Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-24
'ELKS WILL STAGE PLAY
FIRST WEEK IN APRIL
Get L-Rich-Qdick WaIlnlgfOr6
To Be Presented by
Local Talent

A few years ago the Saturday Even.
ing Post announced to the world o
brand new American author, who had
created a brand new character in Am.
.eriean fiction. The authors name was
George Randolph Chester and the name
of his new character creation was j.
kufus Wallingtord. or, as he was call
ed in the title, 'tGet Rich Quick Wal.
lingford. Never in all the history of
English literature has writer so sud-
denly risen to fame; never before has
there been such a demand for writ.
err 5 product. The 'Wallingford stor.
les became the most widely read fie.
tion in the world, and the magazine
stories began TO double and treble its
circulation. The Wallingford craze
has never let up, and today an an.
nouneement that a periodical contains
"a new adventure of "Get Rich Quick
Wallingford means that the edition
will be sold out as soon as it reaches
the news stands.
1t was not to be expected. of course,
that "Get Rich Quick Wallinsford
should escape the stage-and it Ger
tainlv didn' t. When Mr.. Chester de-
cided to have Wallingford made in.
to a play he was beseiged by an army
of noted dramatists who were anxious
to undertake the job. He finally Sc
lected George NJ. Cohan, the most YER
satile of all American playwrights, and
the only theatrical manager in the
world who has never produced fail
ure. Cohan worked ON the play for
more than year in collaboration with
Chester, and the result was the four
act comedy which broke all previous
New York records, and which George
NJ. Cohan regards as his greatest dra.
matte achievement. The Broadway
stage held "Get Rich Quick Walling.
ford for a two years run, five road
companies carried it's hilarious laugh
ter in the provinces, and now ev-
cry stock company in America pro-
duces it as the "'big feature of the
year, as regularly as the theatrical
season rolls around.
And this is by way of stating that
on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
April 3 and 4, Salem lodge, No 1886 b.
p. o. Elks, will produce "Get Rich
Quick Wallingford at the Grand the
atre, with an all star east of local tai
ent. The play will be staged by spe-
cial permission of Cohan and Harris,
under the direction Of James Mott, pro-
duccr of "The Dictator, "The For
tune Hunter and other local success
es, and will be the nrst amateur pre-
sentation of ''Gct Rich Quick Walling-
ford on any stage.
Following are the actors, and the
parts they will play in the famous com
'edy. ..
J. Rufus Wallingford "gct rich
quick man. Charles V. Galloway.
Horace G. Daw G. Blackie > his
chief lieutenant, James Mott.
" ANDY Dempsey, proprietor of the
Palace hotel, Battlesburg, Ernest f.
Ringo
Eddie Lamb, the head clerk, Rob
bin D. Day
Willie, the bell hop, Oliver Myers.
G. w. Battles, the richest man in
town, Wilson Howard.
Timothy Battles, the mayor of Battles
burg, Walter Keyes.
Henry Quig, the coal and ice mag
nate, Paul Siege.
Richard Welles, the real estate man,
l.. s. Geer.
Judge Kenneth E. Hampton lawyer
F. II. DeVore.
doc" Gunther, the bus driver, Z.
Cooke Patton.
Yosi, Wallingford' valet, William
Perlich.
Charlie, the bartender, Bud Welch.
Clint Harkins, reporter on the Bat
tlesburg Blade Bunny Meiring,
E. B. Lott, of the Midland Valley
Traction line, George c. L. Snyder.
Tom Donahue, a PinRerton detective,
Dan Langenburg.
Fanny Jasper, the stenographer, Mrs.
w. Carlton Smith.
Mrs. Andy Dempsey, the proprietor S
wife, Mrs. r. NJ. Hofcr.
Gcrtie Dempsey, the landlord $
daughter, Miss Verna Cooder.
Dorothy Welles, her chum, Miss
Helene Schobcr.
Bessie Meeres, the head waitness,
Mrs. A. J. Rain.
Act 1.-THE Palace hotel, Battles
burg.
Act Wallingford s apartments at
the hotel, the same day.
Act I1I-Wallingford S office in the
Battles building, four weeks later.
Act IV-Wallingford's home in Bat
tlcsburg, two years later.