Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-06-10
THE MAN FROM HOME"
SCORES BIG SUCCESS
(From Thursdays Daily.)


THE Man from Home" that
typical portrayal of the whole soul
ed, good hearted Yankee with an
ambition to be as true in life
abroad as in the woods of old In
diana. scored big at the Elks thea
tire last night. and incidentally
placed a feather in the cap OF the
graduating class of the high school
From the moment the curtain
went up on the first act, from the
instant. Daniel Voorhees, Pike OF
Kokomo, Indiana, strobe into the
beautiful Italian garden acting more
like a farmer than man of means
from the land across the sea, until
/ the sweet strains OF Sweet Gene
We've hoated through the air con-
veying the message to Pike that
his mission was happily ended,
there was action; real dyed in the
wool action. Ably drilled and pos
sessed OF rare dramatic ability, the
members of the cast went through
the difficult masterpiece with pre-
cision and enthusiasm which left
no room for a stumble.
Imagine a real drama of four acts
duration. plenty of witty lines and
all kinds of philosophy, a clever
cast, beautiful scenery and costumes
unique yet simple plot and you
have an exact line on what was
available to the eye last night at
the Elks theatre
Theatricals have during the past
few years proven an important part
of the social curriculum of the high
school. Many successes have been
scored in comedy, drama and opera
But the palm for performances thus
lar rendered must be handed to the
graduating class. Not only did the
cast last night handle itself to per-
lection but the real mark of ;ttain-
ment is attributed to the fact that
the play was the most difficult ev-
er essayed.
Clever Work.
Homer Clark as The Man from
Home scored big every inch OF
the way. His naturally slow. easy
manner OF going about things,
stood him in good stead. Pike gaz-
ed with calm, serene demeanor at
the caustic sarcasm hurled in his
direction by the English nobility"
In short, his enactment of the true
Yankee type wass superb
Miss Grace Cousins as Ethel Gran
ger-Simpson, duplicated her remark
able success in the 1913 school op-
eretta. Her role called for YER
satility and the way in which she
commanded herself in one of the
opening scenes when light-hearted
and gay she planned to buy a title
for $4,000 ana in one O. the clos
ing scenes when she determined to
stick to the foolish young lord de.
spite the showing up" because she
had plighted her troth, was truly
worthy OF professional. The con
trast WAS signal and ably depicted
the ability OF the young lady.
As the Hon. Almeric St Aubyn.
The foolish young lord, Harold
Brisley was a wonder" Naturally
gifted with the wine-cellar brogue
Of the English lord, the young man
carried out his difficult part in a
way which drew forth the plaudits
Of the crowd more than once. His
dialect was superb. his stage pres
cnce and acting even better.
Andrew Baldwin as the Earl of
and Miss Nina Cousins
as the Comtcssc de Champigny. a
dashing Partisan beauty who had
attached herself to the stone
broke" lordiy. household, showered
upon themselves torrent of lau
rcls. Baldwin played his part OF
the plotting, brainy nobleman in a
way which would have made any
one but the calm-toned Pike jump
at his throat more than once In
short Badly" as he is known off
the stage, was good in every sense
Of the word. Some excellent act
ing was accredited to Miss, Alma
Cousins in the climax scene OF the
third act when the Russian refugee
turns out 70 be her lately impris-
oncd husband. Miss Cousin through
ont the play enacted her role OF
The Parasian type OF the plotting,
ambitious French woman with strik-
ing charm and ability.
of the stage. no one would ev-
cr suspect Miss Olive IIaisley OF
being possessed OF dramatic talent.
But the manner in which she aid
ed her two accompliccs, Miss Alma
Cousins and Baldwin in their schem-
ing TO land that "$75OOOO settle
ment" in the prospective marriage,
would have done justice to a pro-
fcssional.
Lack OF space does not permit
the recital OF the honors scored by
the divers other members ,of the
cast Ernest Love as the Grand
Duke, Vasili Vasilivitch; Ivanhoff,
a Russian rcvolutionist; Howard
Morrow as Horace-Granger Simp-
son; Kenneth Aiken as Ribiere,
the Grand Dukes secretary: orion