The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12
"His Bridal
Night
The Characters.

The Characters.
Julie. ....... Alma You1in
Salonne. ............-.Su Sue Talmadge
Lent Trevett. Billy Wayne
vi (Mrs. Joe DamoraD Ethel Warren
Joe Damoral. MIR. Bowers
Tiny (Vi's sister) Ruth Warren
Algernon, a butler. Harry Lillford
Synopsis OF Scenes.
! Act WIS boudoir. Upper Park
avenue, New York City. ca June
day.
Act n-Living room in the house
of friend. Tuxedo. (That night)
Act uI-Same. (The next morn
ing)
Some preacher, we think it was
Rev. Frank Crane, who now writes
for the newspapers, once joined the
Actors Church Alliance and when
called upon for sermon to explain
his position, chose the text, They
have refreshed my spirit" which is
written down in the second epistle Of
Paul to the Corinthians, chapter -
consult your bible. So, now that the
war has come to US and spread it's
pail over this land, we shall have to
thank the playvriters and our good
friends the actor people, for the few
hours of entertainment they may give
us, even If the price per hour with
the war tax added) Is out Of proper
ton to the intrinsic value of their
offerings But while we pay the
price we may recall the lines of Ser
geant Rose
The preening glance and FOUNDERS
stars,
The whirl and swirl of song and
dance,
TO jazz and jest with trimming
Is 1t for these they die in France!
In this frame of mind, yet putting
aside from a few hours consideration
OF gloom and with an intention to be
amused, being at the same time not
overcritical, one should take in" all
such offerings as was given at the
Grand last night. 1t won't do to
take the drama too seriously in these
times. To paraphrase Rupert Hughes,
what the people want, and what they
are most likely to be given in the
theatrical line this season, are must
cal comedies or comedies with music,
whichever way the managers please
to term. OF the type of comedy with
music is His Bridal Night" for
which Margaret Mayo is responsible
In the text and Frederick v. Bowers
pleads guilty to composition of the
score. Mr. Bowers further dares by
appearing in the piece, and he gets
away with 1t. But he wasn't the
whole show There was such an
even flow of pretty songs and catchy
comedy lines (most of them by
Frederick V. himself) that nothing
stood in the way Of His Bridal
Nights" success.
The curtain rises upon the boudoir
OF Mrs. Joe Damoral Immediately
following her wedding. Lent Treyett,
an unsuccessful sutton, sows seeds Of
dom este dissension; the newlyweds
quarrel as a result of Mrs. DamoraPs
insistence upon being enlightened as
to the place where they are to spend
their honeymoon. Her twin sister,
Tiny. decides to teach her frivolous
sister a lesson and substitutes on
the honeymoon voyage as Dam oraIs
wife. The real wife and Trevett,
who are ignorant of the situation,
follow in close pursuit. When the
I four come together in the honey
I moon nest a tangle ensues in the
identity of the twins which forms the
basis for the comedy situations
! Frederick v. Bowers as Joe Dam
oral handled his part with frlsistence
( an its fursnlakirg possibilities and
/ two Young females with auburn hair
the Misses Ethel and Ruth Warren
next to Bowers. A well