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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION EIGHT PAGES
VOLUME XXIX
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY MAY 23, 1010
NO 36
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"CUPID III MSSAR" GREETED BY
PACKED HOUSE AT THE PAHMELE
Production Reflects Great Credit
Took Part in
From Friday's Daily.
The class play "Cupid at Vassar"
last evening at the Parmele theater
by members of the senior class was
greeted by a packed house, there not
being a vacant seat in the building
and many were standing. And all
who attended were more than satis
fied with the presentation of the New
England comedy drama. It was In
excellent hands throughout and, in
addition, the arrangements for the
staging of the piece were most ad
mirable. Too much credit cannot be
given those who took an active part
In the management of the play nor in
those who so carefully drilled and
Instructed the several characters in
their parts.
From the time the curtain rose un
til it descended upon the happy final,
none left their seats a striking tes
timonial to the worth and ability of
those engaged in presenting the play,
At the close of the entertainment the
universal expression heard was that
it was far and away the best of its
kind ever put on here.
Of the play itself, it partook some
what of "The College Widow" with
the flavor of "Way Down East" or
"Shore Acres," the strong New Eng
land flavor of the play reminding one
forcibly of both the latter. In some
manner the mind when dealing with
home scenes seems to regard that
section of the country as the one
from which the American home life
plays come and this is in spots a
characteristic of "Cupid at Vassar."
There was the usual handsome young
hero who loved the heroine; the rich
and unscrupulous banker who also
loved the heroine and was determined
to have her by fair means or foul;
the mercenary mother who saw the
hero through blue glasses and the
villainous banker through gold-rlm-med
glasses; a Jealous half-sister of
the heroine who also loved the hero,
together with the New England hired
man with his clumsiness and awk
ward ways always bringing laughter
with his odd manners, the typical
lazy negro servant who shone well
at the finish, and then the girls and
they were some girls, also. They
presented an excellent and very
handsome addition to the main char
acters and their parts were taken
most admirably. All told the play
formed a charming vehicle for dis
playing the manifold talents of the
class.
In brief the story runs that John
Wlllett (George Dovey), the hero is
in love with Kate Newton (Lucile
Gass), the heroine while Amos North
(Frances D. Whelan), the banker and
the villain, also desired to marry
Kate. The suit of Amos is looked
upon favorably by Mrs. Carroll ( Bess
Edwards), the mother of Kate who
favors him because of his financial,
strength. The half sister of Kate,
Wanda Carroll (Helen Clark) is jeal
ous of her and is in love with John
Wlllett. This setting forms the
grounwork for the play. In the first
act Kate is preparing to leave the
Vermont home for Vassar and is
visited by Wlllett to whom she gave a
half promise of marriage, much to the
disgust of her mother. North makes
his appearance but does not suceed
in getting a promise of the girl's
hand. Herein enter various conspi
racies on the part of Wanda, the
jealous half-sister who seeks to break
up the match. Complications arise,
the letters from Wlllett to Kate be
ing held up by Wanda and Wlllett
misled into believing that Kate had
changed her mind. Later comes the
determination by Kate to marry
North, the banker.
After her change to Vassar, Kate
is visited by North who renews his
proposals and although he has a great
deal of trouble from the constant In
terruptions of the Vassar girls, he
finally succeeds in getting Kate to
consent to an engagement. John en
ers at the phylosologlcal moment and
rinds this out. In the next act Kate
Is homo in the Green Mountains for
Christmas and a typical New England
ri .
Lnnsimas Bcene Is depicted. The
usual Christmas merriment Is evident
and the shadow comes when Mrs
Carroll tells Kate that she must aban
don her course at Vassar owing to
."ono mum mm uas sunereu in a
financial way and to the fact that she
Upon the Young People Who
the Play.
had borrowed money of Amos North
who held this as a club over her.
She believes that all the money she
has in the world Is her little home.
At the distressful time again enters
John Wlllett with the papers to
prove that Amos North is a villain
and a rascal and later North tries to
steal the papers from a hiding place
after making Wanda enter into an
agreement to reveal the hiding place
to him, by threatening to expose her
for withholding Willetfs letters. As
North attempts this he is confronted
by Hank Gubbin (Otto E. Lutz), the
hired man, and Shiny (Leland
Brlggs), the negro servant, both of
whom have shotguns and who cap
ture the villain with the papers in
his hand. Kate dashes in at this
juncture and seizes the papers and
the old home Is saved. The last act
is the college campus at Vassar and
the clearing of the complications.
