The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-05
ADJUSTMENTS.
Bought and paid For.


The promise Of an unusual dramatic
treat in the performance OF Bought
and Paid For at the Grand last night,
was ably fulfilled. The company was
one of the best that Keolsuk theatre
goers have had the pleasure of seeing |
this winter, and the piece was staged
with all the elaborateness OF a Brady
production. Bought and Paid For"
deserved much larger house than
it played to. 1t is clean cut, its lines
are sparkling and it abounds In
dramatic climaxes, and essan humor.
The company, which played here last
night, was admirably balanced. Will
liam H. Currie as Robert Stafford,
the millionaire, and Evelyn WELDING
as virginia Blaine easily portrayed
their parts most artisAcally. Per-
haps one of the greatest compliments
that can be paid the entire company
is that there was an entire absence OF
the STACEY feeling about them. They
seemed actual beings, and one forgot
the artificial atmosphere usually so
prominent. Mr.. Currie was especially
good in the tense situations which his
lines produced. He displayed a mas
nifcent piece of acting in the second
act when he comes home intoxicated,
and is in an unusually good mood.
Miss Weddings impersonation of the
struggling telephone operator who
marries the rich man, was exception
ALLY well done. 1t is with the most In
tense emotions that she repulses her
husband, who comes home drunk
Another strong scene is that IN which
| she leaves the man who declared that
he had bought and paid for her"
/ Hobart Cavanaugh as James Gil
ley" and Dorothy Davies as Fannie
Blaine were equally as good as the
leading couple. Both entered into
1.-THE spirit of their parts and Cav
anaugh was especially likeable as
| Jimmie" the man who has ideas,
and who was paid ten times what he
! was worth, after he became mil
i lionaires brother-in-law Jimmie
usually had his elbows out, too,
! wherever his job, or his ability were
mentioned. Miss Davies as Fanny
proved a wonderful mimic In the
! first scene, where she gets a GLIMPSE
sof millionaire's home, her wonder
Ement was without bounds, and her
4 breaks" were laughable.
The parts OF the servants were most
faithfully portrayed by Clyde Craw-
/ ford as Oki. the Jap butler, and Flor.
fence Heston as Josephine. the French
maid Mr. Crawford's being former
\ Keokuk man, perhaps, added interest
to his acting Oki reached the climax
of his acting in the final scene, when
he is informed that Mrs. Stafford is
to return. Miss Hestons French maio
imp ersonation was remarkable.
Il The story of Bought and Paid For
, is simple one, directly told Rober
, Stafford marries telephone girl
s Stafford is kind hearted, generous
considerate and deeply attached to HI.
i wife, but he has one fault. His be
setting sin is drink. He is a gentle
, man souse. At such times, his wife
, who has grown to love him, is il
mortal terror, not SO much for fear Q
!, his striking her, but because she feel
, that when he is under the influence g
. liquor, he is another man-as thong
: she, a wife, was being caressed by
drunken stranger. 1t is while Staffor
> is on one of these sprees that hi
= wife repulses him and exhibits he
= disgust. She refuses to kiss him an
her attitude arouses the mans obstii
y acy until he frankly informs her thu
she is bought and paid for: and Thu
she would not have married him
he had not been rich, that he paid HI
: price and that she is his propert
e The truth of the statement is force
= upon her and, screaming, she runs
- her bedroom and locks the door. Sta
:, ford picks up the iron tongs from Il
:, frepace and breaks in the door Th
= is one of the strongest scenes ev
~ staged.
is The climax of the play, probably
ID reached in dramatic incident in Il
II second act. when Stafford, =, his cuI
ry breaks in the door of his wife's roo
lie after he has forced her to kiss hi
le and she runs screaming from him.
The third act gives the scene t
next morning, when Mrs. Stafford,
lsaye her self respect, leaves Staffol