Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-28
..Losr IN
rhe Entertainment at the opera
ueu-e Last Saturday Night.

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IL some old.time citizen Of Eureka were
TO return suddenly and drop into the
Opera House last Saturday evening about
8 o'clock, he could not help concluding
hat in the patronage Of the drama our
town still held its own superbly.
The audience was not only a very large
bat a very select one, anil gave unmistaka'
BILE evidence Of their appreciation oil the
efforts Of the Eureka Dramatic Club and
IL volunteer friends to entertain, by fire.
auent and well merited applause.
Lost in London" the play presented,
Is not, Is far as " plot" is concerned, an
intricate one. 1t is a simple representa-
tion Of a phase Of life in a Lancashire
coal mining town, with u brief experience
in a London drawing-room.
Job Armroyd (Mr. Ed. Vanderliethl a
coal miner, plain and honest, marries Nellie
Miss Efie Phillipsl a pretty girl, perhaps
the belle Of the village, land let us say
here, parenthetically, that II the original
Nellie was near a. pretty as the young lady
who p~ersonated her in Eureka, we are not
surprised at Jobs being badly "gone " on
her. nor in Gilbert Fsstherstone keeping
a vacant corner Of his uncertain heart al
her disposall, and they live very happily to-
gether Tor some time. Butthe temper,
In the person of Gilbert Festherstone (Mr.
VIM. Sampson), a young sprig OF nobility,
came along, and having courted, caressed
and fattered Nellie, induced her to believe
that a person of her good looks was vast.
ing away her life in oontenting herself
with such q "boer for q mate Is Job, n
so many other Doors as his boon compan-
ions we're. Gilbert induces Nellie to eloPs
with him, and, Is Is generally the case,
tires Of Nellie, and abe, full OF remorse,
longs 10 be back again In her old home.
Meanwhile Job determines to find her, and
after many trials and by the aid of lilly
Dragglethorpe miss Enma Plumstesd),
discovers her in a London drawing-rcom.
From thence on until the finale, where
Nellie dies in the arm Of job, there are
several stormy scenes between Job N Gill
bert. Nellie on more than one occasion pre-
venting bloodshed. The plot weaves in
the characters Of Benjamin Blinker tMr.
Ed. j. Phillips, Flounce miss Annie
Luceyl and others.
One feature Of the production, and n
we think to be commended, was the en-
tire absence Of that abominsble atfectation
so common among the great majority of
stage peOple. We nlsseu, ioi instahoc,
and agreeably, too, the time. honored, or
dishonored, turkey gobbler strut, the su-
perhuman inhaling and exhaling OF the
breath, and the entirely absurd tearing Of
the hair and wringing Of the hands at
every little incident Of a disagreeable ma
ture.
Mr.. Ed. Vaaderlieth, though unfortu.
nately suffering from q severe cold, did
very well as the honest, manly job Arm
royd, speaking his lines with effect, and
during the stormy scenes with Gilbert in
London evinced considerable dramatic tai
ent. His CONSERVATION, when apprised BY
lilly in the coal-pit, of his wife's elope-
ment, was sxcellently feigued, and his
pitiful appeals to his fellow-miners to SAY
Il be not true, lads; it be a joke; say 1t be
a Joke" drew tears from the eyes
Of many iH)the audience.
Miss Phillips, a. Nellie, also did very
| we'll. playing her part in q sympathetic
manner Her remorss at having so ruth
| lessly destroyed the happiness Of her hus-
| band was oreditably portrayed.
In Gilbert Featherstone Mr.. VIM.
| Sampson did not have enough to do to
show 10 advantage that gentlsman's dra-
matte talent, for he has talent, and a good
deal Of It. He has 8 good stage presence,
and played the part assigned him for all it
was worth. 1t goes without saying that
| Mr.. Sampson sang 81 am weary with
| Rowing in a manner to be ~applauded.
But what shall we say Of Miss Plum
| stead? That, with all due Difference to the
| other people in the cast of characters, she
| showed the most thorough appreciation Of
| the part given her to portray. Always
sel f-possessed, always ready and correct in
the reading of her lines, always conscien-
tious, she added one more laurel to the
wreath won by her when playing in Rose
dale " here some time ago.
Miss Annie Lucey. az Flounoe, did sred-
itably thu little she had to do in the piece,
singing nicely the song pretty Little
Quaker" Her movements on the stage
were graceful and natural and earned for
her an encore. But we must say that her
Pretty Little Quaker" was not meant to
be danced az well az sung, though she did not
really dance, although there were gestures
and suggestions Of her doing so.
Mr.. Il. j. Phillips was capital in Ben
jamin BlinkeT, he who had an uncle in
the p, r., you know" Eds bouts with
Flounce and Tilly were full Of fun and
created much merriment. He is a born
comedian, and should he devote himself &c
the stage IL would not surprise us TO hear
of him some day as the peer Of William
son, Robson, Raymond and the renowned
Crane.
James G. Lucey, as Longbones, VIM
Wsthered, as Tops, and Charles Clark
as Thomas, did all that was required o.
them in an excellent manner, and we must
not forget to compliment the unusually
smooth scene shifting Of the play.
The nights entertainment was Inter
spersed with vocal exercises. MI. Thomas
X. Richard favored the audience with q
love song. The young gentleman has q
good baritone voice. After he has fallen
In love three. or four times he will throw
more feeling into o ditty OF that kind.
Between the second and third acts Mis-
Grace Pardy. one Of the greatest f~avoritei
Eureka has ever had. appeared upon tn,
stage and sang In her own delightful man.
nsr "Bird Of the Mountain" her rich,
sweet voice ringing g~loriously through the
hall, flooding it with delicious music. Be
ing heartily encored she answered with q
comic love ditty in an inimitable way,
again drawing dswn applause.
The evenings entertainment gave ami
versal satisfaction and reflects great credit
on its projectors.