The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-20
Back to the Country store" Given
by Young Ladies' Society
Of st. Mary's
Church.
LARGE CROWD PRESENT
Several speciaIties introduced Be.
tween Acts Prove Very
Popular With the
Audience.

Back to the Country Store, was
country play given last night under
this auspices of the second guild of
the Young Ladies society Of the St.
Mary's church in st. Mary's hall be-
fore large audience that thoroughly
enjoyed every minute Of the show. 4
The play told tn story OF Quigiey
Higginbotham leslie Vaughan, q
clerk in country grocery store, who
had literary, artistic, hoor-walking
and matrimonial ambitions. "Quig,'
after many vain attempts to earn
fame and fortune at home, finally re-
! ceived his diploma from cores,
pondencs school n foor,walking and
departed for New York, strong in the
belief that he would soon return a
rich man and a fitting candidate for
the affections Of Miss Marguerite Van
Buren, (Gussie LIE Febsr). his best
girl.
| A year later "Quig" returned home
convinced that he was dismal fail
ure in all the lines In which he had
| aspired to achieve fans On the
evening OF his return his old friends
gathered at the home OF his parents
in surprise party to welcome him
home. Believing that 1t would ba
useless to propose marriage to Mar
guerite he started to ask for the hand
of his second best girl MARY GridelD
when the first opportunity offered,
only to find that she was already
promised to another.
| Filled with dispair he turned to
Mrs. Timless (Ethel McDowelD, a
widow with six assorted children, and
was on the verge Of proposing SEQ
ond matrimonial venture for her when
his mother Emma Ewers) interrupt
ed him and nipped that cnance in the
bud.
| Finally his mother called him aside
for a confidential talk, told him not
to feel discouraged, that although he
had failed in New York he might be
a success In Greensburg, and that II
he should ask Marguerite she might
accept him. The chance came before
the party broks UP and "Quig'' man
aged to md the nerve to ask his best
| girl to be his wife. She accepted and
all ended we'll with "Quig's" old en-
ployer offering to take him back in
tbs store and make him quarter part
ner at the end Of two years.
All members Of the cast played
their parts exceptionally we'll. John
Oertel as "Quig's father. Amariah
Higginbotham, cleverly mimicked tbs
old man who is always sick. Hitler
veith as Dudley Weatherwax. "Quig's"
crony, injected much OF the comedy
in the play Emma Ewers as "Quig's''
mother, Mrs. Jerusha Higginbotham,
played the part very naturally and
was greatly appreciated by the audi
ence.
Between the three acts. several
specialties ware introduced, ali of
them proving very popular. An Indian
club drill by Homer T. Orsborn and
Leslie Vaughan with plano accompani-
ment by Marshall Fulton was an at
tractive and interesting novelty. A
song specially by John Brazil with
piano accompaniment by Joe Herbner
proved to b. one of the big features
OF the evening. Brazil, dressed as q
negro woman. sang first a popular
rag time song. He was voted in the
Primrose class. When called back for
an encore he appeared dressed as q
colored sport. This time ne was dis
qualified from the amateur class.
Pearl Rose Short gave two readings
that ware greatly appreciated. Their
esa Oertel was chairman of the com
mittee which had charge Of the en-
tertainment.
Program.
Marche Militftaire. ....... Schubert
Piano-Emma B. Kraus
Violin-William J. Kraus.
BACK TO THE COUNTRY STORE
Cast OF Characta rs
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