Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-03-08
John Hyams AMI Leila Mcintyre Will
be Seen in Side Splitting Must.
cal Comedy Mt the Grand.
CHORUS OF BEAUTIES
AND ELABORATE COSTUMES
Scenery New and Superb, Costumes
Gorgeous, Songs Catchy,
Lines Clever.

"A me managers of the Grand Lave
booked another great musical comedy
in my Home Town Girl" which
comes as the next attraction. The
company plays Des Moines, Omaha,
Sioux City, Waterloo and Cedar Rap.
ids before coming to Decorah The
Following is taken from the St. 10.
seph, Mo-, Gazette, where the show
recently appeared:
"a John Hyams and Leila Mcintyre
'were there to use a time worn
phrase, last night in my Home
Town Girl" which opened two
DAYS engagement at the Lyceum
theater. The book is good, the lines
are clever, the scenery is all new and
3lperb, the costumes gorgeous and
fhe beauty of the chorus dazzling,
and this is not bit of exaggeration.
Hyams and Mcintyre, of course,
stand out from the supporting cast.
They should be featured, for Hyams
is about the best little laugh maker
that has been seen at the Lyceum
theater this year. His humor is droll,
his manner renders the fun conta-
gious, and whenever Hyams is on the
stage the audience holds it's hands to
the sides and only withdraws them
for the purpose of encores.
IS And Leila Mcintyre! She appears
younger every time she visits here
and just as charming as ever. As the
home town girl, she is captivating,
bewitching, and sings with a charm
that "gets over
There isn't very much to the plot,
Just enough to hang onto it some OF
the cachiest music of the season. The
first scene is laid in Nine. Marie D.
Ulay's modiste parlors-and, by the
way, Edna Won Luke as Madame Ma
rie almost equals Hyams in fun MAX
ing. She is clever dancer and
gomehow can't make move without
scoring laugh.
Back to the plot. The modiste is
engaged in designing, fitting and
erecting a trousseau for a bride. Her
uncle, whom she has never seen, is
to pay for it. He comes in from Grand
Rapids, Mich, with his niece during
the first act and is supposed to be a
very proper person, almost a prude.
When he arrives he finds that the
modiste is a former actress he made
love to in Kalamazoo.
OF course, his niece mustn't find it
out. Thus. the plot thickens. Then
1t is revealed to the audience that the
bridegroom was arrested for speed
ing in company with a celebrated
dancer and gave the name of a
friend, Tony Darling, whose off stage
name is John Hyams. Also the dan
Ger threatens to publish the story il
the papers unless $4,000 is forth
coming. Darling is to be best man at
the wedding. Darling has been a
rounder and is heir to a large estate
in case he quits his rounding" for
la year. The groom tells Darling of
the escapade and in the meantime
Darling mas fallen III love with the
home town girl. Thus the plot is
made thicker.
From this beginning the unravel-
ing goes ON until the final curtain
when there are three weddings in
prospect and everyone is happy-the
audience most of all, for the people
down front have had two hours and
fifteen minutes of entertainment
with slight intermission to give the
solar plexus chance to. recuperate
from the violent contortions produc~
ed by a continuous bombardment OF
humor
"My Home Town Girl is the best
musical comedy Of the winter thus
far, and it is hardly conceivable that
anything could be better and permit
CT the survival of convulsing onlook-
ers. 1t is a show for the audience
and hits the mark with a beauty
chorus all beauties, too - new.
bright costumes, elaborate scenery
lots of fun, catchy music, and not a
dull minute.