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Show I Local Talent I Made Big Hit St. John's Dramatic Club Stuns Audi-I Audi-I ence At Nlblcy Hall With, H 'The Naked Truth' Truth In any garb from that worn BBl H by Mother Evo to tho latest slit skirt H Is enough to stun any commercialized H yankee; but naked truth, performing H before u big audlenco, will, shock the H most pious. That Is onq. reason for H the stunning success of the St; John's Dramatic Club at Nlbley H.all on We'd-H We'd-H nesday night. There aro as many H otlier reasons as there are persons In H . tho cast, then one other for Uie man 'who did tho coaching. H - Many great plays aro written for H great iictors, but lioro Is a caso of tho H players being mado for the parts. jH Wlih tho fow members of the St., BBl Tnli.i'o nil, I. II lit Hlll-lll-UlnC llOW Dart 8 could bo assigned to persons who H fceem bo woll fitted for their roles. H Whcro imdor tho sun could tliero bo H another who would undertake to learn H that part of Bunny? Surely Paston fSl and Maxwoll did not know that tho flCP'-'Ytali Agricultural College had a stu- I dent who dured undertake Buch n task. Wo all realized the Dob Morton Mor-ton had possibilities beyond being cheered nnd hung at every ball game, but who know that there was a play In which tin old fat mun was continually contin-ually too hot nnd wiping his forohead. Tho moro presence of Joo Dltholl, anywhere oxcopt at a funoral, Is causo enough fdr a good laugh. Seo-lng Seo-lng him In the rolo of a fake doctor, taking tho physical measure of his patient, fitted him oven better than the dally tasks he does at' Thatchers. Surely ho is not a stranger to the naked truth elso ho would bo hanging hang-ing out a sign: Joseph Dlthell, M. D. Then we have Coach Teefiel and his charming llttlo wlfo. Search nny- where not a fitter Prof. Hayter and Mrs. Hayter could be found. Albert Atkinson as head clerk had but to act himself to win the ontlro approval approv-al ofhls audlenco'.'Hl8,iwlfo aa molil did good acting. Again we are forced to nBk how tho authors know when thoy wroto tho part, of Norah that Miss Shamhart was young and winning win-ning with a short neck? Miss Llnnartz showed having been trained by a careful and exacting Frenchman. She did her part to perfection. So did also her caddish friend Teddy. Ilut tho strongest part, all will admit, ad-mit, was dono by MIsb Wilkinson. Sho Boomed all that sho protended to lin n i .1 in a nlii'nva nt nrtoet 'N7rt fl sign of tho amateur was there In any thing that sho did. Tho public aro the most heartless and oxact of critics. All that wero thoro that night must havo hoard many such expressions ns Bunny's mother Is a dandy, O, isn't sho Just llko somo cranky old mothor otc. Thcso people paid a similar compliment com-pliment to Miss Cook; Sho must bo an old miser herself, sho nets llko sho had been to hundreds of board meetings. meet-ings. Without Intontlon of patting anyone on tho back, or of slapping others In the face, but to speak the -naked truth, Logan has had few amateur shoWs that went off 'with as satlsfac tory and pleasing' manner arid'left sd many compliments for those concern- i2? ' ,"..... -j ed therewith as did the performance of this little farce.'st. John's 'and all concerned 'therewith are to be high' ly complimented. Como again, bring.' lng Professor Arnold, Mr. Jones and tlie rest with you we llko your ways. Tho following Is tho cast of characters char-acters in tho order of their appearance: appear-ance: Mrs. Darrell, Bunny's mother .... Miss Margaret Wilkinson Hammond, a maid Mrs. Albert Atkinson Mrs. Hayter.... Mrs. C. T. Teetzel N'orhh Crelghton, Bunny's fiance,.. Miss Florence Shamhart Itosalle Favro ..Miss Emma Llnnartz Teddy Lestrange Mr. Leslie Williamson Bernard Darrell, Bunny ,' Mr. Kenneth Payson James Darrell, Bunny's undo Mr. J. It. Morton i Prosser, head clerk Mr. Albert Atkinson Dr. Masters .'Mr. Joseph Bltbell Mrs. Duckctf, an Invostor " ...'." ';.,.'.. Miss Caddie Cook Professor Hayter.. Mr. C. T. Teetzel Mr. Freeman and Mr. Sawyer, Directors Di-rectors of tho Syrian Cement Co...- ..Mr. Chester Cook and Hov. Paul Jones. Synopsis Act 1. Drawing room of tho Dar-roll's Dar-roll's house. A July afternoon1. Act 2. Board room of tho Syrian Comcnt Co. Tho next day. Act 3, In tho garden of tho Dar-rell's Dar-rell's houso. A day later. |