Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-03-10
AT THE PLAY.
flNAfORE," LAST NIGHT, HAD A
CROWDED HOUSE.
rracucai Hints and Personal Criticisms
HALEY Must "Don the Clothes,'
that Would Become Her.

that Would Become Her,
A splendid audience greeted Hal.
ley's Amateur Company in Pinafore
last night, at the Theater.
Babies first swallow the "medi-
cine" and then are given peppermint
or sugar to stake away the taste;" SO
let this article be "taken." The
Theater, as building, is a disgrace
to HALEY. 1t is narrow in everything.
1t Is unsafe, uncomfortable, ignora ntly
constructed and, as it now Is. would
be better If it were not. There is no
sense in its "pinched" construction
there is, if possible, less in its manage
ment. 1t would barely serve the pur-
pose OF warm. weather barn, because
a merchant who might purchase
grain slowed in it to cure, would ques-
ton the marketabieness of his pur.
chase.
All men are subject to imposition
but there is no excuse for a manage
ment TO put upon its floor, on a gala
night, as usher, an impudent upstart
who has notoriously disgraced the
schools OF his town, insulted the peace
OF the community and, forgetful of
the lesson his experience should have
taught him, again shows his ignorance
and boorishness to visitors at their
exhibition. There Is probably no head
to the Theater management. If
there is, there is little in the head.
There need be no confusion upon
an occasion when people, who do not
believe IN cant, spend their money,
from home pride, to help on what
they have no doubt is a sham-not
that they love sham, but that they
love home. There is too much i'm
position practised upon the liberal
hearted men of these mountains
These men may be long suffering, but
they are not fools. Men who breathe
the free air Of the hills and commune
with nature..in its majesty, are too
big to refuse the call of distress or
want, but they sicken at imposition
and despise pretense. The "select''
rings constant imposition has become
a stencil, the mask has been used SO
long that it fails to hide the hypoc-
risy behind it. Hereafter let plasters
and shams be discarded, or it is posi-
BILE the people who, from home pride,
but with fingers at their noses, have
sustained such mockeries, will stay
away.
Pinafore, as project, was a money
success. Thanks to the people out
side "our set" Pinafore as a play,
all things considered, was a success
in way. The best actor was Dead
eye. The mimic gentility was Cap
tain Corcoran. Sir Joseph would have
been a passable Kansas militia officer
at general muster, and Ralph would
have made a capital boss of the com
missariat. The other sailors redeemed
themselves by not telling the girl,
whose boys pants ill-ftted her, to put
away her paper spyglass when there
was nothing to see.
Bad taste marked the cast of female
characters, with the exception of
Hebe, who was we'll placed. Butter
cup should he robust, strong voiced
woman. Josephine should be viva
cious and sentimental. The chorus
did we'll enough in point of beauty
and display-of its kind.
The orchestra was the gem of the
performance, and really held the au,
dience. Its leader knows music, and
one could understand the sigh of re-
liet when he hurriedly put up bis
violin as the curtain fell.
Director Burkhart deserves praise
for his earnestness and labor, particu-
larly when the embarrassments about
him are considered.
The public can now attend to legi-
innate business, for before tomorrow
the affair will be forgotten.
These suggestions will, to-day, be
hooted at; next week sensible people
will recognize them as wise.
Tko nnyty3S n,inUs