Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-11-15
Tire Wax Works.


one of the most largely attended exhi-
bitions seen in Shepherdstown for a
long time was that of Mrs. farley S
Wax Works in College Hall last Fri
day and Saturday evenings. Mr. Ar
thur w. Hawks, of Baltimore, as
sumed the part of Mrs. farley, and he
kept the audience in a constant state
of laughter. He was ably assisted by
John Lemen, winder, and Messrs.
John H. Schoppert and r. 5. III. Hoh-
man, the carriers, and Little Nell
Jones.
The central figure of both evenings,
and one Of the most handsome, was
Miss May Marshall, who represented
the Goddess of Liberty. In the va
rious posings of this character Miss
Marshall was superb, and was hearth
" applauded by the audience. An
interesting group was composed OF
Miss Lucy Schoppert as Pocahontas,
J. A. Staley as Powhatan, Hugh Pen
dleton as Capt. John Smith, while
Richard Edwards made particularly
ferocious looking killer as his CLUB
rose and fell with mechanical precis-
ion. Mr.. Edward Spohn as George
Washington and Miss Julia Rentch as
Martha acted most excellently and
looked we'll too, while Hop Gibson as
the musician made thrilling sounds
from q flute. Miss Annie Hunter was
the giggler, and she soon made every
body in the audience gigglers too; she
had been wound up SO well it took her
an unusually long time to run down.
Misses Leila Marshall and Emma Ma
son were two lovely opera singers,
while DIR. Luke and Will Moler were
the long and short of the same gronp.
The music performed by these four
was something wonderful, and was
sung strictly by note. Miss Nora
Keesecker, the Maid. of Athens,
brought down the house, and was one
of the loveliest of the figures. Turo
Shepherd, the sailor, knelt at her feet
very gracefully, though his knees got
very tired and he had TO change a lit
tie Miss Eta Porter was a splendid
Cleopatra, and represented the Egyp-
tian beauty to perfection. Paul AL
len was baseball pitcher little oil
his base, and came near getting bro
ken by a fall. Miss Mary Knott was
lovely as Ophelia, while Mr.. John
Hoffman was an extraordinarily mel
ancholy Hamlet; in the same group
Miss Nora Keesecker made an excel
lent queen. Miss Rena Stonebraker
made very effective Cinderella, with
Mr.. John Edwards as the Prince.
Miss Lucy Line, the pickle girl,
evinced an abnormal appetite for
pickles, and the precision with which
the fork found the pickles made some
folks believe Miss Lucy had had much
practice. One of the funniest things
was the villain, Ned Line, who still
pursued her, Miss Coe Brotherton.
He pursued her all over the stage,
but the excellence Of the machinery
enabled her to successfully evade him.
while the audience rOared. Little
Bessie Butler was pretty and most
intelligent doll baby and likewise
we'll constructed as to calisthenic abll-
ity. Rose Pendleton and Mamie Schley
formed a two-headed girl, while Carl
Licklider had his head turned COM
pletely round. Probably it had been
turned by the pretty girls on the
stage or in the audience. Miss Rose
Billmyer and Miss Irene Humrick-
house were dolls Of life size that could
really talk, and when wound up re-
peated poetry and conversed in
French. They were very much ad-
mired and would have commanded
handsome price as Christmas pres
ent Robert Vanneter was soldier
WHO appeared 10 nave tAttIIthN
chinery, and he went through the
drill admirably, while Frank Beltz-
hoover as the drummer could not be
kept still at all when he was once
wound up.
Aside from the entertaining char
acter Of the performance, the financial
result was very satisfactory. After
all expenses had been paid, about six
ty dollars was added to the Treasury
of the town hall fund.
During both evenings excellent mu-
sic was rendered by Misses Sallie Mil
Ter and Ella Richard, who sang duets;
by Miss Ella Fordyce and Miss Sallie
Wysong, who performed at the pi-
ano; and by Mr. Samuel p. Humrick-
house with his cornet.
A Hard Winter Coming.
Horace Johnson, Of Middle Haddam,