The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-04-29
Nothing But
 The Truth"
IS PRESENTED BEFORE 4 LARGE
 AND APPREcIATIvE AUDIENCE

AND APPRECIAIlNE k AUDIENCE
 The play, Nothing But The Truth. which was presented at the Community Building last satur- day night as the last number of the 1925-26 lyceum course was the big entertainment hit of the year. Many of the "old timers declared 1t to be the best ever presented in Wrangell. It has received only ia vorable comment from all classes.
 To MT. Albert Geyer of the high school faculty. who selected and coached the play, is due a major portion of the credit for the un- usual success. The cast was made mp of high school students who had given of their time in training for two and a half months in order to insure the success of the undertak- ing.
 From the moment the first cur tain was drawn until the end of the last act the audience showed their appreciation by the intense attention given and by their gener- ous applause. The play itself was one of the class usually considered too difficut for general school pro- duction and many expressed sur prise that it had ever been under taken. That a high school of thirty students should undertake and make such a success of Nothing But The Truth reflects an immense amount of credit upon all those who took part in it in any way.
 The plot of the play was laid around the intrigues of modern high finance and showed up in glaring light the deceit practieed in connection with modern speeu lation and even in modern social in tercourse. E. NJ. Ralston, a New York broker, has taken in three un- as partners. He at tempts to show them how to sell worthless stock by misrepresenta- ton and one of them, Robert Ben nett, objects to the dishonest meth 1 ods. whereupon Ralston offers to wager with Bennett that he can not tell the truth for twenty-four 1 hours. Ralston's daughter, with whom he is in love, has entrusted him with $10,G00 to invest and he places this as a wager that he can tell the truth for twenty-four hours. The other two members of the firm believing Bennett will lose prevail upon Ralston to let them each have a third of the bet. There upon they try every conceivable means of forcing Bennett to tell a lie, and in doing so get themselves as well as Bennett into all sorts of embarrassment and financial loss. The intrigue of a couple of untruth- ful flappers brings about domestic misunderstanding which threaten to break up the Ralston home. Ben nett wins and misunderstanding are adjusted. The plot is deep and the situations thought provoking as well as brimming full of humor and laughable predicaments.
 Music between acts was furnished
 
 piano, and Miss Katherine Loftus and Fred Choquette with violins. The following selections were rem dered: between Acts I and Il "Hu- and Sometimes be- tween Acts II and III "Pal of My Cradle Days and "A Perfect Day.. The music added much to the en- joyment of the evening.
 The members of the cast were as follows: Robert Bennett. Harold Ottesen; E. M. Ralston, George Case; Dick DonnelIy, James Wheel CT; Clarence Van Dusen, John Grant; Bishop Dorn, Raymond Wheeler; Gwendolyn Ralston, Ger trude Carlstrom; Mrs. E. M. Ral- ston, Irene Tozier; Ethel Clark, Virginia Tozier; Mabel Jackson, Margaret Bell; Sabel Jackson, Mar jorie Johnson; Martha. Erma Grant.
 The attendance was by far the largest of the season and the net proceeds were greater than from any other program of either this or last years lyceum course, al- though the gross receipts were little short of the two best pro- grams last year. The gross receipts were $166.60 and the expense was $24.35 leaving net profit of $142.25 which was turned over to the treasurer of the Pr. A. to be