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...club. The characters are grotesquely drawn and provoke hearty laughter in the many amusing situations that arise. D. P. Cook '05, who wrote the book, is fascinating as the gay grass widow and his excellent singing leaves little to be desired. W. W. Fisher '04, as the rollicking farmer, Caleb Sweet, is life-like on account of his peculiar nasal twang. An entirely different part, the hustling showman, is effectively carried by C. P. Whorf '05, as are also the parts of "Ikklehopper" by F. E. Shirk '06 and the city lawyer by H. R. Pratt...
...fair. The centre of attraction is the "Exhibition of the World's Wonders," the marvels of which, I. Will Ketcham, itinerant showman and promoter, is impressing on all the country folk. Ketcham's chief concern, however, is to dispose of the stock of the mine. He succeeds in interesting Caleb Sweet, leading citizen of the village, and the three selectmen. But by flirtation with Priscilla Sweet, reported by Nehemiah Obadiah Brown, he incurs the jealousy of his wife, Belle Equestria. At this point Nehemiah Brown's guardian, Ikey Ikklehopper, sues for the hand of Lucretia Smart, a gay grass widow...
...affections of the widow, until she consents to use her influence on the Jew. Swift makes up Sweet's losses with the proceeds of the sale of the mine, and is engaged to Priscilla. The widow, disgusted at this fickleness, spurns the Jew and goes over to Caleb Sweet, while Ketcham has to be reconciled with Belle Equestria...
...cast is as follows: I. Will Ketcham, showman, P. Whorf '05 Caleb Sweet, wealthy farmer, W. Fisher '05 Priscilla Sweet, H. LeS. Andrews '06 Lucretia Smart, a gay grass widow, D. P. Cook '05 Goodbert Swift, a city lawyer, H. R. Pratt '06 Nehemiah Obadiah Brown, a foolish schoolboy, W. S. Hall '05 Ikey Ikklehopper, the Jew, F. E. Shirk '06 Belle Equestria, the showman's wife, W. M. Jopling '06 Dr. Eza Pill, physician, J. Dignowity '06 John Berry undertaker, F. E. Whitney '06 Rev. Dr. Soule, parson, R. Olmsted '05 The Village Bass, N. B. Wales '05 Country...
Doctor of Laws--Theodore von Holleben, German Ambassador to the United Sates; Henry Smith Prichett, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Caleb Loring '71, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; Wayne MacVeagh, former Ambassador to Italy; Jakob Heinrick van't Hoff, Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Berlin; James Ford Rhodes, historian; Charles Sprague Sargent 62, Arnold Professor of Arboriculture at Harvard University, and Director of the Arnold Arboretum; James Tyndale Mitchell '55, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania...