The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-22
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ES@erAi9" ana tne Broom Dril,
Tie people Of Tallahassee had been ,ool..
forward to the entertainment to be given n, ~
benefit of the University Library under n. J,
rection of Mrs. J. B. Gamble, as one Of ,hs !.
pleasant Of the season. and they were no, a..
appointed on Thursday night last--indeed :.
CONNECTION with anything Of the kind "" =
Candles name Is = synonym of success
TIE programme opened with concer .,.,
Miss Eva Cameron as musical director IN
FIRST piece was a quartette which was NM.
enjoyed by the audience, especially the cbo,r.
the next was solo, Two Grenaders, (Scbum..,
by Mr. Edward Meek. Mr. Meek has mad. :.
envi,ble reputation here in musical circ,..
pecialiy among the ladies, and 1t is enoncS =
say III him that he sustained his rennts.;. 70
Miss Fannie Charles then rendered MacTa;.s.
Chilq, and so well was it done that one conN..ss
the parties to the scene-the appealing MAN.
and the heartless clansman as he held The AN,
over the precipice. The recitation of Ch..rIu
Mleree, by Miss Nina Chaires, was esnrc.ne
fine, and when she beckOned him 10 acor.
over the river" we fancied we could 600 ~
AS he plunged into the tide and with his siroa.
arm dashed aside the big waves L" of the az
arid rolling river"
DpuSdtIi, Ol UIOHliCcIIO, has n remAfkabl.
vVicc, both as to compass and peculiar melod.
it j. always pleasure TO Tallahassee audsa.,,,
tossee her name on the programme, and in ,hs
900 sang by her the ether night, Raft (PlnsnlS
sha fully sustained her reputation
The next was tabeau-The Gipseys W.r
ing, The singing of Miss Sippie Williams i
alEays good, but ON this occasion it was unu.r
altJ fine, as in eloquent words, she warned ,Ss
maiden against the dark-eyed stranger" mps,
4 ta6 l,xx Mr. u ,'PS
thsft role to perfection, while Miss CLYDE LAM,
beautifully illustrated how the modest ma,dsa
though trembling like the aspen at the sound Of
hes lovers wooing, will instinclively draw near,
tOftiD, IN spite Of warnings.
Then came the play Of Esmeralda. II vonn
be. i'm possible to do justice to each indiyidu.,
acior but We must say that they all did ihe;,
parts we'll and reflected credit not only upon
themselves, but upon Mrs. Gamble for the indo
mint displayed in selecting actors for the dia.s,.
en1 parts, for all seemed peculiarly adapted n
their parts. MIR. Wallace Quarterman was the
very man TO represent George Drew, the Amer.
Can Spectator, being ever ready to strike bar.
gain, aud knowing so we'll how TO do il TO The
beat advantage, while Mr.. Schrader assumed the
hanteur Of the Marquis de Montessin As easilv
as If it had been natural He succeeded admir-.
ably in giving the French accent, too and thai
shrug Of the shoulders was was sui qensris Miss
w, X, Kingsand and Miss Kate Beard sustained
well the characters of Kate and Nora Desmond
How cunningly Miss Kingsland, as Kate, would
Jock over her shoulders at Estabrook, when he
was looking at NOra's picture, and with VIVA,
nm air of innocence she would resume her paint.
ing when he turned to look at her. Miss Kate
Beard. as Nora, played the cOquette with such
perfection that one would suppose il natural
with .er; how innocently she sighed to think
how Jack would miss Estabrook /; how Gun
ningly she contrived TO get Jack to dance
thatis>e might see EstabroOk alone; how nicely
shc helped Estabrook out when he had some
thing embarrassing to say. Mr.. Greenwood, in
costume peculiarly adapted to The character,
played the part of Jack Desmond, and he did it
well; he was too sharp for Nora to fool him
with AL her cute ways of saying Jack love
you, and maneuvering to get him to The
ball room, he did not fail to see what she
thought of Estabrook. Mr. John Bradford, Is
Estabreok. was good in the part where he re-
fused 10 have anything to do with the fraud
which was about TO be perpetrated on the old
farmer. but when it came to playing the part Of
the lover he was so natural as to suggest the
idea t;at he had had more experience than
could have been acquired during the rehearsal
of this play. Mr.. jeff Lamar as Dave HARDY
had inside reputation in this part before;
is enogh TO say Of him that he added fresh
laurels TO his reputation. Miss Jennie Gamble,
as Esmeralda, was splendid, beth in the
parts where she exhibited extreme dim-
dencc in the presence of her scoding mother,
and in the highly tragic parts Of the play
Mrs. Elliott, as Lydia Ann Rogers, the
heartless, ambitious, scheming and high
spirited" wife was-well we had almost said it
was too good TO be artificial, and if we had not
Known that Mrs. Elliott was not that kind Of
wife We would have thought it was all natural
so we'll did she sustain the part. Mr. John H.
Shine, as old man Rogers, was just in,nsitGM.
We never saw anything in the way oil amateur
F. acting that excelled it,
The last, but by no means the least attractive
feature of the entertainment, was the Broom
Drill, with Colonel E. R. Rivers as Military d.
rector, Miss ]. K. Mix as Captain, Miss NJ. q.
Bailey as Sergeant, and the following young Ia
dies. in the ranks: Misses NJ C. Williams, M. F.
Bailey, N. P. Wheeler, c. L. Lamar, NJ. K.
kingsland, Lila Byrd, A. P. Ames and
3, &. Williams. These ten young ladies
Appeared on the stage all uniformed in
red and white and armed with brooms for
muskeis and dust pans for accoutrements. They
went through with the manual of arms and
many difficult evoluions, with a military precis'
len that would have satisfied the most exactng
mar,inet. Many are the compliments we have
heard passed on them.
When can their glory fade?
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