South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-11
Cast Is Praised
in PreSen tatiOn
of Senior Shoe
High School Class Again to
Favor Public With Play.
let Tonight.
BY LORETTA IORDEN

The class OF 1921 presented the
Seven KEYS Of Baldpate" as the
senior play last evening at the High
school auditorium, and scored an en-
thusiastic success. IL one may Judge
BY the appreciation with which Il was
received The play will be repeat
ed tonight
The farce" is George VI. Cohan's
revision Of the ovel OF the same
name by Earl Derr Biggers. and con-
sits OF two acts with prologue and
epilogue. The scene Is laid in the
office OF Baldpate Inn. and takes
place al the present time.
Although the drama has been pre-
sented many times throughout the
country, both by protest. onals and
amatuers. and was seen here about
two years ago at one OF the picture
houses. the young men and women
who submerged themselves into the
characters OF the play last evening
enacted their parts with the feeling
and motion expected In a crook. a
hermit or a blackmailer. The act
ING OF Louis Lapierre as William
Hollowel Magee. the novelist was
particularly splendid. The young
man has a pleasing stage presence
and acts without reserve or self
consciousness. The sweet simplicity
or simple mountain folk was we'll en-
acted by Alvin Hans and Miss I,u-
Gle flasher as Mr.. and Mrs Elijah
Quimby, caretakers OF Baldpate Inn
Edward Altering did some ine emo
uonal acting as Lou Max. the
mayors man Friday" a difficult
role 20 be interpreted well, as the
actor is under a nervous strain dur
Ing the entirelast act The part OF
Mary Norton. the newspaper report
er. which calls for young woman
OF wits. grace and beauty. was TAX
en- by Miss Ruth Eastman who, II can
be truthfully said, possesses all three
Of these qualities.
Cereain people in the audience
Whispered the hope that they might
see the face Of Peters. the hermit OF
Baldpate, before the play was over.
Their hopes were rewarded at the
close Of the second act. when the
hermit's mask and wig were pulled
off, disclosing the face OF Robert
Appleman.
Others in the cast who helped 70
make the presentation a success by
their excellent support, were Miss Es-
Their Freeman, a young woman with
enough pep" 10 put over" the part
OF Myra Thornhill. the blackmailer.
with much adroitneSs, Irving Hur-
wich, who took the part OF John
Bland, the miooionaire's right-hand
man, Miss Lois Waters, Mrs. Rho
des, toe charming widow, Alexis
Thielens as Jim Cargan. the crooked
mayor Of Reuton. Keith Masters as
Thomas Hayden, the president OF the
K. and +. Suburban Railway; Know
les HolOwell as Jiggs Kennedy. chief
Of police, Allen Thurn as the owner
Of Baldpate, and Roderick MsAlpine.
a policeman.
The committees, whose work was
no small matter in making the play
a success. are as follows:
ublicity-Manager Marlin Mil
Ter; posters. Basil Greenblatt: tick
cts, Hugh Negus, William Jackson,
John Keasy. Louis Fishman.
StaSe-Manager, Roderick Nc
Alpine; electrician, William Davis:
assistant electrician, Marcus Gilbert:
scenery, George Robertson, Evelyn
Schiller. Mary l.. Page: properties.
Elva Yeagley, Nelson Bowsher. Ra-
chel Apleman; costumes, Martha I.
Smith. Margaret Hinkle. Marigrace
Crockett, Ruth Voedisch.
The high school orchestra OF 90
pieces played several numbers pre-
vious TO the opening OF the first act.
The play will again be presented at
the high school auditorium this
evening.