Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1919 — SUCCESS. CROWNS PLAYERS EFFORT [ARTICLE]

SUCCESS. CROWNS PLAYERS EFFORT

“HUSBANDS ON APPROVAL” PLASED LARGE AUDIENCE THURSDAY EVENING. Without the slightest tremor, the high school play, “Husbands on Approval,” presented at the'high school auditorium Thursday evening, passed smoothly through the sea of adverse criticism and into the placid sea labelled “Praise.” Praise, heaps of it, was bestowed upon the young thespians as the plot of the story was unraveled, and many there were in the audience who pronounced ♦he production as surpassing any play ever presented in the city by high school students. Each and every member of the cast reported, himself in an able and pleasing man- 1 ner and to the careful observer it was apparent that each character had been chosen for his part only after careful deliberation. Long and deligent effort on the part of the players resulted in the production being free from glaring mistakes. The play, a three act comedy, was the opening chapter in what is to be a week of busy events for the graduates of the class of 1919. The production was refreshing and contained none of the ill-suited “heaviness” which is all to frequently thrust onto a troupe of inexperienced players. The comedy was of a pleasing nature and produced laughter on the part of the audience throughout the entire show. The stage settings were good and the students have cleverly constructed a stage, which, considering the handicaps they were forced to undergo, suffices very well. The opening scene is the breakfast room of the iGlover home where Nancy, (Sarah Alice QJNeall) is seated .with her four suitors whom she had invited to be her guests. Naturally complications resulted quickly and the outcome of it was that the end of the act found one of the .suitors having a well defined lead in the race for the hand of the fair Nancy. Scene two is- in the music room of the Glover home, twenty-nine days later and shows that the preferred suitor has lost the advantage which was his at the close of the first act, in the final act is the

same ain act one. The contest ends with all four suitors losing out, followed by Nancy’s humiliation and later reconciliation. A capacity house greeted the performersand owing to the heavy sale of tickets for tonight’s performance it has been found necessary to repeat the play for'the third time Saturday evening, all of the tickets for tongiht’s program having been disposed of. -- • The cast follows: Nancy Glover, a lady of twenty.. Rita Glover, her younger sister. . . i.. .-. . .. . ... Alice Witham Mrs. Glover, their mother .... , Louise Dahncke Catherine, their maid..... Lucille Knox Hamilton Seaver, an aristocratic young man of twenty-one, suitor to Nancy . Ernest Harris Robert Devon, a young lawyer, •twenty-three, suitor Leland Collins Col. Rowe, of indefinite age, suitor .. Everett Waymire Samuel ißutherford Glover, college student Walter Randle Kratz, German Mechanic .. John Dunlap