Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-08
DRAMATIC.
Rosita a Success at the Opera House
Last Night.

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There was a full house to witness
the production of the comic opera
R0sita by amateur talent last night
and to say that the audience was
pleased puts it in a very mild form
There Wasn'ta hitch from the time the
curtain went up on the first act until
il fell on the last The various parts
were well taken and the honors were
pretty evenly divided between Miss
Lilly Levy, as Rosita, Harry Picker
ing as Carlos, VIM. Williams as Gar
rick de Banner, FOunt Daniel as
Senior Encinal, Morton TURNKEY as
Walter Lansing, Geo. SehOrn az
Pedro and Lee Rosenfield as Don
Miguel Miss Levy, of Nashville,
however, ana VIM. williams, of this
city did exceedingly well. The for
mer has appeared on a ClarksvilIe
stage before, is a faVorite, and she
| took the character of ROslta excel
lently. Mr.. Williams has not been
a resident of GAINESVILLE many
months, but he has always been
found ready to help in any entertain
ment and is a good amateur come.
dian. He brought down the house
several times last night and was
honored by more than one recall.
EncinaPs daughters, Misses Cora
Caldwell, Ellie Munford, Minnie
Herndon, Mary Kerr, Susie Martin
and Fannie Coulter, acted their lines
well and when Miss Cora Caldwell
brought Harry Pickering, the bandit
chief, to taW, at the muZzle of
smith q Wesson she also brought
down the house. Parker Dibbe,
Doc Barnes, Albert Rohner anu
Percy CoWan made good bandits and
the villagers, Will Lemly, Jno
Gritfis, Williams, Pat Stacker, Willie
Lockert, Misses Mamie johnson,
Maggie Settle and Anna Mabry APP.
peared to good effect. Miss Anna
Kimble, as Manerva, the wife OF
Don Miguel also did excellent
acting.
TaAen as whole the opera was
presented in a manner that does
credit to Miss Smith aud to those who
took the respective parts. 1t was a
success and deserves the generous
patronage it received.
After the performance the young
ladies presented Mr.. rockingham
with a beautiful bouquet and the
young gentleman made him the re
clpient of watch charm as tokens |
OF esteem for the work he had done
IN staging the opera. f. ID. Daniel |
made the presentation speech as fol-
lows:
Dir. Frothingham;
Allow me to say to you that any
success We may have attained as
amateur performers is, to very
great extent, due to your untiriDg,
aithful and patient teaching; and
or this reason as well as for many
others, it goes without saying, that
you have for the last week or ten
lays been very welcome visitor to
,ur city. As an evidence of their
appreciation, the young ladies con,
lected with the opera have decided
o present you with this lovely bou
Iuet and sweeter testimonial they
ould not have given you. Such ex-
Iuisite taste. But our girls have
rom time immemorial been noted
or their taste and good judgment.
And the young men, as a testimo-
inl of their appreciation, have de
to ask you to wear upon
our Watch-chain this beautiful and
nique little charm, as remem.
rance OF the opera, "Rosita,n and
t your patient work in assisting us.
low therefore allow me, in the name
The young ladies, TO present you
18th this token of their appreciation,
nd in the name Of the young men
} consign to your care and keeping
lis little expression of their graft
lde. And in the name of both to
xpress to you their sincere and
eart-felt thanks for your very kind
I'D patient assistance, aud 10 say to :
on, as their spokesman, that when
yer in the future, you may decide