John Wlllett marries Kate Newton,
Amos North avoids the penitentiary
and marries Wanda Carroll who has
$50,000 in her own right and the
Vassar girls are happy and every
body Is happy and the goose hangs
high and the curtain goes down amid
a roar of applause.
As John Willett, the heron George
Dovey did excellently. He has much
talent and handled his part and the
lines in a great manner. Francis
Whelan'd, as Amos North, the bank
er, surprised and delighted his many
friends and thoroughly earned the
right to be considered a young man of
much historic talent. Shiny, the lazy
darkey, as depicted by Leland Briggs
could hardly have been improved up
on. The young man had evidently
made a careful study of his part and
won much merited applause by his
natural acting. The same was true
to a great degree of Otto E. Lutz who
took the part of Hank Gubbin, the
hired man. With true New England
awkwardness and with the idoms of
the land sounding natural in his
mouth, he. scored a distinct hit.
Miss Bess Edwards in the har
acter of Mrs. Carroll, the mother,
was very clever and fulfilled to the
highest degree the expectations of
her friends. She is a young lady of
nuch talent and was never shown bet
ter than last night.
The bright particular star of last
evening's play was Miss Lucile Gass
to whom everyone conceded the high
est honors.' Miss Gass has great
dramatic ability and last evening de
monstrated that she was thoroughly
at home on the stage, being at all
times excellent and winning great
applause from the audience. Miss
Gass deserves especial mention, al
thought much of her good work was
owing to the very excellent support
which she received.
Miss Helen Clark as Wanda Car
roll, the half-sister, was also a spec
ially worthy member of the cast and
In her difficult role did most excel
lently. She was at all times at her
best and went through- the many
strong scenes with which her part Is
woven with the most finished acting.
She, too, deserves to be much com
mended for ability.
Misses Villa Gapen, Hallie Par
mele and Rachael Livingston had
parts in which tneir many superb
qualities could not be seen to the best
advantage but they made the most
of the opportunities afforded them
and were among the most popular of
the entire cast.
The Vassar girls spoken of above
formed an attractive and handsome
feature of the entertainment. These
young ladles who were Misses Ina
Hatt, Jennie Batten, Anna Snyder,
Virginia McDaniel, Hazel Tuey, Ethel
Snyder, Hattie Hoffman, Harriett
Adams, Mattie Larson and Elizabeth
Kerr were typical college girls and
their several demonstrations were re
ceived by the audience as the real
article from the college. They de
serve the congratulations of all for
their fine work.
in ract, comparison In this
case would bo indeed Invidious.
No one neglected his or her part and
all developed the part to its utmost
capacity and earned all the warm
words which have been said for them.
The staging of the play and its
direct wa7inhe hd9 of Mrs
George E. Dovey and Prof. Harry S.
Austin who did very fine work in
this respect. Much of the success of
the play was due to the careful train
ing which these two talented people
gave the class and the honors for the
success production would not be fair
ly divided unless they received their
due share. Both are experienced in
this line of work and this experience
came in handy last night.
The faculty of the school also de
serve great credit for the part they
took in making the class play the
brilliant Buccess it was. Profs. Gam
ble and Harrison both aided In every
manner the production of the play
and their advice on many important
details was of the greatest benefit
to all. The business management of
the affair was largely in the hands
of George Dovey and he acquitted
himself with the greatest success.
The theater was packed to the doors
and the receipts were considerably
in excess of $200, it is said.
The music for the entertainment
was furnished by the M. W. A. or
chestra of this city, the members of
which kindly donated their services
for the evening. Between acts they
played a number of excellent selec
tions and greatly pleased the audience
most of whom, however, were fa
miliar with the fine work of the or
ganization in the past. The M. A. W.
band played several pieces in the
street before the theater during the
evening. The management of the
entertainment desire to publicly ex
tend their thanks to the band and
the orchestra for their services and
state that it contributed in no small
degree to the fine evening which was
had.
THE MEMORIAL
Preparations are Being Made to1
Observe the Day.
