Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1913 — GRADUATES SCORE BIG COMEDY SUCCESS [ARTICLE]

GRADUATES SCORE BIG COMEDY SUCCESS

(Continued from Page One.) real bishop and the escape of a lunatic from the sanitarium. The ready-witted Jones, about to’ be discovered, induced all to believe that the real bishop was the escaped lunatic and caused., his ministerial garb to be stolen and a blanket to be substituted, that being the lunatic’s hobby. Then, to make things still worse, the real lunatic arrived on the scene and Jones had to exercise every deception to prevent discovery. Albert Sage was the bishop and Walter Bush the lunatic. John Shesler, as the police officer who was looking for Jones, was deceived into arresting the bishop and starting with him to the "police station. William Babcock, superintendent of the sanitarium, succeeded in removing the lunatic when the Goodly household was in an uproar of fright and excitement. The play itself is a whirlwind of action and dialogue and the young performers seemed to get a splendid conception of it and to carry it out in a manner delightful to the audience. A special feature that elicited much applause was the appearance after the first act of a colonial quartette composed of four dainty high school girls,* namely, Pauline Sayler, Marjorie Loughridge, Lura Halleck and Wilda Littlefield. With whitened hair and costumes of the revolutionary period they made their appearance down the steps in the Goodly home and sang an old song so charmingly that they were applauded until they returned and sang another. The minuet was gracefully danced by the quartette. To Miss Perkins and Miss Shedd goes much of the credit for the success of the plgy and to Miss Stover for the music furnished by the high school orchestra. The play will be given again this evening and The Republican is certain that all who see it will agree that it was theatrical bargain day with a dollar performance marked down to 35 cents.