Evening journal., 1919-01-07

by William Moore Patch, book and
lyrics by VIII B. Johnstone.
Characters.
Vernon Van Dyke. Fred Hilderbrand
Barney Charles Welsh Homer
Dick Roller. Douglas Leavtt
Gwendolyn Forsythe..... Helen Raftery
Tom Eggett. .............Ja Jack MCGOWAN
Sheriff "Bill' Doyle. Charles L. Warren
Horace Turner. Harold Wizard
Ella Abbott. t...................Alic Hills
wilkins. s.................H Harry Burnham
Cyrus Crsbb. William BalfOur
Grace Gordon. n..............De .Devah MOrel
Queenie LaBelle. e......... Vera Mchelena
Miss Dewitt Butler. Dorothy Belts
Harmon. .......................E I'D Leech
Judson. George Mortimer
Virginia. a..............E Virginia Kearey
Edna. .......................E Edna Kearns
Marienne.s .Marienne Taylor
Florence. ............... Florence Grove
Peaches. s.....................R Ruth White
Mildred. d.............. Mildred Thompson
Bernlce. ...................Be .Bernice Frank
Sallie....,.. .,............,......Sa .Sallie Keith
Madeline. ne.....,......... Madeline Jardon
Maudie. die..................M .Maudie Clifton
Marion. Marion Comfort
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Ruth th............... Ruth Sawyer
Betty. y..................,.. Betty Birch
Belle. le..................... Belle Sawyer
Carrie. rie................C Carrie De Novllle
Pudgie. ie..................... .Pudgie Ross
Peggy Peggy Ellis
Marjorie. Marjorie Kingston
soup and Fish," short for general
superintendent" and efficiency expert"
given free hand 10 turn a department
stor into comic opera high links. af-
fortid Playhouse patrons uphoarious
me ment last night in Take II From
Me"
There are a hero and a william. TO pro-
vide a motive. Tom Eggett. as Jack
MCGOWAN, a clean-cut, attractive young
man. is the hero. His uncle has willed
him a fve million dollar department
store provided he can show profit at
the end Of year. but II he falls, the
store Is 20 go 10 the villain the gem
eral manager OF the store, Crabhe,
capably played by William Balfour.
Tom, aided by two spend-thrlft pals, APP
pointed soup and Fish" discovering
they know so little business that Crabbe
can easily make them fail to show
profit, decides Co wreck the business so
lldt IL VIII DC Multu hutAlAo NANA tiiN
villain gets Il.
"Fish" puts the noor-walkers on roll
ler-skates. Harry Burnham, as Will
kins, the oldest employee, a Noah on
rOller-skates, sent the audience into
hysterical laughter. He knocks down
customers. making the store pay thou
sands OF dollars In damages. But the
graybeard gets so proficient he does
fancy stunts on his skates, before the
happy ending Of. the play.
The star, Vera Michelena, In won
drous raiment that brought a gasp OF
admiration from the patrons, appears
on the scene as a movie vampire, who
uses the store as a background for a
poor but honest shop girl llm with
exciting scenes that leave the store a
wreck. The tall and beauteous star
gave an uncanny vampire dance with
"Flsh" against background, that was
both novel and pleasantly sinister.
There were a number Of original
dance effects. One Of the best was
the camoufage, IN which the chorus
in camou1age painted gowns form
ed living ship, pitching fore
and aft, with twinkling signal and
search-lights. while Miss Michedena
in clOth-of-gold cape and SPAN
gled tights gave solo dance with
vari-colored spotllghts playing upon
her.
Perhaps the favorite number Of the
play was the song THE Call OF the
Cozy, Little Home" by Jack MCGOWAN
and cozy, little Devah Morel, a sweet
voiced. pretty girl taking the part Of
the secretarial heroine. II was an un-
usually tuneful melody, one that will
be a popular song. The chorus sang
soft accompaniment 10 the background
while a replica OF the "love-cot" re-
yolved in the spotlight.