Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
A GOOD FARCE
"A PAIR OF SKIES"
Coming for the Holiday Menu and
Proves to be Excellent
Digestive Tonic.
CAPABLE COMPANY OF
ARTISTS IN CAST
The Date is Wednesday, Dec. ID, and
Seats are NOW or Sale at T.. j.
Parman's. Prices
SOC to $1.J
Cast of Principal Characters.

Cast of Principal Characters.
Mrs. George B. Nettleton. .......
........... Jane Quinn
Miss Florence Cole .....
....... Alice Claire Elliott
CoddleS Miss Norton
George B. Nettleton Walter Fenner
I. Boggs John 80. Paul Nicholson
Thomas j. Vanderbilt >.
-. ........ Godfrey Matthews
Tony Toler .... John Houston
Mr. Applegate James T. Galloway
ACT I-Offices of the Eureka Di-
gestive Pill Co., New York City.
ACT II-Home of Mr.. Nettleton.
Two weeks later.
ACT III-Same as Act II. One
week later.
Decorah theatre goers will be Civ
en- rare treat at the Grand Wednes-
day night, Dec. %, when "a Pair of
Skies" appears here. We take the fol-
lowing complimentary notice from
the Rochester, Mimi, Herald:
A good laugh is the best digestive
tonic, and persons who went to the
Lyceum yesterday found "A Pair of
Skies to be an admirable stimulant
with which to top off the Thanksgiv-
ing repast, more efficacious, indeed,
than could have been one of the vio-
let coated pills of the Eureka Pill
Company which were responsible for
the amazing train of circumstances
that filled the three acts of the play.
Although "A Pair of Skies" has been
seen in Rochester more than once
before, having first come to light a.
the hands of the Manhattan Players
on the Lyceum stage two years ago,
its capacity for winning laughs is
far from exhausted, as witness the
gales of merriment that swept the
two holiday audiences yesterday.
Edward Peple hit upon novel
idea for his farce, and developed it
consistently and without doing too
much violence to probabilities. The
story results from the irreconcilable
lulleIeuCSS peIWccu bSoi sc ID. A>Ot-
tleton and T. Boggs Johns, the two
partners in the Eureka Pill Company.
Bitter Jealousy keeps the two at
swords points and prevents them
from developing the business to the
full. After particularly violent
dispute, they summon their attorney
and tell him to dissolve the partner
ship, but neither is willing to sell
his share to the other. So the attor-
ney hits upon the idea of the two
men playing a game of poker, the
winner to be allowed to carry on the
business unmolested for o year,
while the loser is to serve him as but
ler The hand is played, and pair
shows the loser serving as butler and
the means by which, aided by his
clever sweetheart, he finally turns
the tables on the winner until the
latter begs for mercy.
The company this year is excellent
the whole. Although playing with
the vigor and exuberance demanded
of farce, it never becomes unduly
noisy, with the result that the inner
emily amusing qualities of the play
are revealed rather than obscuret
by the efforts of the individuals in
the company. Walter Fenner and
Paul Nicholson show the amusing
contrast between the two partners
realistically, the one jolly and con-
temptuous, the other stern and bit
terly repressed. The rare character
bit of the play, the role of Cuddles,
the English slavey who falls in love
with the handsome new butler, is
we'll presented by Miss Norton, who
ogles and simpers with comical effect.
Godfrey Matthews does the attorney
satisfactorily, and Alice Claire ELL
oft as the sweetheart of one OF the
partners and Jane Quinn as the wife
of the other are always excellent.
There was special interest in the ap-
pearance Of James T. Galloway, a
popular member of the Manhattan
Players, in the role of prospective
buyer who is disguested by the un-
reasonable pickering of the two
partners. Even the minor roles are
handled we'll.