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FINE PERFORMANCEGREAT COMEDYBY THE THESPIANSA Full House is Presented at ColumbiatThursday NighttfBath dramatic lovers turned out in flattering numbers Thursday evening at the Columbia theatre for the excejD- j ] tionally clever presentation of A Pull House ” The three act farce penned by Fred .Jackson was produced by one of the most perfectly balanced casts to ever stage an amateur play in this city. From the lend down through to the most minor role it was apparent that the greatest of care had been exercised in selecting the actors.As usual there was an outstanding feature of the presentation and it was Miss Miriam W. Kimball who as Susan, a maid from Sioux City, was an instantaneous and outstanding favorite with the large crowd that filled the orchestra seats to capacity. Susan was a role that could not help but capture the fancy of any audience. She was a gawky, snooping, innocent household employe whose chief »aim in New York City was to accumulate $22.50 to purchase a railroad ticn.ei oack to Sioux City. Though this ambition was seemingly beyond the grasp of Susan she persisted in reading time tables galore and keeping her acquaintances well informed as to the different railroad lines in the country. The character required a person sufficiently clever to be able to appear exceedingly “dumb” if that word may be used, and Miss Kimball had the necessary talent.Such favorites as Miss Lillian C. Miller, Charles F. Cummings, Mrs. Brenda F. Hill, George U. Scudder, Miss Elsie L. Trott and H. Augustus Huse, carried heavy roles and did not fall the large audience. The first local appearance of Edwin D. Tietig, formerly of Chicago, certainly proved a pleasant surprise to last night’s audience. As a young man badly smitten by Cupid and at the same time considerably worried ever a former love affair with a show girl, involving efforts to retrieve a number of love letters written in unguarded moments, Mr. Tietig instilled a vivid punch into his portrayal.A brief synopsis of the plot finds Ot-tilie Howell (Miss Miller), just married to George Howell (Charles Cummings) and deserted by her newly acquired hubby the day after their wedding.1 Friend hubby has been called to Cleveland on a business trip she is given to understand while in reality he has gone to Boston to induce one Vera Vernon (Mrs. Marjory B. Given), the show girl, into surrendering love letters written her by Ned Pembroke (Edwin D. Tietig) who wants these letters destroyed to prevent their propping up to interfere with his proposed matrimonial in tentlons toward Daphne Chartters (Miss Elsie L. Trott).Now when a bridegroom of two days journeys fo Boston to secure love letters from a show girl for the benefit of his best friend and lies to friend wife about the trip, something is certain to develop and It does. Miss Winnecker (Mrs. Brenda F. Hill) an aunt of the bride, drops in unexpectedly to spread a bit of gloom over the sudden marriage to this man her niece had known but two weeks. And as it requires a couple extra days to secure the love letters, the bride is worried over the possibility of her aunt being correct inher assumptions.On the train from Boston to New York with the love letters safe 1n his travelling bag, tjie bridegroom acci-i dentally swaps bags with Nicholas King lt;H. Augustus Huse) a polished crook, who has just stolen a $30,000 necklace from Mrs. John Pembroke of Boston, mother of Ned who wants the letters.So the hubby returns to his bride with .a $30,000 necklace instead of the letters, though unaware of the fact. Wifey discovers the necklace, has read of the robbery, adds up two and two, weeps, decides to stick by her husband and the plot thickens. She takes possession of the necklace and then tells her husband of his prevarication relative to his business accusing him of being a thief. Hubby believes she refers to the love letters and it’s a grand little mixup.There is a $1,000 reward for the return of the necklace. Susan (Miss Kimball) figures this will carry her to Sioux City and relieves Mrs. Howell of the necklace. She then calls the police and what policemen they are; Er-10I Buker, Stewart McAllister and Frederick E. Drake, Jr., a trio of typical Old Erin flatfoots. Nicholas King, the real crook, discovers the shift of travelling bags, drops in on the scene to recover the necklace. , .Then Vera the show girl comes to town to put a crimp into the love making of Daphne (Miss Trott) and Ned (Mr. Tietig). Susan fears to turn over the necklace lest she be arrested for •stealing it. Mr. Howell has convinced his wife that he did not steal the necklace but traded bags somewhere en route home and wifey is frantic because she has lost the necklace. Mrs. Pembroke (Edna N. Bliss) arrives to claim her property, having been notified by Mrs. Howell.Mrs. Martha B. Bridge was excellent as Mrs. Flemming, owner of the apartment where all the difficulty was enacted. She indignantly arrives on the scene believing her tenants to be agang of crooks.Mr. Huse, who stole the Jewelry in the first incident, cleverly manipulates affairs so that he returns it and secures the $1,000 reward. Ned confesses his love affair to the show girl and is forgiven. The show girl is left as a misfit, and handles the part admirably.
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Bath Independent
Bath, Maine, US
Thu, Apr 07, 1932
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