The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-04-02

scholarship up to the high standard
required of them, besides accom-
plishing the usual home duties ex-
pected of all.
One more, though, must be spoken
of-one who added just the right
touch to make the whole realistic,
and he added that touch with so
much life and zest that it will be
anticipated that Carl Hanson, the
''tiny INDIAN" is the one referred
to.
Also it is most fitting that the
orchestra should be spoken of. We
are SO prone to take the accompani-
ment for granted that we often
overlook the time and patience as
we'll as skill required. Besides the
general practice, which was almost
daily, many were the hours put in by
the pianist, Ruth Levine, for
practice with individuals, and all
agree that she has just the right
sympathetic touch.
The curtain rose to display the
village green on which was gathered
motley crowd. The fair maids in
Plymouth, in the simple but at
tractive gowns of black with white
caps, kerchiefs and aprons, were
playing game-singing as they
| played. Looking on were the ePuri-
tan boys CARRIED in black with short
doublets and sugar loaf hats, bright
blanketed squaws and stoical Indians
with gorgeous headdresses of
feathers. The game was brought to
an abrupt end by the entrance of
stern Elder Brewster, who chided
them for their gaiety, dispersed the
crowd, and by word and song pre-
dicted woeful things to crowd of
young men who appeared to ask his
reason for such "dourness. No
sooner had they left than the merry
maids appeared and sought to COM
fort John Alden, who was mourning
his i'll luck in having through the
bonds of friendship-to offer the
suit of Miles Standish to Priscilla,
whom he himself devotedly loved.
The approach of Miles Standish and
his valiant men was loudly heralded.
A crowd assembled to greet them for
whose benefit Miles proudly ex-
hibited his followers, putting them
through maneuvers the like of which
was wonderful. The expert marking
fof time alone brought peals- of
laughter from the audience.
The army was led away by the
crowd to be fed while John Alden
and Miles Standish conferred, which
conference was interrupted by the
entrance of the Indian, Pecksuot,
bearing the cipher message from
Wattawamu, the great Indian chief
of the Pequots, inviting a fight.
Miles Standish filed the proffered
snake skin with powder and shot
and dismissed Pecksuot back to his
chief with the famous words,
'Sweet is the smell of powder and
thus I answer your challenger
The action moved smoothly and
entertainingly with merry quip and
song until Miles demands his able
lieutenant, Erasmus, of Elder
Brewster, who explained that for
the grave misdemeanor of stealing a
kiss from maid of Plymouth,
Erasmus has been put into the
pillory. Erasmus was then wheeled
out, presenting comical sight with
his head and hands secured ignomin-
iously in the pillory which bore
aloft the placard, 'FYe Flirte. "
The willy little captain. by a clever
ruse, outwits the stern old elder
and Erasmus is released.
Here Priscilla made her first ap-
pearance and, after she had voiced
her sentiments on love, in a sweet
song, she and the captain were left
quite alone. Miles tried to help
along his cause by trying to do some
of the love-making himself, of which
he made a dismal failure.
Before the curtain fell on Act 1 a
sextette of sailors had executed some
clever steps and the crowd had once
more assembled. =.
1t would be hard to imagine a
sweeter, more touching love scene
than that enacted in Act II at
Priscilla's home between Priscilla
and John Alden, during which
Priscilla made her oft-quoted query,
:'Why don't you speak for yourself,
John?" ...-r
A scene that will doubtless lingel
long in the minds of those who were
fortunate enough to see it was that
of the camp of the Pequot Indians
which opened Act III. Just the
proper red glow suffused it and the
dancing, hooting braves, gay in
their war paint, surely struck terror