The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-12-10
The MARINETTES
AMONG VERY BEST

"The best thing ever given in Mos
COW" many people said Certainly il
was different from anything ever ap
pearing here. The unique quality O.
the entertainment, it's daintiness, its
comic burlesque effect, its remark
able life-likeness, it's beauty of set
tings and costumes, it's mingling OF
humanness and the world of fairy
and egerdermain-all this contri-
buted to. make the most pleased audi
ence that has gathered in Moscow
for many a long day.
Two large audiences greeted the
little wooden headed actors. The
University Auditorium was more than
two-thirds filled at the children's
matinee, "The Rose and the Ring"
while at the evening performance of
RIP Van Winkle' the house was al
most full. Probably twelve hundred
people altogether saw the two per-
formances. 1t was show in itself to
see the eagerness of children in the
afternoon. The poor fellows who
climbed up the outside walls to try
to peep in through the little swing
ing windows had the sympathy even
of the officials who had to go along
every few minutes and brush them
off with fraternity paddles. 1.-THE Rose
and the Ring" probably appealed
more to the children than rip"
would have done. They loved the
terrible grimness of the Army Gener-l
al (Cutsusoff Headsoff), the silly an
tics of Prince Bulbo, the dainty charm
of Betsinda's face and her voice, the
awful ugliness of Countess Gruffa-
nuff, the comic vulgarity of her hus-
band, the wonderful Lion who would
net eat Betsinda and the horse who
fell in love with her. Especially er-
,ective was the beautiful Fairy Black
stick, who made everything come out
light
The rip Van Wrinkle" of the eve
hing performance was much the later
performance perfected by Mr.. Sarg
ind it is distinctly better than 'sThe
Rose and the Ring" The great audi
,nce, chiefly of grown-ups, was de-
lighted with it. The liberties taken
With Irving's story were no more than
Toe Jefferson took with his classic /
-ersiOn. The characters had a reality
to those of the afternoon
,lay. They were beautifully and eff
ectively costumed And they actedi +
Their movements, their gestures, the
'ariety and flexibility of their voices
IL contributed to produce the Illusion
# real people laughing, singing,
Weeping, fearing, living as other real
,eople live. 1t would be invidious to
ingle out any one character for
pecial mention when all were so
sood, but the children who were for
unate enough to come back will re-
member Rips dog Wolf and his
peaking bark. He certainly bore out
osh Billings apherism that wooden
log would be the best, if you could
et one with the bark on it, We have
net talking birds in stories before,
tut we have never met one who told
he truth so shockingly as the pirates
arrot, Profanity!
One thing about the play is the
act that even with puppets, if they
re Tony Sarg's kind, the action and
he dialog really achieved the pathet-
c at times, for we become sorry for
lip The beautiful settings were
hiefly responsible for the perfect il
usion that a puppet two feet high
yas five feet high. Everybody got a
hook, when Mr. Searle, the manager,
ppeared with the puppets at the end
nd looked at least fifteen feet high {
o Mr. Searle and his accomplished
taft and to Mr.. Sarg, Moscow owes s
ne pleasure of day we shall long Y
emember.