Preparations for Memorial Day are
being put forward by the several
committees of the G. A. R. and the
W. R, C, which were named for that
purpose. The program has been
mapped out to some extent and the
probabilities are that it will be a
better one than ever given before in
this city. The muslclal part of the
program is expected to be particu
larly good and the committee is bus
ily preparing for making this part
of the program especially interesting.
A number of patriotic selections will
be rendered incident to the obser
vatlon of the day and no pains will
be spared in this respect
No speaker has yet been definitely
selected for the occasion and a num
ber of names have been canvassed in
this regard with the Intention of se
curing the very best talent to be
obtained. In the event an orator of
sufficient prominence cannot be se
cured from abroad or locally, it is the
intention to have a number of Bhort
talks given by various local speakers,
the talks being limited in point of
time to a few minutes; probably ten
This feature of past observations has
been found to work well and has
resulted in a great deal of interest
being taken in the talks, hence It may
be fixed upon as the proper manner
for observing this occasion.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all other organizations in the city to
participate in the services incident to
the day and it 1b the sincere hope of
the members of the two posts that
the various bodies will turn out in
force and help swell the procession to
Oak Hill In the morning when the
pretty service of strewing the graves
with flowers will be carried out.
There are a large number of organiz
atlons In the city which should turn
out quite a crowd for the procession
and If they turn out nearly as largely
as usual on such occasions the pro
cession will be one of the best in
the city.
Delightfully Kntcrtaiiifd. '
The Ladles Axulllary of the Pres
byterlan church were entertained at
the cozy home of Mtb. Wm. McCauley
yesterday afternoon in a most delight
ful manner. The afternoon was very
pleasantly spe"nt in the usual amuse'
ment after which dainty refresh
menta were served. There were i
large number of the ladles in at
tendance.
D. E. Shresley of Alvo was In tho
city over night looking after busl
ness, being reglsierede at the Perkins
hotel. He returned to his home this
morning.
SERVICES
Dill HAVE
A ROYAL TIME
Special Train Takes Cass Camp
to Omaha for the Rally
From Frlday'a pally.
The big M. W. A. rally at Omaha
last evening had quite a large num
ber of members of local camp In at
tendance, the special train which ran
from this city to that place being
well filled with Woodmen anxious to
see the exemplification of the new
ritual. There wera also a number
of applicants from this city for Ini
tiation. The local camp gathered at
their hall at the corner of Sixth and
Main streets and marched to the
Burlington station at 7 o'clock head
ed by the M. W. A. band where the
party embarked in coaches for the
city. The special train which car
ried them to Omaha returned short-
after midnight, the party having
had a fine evening and receiving
royal treatment at the hands of the
Omaha camps. A large number of
the boys missed the special returning
and came back this morning on No. 6.
The drill team of Cass Camp at
tracted much attention at Omaha and
added to the honors which they have
won at other places by their excel
lent work. The Omaha Bee In its
report of the gathering says:
One of the largest gatherings of
members of the Modern Woodmen of
America ever assembled in Omaha
last night witnessed the exemplifica
tion of the new ritual In the Auditor
ium by a number of the crack drill
teams of the Omaha district, upon a
class of nearly 400 from all quarters
of the district.
The Omaha district comprises five
counties, Cass, Dodge, Sarpy, Doug
las and Washington, with approxi
mately GO camps. The Cass county
delegation came In a special train,
with its crack drill team from Platts
mouth. Drill teams were also pres
ent "from Fremont, Papillion, Blair
and South Omaha and with the sev
eral Omaha teams, Including the
champion team of No. 120, all in
uniform, the spectacle presented in
the auditorium was a thrilling and
beautiful one.
The exemplification of the work
was given in the presence of Supreme
National Lecturer J. O. Davis of Cali
fornia, and Head Counsul A. B. Tal
bot of Lincoln. Both of these dis
tinguished Woodmen delivered ad
dresses appropriate to the occasion
and upon the benefits of Woodcraft
as exemplified by the Modern Wood
men of America
The World-Herald said:
In the big initiation, general meet
ing and pollification of the Modern
Woodmen of America held at the
auditorium last night representatives
from at least sixty camps were pres
ent. From all the counties in Ne
braska and Iowa within a radius of
fifty miles or more Woodmen throng
ed to the auditorium last night. The
great building was packed with mem
bers of the organization.
