The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-24


/ ly to the spectacular effects of the march.
The part Of the Queen was very beautifully
taken by Miss Edith Garst. Miss Garst
has fine stage presence, a splendid voice
and good elocution. Mr. Harry Robinson
as Alexis, the first cavalier, was just the
man for the place. 1t is rather trying
part, and he dignifed it by his natural and
graceful carriage and stage action. He
dressed the part we'll and spoke his lines
with Judgment and effect. Miss Lottie
Schroeder took the part of Thesa, the first
maid of honor, and did it charmingly. Miss
Schroeder IS always graceful and her elocu-
ton good, Mrs. L. M. Eichelman as
/ Vida, the second maid of honor, did not
have a very prominent part, but she dig
nifed it by her care and attention to her
part. Miss Schroeder and Mrs. Eichelman
i Queens Guard. Messrs. T. B. Whitaker
and j w. Allderige made pair of very
funny court testers. They filled their parts
full of fun and never failed to stir the risi-
bilities of the audience with their comical
passages. Geo. Beachel took the part of
Jura, the Gate Herald, and did his work
splendidly. H M. Baldwin and f. w. En-
gel as King January and Prince February
sang their solos excollently and were very
natural and dgnifed in their movements on
the stage. Mr.. Casper Niesen as March
had beautiful solo and sang it with credit
to himself Mr. Niesen has a. fine baritone
voice and uses it very effectively Mrs B.
La Marsh and Miss Grace Baldwin as May
and April dressed their parts beautifully
and sang their solos we'll Mrs La Marsh
sustained her high reputation as singer,
although her solo did not call forth the
power or range Of her voice. Miss Bald
wins costume became her admirably. It
was Greek in design. Misses Belle Bond
Jennie Blinn and Alice Bray represented
the three charming months of June, July
and August, and they made lovely trio
Miss Bond had a very pretty solo and sang
it with excellent taste. Miss Blinn's solo
was the most difficult and elaborate in the
play and she sang it beautifully. She has
voice of great purity and considerable
power and handles it like an artist Miss
Bray sang a solo adapted from Orpheus
and Eurydice. It fitted her voice nicely
and she rendered it well. Miss Lizzie ia
cobs as September the Huntress, was cos
tuned admirably and sang her solo very
nicely. Messrs Clifford Spruce and Wal
ter j. Frost as October and November took
their parts we'll and sang their solos in
first class style. Both these gentlemen
have good voices The part of December
was taken by L. A. Cass. Miss Abbie
Starkweather as the New Year did her part
gracefully. All the parts from first to last
were well taken and rendered. Prof
Averill is the author Of the entire libretto
of Nadii and it is production that stamps
him as man Of unusual ability. His sue
cess in giving Nadii, when the difficulties
to be encountered are SO great is remark
able. His drill of the Queens Guard was
very fine. His ability as a leader
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man are unquestioned by all who worksd
with him in producing Nadii in Kenosha.
The Arion Quartette deserves great credit
for its enterprise and energy in undertake
ing work that involved the expenditure
of SO much time and money for the purpose
of giving the people Of Kenosha an oppor-
tunity to see Nadii The weather was all
that could be asked the three nights the
piece was given and large audiences filled
Kimball Opera House every night.
Died, Saturday, April 10th, at his
home in this city, of pneumonia Nathan
r. Allen.
Mr. Allen had been in his usual health
until within four or five days of his death.
He was out as usual week before and
caught slight cold which rapidly settled
into pneumonia.
County has lost its oldest settler. He came
to Kenosha August II, 1885, having walked
up from Chicago. He bought small stock
of goods and went into mercantile business,
but closed that out in May, 1886, and pre-
empted a quarter section of land on what is
now called the North Side. After a visit of
a year in the East he returned to Southport
in 1S41, when he built a dwelling and two
stores He was partner in the mercantile
firm of Stryker & Allen in 1912, but the
firm dissolved after six months, when he
clerked for John Bulen. He held various
offices until 1850, when he was elected
Sheriff of Kenosha County. Mr. Allen was
one of the original stockholders of the
Western Emigration Co., organized in Os-
wego Co., New York, investing in it the
whole of his earthly possessions, amounting
to $50. After his term as Sheriff expired,
he bought grain short time, and in 1854
went into the lumber business with Messrs.
/ lanes M. Striker and John A. Brooks