Evening star., 1916-06-06
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quincy ADAMS. S2%ye-s adrenturee
into human .lature as he found it
among the folks os Mason's Corner"
appealed to- aScapaoity audience at
Polls last night .sS -
Dramatically considered, New Eng
land. like theeTd: Saith, has its almost
FOLKLORE .eharrfipof ssuaintness,s which
offers rehesAhig contrast to the con-
ven.ionap pro bIems of world outside
of books. and spiassai; Quincy Adams
Sewer" zAssnkay asapted from
Charles Cha ts seItsg zg u q dsdn's eeak deals
and laugh ersswth tears, erough to
provide 4 rainbow, aid with one al
r,ost viAfain and an:se,ttgslx crsb bbed
old dame. 20 furnish .ahe disayre cable
types which inhabit all villages-on
the advent OF aity chap" who sets
tho fps-whtch means practically
everybody. at M4son's Corner-to won
dering Who he IS. what he came for
and how long he intends TO stay A
IL Van foren, as the breezy stranger
enters w1th joyous nonchalanee into
the affairs Of the town, beginning with
q fsht that floors its one bully. and
ending by making everybody happy
sHC'udine himself
me grocery store and village post
ONCE in. the FIRST act serves az a gen
eral meeting ground ard gives humor..
Gus Siirnps esS into the ,conrai eatiops
which arctic have their run and happy
hhish by theitffne the doxoIegy is sung
at the Hnai euEtain, The time h onored
pickle and the furtively universal de-
sire TO find out the contents OF other
peoples letters by reading the ad-
dresses have each their 1frneiight
chshcs as mirth providers. and real
~ truly white horse hitched to an Old
time buggy supplies realism by bring;
ing the hero to the store. 3
husking bee In the Pettengill farm
yard s1ppliesits frolic and romance
the latter centering around the lucky
red ear; .saI,d a scene Of real senti
11ent Is shown at the crossroads when
Ezekiel Pettingin describes the beauties
OF nature to his sister Alice, who is
beautiful and blind.
Bessie Warren did we'll both as Mrs
Hawkins.e boarding house keeper and
tld bts. retailer, and as old Mrs
Hepsibah Putnam, who. to quote her
rediculoursly grotesque and pathetic
safnantly Maud HulD, was 'just put
on airth 70 worry people" and who ac-
commodaGngly died in time to give
Linda Putnam tNary Alden), as rich
az Creasers," and yet the poorest of
All the girls in the village because of
her unhappy surroundings a chance tn
marry her r.loyer-pIayed by Charles r.
murray. a newcomer. who made a good
impression.
Hiram Maxwell, otherwise Eugene
desmond, whose sole ambition ts to
get Mandy Skinner and three square
meals a day, ate and laughed his way
successfully from start 10 finish, and
the Mandy of Marguerite Allen was as
chlrpy as bird on bough Eliza
Deth Berger was eirlishly pretty, as
hu!dy Mason, and the romantic NH
l4nderinss of Mrs. Crowley Bonnie
vance, and Abner Stiles (Harold Ken
nedy) was one OF the hits of the play.
Howard Lang's study of an "almiehfy
seihsh creature" was in artistic Keen
Ing with> his usual work, and other
types were interpreted exceIiently by
ner and Waller webber. who com
pieted the lengthy and capable cast OF
course. the chief feature of the events
revolving around tAe coming of young
sawyer is, his marriage to the blind
girl. who happily regains her sight.