The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-10

She "barks' when she shouldn't and
she always says amt
And here the playWrights in this
scene does show the mother instinct
in the heart Of the woman who
plays the role of Little Eva in this
tank town organization. Her daugh-
ter must have castor oil for her
stomach and she bOrroWs the dol
lar to get it. And OF course we get
the love theme-the efforts of Nal
Thorne to marry Hattie. But Hat
tie does not believe she can be hap
by with man that hasn't a buck
to buy medicine" for her dear lit
tie OIiole.
1t is in this scene that we meet
character that will be the talk of
the wise ones for many moons
that apple baCkdoor john
nie known as Mr. Newton Wampler
who admits that he is rich furni-
ture dealer in HiaWatha. He says
that he has q side line but doesn't
name it. 1t comes out in the last
act-the side line is the undertaking
business.
Old man Wampler wants to marry
Little Eva and he is disappointed
when he finds that Little Eva in
private life is a mother.
Then we are ready to lead up to
the second act, which is devoted TO
the troupe car Of the BOndell U. T.
Co. Company. Here we have real
iSn-both tragedy and comedy. The
actors are asleep and broke. The
owner Of the show steals out of the
car when it is stopped because Of
a flood. He leaves his actors broke
and even beyond that he takes the
only live bloodhound. Then we
witness the realization of the actors
when they are stranded. Then
Wampler appears and consents to
marry Hattie. He promises to do
that when she insists that he give
the stranded actors money to get
home. This leads to a big scene
between Nal and Hattie. So Nal
decides to be a business man and
arranges a benefit show for the
food sufferers at lodge hall in a
certain Kansas town.
Hattie gets wild and makes plans
for her loveless marriage with the
furniture dealer with a side line. But
Hattie doesn't know her Nal. Nal
goes on with his sudden benefit per-
/ formance and puts Oriole as Little
Eva in her mothers role.
Then we are ready for the third
act-the benefit performance. Hat
ties puts off her wedding She be-
comes so jealous at the applause
that her daughter is getting that
she stuffs Oriole with candy. And
remember that Oriole always had a
weak stomach and in the scene that
Little Eva dies, Oriole acts as if she
was crossing the ocean. That breaks
up the death scene as Oriole goes
running off the stage, yelling for her
mama.
Then we get behind the scenes
and see the motheragain come into
the being of Hattie. She doesn't
want her Oriole to perish and she
orders more castor oil
And then Hattie discovers that
Wampler is nothing but an under
taker. No wedding Hattie then
realizes that she is the best Eva in
the business and she tells Nal that
she loves him.
This story is told in the language
of the one-night actors. Here is
| realism as to talk and to character
ization. They fight each other and
the next second they are fighting
! for each other The characters look
like they might have stepped from
the stage of TON" show that 1
saw under a tent in Waynesville,
ILL.,, nearly thirty years ago.
AS the cast now stands the acting
honors go to Lois Shore as Oriole.
She is real as the bad youngster and
she is a riot as Little Eva when
passing out with the stomach ache.
This character will be a panic to
the wise ones who know the show
business.
Gladys Hurlburt is better in her
emotional scenes than in straight