Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-31
EMPRESS COMPANY
PLAYS TO LARGEST
CROWD IN HISTORY
''Brewster's Millions Packs
Little Theatre on Opening
Night - Classy" Scenery
Aids Presentation.

Beeore the largest crowd that ever
packed The Empress on opening night,
the Empress stock players last evening
presented George Barr McCutcheon's
''Bre@ster's Millions" The Empress
players seemed to take enthusiasm
from the receptive mood of the audi
ence. and they kept the crowd in an
uproar of laughter throughout the
evening.
Judging from the reception given the
Empress players last night, that COM
pany is now beginning to enjoy in
popularity the fruits of several months
of hard labor in raising the standards
OF it's productions. VT,
"cLAsS" IN SCENERY.
The sudden Glass" shown in the
scenery was itself pleasant surprise
The programs explain that the scenery
for "Brewsters Millions" was painted
by William Mcconnell Boise boy
who went east to find q market for his
artistic ability while Boise was grow
Ing to the point where 1t could sup
port dramatic stock company with
Its own scenic artist. McConnelrs
presentation of the deck of yatch in
the cramped confines of an ordinary
stage is a most remarkable piece of
work.
Billy" Maylon plays the part of
Montgomery Brewster, the rich young
man who Is required to spend $1,000
600 in one year in order to get a for
tune of $7,000,000 left by an uncle who
dislikes to see Brewster using the for
tune left by his grandfather and makes
this old provision to help the young
man get rid of the grandfather's money.
A condition is that the plan must be
kept secret until it is carried out. An
other condition is that there must be
no ''entangling matrimonial alliances"
which seriously complexities the whole
thing for young Brewster because he
has made UP his mind to ask Mar
garet Grey Caroline Edwards) to
marry him the very day he sets out 10
fulfil the requirements of the will.
REAL PARTY SCENE.
The surprise party scene in the first
act is so real that one wants to ask
for a drink of the punch. Everybody
CABS and talks realistically, sometimes
all at the same time just as young
people do at a real party. There is
even the motherly matron to keep the
young folks from exceeding the speed
limit-Mrs. Dan DeMille. played most
Interestingly by Lulu Hogan Wasley
Mrs. Wasley, after having been seen
In so many "old lady" parts, looks like
a new person in the more aristocratic
role given her in the present Offering
80 successful was her complete trans
formation many of her old friends in
the audience did not recognize her UNI
til she had been on the stage several
minutes.
FIVE DOUBLE ROLES.
A remarka BILE feature of the casting
Is that it contains five double roles,
and yet the parts are so well handled
that the audience is never confused on
who's who.
Raymond Whitaker is Hopper Har-
rison in the first. second and last acts.
and in the third is Captain Perry of
the yacht young Brewster has hired |
for "A trip around the world. Airline /
McDonaugh plays both Barbara Drew
and TriNie Clayton, two very differ |
ent pieces. Fred y. Tracy is a scream /
In his roles. First he is Rawls the |
butler; then he is Monsieur Barge. n !
Frenchman. who tells some important !
things he thought" were secret" |
Fred A. Sullivan appears briefly as M. t
Grant, lawyer, and Colonel Brew. a |
banker whose bank young Brewster |
hopes will go broke and lose him sew !
sral hundred thousand dollars of that
terrible million dollar fortune he's try I
ing to get rid Of Rae Ewing is first !
Janice Armstrong and then Miss Boia- |
ton.
PRETTY COSTUMES.
The women in the company are all
starring this week from Miss Edwards
down. Their costumes add beautifully |
to the affluent atmosphere of the play. |
Ed Ciisbee and Duke Wescott take |
dress suit parts, being young men who
run with Monty" Brewster and al |
most spoil his chances of getting tho
$7.000,000 when they try to stop him
from his reckless spending of the
81, 900, 600.
Chadwick Knowles, a Boise school
boy, has the part of the office boy and
furnishes some comedy when he Is
thrown out of an office door,
"Brewster's Millions" will be pre-
sented again this evening. Saturday i:
afternoon, Saturday evening and Sun
day evening.