The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-09-16
LIGHT INFANTRY BENEFIT.
a Lnrge aud well PLEASED Audience
Greet Them Last Night


The McClclland opera house was
tllled last evening, both auditorium
aud gallery, and the personnel of the
dress circle WAS never surpassed in
any previous entertainment.
While the Light Infantry were the
leaders in the movement, and though
given for the benefit of the company,
they were assisted by not only the
finest local talent, and Miss Hudgins,
of Georgetown, who is a gem in anne
teur theatricals, and the success Of
the entertainment is greatly due to
her valuable assistance.
The programme was lead by a COM
petItive drill for a silver cup, aud was
participated in by sixteen OF the best
drilled men in the company. aud, like
all previous drills, IL was closely and
hotly contested, but was at last award
ell TO Mr.. X. w. Jablownowsky, one
of the Lampassas veterans, and whs
has always been dangerous rival in
previous drills, but was never fortu-
nate enough to win the laurels until
last evening.
Miss Jennie Slough next rendered
In her own thrilling and pathetic
style the late sensation in vocal music.
"Dream Faces" Miss Stoughis sing
ing never fails TO enchant ANY audi
ence, aud the expressive fervor of her
style never fails to call forth shivering
applause.
The chorus "Sunrise," by Mesdames
Beach, Morrow aud Hengst, Misses
Eva and Mamie Lawson and Jennie
Godber, Messrs Morrow, Hcngst, Rog-
ers, Casseday and Killough, was sung
with an evenness and volume that was
delightful.
AS Mrs, Friedlander came to the
front, the audience cheered vociter-
ously, for it is so seldom that she con-
senls to sing in public that it is
privilege indeed TO hear her highly
cultured and powerful voice Her
selection was ,,"Robert Le Dlablc,"
aud for an encore offered, Nearer
Ny God to Thee"
Miss 10. Lambdin, the star pianist
of the city, executed wiah brilliant
trust and classic correctness, "Le
Bocage"
The medley by Mesdames Hengst
aud Beach, Mcssrs. Rogers and Casse-
day, was highly appreciated.
pOHH anu uuhNt, III COth, uoHc "
Messrs. Cheesman, o. Ragland and A.
Lyons. The general appearance of
the trio was so extremely Ethiopian
that the spectacle alone was suili-
GENTLY lndicrous TO create mirth, but
their singing and dancing were not at
all behind their makeup, and the au-
dience insisted on several repetitions
before they would consent to release
them.
Miss Emma Beer rendered piano
solo, Maria Mazourki. which brought
back the memory of the Mexican
band. and the New Orleans EXPOSE
ton. The selection was choice and
the execution billiant.
The burlesgue Oh the now almost
deceased broom drill, was certainly
one of the greatest farces ever ere
ated. The participants, with faces
corked, in soiled and many colored
Mother Hubbards, and armed with
worn out brooms, were put through
the manuel of arms, and other mill
tary evolutions, which were executed
so laughably that the audience almost
shrieked with merrimcnt.
Prof. King introduced the Chrysta-
llllt, Which was hbout u upbth 1000
goblels, partly filed with water, sit
ting OH n table, and on these the old
songs, "Swanee River" and the LAST
Rose of Summer" were waited over
the house in low. soft and sweet mel
odics that enrapt the audience in
delightful bliss.
Miss Iudgins sang "Who will buy
my roses red,' in "A manner that won
praise from every one, and on being
recalled, sang "The Mclean Man."
which brought down the house in
storms OF applause. Miss Hudgins
has a voice that Is excelled by very
few In the profession, and there are
not many amateurs who appear on
the stage that can equal her. Last
night she won scores of admirers of
the vocal art.
When John Cutler came on the
stage there was dcafcning yell; the
applause was SO great that for several
minutes he could not be heard. His
dress was about rs comical as was
ever seen on the minstrel stag. lie
sat down in chair and thumped his
banjo few times, and opened his
mouth to talk; ladies laughed till,thsY
s sS;a 20 catch the tears. a banjo med
lev was rehearscd rather than sung,
and he disappeared, but he was re-
called the second time before the cur.
tain. and still the audience, wanted
him TO come out again. Mr.. Cutler
as n negro imitatOr takes the cake. lie
is hard to beat.
Mossrs. Chcsmap, FerIell, L. and
q. Ragland wound up the perform
ance with something funny" and ioi
several minutes the audience roared
yelled and laughed, and then they
dispersed.