bill clerk at
the Omaha freight depot. left this
morning for Minneapolis where he
will spend Sunday with his wife, who
is now visiting there.
Mrs. ]. n. Lang returned last night
from Minneapolis and st. Paul where
she had been attending the state
meeting of Royal Neighbors and Wis
iting relatives and friends.
c. B. Lawrence, assistant district
manager of division p of the Pru-
Dental Insurance company left today
for Sioux City, Iowa, to attend dist.
riot convention of the company there.
He arrived here yesterday.
st. Peter Free Press: Victor Ry-
deem of ATankato visited relatives
here last Sunday He was accom-
panied home by his wife, who was
the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Henry F. Fricke, for several
weeks.
Judge and Mrs Lorin Cray return
ed today from a trip to Florida and
Cuba where they spent several
weeks. Mr. and Mrs. George f.
Brett, who went with them, will re-
turn next week, having stopped on
their way home at Wheeling, West
Virginia.
Rev. o. J. Arthur will go to Min.
neapolis Monday where he will al
tend the Minnesota conference OF
the Swedish Lutheran church. About
$50 delegates will be present. The
conference represents $4,000 church
members. A. S. Mellgren is the dele
! gate from the local Swedish church.
| UnfavOrable weather conditions las.
.ph% onH;.
ence from greeting under the Stars
and Stripes" presented by Company
II, NJ. N. G.. The story of the play
is typical of tho Spanish-American
war period and the scene of the play
is laid in the Philippines. There is
the usual treacherous Spaniard. who
seeks vengeance upon noble Amer
lean officer by trying to gain the
love of the American wife. The other
love story. is a truly American one
young American officer is madly
in love with n vivacious and coquet
ish American girl, who refuses to
listen to his suit seriously until real
dangers come to them. The comedy
ran through the third love story OF
the play, which was one of thirty
years duration. "
The military features of the play
were realistic and exciting and show
ed the result of expert military
knowledge on the part of the train
er. The soldier boys played strong
part in the production and played
it well.
Opened With a Chorus.
The play opened with the "Sana
90" chorus. sung by about twenty.
/ five young ladies with Miss Dorothy
! Scott AZ "Sana o." The young la
dies all wore gay kimonos and car
ried fans, and made a pretty picture
The chorus itself was very pretty
and was sung exceedingly well. The
dance steps in it were very grace
fully done and Miss Scott made a
charming little Japanese girl The
audience was so much pleased with
the chorus that il insisted upon hear
ing more, and il was repeated. From
that time on during the entire play
curtain calls were numerous and ap
plause was frequent and hearty. The
players had won their audience fol
the entire performance.
MISS EHLdUetH DOuUS, Ill the TOl.
OF Lucy Fairfax" the sister of the
American lieutenant, played her par
delightfully."- Her ease of manner
and stage presence was exceedingly
good and she made a pretty par
the prettier by her clever interpre
! tation of it.
Played Parts Well.
Lieutenant T.. r. Brown PLAYED OF
posite Miss Dodds in the role OF
Dick Foster" an American soldier
Mr.. Brown and Miss Dodds played
their parts well together and Mr.
Brown also showed great ease Of
manner and good understanding OF
his role. In the several scenes
where these two people appeared to
gether the audience was delighted
with their playing.
Miss Olwen Evans made a sweet
and charming Isabelle Fairfax" the
wife of the American lieutenant Her
voice is wonderfully well suited for
work of that kind and has excellent
carrying power. Miss Evans was par
/ ticularly well suited to the part in
| appearance and manner and carried
off honors with her acting. Captain
A. O. Scott as Lieutenant Fairfax,
carried off his share of the honors on
his acting and his voice, too. was
one which was particularly adapted
for that sort of use. That the cap
tain was making a hit with his au
dience was proved by the hearty
applause which was given him so fire.