The Kanabec County Times

HOME TALENT PLAY
DRAWS BIG CROWD
Play Very Successfully Staged By
Local People. Net Receipts
Are $80.55

To say that the production of "At the Village Post Office," given last Thursday evening, Feb. 27th, by some of our best local talent, under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church, was a decided success, is to state it very conservatively. The characters were exceptionally well taken, and for a play necessitating so many characters it was very successfully staged.

Prof. Jones made an excellent postmaster and J. A. Spangler as the old veteran and Geo. Garfoot as the village pessimist made a decided hit. As Obediah Wayback and E. Z. Mark Henry Halvorson brought down the house in his usual clever manner. F. W. Hensel and A. W. Stevens were exceptionally good in an Ananias contest. The citizens of Mora were especially interested in the stories told, as the one given by 'Dooless' disclosed the reason why beautiful Lake Mora is disappearing from the landscape, and now that the reason is known we hope that this lake will soon regain its pristine glory.

Will Heegel, as Seth, the village scamp, made a typical village terror and created a great deal of merriment. Ed. Nelson, the post card drummer who was ensnared by the milliner, Ira Schrader as Artie Wiseboy, forced to beat an ignominious retreat from Aunt Mirandy, and Carl Eklund as the editor, training aspiring authoresses in the way they should go, all were a decided success, while Vernon Williams as rural carrier and Prof. Klinker as hypnotist carried out these parts most successfully. Clayton Conger brought down the house in his song in which he represented the poor man's Son, and was one of the most decided successes of the evening. Mrs. Conger, as Sophia Titterington, was the able assistant in the post office; Miss Pfuhl, the village milliner, most gracefully captured the comic valentine drummer, and Mrs. Spangler made a most decided hit as Aunt Miranda. The part taken by Mrs. Newbert did not allow her scope for the display of her exceptional talent, but she made a very charming village belle. Mrs. King as village gossip acted the part in her own illimitable way, and gave us some very astonishing news. Carrie Brackett was our village cut-up and the duet between her and F. W. Hensel was much appreciated by the audience.

Mrs. Garfoot and Mrs. McFarland were especially good in the scene with the suffragettes.

The Folk Dance given by sixteen little girls was very attractive and graceful and showed careful training on the part of their teachers, the Misses Johnson and Tschumperlin.

The musical numbers were all well rendered and Mora is to be congratulated on her musical talent. Unfortunately the effect was marred to some extent by the piano being in poor condition, owing to the extremes of heat and cold to which it is subjected. Mora is also to be congratulated upon her well organized orchestra, and the beautiful numbers rendered by them were greatly appreciated.

Financially this entertainment was a great success. The receipts at the door were $109.35 and the net receipts amounted to $80.65. The members of the Ladies' Aid wish to heartily thank all who so generously assisted them in producing this play, and to assure them that they greatly appreciate their efforts to make it a success.

-Contributed.