Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-29
AMUSEM ENTS.
"MiIestones" Drama of Generation.
Pleases Small Odeon Audience.

FleSSeS Smdtt OCeOn AuOiSNCs.
IL was new. vet pleasurahle ex-
perience that Thursday nights Odeon
audience was treated 10 by the pro-
duction of "Milestonss," and il is n
pity there We're not more there 10 en-
JOY it. Only a fair sized house Wit
messed the performance 1t was eN-
cellent turnout. both as to acting and
scenic construction.
II is not often that three generations
come and go in a single evening, with
their change of customs, dress. ideas
and manner of speech, Vet these three
generations that are portrayed in
+ "Mi!estones." were so realistic that YOU
felt il was positively uncanny to see
people grow old before Your very eyes.
There was nothing portrayed in the
whole production that was unnatural
but the spectacle of seeing il from
the point Of view of Young, middle aged
and old people makes il seem strange.
The audience Thursday night saw
prim love making Of 1850, when chill
drer did the astonishing thing of
ninding their parents. and when any
one with a progressive idea was con-
sidered positively dangerous: they saw
the young people Of 1850 grown TO
forgetting all about how they acted
when children: and finally they saw
these same middle aged people grown
old in 1912. and holding ideas that We're
exactly the opposite OF the ones they
chung to in their youth
All in all the play is an excellent one
for all ages II makes the older ones
wish for the days when things We're
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wind scale. and makes the younger
ones wonder how any one ever man
aged to live in such slow times.
The acting was all good. with each
( particular part standing forth by it
self. The company IS extremely Eng
lish and altho the play is English the
marked accent of the players made 1t
! 9 trife difficult TO understand al times.
! Mr. Rupert Harvey with the longest
and most difficult part. that Of John
Rhead in youth. middle, and old age.
carried his lines with ease and dig
nifty. His portrayal Of the changes
ir his character with advancing age
was well worthy Of praise Miss
Florence Form undoubtedly had the
premier par. as far as the women We're
concerned. and she PLAYED IL TO a
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disappointed In love IN the first act,
and lives 10 old age onl5- 70 be scolded
and misunderstood, she has character
part thai is difficult in the extreme.
She acted il TO perfection. Mary
Goulden was a prim and proper girl
in the SOS ard remained 50 until her
golden wedding day when she had her
little fling She is TO he complimented
for not OVERRIDING part that could 50
easily be overdone.
Gerald Rogers, as Samuel Sibley,
was an amusing and obstinate Eng
lishman, and L. G. carroll was all that
could be desired as Arthur Preece
Katherine Herber; was excellent as the
middle class English wife. with her
baby and its "perambulator. while
Ernest 1.aceby did Ned Pyn and LORD
Monkhurst acceptably. Winifred Lati-
mer was charming as the breezy youni
lady who pinned to read "Quida-' and
hated William Black. while Giiber'
Il Coleman did the 1912 young and fash
ionable Englishuan well enough
Arthur Row was suaye ard proper
English servant This company hai
been in this country bur few years
and has played in nothing but thi:
production.