The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-23
THE MAY QUEENS SUCCESS.
Last Nights Charming Entertainment
at Masonic Temple.


There was much TO commend in the per-
I formance OF the MAY Queen" operetta at
! the Masonic Temple last night. The hall
was well filed, and there was mora ex-
pressed appreciation Of the presentation
than is usual at operatic performances by
amateurs. The vocal and general results
we're interesting and harmonious, though
altlstlcaliy at times a little crude. the
acting and stage groupings were highly eff
! fectlVe, and the May pole dance in tae third
/ act was scenicaly a success.
Two OF the most effective features from
musical point Of view, were the solo sing
| ing Of the May Queen Miss F. Colding
| and Lady "Netticote,n Miss Z, IaumeY, in
| the first act. The aria, Sweet are the
! Songs by Miss Florance Colding, was
! especially admired. Dramatically she left
nothing to be desired in her representation
OF the May Queen" and vocally she gave
a surprisingly good performance through
out
Mr.. G. W. Drummond, made first rate
'Iafy," and he sang and acted ina manner
that made his PRESERVATION stand out con
splcuOusly.
Mrs. Matthews deserves the credit of sing
! ing very sweetly in the part as Lady Lea"
| clearly enunciating every word of her
songs.
Miss Josie King looked very pretty in the
"
quite old enough in appearance.
Mr b. II. Spanzenberg and Miss Annie
Burroughs were good in boy Bluen and
First Peasant GIRL" The same NAV be
said Of Mr. WIN falconer in the character
of First Pea ant Lad
Between the acts Miss Florence Colding
sang "Eckert's Swiss Song" and received
much well-deserved applause.
Miss Mamie McCieSSy, WHO is "a general
favorite, made decided hit in her singing
OF the "Gobble Song duet with Mr. VIII
falconer. The latter was evidently not
prepared for such ardent wooing on the
part of the heroine of the song, and the
ludlcrous feature was that instead OF fully
reclprocatlng her advances he appeared to
try aud escape them. In the last scene,
when the heroine lays her head lovingly on
"Pippos" manly shoulder. and with the
sweetest Of smiles, looks up into his face
and witchingly lisps, ''Gobble," "Gobble,n
"Gobble," Mr.. Falconer presented the
appearance Of despairing rather than
successful and happy lover, and
at the sight of such unsimulated bashful-
ness, the audience fairly roared with de-
light. They called fora repetition of the
''scene," but once was enough for such a
modest young man."
Between the second and third acts Miss
Josie King sang with excellent effect, a
ballad by Strelezki entitled Dreams for
Wnlcn she was encOred, and responded by
singing it again. She was applauded to
the echo
Mr.. Ed. L. Brown also appeared in his
"komikalities," and entertained the au-
dience, as he always does.
The chOruses were sung in admirable
style. The gentlemen, as we'll as the ladies
were well up in their parts, and throughout
there was not single point of objection,
and the audience was enthusiastic in the
extreme.
The tableau, where the "May Queen"
and king" appear, crowned and seated on
throne, was not as scenically effective as
it might have been, had lime light been
used. a word of praise is due, to Mr.
Thomas |. Richards, for his faithful and
intelligent rendition of the piano score of
the operetta. Mrs. J. NJ. Harden, who was
to have played the piano accompaniment,
was taken suddenly i'll yesterday afternoon,
and Mr.. Richards undertook the task on an
hours notice.
In the cast of the operetta were: Misses
Anne Burroughs, Eugie Dale, Garnet Lau-
ney, Willie DuBose, Carrie Coldiug Emma
Lyons, May Bloodworth, Belle Hopkins.
Estelle Hinson, Phoebe Baker, Bells Har-
den; Messrs. William Falconer, G. w.
Drummond, B. IL Spanzenburg, T. Savage
Clay, Tom S. Clay, w. w. Osborne, j. 6.
Ferguson, r. b. Farr, Harry DuBose,
Robert Colding, Willie Morrison.