The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-07-16
MIKAD0 REPEATED
DRAWS BIG CROWD

One Of the most successful plays
ever given by local talent 10 Hood
River was staged on the evening Of the
Fourth IN the open air amphitheatre on
the chautaUqua grounds Due 10 the
fact that a couple Of hundred people
we're turned away on account OF lack
Of seating capacity, The Mlkado was
repeated on Friday Of last week. The
theatre was filled 10 more than the
limit Uf 1000 people the first night and
tully 500 more witnessed the brilliant
affair last Friday. Much credit is due
>. adrian EVping. under whose able
direction the play was given, and also
Miss Franc IOwsley. uf Portland, the
stage manager, for the astounding sue
cess o. the play.
The MIkado ~ Japan represented, by
.ttf Geo. K. Wilbur, was acted as few
others could have done II. With tower
ing stature Of body and a deep bass
voice that rumbled out his grim com
mands, he was at home on the stage as
q ruler Of the race Of the little brown
men.
Nanki-Poo, the son Of the Mikado,
was a part well handled hy Chas. n
Clarke Disguised as a wandering
minstrel. he won the love Of Yum
Yum, the prcttiest maiden Of Japan.
lie was the hero Of the play and one
Of the leading characters.
g. Arthur Clarke, in the role Of ko-
10, Lord High Executioner Of Tltlpu,
displayed rare talent as an actor
Looking Ike dangerous man who had
slain hundreds Of men, he proved to be
utterly harmless, and. more than that,
he provided a bIg round Of amusement
with local Jokes and "take-OiTs" which
made a big bit with the audience. He
was as much at home on the stage as
he is beating his drums in the Orches
ira.
PoOu-B Bah, who held several offices Of
rank in the town Of Titipu, was repre-
scented by Otto Wedemeyer. With a
deep voice. an expression on his face
of sombre indifference, a dry, hum0r-
Gus irony of speech and a commanding
poise Of his body, he played his part to
a finish.
Culver K. Osgood, as Pish-Tush, a
noble lord, was also quite a prominent
figure. His rich baritone voice gained
the admiration Of the entire audience.
Yum-Yum, Petit Sing and Peep-Bo-
represented respectively by Mrs. 7. ).
Davidson, Mrs. c. O. Huelat and Miss
Leila Hershner, played the part Of
Three Little Girls from Scho oil.
They fitted among the crowd on the
stage, singing snatches of song and
verse, and lent much enchantment and
merriment to the scenes, each one hav-
ing exceptionally good voices. Mrs. 7.
S. Davidson, in the role of Yum. Yum,
and the heroine of the play, was one of
the biggest hits of the evening.
Miss Hazel Stanton, as Katisha, an
elderly lady in love with Nanki-poO.
was a marvel. Her display of passion.
anxiety, sorrow, rage, hatred, love and
joy, was like that OF a professional ac
tress playing prominent role OF one
of Shakespeare s plays.
The music was provided by Miss Lii
lian Brock, as piano accOmpanist, and
VIM. Chandler's orchestra.
The many pretty chorus girls, the
mobiles, guards and coolies were a big
asset to the success of the play.
Through grave oversight we failed
last week to give G. N. Ravlin proper
credit for the Fourth Of July ceeration
and the chautauqua programs rendered
in the open air theatre. We wish to
state most emphatically that no one
deserves greater credit than does Mr..
RavIin for the excellence of the shows
and the beauty of the new open air
theatre. Mr.. Ravlin is an artist, when
it comes to getting together material
for show aud rounding it into pre-
sentable shape. While many of Hood
Rivers men and women deserve the
greatest praise for the work, Mr.. Raw
lin probably did more hard work than
anyone else.