Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1920 — THE GIRL UPSTAIRS [ARTICLE]

THE GIRL UPSTAIRS

COMEDY IS DELIGHTFULLY STAGED BY HOME TALENT COMPANY. The successful comedy, “The Girl Upstairs,” which was presented by a home talent company at the Ellis Opera house Friday and Saturday nights drew large audiences at each performance. Renssdaer young people again demonstrated their ability and each person in the cast of “The Girl Upstairs” performed his part in a splendid manner. The comedy consisted of three acts. The place was New York and the time, the present. The interest in the comedy centered around Mrs. Pickwick, a part taken by Iva Healey. Mrs. Pickwick was very jealous of her husbank, Jack Pickwick, which part was played by Howard York and also of her son-in-law, Arthur Carstairs, part taken by Harold Littlefield. A baby, the child of the butler and the maid in the Carstairs’ home, played a very important part in the action of the comedy. The part of the butler, known in the play as Klaus Pepper was taken by George Padgitt, and that of the maid, Tina Pepper, by Alice Witham. Other characters- in the play were: Johnnie, colored, slow but sure, Willette Hill Taylor; Vera Vera, the girl upstairs, Luella Harmon; Investigator of Crimes, Louis Miller; Algernon Carruthers, from the Burtetta Theatre, French Crooks. The specialty acts, singing and dancing, of George Padgitt and Howard York, made a decided hit with the audiences. The proceeds of the play go to the War Mothers and will be a part of a fund with which to build a suitable memorial to the soldiers of the great war.