The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01
Play BY Bethany Students

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And Home Came Ted" a comedy,
to be presented by the Senior class
of the Bethany college will be given
synopsis Of the play follows; The Of
flee and reception room OF the Rip
Van Wrinkle Inn, in the Catskill
mountains. Act one, shows an after
noon in April and what happened to
Ted. Act second, the same night.
Who was the burglar? Act three, the
next morning. Who was Mr.. Man
The action OF the comedy occurs at
the Rip Van Wrinkle Inn and the
plot has TO do with a struggle for
supremacy in a furniture factory be-
tween the rightful heir. and one Ira
Stone, an INSCRIPTIONS adventurer,
who is trying to gain control OF the
business, Ted is assisted by Mollie
Macklin, the plucky little house
keeper of the Rip Van Wrinkle Inn.
Finally as a last desperate chance to
save the factory from Stone, Mollie
and Skeet persuades young civil
engineer to impersonate the Missing
Ted. Stone is thoroughly discouraged
and all is going as merry as mar
rage bell when the lawyer, Jim
Ryker. eXplodes bomb by announc.
ing that he is personally acquainted
with the real Ted. Mollie and Skeet,
having already introduced the bogus
Ted to the other stockholders are at
their wits end to know what to do
when the lawyer mysteriously disap-
pears, and the engineer is formally
presented as the young hen. Com
plications come fast and furious. Bit
by bit, the many mysteries of the
play are solved, surprise follows
surprise. and the dramatic situations
fairly TEEN with life and sustaining
interest. The cast of characters are as
follows:
Skeet Kelly, the clerk. Elise Monich
Diana Garwood, the heiress,.
Evelyn Schneider
Miss Loganberry, the spinster....
........ .Laurenetta Wegenet
Ira Stone, the william Kathryn Kluss
Aunt Jubilee, the cook ..........
.Avina Anderson
Mr.. Man, the mystery. ......::
:.,....S..:. Mildred HarnacH
jim hsker' the iaWyeti Lillian Doelts
MoIlie Macklin, the housekeeper.
Martha Ruther
Henrietta Darby, the widow. 800.
Esther Heinrich
Ted. the groom. 49,. Myrtle Gaansle
Senator McCorkle, the father. -.
Carolyn Bryant
Shower For Mrs. Lora Mccartney
Complimenting Mrs. Lora Luis
dorff Mccartney, a former Mankato
girl and a recent bride, Mrs. E. J.
Nysteum of Minneapolis gave kit
chen and miscellaneous shower fol
her at her home Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mccartney have madG
plans to go to house keeping immed-
lately and have engaged snug and
chummy' apartment where they will
have their friends and Mrs Mccartney
is going to do real cooking, when
singing engagements do not interfere
and her friends have presented her
with gifts, such as electric coasters,
bakers, broilers and almost every
thing for the kitchen in the way VI
things electric. But this was not all.
She receiNd many other lovely gifts
for her home. from friends and those
of the professional world. Mankato
had a goodly representation on the
program. Miss Hermann Stein and
Miss Else Jache, played group OF
piano solos and Miss Mayme Schip-
pei sang Birthday" by Woodman and
"Alder Tree" by Rachmaninoff. with
Miss Stein as accompanist. A dainty
luncheon was served at the close OF
the afternoon.