The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-06-24
MAN From Home," to Be
Produced Here, Treats
Of These.
A Young Lawyer From Kokomo, Ind,
Furnishes a World of Comedy
While uosetting the Plans of
Crowd of Plotting For
tune Hunters.

On the last night Of our Chautauqua
we are to have the pleasure of wit
Messing splendid production of 1.-The
Man From Hcne." one Of the most
successful plays Of recent years. IAN
American comedy Of distinction is
the way the World Today describes it.
The play opens in Sorrento, Italy,
where Miss Ethel Granger-Simpson
| and her brother, Horace, have met and
Joined the circle of the Earl of Haw-
castle and his sister, Lady Creeche
Through their Vaccinations the
wealthy young Miss Simpson becomes
engaged to the earl's son, the Hon. AL
merlc st. Aubyn. and a Rarriage set
lement of $775O,OOO (I5OOOO pounds
English sterlingj has been agreed upon
to be given by the girl to her husband.
This arrangement needs but the sane
ton Of the girls guardian, Daniel Voor-
hees Pike, young lawyer of Kokomo,
Ind, who is administrator of the es-
tate left by her father. The girl and
her brother are elated over the pros-
poets. In the glitter of the titles that
surround them it seems to them i'm
possible that they had been born in
Indiana. They rather fear the coming
Of Pike, dreading lest his Hoosier ways
will embarrass and humiliate them.
When he does come the encounter is
even worse than they imagined. He
comes pushing the broken down motor
of chance acquaintance whom he has
met in a hotel and whom he familiar
~ dubs doc" Ethel is chagrined at
the actions of 1.-The man from home"
but she is yet to learn-and so has
Pike-that "Doc'' is the Grand Duke
Vasili of Russia.
1.-The ceremony is to take place with
In a fortnight" Ethel loftily informs
Pike. eve shall dispense with all de-
lays" and she makes it plain that he
might have saved her and her brother
modification by staying away and
sending his consent as her guardian
and arranging the all important settle
ment in the same way.
How much do you want to give
him?' he asks.
"a hundred and fifty thousand
pounds" she answers calmly.
Gee, he must be a great man." ex-
claimed Pike, who had not vet met st.
Aubyn. He must be the prince of the
world to make you care for him like
that. Why. I'd have to squeeze every
bit of property your pa left you"
= When 1.-The man from home" finally
sees st. Aubyn he says that he appears
to be a cross between a parrot and a
poodle.
"Seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for that!'' he eXclaims. "Say,
how much do they charge over here for
a real man?'
Horace cher brother) joins them, and
Pike turns on him the torrents Of his
complete disgust.
''It is impossible for you to under
stand the motives of my sister and my
self in our struggle not to remain in
the vulgar herd" says the brother.
''but can't you try to comprehend that
there is an old world society based not
on wealth, but on that indescribable
something which comes of ancient lin
cage and high birth? You presume to
interfere between us and the fine flow
er of Europe"
''Well, / don't know as the folks
around Kokomo spoke Of your father
as fine flower" the man from home
reminds him, with a chuckle, "but we
all thought heap of him, and when
he married your ma he was so glad to
get her that-well, I never heard yet
that he asked for settlement. The
fact is, when she took him he was a
poor man, and if he'd had $4,000 I'll |
bet he'd "a given it for her."
This will serve to show something Of |
the trend of the play, play that is |
filed with the richest humor from start |
to finish. ''The Man From Home" is
a great play built around one Of the
most likable characters the American
stage has nrOduced