Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
MIGHTY GOOD SHOW
YOU ATTENDED
monday NIGHT
NO DIRTH OF TALENT IN THIS
MANS TOWN-CLEVER PEOPLE
IN HOME TALENT SHOW
FUN AND$l50F0R F|RfLADS
People Receive Dollar for Dollar in Plea
sure and Fire Boys Get $3.50 With
Which to Coax Auto Truck Home

That was mighty good show at the
hall Monday night, for a home guard
affair it was fine and if compared
with that put up by usual travelling
companies, well our home folks had it
over them several long city blocks. The
vehicle, Money to Burn afforded
an opportunity to bring home to the
people of Grangeville for the 'steenth
time the fact that we have among us
a lot of talent. During the first act
it sort Of looked to the writer as
though we might possibly have been
given our comps with the IDEA of get
ting us up there to inflicting little
punishment, (that is startling admis
sion, we know, according to person who
is perusing this article but as news
papers are so often accused of not tell
ing the truth for once the writer is going
to attempt to disapprove the allegation)
however, things began to liven up bit
and in place of mediocre production
going with drag, it turned out to be a
snappy little show with real acting The
show was good, sincerely and frankly
everybody enjoyed it and il was worth
anyone s money. We are not going to
sing the praises of each individual in
clarion tones, not that they are not as
much entitled to it as are the partici-
pants in the usual home talent affairs
but for well known reason, viz. they
themselves are not looking for lot of
CUFF and are sufficiently sophisticated
to realize when man piles it on too
heavy.
Harris, well if it WASH t for making
his enemies too green with envy we
would say a lot of nice things about
him. But he was whole lot of the
show Let Is leave it to the audience
as to what credit is due Harris.
And Bangs-we always admitted
Bangs was pretty good printer but
never suspicioned he would make the
bangup butler he did. Acted as
though he had been trained by one of
those mechanical human beings who
are SO necessary in the homes of
Americas vulgar rich. Is Bangs .
an English name! When you think of
him as butler kind of sounds like it,
don t it,
If DIR. Wood ever gives up the prae-
tice of his profession there Is just one
place for him to go, that is on the
stage. His acting is natural and he
does well, seems to enter into it as IN
real life.
Miss Bessie Coyne is another who
shows talent, considerable of it. Ought
to make a success on the stage, re-
mark we heard from the party sitting
back of us and in which we concur.
Well suited for his part was DR.. War.
ner, an impressive looking man and
with his ability to act the Doctor sus-
tanned the character well and is justly
entitled to his share of the good words
the public has for the show.
AS Betty Gray, Miss Kelly gave
clever Interpretation and caused those
who did not know she was but a recent
arrival in the city to speculate as to
why her talent has not been used in
past productions.
Eli Ingram is another young man
whose, talent has long ago been recog
nized by Grangeville audiences. Eli Is
always popular and his appearance
Monday evening brought no exception
to the rule.
Mrs. Ruth Harris, as a stenographel
OF the gum-chewing type. was surely
all that could be desired, while the par,
dld not afford an opportunity for the
acting of which she is capable.
Specialties between acts by Harris
Ingram and Moses brought a goodly
snare of applause. We are not going
to sing the praises of the two benedict'
further but of young Moses, who is {
nigh school lad, it is simply repeating
the opinion of the audience to state hi
put over some mighty clever stuff ant
rs going to get by in the big places
II he continues to develop. Not yer,
polished way of putting it, is it! Bu
then you know these speciaties arr
supposed to be along the ''vodville
me and the slang stuff goes there.
Music by Ball s five-piece orchestr'
was greatly appreciated and helped tn
snow along. ''Keno,' the curtai,
raiser and property man, and his assis
tant Walter, who was in charge of TIL
nghts, saw to it that property necessar,
lor the four acts was on hand and II
place, the lights dimmed when the loy
music was played and in other way
made the path of the thespians easie
to tired
AS was previously sated it was
mighty good show, worth the none.
you spent and every ceat of it. Yol
mad good time and the fire lads hav
about $3.50 more in the treasury as
result and the motor truck is loominI
IN SIGHT