The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-19
''HURRY. HURRY. HURRY."
ENTERTAINED LARGE CROWD

The performance of Hurry, Hur-
ry! Hurry by the Fourth Ward
Dramatic club at Howells Opera
House last Friday night was thor
oughly delightful and reflected a
deal of credit to Mrs. Maude NJ.
Clark, the director, as well as to the
members of the cast The play it
self, though largely devoid OF liter
airy charm, is far superior to many
works that have been given on the
same stage. 1t is a social comedy:
the trace of problem study and sa-
tire is not overworked and In no
gestion of holiday dinner.
l am not going to say that this
was the best production ever seen on
an Oakley stage-so far as 1 am
concerned, there is no such animal
as best. Leave the superlatives to
the blurb-writers of the movie stu
dios,, where nothing ever happens in
a comparative degree. What is a
fellow to say when the big moments
come, If he has already used up all
the superlatives Of the English lam
guage? What could he do, except re-
sort to the American language?
Clearly I see that the use of many
superlatives in daily conversation
leads inevitably to the use of cuss
words on extraordinary occasions.
The performance was excellent
and greatly enjoyed by a large
crowd.
When one saw the grayheaded,
broken Mr. Hooker. it was difficult
to believe that this was the same
man as the young and jolly barber
we know as Eldon Mecham. Mr..
Hooker darkly hints at an attempt /
to escape the Ill OF life, whether by 1
fair means or foul. No doubt he does
this to obtain more sympathy from
his wife and family-not that he I
threat. Mrs. Eldon Mecham as Mrs.
Hooker was very real example of
the plotting, matchmaking female
working overtime. BY the way, there
was quite bit of kissing between
Mr.. and Mrs. Hooker, but it was all
in the family.
Hector Bates did good work as
Steve Hooker, the son, rather
naive undergraduate. Anona Severe
was such charming servant that
Ted Stone fell in love with her. Ted
Fairchiid as Ted Stone pursued his
bashful course with much spirit. {.
There are such timid souls, but one /.
how a football hero could
manage so to preserve his illusions
about the Importance of the rest of
humanity A mere Phi Beta Kappa ,
student might be left in undisturbed +,
but football star!
ne ""o fiioi '@'i' +
.hough hee loved them. u
Ray Critchfield brought consider +
tble zest to his Interpretation of the +
of Alosius Bartholomew,
pompous and aggressive Ph.D. who
s practical as well as a professor. b
ars, Lucia Prices impersonation of d
.etitia Brown, a literary lady" who
discusses all books and reads few s.
nd understands still fewer, was II
true to life.
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Miss Raida Clark and Kenneth NJ
tringfield as heroine and hero re- ff
pectively, handled successfully ra- h
her difficult parts. They certainly O,
lade charming pair in the glow of te
he freight. In spite of mixture q;
f humorous flavoring, the ending IT
as orthodox pollyannaism. The fc
Ierald joins the many friends and fl
dmirers of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Gran w
all in wishing them as much hap ps
mess as is compatible with married re
fe,
This production goes to prove M
hat / have saidali along-that oh
lere is an abundance of histrionic III
lent in Oakley, and that Fourth w
ard has its full share. II,