Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-06
EVENING EDITION:

.o,s and swept. me Iest /.
associatlon dropped into tne ~
avery evening and were lltelaI * roi,s
s,,nprior. I'ney had borrowed - had
mammals of play productloi $3.50
become extremely STACEY ~
larry. rita Simons, and
ns"na;a wutherspoon sat on "A saw-
800 watching Carol try to get ne
rieht n%osition for q picture On us
wal, in the first ecesle. AVA
VIZ don,t wantAto hand myself any,
hmt I believe III giveNa SVEN
.anfernance in this first act conflo-
pd manita II wish Carol wasn't %
hnssv though. She doesn't unoer-
stand clothes. | want TO veal -
a dandy dress l have-all scarlee.anu
I sald to her, When enter YOU'LL n.nas
it knock Their eyes u II ! JUS. s
49, thinpa, But she wouldn't .et me.
young Rita agreed. She's so much
t,nan IN with her old details ana car
nenter.ng and everything tina sns
/ can't see the. picture as a. whole. NOW
: ,houpht it would be lovely II we
nod an office-scenc like the n IN
little. But Oh N.Y. Because saw
that in Duluth. But she Simply
wouldn't Listen at all"
Juanita sighed, Il wanted to give
one speech like Ethel
would, if she was III a play ilke TINS.
Harry aid l heard her n tlnie -
Minneapoiis-wc had danny seats, ~
the orchestra just know L could
initiate her.) Carol didn't pay atten-
ion to my suggestion. don't wana
TO criticize but I guess Ethel KNOWS
more about acting than Carol does!'
"Say. do YOU think Carol has the
right dope about using a strip lgne
behind the firep ace in the second
act? told her l thought we ought
to use a bunch,'' offered Raymte.
land 1 suggested it would be lovely
il we used a cyclorama outside the
window in the first act, and what oc
YOU think she said? Yes. n IL
would be lovely to have Eieanora
Duse play the lead she said, and
aside from the fact that it's evening
in the first act, you're a great teen
n%ician,' she said. l must say / think
she was pretty sarcastic. I've been
reading up, and I know I could build
a cyclorama, if she didn't want ia
run everything"
Yes, and another thing, I think
the entrance in the first act ought
to be L. U. E., not l. 3 E., from
Juanita.
"And why does she just use plain
white t~ormenters?'
whats a tormenter?" b.urted Rita
!, Simons. =
The savants stared at her ignor!
ance. -.....
Carol did not resent their criticism,
she didn't very much resent their sud-
den knowledge, 50 long as they lei
her make pictures. 1t was at rehears.
ais that the quarrels broke. No one
understood that rehearsals we're as
real engagements as b~ridge-games OF
socia bles at the Episcopal church
They gaily came in half an hour late
or they v~ociferously came in ten Minis
. utes early, and they were so hurt thai
they whispered about resigning when
Carol protested. They telephoned
II don't think I'd better come out;
afraid the dampncss might start my
t~oothache,' or Guess can't make il
tonight; Dave wants me to sit in or
, a poker game
When. after a month of laAor, al
many as nine-elevenths of the cast
were often present at a rehearsal;
; when most of them had learned theil
, , parts and some Of them spoke like
, human beings. Carol had a new shock
40 XIV ASo'AZ~ACAOL lIdl IuJ IOllOCk
and herself We're very bad actors, and
that Raylnie Wutherspoon, was a sur.
. prisingly good one. For all her Wis.
ions she could not control her voice
and she was bored by the fiftiett
repetition of her few lines as maid
Guy pulled his soft mustache, looked
~self-conscious, and turned Mr.$sGrimn
into a limp dummy. But Rayfnie, a.
, n villain. had no repressions. The
, TIT Of his head was full of character;
his drawl was admirably vicious.
There was an evening when Caro-
hoped she was going to make a play
a rehearsal during which Guy stoppec
looking abashed.
clined. - -
They were weary. We know GU
parts we'll enough now: what's thu
use OF getting sick of them?" the,
complained. They began to skylark
to play with the sacred lights: to gig.
gle when Carol was trying to make
the sentimental Myrtle Cass into a hu
morous ofice-boy; TO act everythinf
put The Girl from Kankakee," Ate
; loafing through his proper part Dr.
Terry Gould had great applause 70,
MS burlesque of Hamlet" Ever
faymie lost his simple faith, an,
tried to show that he could do a van,
devillc shuttle.
Continued Tomorrow Evening.