Tragedy Averted

May 23, 1918, Menasha Record

I ran across this item in my travels through the archives recently.  The whole affair brings to mind one of those serials from the silent era, where the heroine is floating downstream and coming precariously close to the falls or tied to the train tracks as the locomotive barrels around a corner at full speed.  But then the handsome hero comes to her rescue at the last minute.  Shows like this most likely played out at Menasha's own Orpheum Theater.  I can almost hear the frantic piano music as the drama unfolds....