-father a a = ae — Miss’ Cora- Mortensen | who | will appearin the Weber Nor|} mal. college play, “‘The Lost | Paradise,’ to. be presented | ; iMarch re 1 and 2-at the Adianotanat from stubborn ugh 6 truth, farner Margaret, the egotist In loyalty #§ the man ‘of se Scowcroft the end, Nell. who| really | the; that loves. | as while she RENE RE NG MARCH RAY 2 SE hen 3, “LOST PARADISE” BIG | ARTISTIC TRIUMPH 1921 ¥ Weber’s Annual School Play | “The - Lost --Paradise,” preseaieds by Weber students under the direc- | tion of Mrs. MeKey at the Orpheum | last Tuesday and Wednesday, March | first and second, was an unusual | artistic success. In every detail of setting, costuming and acting, the play was. pre-| sented with professional finesse. The | |cast and the director deserve great | 'credit for the effort and_ talent ' which combined to make the play, “The Lost Paradise’ a notable event. The theme of the ‘‘Lost Paradise”’ 'is the struggle between capital and | labor, a vital problem of the hour, |a problem which, as the heroine says, should coneern the women as'| well as the men. The sympathy of | the audience is held throughout by| the gripping presentation of this | idea. | The play tells the story of Reuben Warner, a lad born in poverty, | whe works his way up. He is a! senius who has invented the Volta| Dynamo, but who is robbed of his invention by the owner of the | Knowlton Iron Works. Warner loves the daughter of Knowlton and because of this love protects her | the pride | Li tree. Enthusiastic Audiences En-| Joy feels of an aristocrat in her position, still | has sweetness and Jepth and sympathy in her character. Miss Scow-| croft’s handling of this role showed sreat insight into the character and talent in presentation. ' Leon Bush, as Warner, gave a Sincere and convincing performance. As the man who had risen from the ranks, the man who would deal justly vith both sides, he held the sympathy of tne audience throughout. Cora Mortenson in the role which Maude Adams played, Nell the fae- | tory girl, was appealing. She e¢ar-| ried a difficult emotional role with | professional skill. A pleasing love story was intro-| duced by Elija Clawson ag the | merry Bob Appleton who decided to | settle down to finding twigs for a | love nest, and Marguerite Rogers as] Polly, the demure, adorable little country girl, who discovered he was “poppin’’’ and consented to help make the nest in the sugar-plum | The charaeter of Knowlton was effectively portrayed by -Wallace Budge and Mrs. Knowlton, the proud, shallow aristocrat, was excellently played by Georgia Tate. The comedy was furnished liber- | ally by “Cinders,” pleyed by Doro-| thy Nichols and her “true mash,’ Leroy Johnson. | Carl Ballantyne, as the villain. made the character of Standish cordialy disliked by the audience. His characterization was excellent—and | he even had the black ‘mustache. The foreman and workmen at the! factory gave the atmosphere of real-| spokesman for the laborers, Rulon Peterson, was especially real, and David Bybee was effectively disguised beneath an Egyptian beard. Ira Terry as Old Bensel added a touch of pathos to the pleas of the men. Francis O’Niel as the maid, and Gladys Green as Kate, . Bensel’s | daughter, took their parts very well. | The setting for the play was exi | cellent. Through the windows of | the Knowlton home, could be seen the Iron Works at night, “an effective picture. And in the second act, | the balcony above the machinery which could be seen whenever the | door opened made the scene real to the audience. The clanging of hammers, the flash of the bellows, the turning of the great wheel, the far off whistles from the factory, all helped to maintain the atmosphere. ® os a @ 78 “The of The hievement Paradis proud. of which Weber may be should Mention work of Grant Dahlstrom mett, Joseph Anderson, who Holton, Mr. and Larson Mr. he play a finanall helped to make t cial success. ee ys] Margaret made a charming herorole was difficult, because MA laces . and The ptay is replefe with comic situations, but the deeper note of seriousness and. tragedy is also “ouched. Ruth DE strikes Warner, Marga:et learns and comes to understand Knowlton The ine. OG threatened R from the disgrace which would re- | men SUIt were his guilt disclosed. Margaret, however. spurns the love| Warner, calling him a ‘work-| mal in her father’s factory, and| 9ecemes engaged to Standish. a self <~ Ce © od Be 2) — x —o 2) — pex mM ‘om aS4 <a 2) 3 3 Tm oO: os as o a ® o>) ra] = td S oP :% J > § f