Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-21

ses usually go to New York to enjoy
| the same, but it is a great deal OF
satisfaction to Augusta theater goers
| to go right into the Augusta Opera
House and view a production that
| has all the ear marks. all the char
acteristics and in fact, is Broad
way success. given by home folks.
| st. Mary's players did it again, Mon
day, when they staged Putting 1t
Over" They presented a well pol
| ished, a highly satisfactory show.
! Monday afternoon and evening be-
| fore crowded houses. The cast Of
characters including Augusta Thes-
plans who have already demonstrat-
ed their ability, was met with the
highest approval of all. The play
started in with promise that was full
| filled to the utmost, a splendid pro-
| duction.
| Every effort on the part Of the in
dividual players was rightly direct
ed. The first evidence Of this pre-
sented itself, when the curtain rolled
up and revealed a darkened stage. the
tinkling of a bell. light on and the
appearance Of the butler. j. 3. Shee-
han in the role Of Bolton, the butler,
was most excellent. He gave the
impression of being a fixture, with
out emotions or even a sense of hu-
NOR. But as the play progressed
and Bolton was emancipated, he re-
vealed that he was very much Of a
man.
The whole story revolvei about
the building Of dam. George Tray
nor makes tip top william and this
he has ably demonstrated in previous
| shows. He took a double role in
Putting 1t Over" first carrying a
william part. In his second role
he was the hero and proved that he
could be a man of honor and inte-
gritty, a man of loving ways and ten
! der sympathies, when occasion de-
manded.
But to return to the story Of the
dam. Tom Brown was the chief en-
gineer. He had never amounted to
much and he wanted to make a start
in the world, even if the foundation
was not so solid. So at the meeting
of the dam builders, he stole the
plans which had been drawn up by
Jack Stewart. On the strength of
the plans he got the job. But he
couldn't fill the bill. He was in
| league with Lannon. a contractor. to
have delivered an inferior grade of
! material, making the dam unsafe
James Comedian in the part of the
contractor. carried n difficult share
o. a most creditable manner. He
was sarcastic and he was overbear-
| ing as the story unfolded. His man.
ner was easy and deliberate.
A most dignified and pompous gen.
tleman of means, white hair, white
moustache. eyeglasses and black rib
bon. was Robert Faulkner as Colonel
Lane, heavy stockholder in the
| building of the dam. He strutted
about and he asserted his rights in a
most forceful manner. He had n
daughter, Eva Lou, who was the apple
of his eye, but chip off the old block
Eva Lou was none other than Miss
| Dorothy Stone. delightful bit of fem
ininity, vino was all charm and grace
aided and abetted by golden hair, big
blue eyes, delightfully."- soft and
| sweet voice
| 1t was delight to Augusta theatre
Soers to see Miss Evelyn Sears as Tor
renee, Lannon's daughter. Miss Sears.
| IN contrast 10 Miss Stone, is tall and
| las dark hair. She has a most gra-
cious and dignified manner. Her
| speaking voice, low pitched, carries
qualities most pleasing. Her role was
a difficult one. but Miss Sears Is pos
sessed of that rare ability of putting
over, perhaps by an infection, by a
movement. or even by silence, proper
! ~ propcrtionod, depths of meaning
But to return to the dam. browne
and Torrence eloped. Stewart. TRAY
hors other role, stepped into tile
Brown house to rob. because he was
down and out. He looked like Brown
the man who had stolen the plans. He
! t1lspn fnr
| tions arose which early added comedy
to the story. In time. Stewart showed
he was no slouch. because he quickly
sensed the situation. He saw that
Brown had been Q. King shipments
of cement which was no good And
| with much to combat he worked out
the story, helped Il great deal by the
butler, whom he promoted to his pri-
Vate secretary.
Humble pie was eaten by Daintry.
| the foreman at the dam, in manner
most successful. This part was taken
by John McDonough. He was in
| League with Lannon. the contractor,
but when Stewart came into action he
followed orders to a 1T" Mr.. Nc
Donough carried the part of the sub
Jected bully in a most admirable man.
ner.
There couldn't have been more
aristocratic, IN and coming aunt for
Eva Ioa tt3n Hiss l.&rr.ot Enright
as Mrs. Lane Turner. three times mar
ried and possessed Of most pronounced
views on the subject. She always ap-
peared 20 be bit behind in the story
but she got there just the same.
A most dramatic scene was that
| where Eva Lou forced from Lannon
a confession that he had sold unsafe
material for the dam. He wanted the
| letting of the water over the dam held
up when he learned that his daughter
had gone down the path below the dam
! to meet q friend. lie was forced into
Il corner by his love for his daughter
The absence of the chief engineer
was explained in that after he and
Torrence cloped ana were married. he
was hurt and was confined to a hos
pital. The story ended most happily
in spite of the trials and tribulations.
/ The stage settings We're most appro-
pirate. The office scene made n splcn-
did background for the unfolding of
the story. And the first Scone was
also we'll appointed.
But back of it all was the master
hand the coach. who directed with Il
forethought and Il discrimination that
was far-reaching, who put into the
show so many touches Of real human
hature that went such a long way in
| making the show a success. The play
was staged under the direction of J. X.
| MCGOWAN and his actor students were
most apt. Words of praise for his
efforts should he unstinted.
Eefore the show and between the
acts and as the audience left, there
was music. the orchestra being un-
der the direction of Mrs. Thomas
Cony. The orchestra was most en-