The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-04-06

completely and had the speech and
mannerism OF the quaint old professor
town to nicely. The part was an
all-important one In the story and was
well cast when it was assigned to Mr.
Eimers.
Helen Erskine was "Eupepsia Spig-
gott," the professors eldest daughter
and with the other five little Spig.
gotts, impersonated by Margaret Kra.
kau, Earl Byron, Fred King. Ilovd
Riutcel and Richard Derrig. came in
upon the scene whenever their nres-
ence would add to the merriment
which was quite often.
Gilgert Foster was "Mr Dun" the
burglar, who burgled the mansion of
nearly all its valuables before the
police arrived. He had a part that
admitted of considerable elaboration
and he made the most of it. The
character was well done. MYRTLE
Fuller was winsomely pretty as "Amy
Lee" the bride-to-be. Her rendition
of the role was splendid.
/ have never witnessed a high
school play where better work was
done in the line of character acting
than that given Monday evening by
Lallah Fulton, who as "Mrs. Spig
gott," the mother Of seven little spig-
gotts, was very near the perfect mark.
Her acting was sincere and unaffect-
ed throughout.
Dennis Howard was the matinee
idol Of the play as BILLY Jackson"
the heart breaker. Denny had lot
OF near-matrimonial difficulties that
kept him In hot water, or looking at
the moon, throughout the piece. He
was the champion proposer of the en-
tire cast.
The part of Miss Longnecker," a
school teacher, was carried admirably
by Dora Knorr. Ruby Krakau had
the part of Aunt Paradise" an aged
negro nanny, always a difficult char
acter part. consider this young
/ lady one of the stars of the cast
Her work could not have been improy-
ed upon.
Mae Lanningham was "Dodo De
Graft, the Dazzling Daisy" and as a
dazzler Miss Lanningham had many
OF the male hearts fluttering before
the play was over. One can easily
overdo such a part, but in this in
stance the Interpretation was both
cleverly and correctly done. John
Long was 'Mr. Malachi Meek" a
solemn-eyed old boy of sixty-nine who
was a regular "devil in his own home
town" whenever he had an opportuni-
| ty to flirt.
Mrs. Perrington-S Shine" an elder
ly lady, was exceedingly well portray
ed by Annie Norwood, one of the
%ola Loo
and Eunice McEntee was her daugh-
ter, Miss Gwendolyn Pennington
Shine" Miss McEntee was very good
in this part.
Florence Parsons comes of a family
known for its talent in theatricals and
her rendition of the part of Lulu,
the maid, added still another laurel
Here was another part which would
: have passed, even if poorly done, but
which In this instance was given just
the proper rendition in every respect.
Angelina" the angel child, as i'm
personated by Gladys Robinson, figur
ed prominently in the plays story
} Miss Robinson was a typical ange
child and pleased everybody with hel
| delightful rendition of the role. Hel
J song between acts was an added fea
ture of merit.
} There seemed to be countless Spig
: gotts in the play and James Yates al
t "Hemachus Spiggott," was one of TIN
: funniest of the lot My old friend an'
D counselor, N. Webster, (nOah, noah
! he wasn't in the cast) says that spig
: gott means plug, and l want to adj
{ that as " Hem Spiggott' Jim Yate
: Is sure some plug. Hem was stron
1 for Father and though some OF hi
: well-meant efforts went awry, he wa
e loyal throughout. Yates manner o
q speech and dialect, his acting and III
g work as a whole was unusually gooc
+ Yates sustained his part in the sam
o unbroken style throughout the play,
e task which proves a stumbling bloc
to so many amateurs. His work coul
e not have been bettered.
o Master Reese Hattabaugh and Mas
q er Alfred Parsons appeared in a
e amusing little skit between acts Una
v pleased with an encore.
e The special scenery provided for tn
e production was the work OF Y. n. hr'
II kau, a genius in this line. The con
/ munity is fortunate in numDernl
d among its citizens q man OF Mr. MI
Is kau'S eXceptlonal dDllty. AhS'i uAN
II al music for the play was given .
y Miss Duff at the piano.
IS The production was beautlfully co
+ tuned, the young ladies of the pla
presenting a decidedly pretty appea
Is ance in their attractive gowns, whi
II the young men, or some Oh them
K least, were Immediately attired
!" dress suits. / think | have fuile
Is broader conception Of the word "pnicl
n- ritude" since having seen the seVer'
a. young ladies of the high school IN u
Is play Monday evening. They outsnoi
is any constellation of sweet girl era
Is uates l have ever seen. =
r In summing up, much credit Is "
lr to Mr.. and Mrs. ID. +. X. hice, WI
oil / understand, had complete cnarse
the play and who are responsible =
~ the direction of this notable SUCCESS
n Mrs. Tommie Morris returned
70 Spokane this morning after a
ID weeks visit with her parents, MI. a,
al Mrs. Geo. IA. Arnold, and other rei
as Archie Gilkeson is adding hrepia