American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-03-31
COMPLETE CAST
ANNOUNCED FOR
YOKOHAMA MAID
ELEVEN PRINCIPALS AND CHORUS
OF EIGHTEEN REHEARSING
DAILY UNDER DIRECTION OF
MISS BENSON.
DATE ADVANCED APRIL 10
Young American Lover Saves Japanese
Maid "O-Sing-A-Song' From Fated-
do, Mayor of KybOshO In Two Stir
ring Acts.

ring Acts.
Daily rehearsals are rapidly prepar-
ing the cast of "The Yokohoma Maid"
for the presentation of the operetta
Monday, April 10, at the Auditorium
theatre in American Falls. Miss Ben
son, who is directing the play for the
High School announces the complete
cast this week and advances the date
Of the play three days, it having been
announced last week for April 7th. The
cast is announced as follews:
Takasi, The Herald of Kybosho- viii
liam Isaac.
Muvon Y "a Policeman) Glen Gohl-
son.
Ah No, A Chinese Laudryman from
the u. S. A.-Wayne Gohlson.
Fateddo, Mayor of Kybosho- Ward
Meadows.
Knogudi, His Secretary-Fores Hunt
Harry Cortcase, An American Lawyer
z William Isaac.
0 Sing-a-Song, A Japanese Heiress-
Ellen Engstrom.
Kissimee, Her Companion - Janette
Schiltz
Tung-Waga, An Elderly Nurse-Elna
Coon.
Hilda and Stella, American Tourists
Maude Josephson and Thresa Wag-
ner.
I'D Chorus of Japanese Men and Maid
ems, Wedding Guests, etc, Hector Ear
ing, William Hanson, Reynold Selma
bold, Reginald Eichelberger, Ralph
Wheeler, Gordon Nelson, Joe Wagner,
Boyd Bevans, Pearl Spaulding, Helen
McKown, Laura May Johnson, Helen
Butler, May Kelley, lila lines, Sophie
Radke, Clara Cotterel, Alice Howard,
Ethel Burns Ruth Jeffries.
Argument.
The story of "Yokohama Maid,'
opens in Kybosho, suburb of Yoko-
hama, where the guests are assembled
to celebrate the sixteenth birthday OF
O Sing-a-SOng the daughter of a rich
merchant who has been dead for but a
few months. The father left will
with the terms of which his daughter
is not acquainted. They are known
however, to Fateddo, the Mayor of KY
bosho, and by them the latter hopes
not only to marry o Sing-a-Song but
to get hold as we'll of the big fortune
her father had amassed When o Sing
a-SOng realizes the terms of the will
she is in despair; for though she has
no objectios to becoming Mayoress
she cOntemplates marriage with the
cunning old F'ateddo with dislike
amounting to aversion. She deter.
mines to find way out of the dilem.
ma, IL way there be. Knogudi, the
Mayors secretary, is hopelessly IN
love with o Sing-a4Song, whose cam
panion, Kissimee, is quite as much en-
amoured of Knogudi. Fateddo, aftel
2 revealing the "fate" in store for her
instructs o Sing.A-Song to visit thu
United States and complete her edu
cation there, as he wishes the Mayo
ress of Kybosho to be in all respects
the envy of Japan. o Sing-a-Sonl
gladly accepts the oportunity, and th'
end of Act sees her departure fo
America, accompanied by Kissimee an'
Tung-Waga, here old nurse.
After Two Years.
Two years elapse and the second ac
which takes place on the day when
Sing-a-Song is due back home to b
married to Fateddo, is laid in tn
grounds of the Mayors residenc
Fateddo is beaming with satisfaction
and the pleasantest of anticipations
There are doubts and misgivings i
the minds of all but himself At lengtl
Sing-a-Song and her companions re
turn. They are greeted enthusiasticaI
ly. Fateddo prepares for an imme
date wedding ceremony and calls upo
Knogudi to perform it. Knogudi re
fuses, and Fateddo undertakes the oil
flee himself by virtue of his Mayoralt.
Just as he is about to proceed to tn
climax, a young American, Harry Cor
case, appears on the scene. He ha
come to Japan with o Sing-a-Song
party, and after explaining his reason
for thus suddenly intruding Cortcas
announces that Sing-a-Song an
himself are married
Commits Social Suicide.
Fateddo, Disconnected, tries to fin
comfort in the retort that the Amer
can has married pauper A prett
argument ensues over the terms of I'll
will aforesaid, and in the end, Cor
case shows that o Sing-a-Song hs
complied entirely with all it's prov
sions and is legally and irrevocab
his bride, retaining into the bargai
all of the wealth to which she fal
heir. Fateddo, disguised and reel
less, commits social suicide" as
calls it. In an amusing fashion (f'
the audiencel, and Knogudi ALLOW
himself, with a philosophy that
humorous to everyone but himself,
be wooed and won by the delightful
persistent Kisimee.