The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-19
FIN The OzARKS"
Home Talent Play PIeases q
Large Audience FrIday.

Ozarks' to large and appreciative
audiences at the Washington Audi
forum. Thursday evening the
play was given to the pupils of the
schools and no admission was
charged. The youngsters enjoyed
the production and it is felt that it
was partly to the satisfaction felt
by them that such a large attend
ance was manifest on Friday even
ing. The kids" were good ad-
vertisers.
Friday evening every good seat
in the house was taken when the
curtain rose on the first act of the
play. The cast was composed of
well known local people which
added much to the attractiveness of
the story as told by the actors and
actresses. The High School
orchestra did much towards the
success of the entertainment and
under the efficient dictatorship of
Miss Englund rendered several
very choice selections as curtain
raisers and between the acts.
Another feature very much ap-
preciated was the quartette work of
Messrs, Walker, Mokros, Strachan
and White.
The play opens in Bowling
Green, Pike County, Missouri,
where Joe Vernon, (Henry Chinn)
resides with his family and where
Mr.. Vernon conducts blacksmith
shop with the assistance of Dave
(Wm. Trudgeon), Cal Orchard
Hodge,, and Ezrum (Wm. Crew.
The home of the Vernon's was
being smudged out for skeeters"
when the scene opened, Mrs. Yer
non. (Mrs. E. c. Jones) being
busy at the ironing table and her
youngest daughter 'Lizbeth (Miss
Ruth LindelD handling the smudge
pot. A spirited dialogue about
skeeters and the general heat is
carried on by mother and daugh-
ter when Kate miss Lois Ander-
SOM enters and tells of her CON-
parry coming that evening. Kate
had just returned from a female
seminary and had accumulated a
bunch of learning which caused her
to feel much above her family.
The company she was expecting
proved to be Travers, Oh. J.
Merdink) a city man who had sue
ceeded in gaining her attention not
witbstandipg she had been prac-
tically promised to Jim Radburn
CIV. D. Gallagher) sheriff of Pike
county. Col. Bollinger (P. Schae-
fer tells the family of his trip to
St. Louis in the interests of Sam
Fowler (E. c. Jones) who VIZ S
being held for completely in an ex-
press robbery on the train upon
which Fowler was the expires S
messenger. Travers comes on his
visit and Jim Radburn and Joe
Vernon talk over the political
situation. When Kate becom S
peeved because Jim was a candi-
date for the legislature against her
father. Jim decides to quit and
leave the political field clear fer
Joe.
The second scene plays its part
in the blacksmith shop of ice
Vernon and the men are found at
work on wheel from the Louisiana
coach of which Bill Sarver (Guy
Coffey) is the driver. The crowd
is anxious to be on the road and
Bill is anxiously awaiting the
wheel. Travers with Kelly e.. J..
White) enter and tell of the danger
for them to be seen there aud
Kelly wants Travers to get awav
on the coach. Travers calls fer
Kate and gets her avowal of love
and she promises to leave with him
that night. Ezrum, the colored
assistant of Blacksmith Vernon
keeps the air filled with strains
from his banjo so much so as to
interfere with the work at the
shop. He is anxious for fear
Vernon will run out of coke for
his forge and several amusing
situations develop. Sam Fowler is
in love with Jim Radburn's sister,
Emily, { Miss Edith Trezona) and
returns from st. Louis and tells
the story of the holdup. The
scene closes with heart to heart
talk between Jim and Kate in
which she acknowledges her love
for Travers. ~
Act three develops the story.
Fowler goes to the drug store to
meet his friends and there recog-
nizes Travers as the man that
entered his car. Travers shoots a
Pinkerton man who seeks to detain
him and makes his escape. The
entire population of Bowling Green
joins in the hunt with all manner
of weapons but Travers gets away
and comes to the Vernon home
where after a scene with Kate he
is hid in a closet. Sheriff Radburn
enters having traced Travers to the
house. Kate denies his presence
but Jim sees the curtains to the
closet move and he orders Travers
out. After a striking scene be-