Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
THE PERFECT
END OF A
PERFECT TASK
Miss CherryblOssOm Pre-
sented Successfully To
Enthusiastic Audience

At last the play, "NIiss Cherry
blossom" is over l am sorry so
many of you have missed the
chance to see it on the 18th and
18th of last month. Let's review it
together. First, let's take a look
at the stage.
The dark blue velvet curtains are
parted showing on the right hand
side a small table and two chairs.
In the back you see a bank of pine
trees, cherryblossoms against the
yellow inner curtains. Now look at
the left side of the stage. See the
lovely pink cherryblossoms bloom
ing on the trees. See above them
the three pretty Japanese lanterns.
Come now, we are ready for the play
to begin.
Cherryblossom and the Geisha
girls enter talking. AS they are
singing, in comes KOkimO, her ia
ther. who is the proprietor of a Tea
Garden in Tokyo, and tells them
that some Foreign Devils, Ameri-
cans, have arrived.
When they, the Americans, come
in, one of them, John Henry Smith,
a New Yorker, falls in love with
Cherryblossom. He tries to get ko-
kimo to introduce him to the pretty
Japanese girl with the straight eyes
and pale skin. Only by giving him
some money is Smith able to get
Kokimo to introduce him to Cherry
blossom.
Later in the garden we see Hor-
ace Worthington, a New York stock
broker, who is entertaining a party
of his friends with a trip to Japan
on his private yacht, and James
Young, his secretary, talking. Wor-
thington is worried, as he recog-
nizes, Cherryblossom as Evelyn
Barnes.-FIe had been a secretary to
her father who with his wife had
died in Japan of fever. When Wor-
thington returned to America, he
had left Evelyn in the care of ko-
kimo. After writing to koklmo
about the girl, he had received no
answer, and so had supposed that
she had died. Now he realizes that /
she is alive. AS he tells his secre- /,
tary about this, his secretary tells |
him not to worry over that for she |
is well taken care of. |
The next scene which we see IS /,
one in which Smith makes love to
the innocent Cherryblossom. In the :,
American party Henry Forster /
Jones, Johns pal, realizes that he |
loves Jessica Vanderpool, Worth
ington's niece. Everything ends
happily for them.
AS Smiths suit is progressing
with Cherryblossom, Togo, a Japan
ese politician of high rank, who IS
the approved suitor of Cherryblos-
som, arrives. Togo and Kokimo try
to keep Smith away from Cherry
blossom, but through the help of his
pal, Henry Jones, who stutfs him
self with rice to keep Kokimo with
him while Cherryblossom and Smith
meet in the garden to make plans
for a run away.
Togo, the ugly politician, finds
out about their meeting and blows
Kokimo up, for not keeping a closer
watch on Cherryblossom. He also
gets KokimO to give him the money
to aid him, Togo, in the coming
election. Togo is not elected again
to his Office Kokimo is sick over
the loss of his money Worthington
tells Kokimo that he is willing to
give Cherryblossom back her prop
erty and that Smith is rich.
Immediately KOkimO is well, for
he sees that two fortunes are to be
united in one. He gives his consent ;
to their marriage. The curtains {
close, for the last time.
Oh! Just a second. Allow me 10
the characters as we know =
hem in school. First, Cherryblos- t
SOM Sara Dickerson. She has on {
simple white and silver kimono. In {
he first two acts she wore a blue {
me with pink cherryblossOms in it. \
Next, Kokimo-Ralph Reed. He
wears a silver and white komono, 1
90. Isn't his wig and makeup I
;ood? He looks like the Devil whom S
We see in operas and pictures. In ]
entional or not 1 cannot say. How +
,ver, from the way he worships a
money we lllSuI llllhh INV ~ 's
Intentional. Third, John Henry h
mith-Townsend Parvis and Geo. il
yinyard (alternates). Here's Jacks a
al, Henry Jones-Robert Reed. Ii
low. Horace Neutrality-suspicious. C
app. Isn't he an old looking young p
ian? Makeup will do the trick. B
ext. James Young-Robert Yerkes. ri
ext to last you see either Irene dl
Villains or Marie Rogers, who are ri
lternates. Last, Togo-Ponder
organ. Beautiful suit he has on, eC
MT it? Tan or rather khaki and H
ID. A donkey would have picked OF
1t even a better color combination,
1t this time the color clash only C;
Ids to our dislike of Togo. Pretty tn
wig, isn't it? A little si
g tail in back and bold spot on pa
ID. His face-oh! Ponder, how tn
you expect us to reccGnize you so
lder that. That's right we don't ca
e you as we know you every day,