Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1914 — “The Rosary." [ARTICLE]

“The Rosary."

Every woman thinks she knows how to keep alive the love of her husband. Wonder if the girls in this city know that art? Sometimes it is said they don’t. At any rate, they will know after they witness a performance of “The Rosary,” which is coming to the Ellis Theatre Thursday, Jan. 15th. In “The Rosary” there are three distinct love stories. The principal love affair is that of Bruce and Vera Tilton. This husband and wife love each other with their whole hearts. She is a devout woman, but he is a born atheist. Beisg a man of such business interests, Mr. Tilton neglects his home, and Vera resorts to the green-eyed monster to bring her husband back to her. She begins a flirtation with a man named Kensard WrighL Circumstances bring Mr. Wright to the Tilton home, where he falls in love with Vera’s sister, Alice. One night, when he and Alice had arranged for a secret elopment, Vera, enterng the room as the couple are leavng through an open wndow, is discovered by her husband. The result is two broken hearts. Therefore, jealousy is an evil, and not an advisable way of keeping a man interested. The second love story is between Kathleen O’Connor and Charley Harrow, Kathleen is a little Irish girl, who believes that the man she will marry must know the Irish history thoroughly. Charley knows nothing of Irish so Kathleen uses the simplest of language, dress and actions. Charley is attracted to her by her simpleness, so it is shown that the simplest truth attracts the man of the world and keeps him interested. In the love story between Lesura and Skeeters, the audience finds that opposition to a man’s vanity makes him only the more interested in the pursuit of the one thing upon which he prides himself greater than all else. During the scenes Skeeters is very proud of his ability to tell stories, but It isn’t until after an orignal system is employed that Skeeters succeeds in getting Lesura to laugh. All of this love is. in "The RosarsC and with a competent oast presenting it, the play is worth attendn£.