The Arizona champion., 1884-03-29
Jenkins Goes to the Show.

10 'oOh ou a'ttNS part III tUc tnteTtdll m. ment, there were three hundred spe, on tators in attendance. While our du, he mainly lies in noticing the active pa d. ticipants in the evenings entertain ,r ment in their several characters, W nl feel that vote of thanks is due th
 audience of ladies and gentlemen wh ms by their digni6ed and well bred d, he pertinent evinced deep interes Id ard whose hearty applause encoul he aged the members of the society i h. their laudable efforts to perpetual ly these entertainments. Judge Hick r. was chosen to the Chair, and Harr ,n Hoxworth was selected as Secretary II ioe chair appointed as judges tor tn .e evenl>g, John Francis, Wm. Fain ant " John Mci- ain, each of whom in him :. self the CHAMPION man is willing tc $ believe is a second Daniel. 1hes sub C Jcct for debate, resolved, that large corporations sho'd not be subject to leg . lSlative restriction and control" was , discussed in the affirmative by I. W.
 Spafford, E. M. Sanford and H. Miller. Tn the negative by W. G.
 Stewart Dr ,~'nnen and w. L. Van
 Horn. We would be s. ad 10 notice a. length the arguments of the differ ant oon, >men, but time and space i, III so. o1.,;. 'he details. It was the first appearance of ou, 'o""s anu esteemed townsman. w. L. Van 'oi Il before public audience in our town, and we were pleased to see him so well received, and we compliment bim on the manner he handled his subject. The discussion, for weight of argu- ment, was decided in favor of the af- frmative by bare majority of onel
 The closing exercises of the eve ning's entertainment consisted in the play of farce of one act, but of mary scenes, known as the Limerick Boy.
 The different characters were we'll re- ceived from the first scene, and each
 feature applauded to the echo.
 P. ]. Brannen as Dr. Coates, in his delineation of the dignified practi-
 tioner, and mature, not to say old
 lover of Mrs. Fidget, was true to life, and the audience was convinced that even if Peter don't catch on while yet
 young, he has within him all the ele-
 ments to make him sly old coon at last, and that he will eventually "get
 there" on the home stretch. Dr.
 Brannen was happily adapted to the character Henry, as lover of Jane
 was easy and self possessed, an ac-
 complishment acquired, no doubt, in playing the role in real life away back say Tn students days. J. H. Miller evinced rare dramatic talent in the character of Job, worthy, in fact, of more prominent feature in the play.
 Miss Lamport as daughter Jane show
 ed thorough conception of the char
 acter she represented, and the ease
 and natural grace of her bearing was
 highly complimentary to that estima
 ble young lady. We hope we may
 see her frequently in the future efforts
 of our amateur troupe. We were in
 formed that Mrs. J. R. Fitzpatrick personated Mrs. Fidget. We are of the opinion, however, that 1t was Mrs. [ Fidget herself If it really was Mrs. K, she successfully concealed her identity, and five ever purchase Ia
 bor's Opera House, in Denver, she can consider herself engaged as Mother Fadda in Fancon, the Cricket. Bob Bell as Ruben, the laughing man,
 was success. So we'll did Bob con- ceal his identity his own mother would not have known 1t was Bobby up in that show. The reader is no doubt familiar with the plot of the play. The CHAMPION man never saw it before. The characters consisted of two old lovers, and two young ones and two servants. The young lovers had ample opportunities to manage affairs while the two silly old mortals were courting. But there was a wild
 Irishman who persisted in breaking
 in upon all plans and in all disguises
 and succeeded effectually in spelling
 the composure so essential to the en- Ijoyment of affairs of the heart. That
 Irishman was simply outrageous, mak-
 ing the most ludicrous blunders, com-
 ing in at times when he was not want
 ed, and indulging in all manner of
 pranks that kept the audience roaring
 with laughter, and gave the lovers no
 peace at all. We do not know the
 man, Some rumors say 1t was w. c.