Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-01-21
'''Three Wise Fools"
: To Be Given Again

Despite the bad weather o fair sized
audience turned out to see the Three
Wise Fools" three act comedy pre-
scented by members Of the Vashon Is
land Golf Club at the high school last
Saturday evening.
In the opinion of all who saw 1t,
the Three Wise Fools" was the best
home talent play ever given on the
Island. The cast had been working
for months. They had planned on
giving the play early in December;
then because of conflicting attractions
1t was deemed best to wait until after
the holidays. Under the direction Of
Don Parker the players had polished
up their parts until they performed
like professionals, rather than anna
teurs, and from start to finish the
play moved along smoothly, from the
beautiful whistling solo in which Gus
was indulging, as the curtain rose,
until 1t was lowered on the impertur-
able Gray, in his gorgeous dressing
gown, performing his duties despite a
cracked skull.
The story of 'Three Wise Fools,
centers around three old bachelors,
Theodore Findley, DR.. Gaunt and
Hon. Jas. Trumbull, who loved the
same woman in their youth, and re-
manned sincere friends despite this
fact, later on in life making their
homes together. The sudden appear
ance of Sidney, the daughter Of this
sweetheart of their college days, whom
they believe to be q boy when they
accept the conditions of strange
will, leads to a complete change in
their mode of life. Totally unexpect-
ed are the developments when the
life of Judge Trumbull is threatened
by criminal whom he had sentenced
several years before. The connection
of the girl Sydney with this criminal
causes complications and doubts that
completely upset her three guardians.
OF course, like all proper plays every
thing comes out right, and "they all
live happily ever after"
The Three Wise Fools" Findley,
DR.. Gaunt, and Judge Trumbull are
played by Gus Bacchus, John Metzen-
berg and Joe Lindstrcm. Gus surely
cussed with surprising fluency; John
assumed a dignity that was paradox
cal while all Joe lacked was the
Judges black robes. Each was per-
feet in his part.
The two female parts were taken by
Mrs. Shirley Coutts, as Sidney Fair
child, the heroine, and Mrs. Zoe
Robinson, as Saunders" the capable
and efficient housekeeper Both suit
ed the parts, and their acting was
entirely in keeping with their lines.
Sidney was just as surprised when in
stead of coffee pearl necklace cas-
caded from the coffee urn as Saun-
ders was exasperated by the old maid
ishness of Teddy in the arrangement
of the flowers.
The criminal parts were taken by
Chas. Van Olinda as Crawshay, con-
victed of forgery, and DR.. Coutts, as
Benny, the Duck. OF the latter suf-
ficient to say his own mother didn't
recognize himl His was the most
realistic bit of acting in the whole
play, and it is much more comfortable
to have him living in our midst in his
real character rather than in the one
he portrayed.
Martin Tjomsland and Ed. Harmel-
ing, as Poole and Clancy, two detec-
tives, pursued the escaped convicts in
realistic fashion, finally bringing
Benny to justice.
The two servants, Gray and
Douglass, q. G. Beall and George Nc
Cormick) were models of perfection,
and no professional ever served more
utterly oblivious to all else except the
, task at hand regardless of whether
ANhe task involved apples and hot
water or cracked skull
And of course there was the young
man, Sidney's lover, who offered the
touch of modern romance. This part
was ably taken by Bud Flenner.
In short. it was a good play; well
acted; 1t moved smoothly from start
to finish; 1t lacked the earinarks Of
the usual home talent play; 1t was
credit to the players and to those two,
Marjorie Stanley and Don Parker,
who worked so hard for the success
of the production.
There have been SO many requests
for a repetition from not only those
who missed seeing 1t on account OF