The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-24
Eagle Lake
From Thursdays Daily.

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From Thursdays Daily.
! Eagle Lake young people succeed
ed so we'll in the home talent play
which they put on last Friday evening
and were so well received by the pub
lie that, by popular request they Will
show the play again tonight in the
Morris. The proceeds are to be ap-
piled on community piano.
The play, 1.-THE Elopement of Ell
len," in three acts, empodies very
clever plot with a college girl in the
mystery role. Ellen, the girl, in an
attempt to gather some first hand in
formation in regard to social work
goes out to work as a dining room
girl under an assumed name. or
course the family she chooses to in
vestigate proves to be that of one OF
! her college friends and at the time
she arrives to go to work house
party is in progress with the guests
made up of her acquaintances. One
young gentleman sees through the
Disguise, hut does not betray the
maid and he finally elopes with the
fictitious ELLEN" and leaves his sis
ter, the hostess, without maid. The
love of a very modest young rector
for society bud furnishes an abund-
ance of humor throughout the play.
In the first performance the cast
handled their parts without a flaw
before a capacity house, and promise
/ to do even better in tOnights show .
The cast is made UP of the follow
| ing enterprising young people of the
village:
Richard Ford, a devoted young hus-
band ............ Harold Anderson
, Molly, his wife. .... Emma Arnold
Robert Shepard, Molly's brother.
! ................. Lester Westphal
Max Ten Eych, chum of Roberts
| ................ Frances Jackson
| Dorothy Marck, engaged to Max,
guest of. Mrs. Ford's .Aline Macbeth
June Haverhill, Wellesley, who is
doing some special investigation
! for economics courses during the
summer. .......... Mabel Compton
! John Hume, Rector of st. Agnes.
/ II. l.. Smith
The Gleason family, who bought
the Hopkins farm and home, have re-
Gently moved on it and brought with
them the Mr.. Engles, father of Mrs.
Gleason, who will live with them. All
welcome them to this village and
trust they may always find it pleas
ant here.
| Mrs. Hattie o. Wells suffered a
slight stroke of paralysis, which
seemed to effect her left side. She is
| being well cared for by her daugh-
tors, and the neighbors who assist
| them in every possible way.
Adolph Hohens, a thrifty farmer
/ living in the eastern part of LeRay
township, shipped twenty-onc head
of cattle to the Union Stock yards at
! st. Paul last week. consisting of
e hteen steers and three heifers for
which he received over $4,000, or
about 800 a piece.
The farmers are preparing to plant
a large amount of sugar beets this
spring, while it paid well last year,
| yet some farmers will not plant this
year, owing TO the hard work con-
! nected with it and the poor facilities
the railroad company has for loading
and unloading cars.
From the government report, which
was published on the Eagle Lake
page of The Free Press Thursday, the
! average amount of sugar from each
ton of beets is found to be 223 1915
| pounds. -.
A number of farmers living near
Eagle Lake among whom were Geo.
Westphal, John Anderegg, Albert
Russell, Jacob Fox, Vincent Siefert,
Vincent Barnacle and August Bar
nacle, formed a sleigh ride party last
week and drove to Cleveland for the
purpose of learning something about
the consolidated school there. They
made special efforts to learn all pos
sible from the farmers of that vicin-
ity, as to whether they were salts
fed with their school system, and
what the principal advantages were
and the cost of maintenance. They
were greatly surprised to find that
there were but two knockers in the
consolidated district and Cleveland
people kindly offered to loan one of
them to Eagle Lake, if in need of a
knocker.
1.-THE Elopement of Ellen" the play
given by the young people of Eagle
Lake last Friday, will be repeated
Thursday evening, March 16.
A dance will be given at Morrison's
hall Friday evening.