Show o THE SCRIBBLERS SCRIBBLERS' LERS' LERS PLAY 1 i. i The Only Way Out Of It the l little le play by Mr 1 Butler with which the Scribblers Scribblers' Scribblers Scribblers' Scribblers Scribblers' Scrib Scrib- club a week ago made their initial appearance in public was wag waga a fitting contribution contribution contri contri- from a literary organization to the the- student life of the University An announcement announcement an an- on the that thep the p play ay was a short farce warned the large audience a assembled to look for extravagance extravagance extravagance gance gance- in situations s and characters But not even those of us who know of Mr Butlers Butler's skill as as a scribbler expected these situations situations situations situa situa- and characters to be quite so clever or his dialogue to be quite so brilliant or expected his to enter quite so completely completely completely com com- into the fun of their play Everybody's Everybody's Everybody's Every Every- body's impression at the end of the evening evening evening even even- ing if the writer of this criticism may judge by the interest with which the play was followed and the quickness with which it its bright things were appreciated was appreciated was that here liere was a literary effort c clever ever quite to the point of professionalism capably acted and enjoyed to an extent to prove to Mr 1 Butler and the Scribblers that their plan of a farce of their own yn o creation with which to meet their obligation to our st student stu student stu- stu de dent life was right Confusion of identity brought about not from similarity of looks but from similarity of names is responsible for the fun of the play In the Sphinx club are two J. J M. M Smiths whose letters get mixed and whom strangers constantly take for each other Acted by Howells I and Ashby whose training training train train- ing in the Dramatic club justified their selection selection se se- lection for these difficult roles these two Smiths become the center about which the amusing situations revolve Whitmore and andY Y Woodbury V as the members of the club whose schemes against the Smiths and in their behalf lead to most of the fun were a capable working pair Their dumb show from behind the screens and in the final t tableau from under the screens was thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- good Gibbs as Bates the butler filled a a small part capably and Anderson as the sheriff was successfully important H Hamren amren and Draper were well cast Hamren Ham Hain- ren as Uncle Jeremiah in search of a nephew neph neph- ew and Draper as Billiken coachman and thespian ex-thespian introduced by the schemers as lJ Uncle Jeremiah even after the real J Jeremiah Jeremiah Jere Jere- ere ere- miah has appeared Hamren was well made up and had the right bluster Draper in up make-up the thespian ex-thespian far more than the coachman glibly quoted Shakespeare and confidently maintained the stage stride Good individually the members of the littIe little little lit lit- tle tIe company worked together well showing showing- the same skill in making their situations effective that they showed in making their lines effective The shower of small vegetables with which a few friends of the actors gre greeted ted the entrance of Uncle Jeremiah part way through the play was entirely good natured Continued on Page G. G 60 0 U Continued d from Page 5 and was so regarded by the players who went on undisturbed with their work A pity that the down town papers should have made so much of it thereby putting in a frivolous and perhaps absurd light an effort which was most sincere and of which we weha ha have hae e every reason to be proud 0 |