Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-15
FRATERNITY BOYS TO
PUT ON EXCUSE ME-

owing to The fact hat the stage of
nn other thcatcr or auditorium IL
large enough to accommodate the
scenery In the comedy Excuse Me-
il has boon arranged 10 pr sent the
play IN the high school auditorium.
The sigma Tau fraternity in east
lag about far HOUSE in whcn to
perform were confronted by the fact
that almost tho entire action of the
comedy takes place In a Pullman car
aud b stage Of forty feet In width U.s.
required 10 correctly represent the
various Sc lions, borthf ana commit-
ments.
- complete set Of nos ! scenery is
helna constructed 10y stage Carpenter
0itic Megnry and assistants. which
VIII surprise the audience. On the
principal " a three ring circus, the
action n simultaneous IN the main
portion Of the car, IN The gents smok
ef, ana IA the corridor leading Ia thu
iadi,t dressing room.
Many curious properties. far be-
Nond the pale of ordinary and cspec-
iallV amateur production are reauir-
cd The pullman company through
the az ncV of Mr., Davis, the local
repro sentative, will assist through the
Joan Of many tens. The small STEP
laddctAnd train steps. to say nothing
of lAutefns. pillows, bedding, hinged
tables aud elotheH hammocks, all haze
10 ipretr Running water for shay
ing and electric b lis for calling In,
nartcr have 10 be Installed 1t Is safe
L. say tlad no road show has over ar
rived IN Albuquerque with a more
complete complement Of scenic effects
and properties tAan the fraternity
boys Will hc provided with.
The motion Of the train, the whis-
ties md h,ils ana train noises are 4
department. in themselves aud are be-
ing worked out with complete and
startllnn reality.
vfXuese. Mc' is farce BY Rupert
HUGHES th'an ran nine months in New
Norl; and WAS pronounced the most
nffrHorious achievement in years In
the WAY ui IA lnuRhtcr. provoking play,
Excuse Me' is new idea In farce.
'fhc location Of it, scenes is novel.
Another point is that 1t requires a
company numbering two dozen and
fs half. fact in Itself sufficient TO-
distinctly diftcrenUate it from the
usual titicc productions
Excuse Mc' h a farce Of twenty
stories and of none paradox which
becomes clear whom il is understood
thut all of the action takes place ou
an overland limited train bound from
Chicago to the Pacific coast aud that
the chaacters are Pullman pnsscn-
gers ana the train crew.
The persons arc widely CONTRASTING
types Numbered amongst them are
20 YOUNG army officer aud hride-to-be
Wh are supposed To have already
been married but whose wedding by
reason of the breaking down of 4 tax
tcab hts hecn postponed until they
can encounter a elcrgNmAn a genial
and cornwall Chicago business man
mound for Reno 10 procure "A divorce
his wifi social leader. travelling to
tn sunc point TO legally rid herself
of the genial husband, "a country par
soH and his wife Whu uu thcir first
vacation ia Years seek "a return to
Nomh not unmNed with worldincss.
4 1nsty hatchelor whose prciudices
are broken down hN woman mis-
sionary fhrts Of both scNes. and an
ENGLISH tourist t0 whom nothing Is
quito as he would like il There are
others. too. an interesting and amus-
ing and SEQ are the happenings on the
1000 milc trlp II is 4 brilliant farcr
brilliantly acted and il recently fin
lshrd a rHn of nine months IN New
York The main thread Of the story
winds itself around the attempts nf
Lieul IlnrrN Mallory and his sweet
heart GO find minister to perform
for them The wedding ceremony which
the other passengers on the train be-
loved to have taken place before the
twn left Chicasu hut each individual
ana each couple In the play has Il
Story nf his and it, own ana the COM
poslic whole attains "a laughter-er at
ing effect. II one VIII imagine him
self making such a trip and attempt
20 conceive the mulutudnous humors
aud scenes taat might hc incident to-
II. and then multiply that number by
iva, hr mgy arrive at some fairly def
mite conclusion concerning the swift
ness colon aud ehangeahieness of the
uHtloU az "iNlueq Nc