During the evening about 400 can
didates were initiated Into the order.
The Initiation is one of the biggest
ever held In the city.
After the exemplification of the
new ritual the address of the evening
was delivered by J. O. Davis of Colo
rado. An illustrated lecture was
given by A. R. Talbot, head counsul,
of Lincoln, Neb.
The mysteries of Woodcraft was
conferred on fifty-two candidates by
the following members acting as of
ficers: F. D. Woodley of camp No.
916, Lincoln, Neb., as consul; E. D.
Kester, state deputy, as past consul;
Nathan Bernstein of camp No. 120,
Omaha, as adviser; S. D. Woodley of
camp No. 910, Lincoln, Neb., aa bank
er; C. II. F. Relpen of camp No. 120,
Omaha, clerk; W. C. James, district
deputy, as escort; J. K. McCombs, of
amp No. 1833, Omaha, aa watchman;
C E. Relmer of head consul's office
as lecturer. The Foresters of Omaha
camp No. 120, and Foresters of B.
and M. carnp, No. 945 of Omaha as
sisted, as did sixty camps of Doug
Ins, Washington, Burt, Sarpy and
Cass counties of Nebraska. Potta
wattamie county of Iowa was repre
sented by its members and candi
dates.
A special train passed through the
city this afternoon, having on board
a number of Burlington officials who
have been making a special Inspec
lion trip over tho-road. The party is
said to have included General Man
ager Holdrege, Assistant Manager
Horn and a number of other high
officers.
To Deliver Address at Elmwood.
Judge H. D. Travis of this city will
deliver the Memorial Day address on
Monday, May 30, at Elmwood, un
less some different arrangements are
made in the very near future, be
having accepted an Invitation from
the old soldiers of that place to act
as orator on that sacred occasion.
Judge Travis' oratorical ability is
well known throughout this section
and the management of the Nebraska
City Mink league base ball club are
among those who recognize them,
having Invited him to attend the
opening game of the league in that
city and. deliver a few remarks prior
to the game. In company with the
mayor of that city, Judge Travis will
be a conspicuous figure In the doings
of the day.
cass limit'
The Meeting at Weeping Water
a Very Interesing Gathering
From Frlday'i Dally.
C. C. Wescott who was in Weep
ing Water in attendance upon a meet
ing of the executive committee of
the Cass County Sunday School as
sociation of which he is one of the
afficers, returned home with the
most flattering reports of the gath
ering and enthusiastic over the out
look ahead of the organization. He
states the meeting carried cut a
great deal of business Including re
ceiving reports of the various de
partments all of which went to Indi
cate the organization was in a very
flourishing condition, and that it was
making great progress. Among other
things which the meeting decided on
was to fill two existing vacancies In
the committee. The place of L. A
Chapman, who has removed from the
county, on the training department,
was filled by the selection of Rev.
L. W, Gade of this city, as chairman.
Rev. Gade is the new pastor of the
Presbyterian church In this city. The
vacancy occasioned by the removal
of Rev. Luther Moore of this city, was
filled by the selection of Rev. J. H
Andrus of Weeping Water, who as
sumes the place on the adult depart
ment made vacant. One especially
pleasing feature of the meeting was
the gratification expressed at the
Buccess of the official organ of the
society, the Religious Field Glass of
which Rev. C. A. Burdick of Ne
hawka, is editor. The work of the
temperance committee was commend
ed and approved and the commit
tee was empowered to go ahead and
keep up the work as heretofore out
lined. There was a large attendance
and the members of the committee
were much elated over the outlook
and the steady advance which the
various measures of the association
are making.
Married in (.icinvood.
A marriage license was on Monday
issued to Robert M. Stivers and Miss
Nina Clark, aged 20 and 18, and
both of Glenwood. As the young man
was under age, it was necessary that
his father John Stivers give consent
to the issuance of the license. The
young lady is employed at the Insti
tution. We understand they are to
be married today . Mills County Tri
bune.
The above notice refers to Miss
Nina Clark of th's city, the young
lady having been employed at the
Glenwood institution for Borne time
past. She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Simon Clark of this city, and a
most charming and refined young
lady. Her marriage came as a corp
plet surpriso to her many friends
here and was also qdite a surprise to
her parents who had no knowledge
of it until last evening when they
received wordd from her. It Is pre
sumed the young couple will make
their home at Glenwood.
