The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-08

| In closing he showed now the ralS
ing OF standards would result in &
raising of the profession to the
same level as other professions MOI
only as regards social standing bu
as regards compensation also. Thi:
was followed by a violin solo BY
Mary Janda Of LIE -Sueur Center
Miss Freda Behnke of New Ulm
secretary of the class, presented the
memorial Of the class. This was q
check for $40 to be added to the
student Loan fund. 1t was accepted
in the name of the school by Presi-
dent C.: H. Cooper. The class SONG
and college song by the entire class
Bethany College Play
When the Bard of Avon said "the
plays the thing" he said a mouth :
full. But the people Of William
Shakespeare's day didn't think so.
They liked only miracle, morality,
mystic and religious plays, and then
the youthful Bill" came right out
chairman of the womens aid society
called an Indignation meeting at
once and politely let him know just
where he stood. Furthermore that
"strolling players" and love- sick
troubadours galavanting about the
country playing on their "ukes" had
no place in their category, and he
could make himself CONSPICUOUS by
his absence from their strawberry
"sociables But Notwithstanding
that all these years Williams bones
have been smouldering in the dust,
the play has been going right on
through the centuries and more and
more people realize that the play s
the thing" and il there is anything
that makes more for happiness, for
every class, every creed and kind
of humanity, than good, clean cut
play or drama, then lead us to it.
And so, every one who attended
the play last night at the Bethany
college thought as william did. It
was a good play. Well put on, and
the audience enjoyed it immens ely.
All the boy parts were taken by the
girls, which made the comedy And
Ted Came Home" really more
laughable, amusing and facinating
than it otherwise might have been.
But the girls who took the part Of
the boys, did it wonderfully well,
for at times in some Of the emotion
al love scenes, by the rustic youths,
the girls showed splendid reserve,
Notwithstanding the fact that the
audience could see the controlled
All Of the characters were so well
put on that it would be unkind to
say just which was the best. It was
a we'll rounded piece Of acting, so
much. that each might be called the
star in the play so happily cast.
There was "Skeet Kelly" the youth
full clerk in the Inn at the Catskill
mountains, taken by Elise Monich.
She was so original, so jaunty, ten
der and natural. doing her bit SO ef-
fectively and neatly that she made a
trem endous hit with her audience.
She merited the applause and the
lime light and some day should she
decide to go farther in her dramatic
art she will undoubtly be heard
from. The occasional explosions
from the cook, Jubilee" taken by
Anvina Anderson, with her out
bursts of voltaic electricity, her fear
OF spooks, and everything, caused a
continued merriment during the
whole OF the comedy. Other charact-
ers in the plot were:
Diana Garwood, the heiress 49,.
........ 49,. Evelyn Schneider
Miss Loganberry. the spinster.. !.
1900. E. Laurenetta Wegener
Mr.. Man, the mystery ..........
......... 49,. Mildred Harnack
Henrietta Darby, the widow -.
.... ........ Esther Heinrich
hisie' the oriae Rose e Gan s;
Senator M'corkie, the father :...
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The action Of the. comedy comedy Occurs occurs
at the Rip Van Wrinkle Inn and the
plot had to do with a struggle for
supremacy in furniture factory
between the rightful heir and Ira
Stone, the william, whose part was
so ably taken by Kathryn Kluss,
and who was trying to gain control
of the business. Ted, the groom is
taken by Myrtle ,Harnack. is as
sisted by Mollie Nacklin, the house
keeper, martha Ruther) Of the Inn.
Finally in a last desperate chance
to save the factory from Stone, Mol
lie and Skeet persuade young civ
il engineer to impersonate the, mis-
sing Ted. Stone is thoroughly dis
couraged and all is going as merry
as a marriage bell when the lawyer,
Jim Ryker LILLIAN Doeltz) explodes
a bomb by announcing that he is
personally acquainted with the real
Ted. Mollie and Skeet having al
ready 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 heir. Com
plicaticns come fast and furious and
bit by bit the mysteries of the play
are solved. surprises follow sur
prises which remind one of "The
Bat" and then all the lovers make
UP, marry, and live happily ever
after. .s..
Dinner Party
Mr.: and Mrs; Ernest Schmidt en-.