Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-20
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\ Rose Stahl

Rose Stahl pleased Settle. III The
Post lntelligencer has this to- say. of
the Perfect Lady," the attraction at
the Auditorium April 27:E y q
sThere is d lot Of good, wholesome
entertainment in Rose Stahl's four
act comedy, "A Perfect Lady" Rose
herself is the same old Rose, with the
same old philosophy that charmed US
ESQ much In A Chorus Lady, OF
course, she is o. s'slangy person. She
couldn't be anything else. Or, perhaps.
It is that we wouldn't want her to be
anything else. ...y.ss i. 3, &, IL \ /
I'm Perfect Lady, Rose is a bur.
lesque queen. We see her first at
Sycamore Junction, in Montgomery
county, Kansas, waiting with the 9th.
ers of her troupe for an early morn.
ing train. Rose hears the manager
say that the next town to be played
is Jefferson. There's a girls semi
nary there, and we learn from con.
versation Rose holds with the musical
director of tahe company that Rose
has sister at the seminary, who is
being educated at Roses expense, and
who thinks that Rose is great
Shakespearean actress. as Rose says,
playing Camille and East Lynn.
Won't Play at Jefferson.
And Rose tells the manager she
won't play Jefferson and that she
doesn't want the town billed with her
picture showing her attired in tights.
This leads to trouble, and finally Rose
and the musical director and Flossie
Day determine to remain at Sycamore
q month later we find them installed
in an ice cream parlor and the town
up in arms some Of the town-be.
cause the newcomers have been Civ.
ing lessons in the tango and the tur.
key trot and other modern dances
The man who owns the town and the
minister and everybody else are in
the thick Of It. They don't intend
that the morals Of Sycamore shall be
corrupted.
But Rose stays on the Job and
everybody in town but the man who
owns 1t finds that she's pretty good
sort Of person and that the dancing
has ED to a better feeling through.
out the community, that the town has
awakened from its Rip Van Wrinkle
sleep and that Rose alone has bsen
responsible for the change. Then, the
sister comes from the seminary and
the son of the man who owns the
town falls il. love with her. And
about the same time we find the min.
lister falling in love with Pose, and
all the time we knew that the musical
director loved Flossie.
Tears and Heartbreako.
Then it is that the tears and the
heartbreaks come. The man who
owns the town forbids his son to have
anything to do with the sister, and
when the son sdisobeys he is turned
from his fathers homes And the man
who owns the town withdraws his
$4,000 contribution toward the build.
ing of the new church and announces
the removal f the minister. The sis.
ter thereupon gives up the son and
Rose gives up the minister and it is
all very terrible and our hearts go
out to the lovers. Only the musical
director and F1ossie escape the gen.
eral catastrophe. No one seems to
care whether they marry or jump in.
to the ,tver.
And then the fourth act comes and
the curtain goes up on little old
country church, with Its little old bel.
fry, and the organist at his weekly
practice. Close by is the parsonage,
and In the June twilight we see the
minister, saved on a bench-see him