Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-03

| oCOICu tIOlllpl victory.
Kathleen" the musical comedy,
| presented by local talent Wednesday
! evening at the Opera House instant
! ly won favor with the audience
! which filled the house to its capacity.
| About 40 of our young people took
! part and the audience at once en-
| tered into the spirit of the evening
and assisted materially in putting
+ it over" Possessing a clever plot.
with bright and snappy dialogue and
F! pleasing music, aRounding in anus
! ing situations, appropriate stage set
| tings and Il balanced cast-it
| had TO go over, hence it did.
Kathleen" was sold out for last
/ night and will he sold out Tor tonight
! Every one of the cast is a star and
did their parts perfectly. The cos
tunes were startlingly bright and
/ Spect2 cular and the chorus dancing
and posing was far. better than has
/ been staged here by some "profes-
sionals.' The Dream Riddles" were
! charming and the little speciality by
|, Miss Constance F1ynt and Master
. Stanley McCurdy and Miss Edith
4, StebbinS and Master Charles Towle
was one Of the prettiest things Of the
: evening. :
! Encore alter encore was given and
!! deserved. To mention eYcny charac-
( ter would be to tell YOU the story Of
the play-that We will not do, for
| tonight's audience want a new story
for themselves. Ruth Henderson as
/ Arabclla made a great hit Phil Syl-
| hester and Ralph Brown as Lem I'm
, dorduck and Tecnley BramBfc were
fun pcrsonified-in old age. Sam
Mccall rs Jimmy Stanton was a
/ perfect lover and Gladys Madore as
Kathleen played opposite in perfect
taste. The crusty and money loving
Michael Flynn was we'll portrayed by
I fId"n Gray. Dorothy Gray made a
! charming Flossc and Spofford Cid
dinss as "Copok" -Swindler was in
+ imtahle in his Dutch. Ludger Yer
/ mette as Ned Rollingston, the real
! crook, handled his part to perfection
i and Paul Bunker as the Butler can
/ set u job anywhere.
The Story
Kathleen is a romantic musical
comedy, full of pep, pretty situations
and catchy, tuncful music, has a plot
and holds Your attention from start
to finish Michael Flynn, the wealth.
lest citizen and the magHatc of Flynn
vile, MaSs.. has a niece. Kathleen
O'Day whose future is the cause Of
much planning en- his part measuring
it as he does by his own hard>hcarted
and dollara-and-ccnts standards OF
life. Thus sizing up the availables, he
selects Ned Rollneston for his niccc's
husband absolutely Ignoring scnti-
mont or the love of Kathleen for
Jimmy Stauntcn. clerk in the village
general store, Il situation that is we'll
Known to the rest of the village. Fol
lows then the quiet bat effective work
inES of Cupid, with u mixture Of de-
llShtIui and amusing situations ana
the portrayal Of many traits ana
characteristics of human life that
make the lives of Kathleen. Jimmy
and Ned worth living. although bit
pcrpleXing at times. anyway, all OBJ
stacles are finally overcome and
Michael bcstows his blessing upon the
right couple.
The scenes arc as follows: Act !,
exterior of Hans Swindler's grocery
ut FIEnuviiIc. Act. :. reception room
OF the Flynn residence. The time, the
. present.
The Cast
Tie cast Of characters, in the, or
der OF their appearance was:
Lem tndcrduclS. T'lynnvillc's Police
fCrcn Philip A. Sylvester
! TecklCy Eramhlc. tho best Checker
player jn Town, Ralph H. Brown
Arahella Wilkins, Village postmistrcss
Ruth Henderson
Jimmy stanton, Rich in Love, but
t@s S' Y No TeSs Who SaW Vamps Mce snd
Dances Dorothy i. GRAY
!. MICHAEL Flynn, Flynpville's Wealthiest
kathleen o'pay MichaeTs Niece and nd
Hans ' swIndler proprieta a@y Of G Maa2af
Store. spofford Giddfng5
Ned Rollingston, with a College Edu-
ui fa'l9n the Butler Lu0fs au Ter In
Marjorie Ripley, Barbara Frnberger
Margaret Small. Althea Heath Marie
- HrlcN. Marion Jones, Jessie Carr
Mrs. Donald Metcalf, Hazel Price,
''ii D't'ii"oli' NUN i1cdVllt.+
-assios--Alice Barker, Edith Dag
ectt, Quecuie Folsom, Edna Gagnon.
lElizahcth Glidden Alice Hayes, Doro-
thy Hill. Florence Jones. Catherine
Moran. Thclma Mcguire. Marjorie
peasloe, Joyce Penwarden. Bctty
! Thorne. Lillian Peters, Evelyn True.
| Blanche Violette.
Tennis Marion Beck. Mar
| jorio Farnham. Louise Folsom, Hazel
Gaslin. Lena Gregory, Barbara Has
kell. Frances Jackson. Hazel McAiiis-
ter. isabelle McAlIister. Lulu Madore
Eula Smith. Constance Wade.
! Right Foad-Sanford Fogg. Eva
t;l+ddcn Knowlton Hewins, Eleanor
Lewis. Philip Merrill. Gertrude Hop
kins. Kenneth Merrill Mary Boyd
/ Paul Bunker. Vivian Currier. William
Nilcs. Dorothy Stone
shy M7ids-Fredericka Fife Anna
Hendee. Josephine Pattangall, Ruth
Pettingill. Alec Rideout Marie Simp-
son. Joan Sturtevant, Polly Sturte-
Want Dorothy Viles, Eleanor Wilcox
Helene Fits, Grace Whitney.
BY Hecks-Minnie Clnckadale. Jcn-
ny Miller. Helen Ham, Dorothy Har-
ris. Lillian Ingraham Ethel Lessor.
| Laura Rowe, Louise Kimball Ruth
Leavitt. Mary Poulin. Irene Stevens
Beatrice, Silvia. Wiliena disclaimers,
Ida Slosberg. Constance Wade.
| Guest Girls-Eieanor Armour Hill
da Brown. Mary Boyd. Polly Clough.
lAnnie Clough. Capitola Clough. Vivian
Gurrier. Theodore Dow. Alice Good
r,dge; Eva Glidden. Gertrude Hopkins.
Macellne HuAsey, Vera Jones Eleanor
LEWIS, Doris Merrill, Frances Palmer.