The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-17
Brewstcr's Millions at the Idle Hour
Friday might.

the Idle Hour theatre will present
one of the biggest special attractions
they have ever brought to Leon. 1t
is the famous "Brewster's Millions
in five parts with 240 scenes, the
author being George Barr McCutch-
con. In addition to the regular ev-
ening shows special matinee will
be given at 4:15. The admission for
this special attraction is 10 and Is
cents. The following is the story OF
the play:
Robert Brewster, scion Of a we'll
to-do family, elopes with Louise
Sedgewick Peter Brewster disin-
herits Robert and refuses to be re-
conciled to the marriage, and later
drives the young couple from their
home. A little son, monty" blesses
the union When Monty is full
grown man, Peter Brewster dies and
bequeaths million dollars to. him.
The newly acquired wealth stag
gers young Monty Brewster. and he
is about to launch into the new life
as one of the predatory rich, when
he receives communication from an
attorney in the west, advising him
that his uncle, George Brewster, has
left him seven million dollars, con-
tingent upon his getting rid of the
million dollars left him by Peter
Brewster.
"Peter Brewster mistreated your
mother and father and l do not want
you to touch a dollar of his money.
1t you spend the million left to you
by him and can, at the end of year,
show by receipts that you have judic-
iously spent, not squandered this mil
lion dollars, my attorneys will turn
over to you my worldly possessions,
aggregating seven millions. You
must own nothing of value at the end
of the year." said George Brewster,
and Monty, learning for the first time
that Peter Brewster had mistreated
his parents, begins to spend the mil
lion.
He invests the money in sure los
ing proposition in Wall street in an
effort to dispose of some of his un-
welcome money, and the proposition
turns out winner. He backs a fab
by fat pugilist, hoping to lose, and
wins.
There is clause in the will Of
George Brewster which says that
Monty must not tell anyone of his
desire to spend the million and his
friends think he has suddenly lost
his mind. Everything Monty touches
with the hope of losing some of his
money, turns out just the reverse,
and he wins. He has a most terrible
time disposing of the undesired mil
lions.
Finally in desperate attempt at
magnificent spending, Monty hires a
palatial yacht, invites several dozen
friends to accompany him and goes
on long cruise. The friends mutiny
in mid-ocean, thinking him suddenly
insane the way he is squandering his
wealth, threatens to lock Monty up
and Monty to Illustrate them, runs
up signal of distress. 1t costs him
two hundred thousand dollars to be
salvaged by passing steamer, and
the end of the year rolls around with
Monty fiat broke.
He has squandered the entire mill
lion dollars, possesses room full of
receipts to show for every dollar
spent, and his sweetheart Peggy, be-
lieving him to be a pauper, consents
to marry him. His friends, believing
him broke, endeavor to press money
and jewelry upon him, all of which.
he must not have in his possession
or he loses the seven million. He
lodges his friends, is met by the at
torney and presented with seven mill
lion dollars, and everything turns out
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