The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-19
Meeker'S Muddle

selling well and good house is
hoped for. on Monday night. The
play is an amusing one, and top
ical, dealing with the present war
Three of the characters are sold
iers in the U. S army, and one oi
the others is president of the Lad.
les Auxiliary War committee
The second act is laid in Fort Lo'
gan, and various sides of camp life
are introduced. from Spanish
omelette to a court martial.
Amusing complications arise
from the fact that an unwritten
law of the Clan Macbeth says that
any man holding a girl of the clan
in his arms must marry her or meet
the chief in NOR tai combat When
a young American, travelling in
Scotland, rescues the chiefs sister
from drowning, (holding her in his
arms in the process. he finds him
self in difficulties that are not re-
solved until the final curtain. To
add to the tangle another man
claims to be the rescuer, thinking
to win glory for himself, but wins
on Y trouble.
Oddly enough, Professor Diggs
reappears in the role of a boastful
captain, as Meeker of the Middle
He has the leading male part, and
Idaho Springs knows that it can
expect good acting from him. d.
j. Holland plays the part of Lieut..
Dick Carrollton, the real rescuer,
who is engaged to one girl and
married to another at the same
time. He is thoroughly at home
on the stage. His father. played
by Mayor Moscript, has crony,
played by j B. Ballantine. with
whom he is always wrangling,
though at the same time they are
inseparable friends; indeed they
have plans for marrying their
children. although Dick and Tit
ania have their own ideas. Apart
from all these difficulties Dan
Langdon. in the role of Private
Job Lofts, has troubles of his own
as chef, in cooking for Captain
Meeker A. l.. Carnahan. as the
Man of Macbeth. does not live in
Idado Springs and has been able
to take part in only two rehearsals,
but from his long experience in
dramatic work and his connection
with the professional stage, it will
be easy for him.
Miss Nora O'Connell of Silver
Plume has also been able to take
part in only few rehearsals, being
called in to fill the part formerly
taken by Mrs. Mccain. but she is
also experienced, having taken
part in number of PLAYS given by
the Silver Plume Dramatic club.
Miss Gwendolyn Moscript plays
the part of the chiefs sister. 1t
is a strong part and she plays it
with touches of both comedy and
pathos. Miss Elizabeth Ballan-
tine is Titania Quakely. betrothed
in her cradle to Dick Carrollton,
but she and Dick do not agree with
the plans of the ''astute Judge
Quakely. her father, and wise Sen
ator Carrollton. his father Mrs
Ballantine plays the part of Mrs.
Brighton Early, merry widow of
twenty-six. who is seriously think
ing of taking another voyage on
the sea of matrimony, and is the
one who straightens out the tam
gled threads at the end, and who
is more than an angel-she is a
brick,
The costumes will lend a touch
of picturesqueness to the scenes,
particularly in the last act, where
the ladies will be in evening dress,
Dick and Meeker in their uniforms
and Macbeth in Highland costume.
The military suits have been kind
ly loaned by Gano- Downs, and the
kits by Allan Barr, a champion
Highland dancer.
The members of the cast are
grateful to Mrs. T. A. Jones, who
has been acting as prompter. be-
sides working hard for the success
of the play in other lines.