Turns Over His Ilookn.
William Rummoll, Plattsmouth
precinct's enterprising and hustling
precinct assessor, came in this morn
Ing and turned in his books to Coun
ty Assessor Soennlchsen, having com
plcted his work for this year. Mr.
Rummell has mado himself a good
record this year as assessor aa he
has In times past. Ho is a gentle
man with an accurate knowledge of
values In the precinct and with the
happy faculty of being able to bo fit
his returns as to preclude any very
extensive objection. His work this
year is up to the high standard he
has set in other years and suits the
county assessor as well as the good
people of bis precinct.
SCHOOLS
I STREET TO
BE FLIGHTED
This Is a Fixed Fact, and the Arc
Lights to be Placed Soon.
From Frlday'i Dallf. " rWfWSna
Anotner ioujs step lorwaru la tun
lighting of the city has been taken by
the voluntary action of the merchanta
and live wires of the city in making a
contract with the Nebraska Lighting
company for the erection and opera
tion of three lights on Main street.
The three lights are to be'of the
same style as that which recently
burned on Sixth and Main streets and
they are to be placed in service just
as soon as possible, the location to be
determined later. One will unques
tionably be placed at Main and Sixth
and the other two will be distributed
as nearly at equal dlstancs apart as
pracltcable.
The lights are of the regenerating
flaming arc kind and give a strong
and powerful light. They will run
from dusk to eleven o'clock at night
and this means that they will afford a
clear, well lighted business center
during the evening hours. Manager
Clabaugh states that It la hia Inten
tion on Saturday and pay day nights
to run the lights to a later hour than
on other nights owing to the fact
that people are usually on the streets
later on these nights than on others.
The arrangement under which tho
lights will be operated are, that pay
ment Is made every month of a nomi
nal Bum by seventy-six business men
and live wires to Insure the service,
the light company figuring down tho
cost of installation and operation to
the very lowest limit. This system
Is to continue for a year at least and
until such time as the parties there
to become dissatisfied and want It
discontinued.
The the Installation of additional,
service Plattsmouth will be in good
shape in Its business center. It will
have Main street lighted from dusk
to eleven o'clock with the flaming
arc and after that with boulevard gas
lamps. The sldestreets and the resi
dence district Is lighted until nid
nlght with Incandescent lamps and
this affords an admirable system of
lighting. Later It Is hoped to ex
tend the midnight service to an all
night service. This would be some
thing well worth taking up and carry
ing through. There has been no
complaint registered so far on the
city Btreet lighting service so far aa
the electric lights are concerned and
an extension to an all night service
of these would be duly appreciated
by the people
It Is the belief of Manager Cla
baugh that he will have the new serv
ice In running order in probably two
weeks as the lamps have been ordered
and Bhould be here by that time. The
work of putting them In place will
not take a great while and will bo
completed shortly after the lights
are in. Tho matter of locating the
lights Is something which Is puzzling
the light company as there is con
siderable territory to cover and it la
going to be hard to rover it with
the few lights at the command of the
company. However, an effort will
be made to have the lights located
where they will do the most good
to the greatest number.
The action of the business men
and othera who have come to the
front and so generously donated to
help light the city cannot be to high
ly commendod. It Is this spirit which
leads to the upbuilding of cities and
if the spirit continues there Is small
reason to believe that It will be a
very short time until Plattsmouth
will be booming even more than ever.
With good lighted streets, something
which is a splendid advertisement for
the city, plenty of work on every
hand, more paving, macadamizing its
roads and the like and more new
factories In sight, Plattsmouth Is
making a strong effort to make the
year 1910 a banner one.
New PoHtofTicc Building.
Just as we go to press, Postmaster
Schneider informs us that he has
Just received wora from the depart
ment at Washington, D. C, requesting
him to advertise for bids for the ma
terial and building of our new post
office structure at once.
Peter Campbell, the popular and
well known marshal of Kenosha, la
spending today in the city looking af
ter business and visiting with his
friends. Tete reports tho principal
cause of his grief as marshal is look
ing after the mayor, Llg Brown, but
he is keeping hi mln line all right.
