Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-12-29
LAST nights SHOW.
1T DOES NOT SEEM AS IF 1T COULD
BE EXCELLED.

Queen, IN cid and . Young Mao
The Living ''Statuary," Solos aud
Recitations.
Notwithstanding the depth Of snow
, and Indictment weather, Alturas Hall
was we'll filed, last night, on the
occasion of the entertainment given
by the GLASS in physical culture under
Miss Alice Ha.nill. The program was
aot rendered in its order; but every
,, number was given, and Miss Hamill
even added two Rotations by herself,
which were not on the bill.
Miss Hamill's manner is 50 different
from what is usually seen on the stage
that one is at 6rst tempted to vote her
as very commonplace or ordinary.
But OH moro careful attention she is
seen to possess . most charming diff.
dence which, especially in one who
has been so long before the public, is
as pleasing as it Is surprising. This
is especially noticeable whenever she
addresses her audience on topics such
as her Glasses, for instance. She then
speaks rapidly, nervously, and even
hesitatingly, like one unused to public
speaking. and as if hostess address
ing an assembly of comparatively new
acquaintances in her own parlor. But
when reciting all nervousness vanishes,
and she appears as the living embodi.
ment Of the character ,mpersonated.
Last evening she gave "Jennie Nc
Meals Ride" "Peggy IN the Low.
backed Car" "She Would Be a
Mason," "Margery Lee" IA Boy a.
the Circus" ga Baby's Soliloquy,"
etc. Most Of the audience had heard
these before, and some of them per-
haps a dozen times. But they never
heard them half SO we'll done. "The
Baby's Soliloquy'' as given by Miss
Hamill. is SO lifelike that one can
hardly help looking for the baby from
whom come the means, retchings,
gasps, and cries. In the fourth scene,
third act, from "Hamlet," she ia.
simultaneously and without the least
apparent effort changed her tone,
appearance, gestures, etc., from those
Of the senile Polonious to those of the
guilty. conscience stricken, quasi.
adnlterous Queen, aud of the grief
stricken, terrible, pleading, appalling
Prince Of Denmark. So in the other
compositions. And the many roars
of laughter, and outbursts of applause
followed by sudden bushes to catch |
her every word amply testified to the
degree of enjoyment which she gave
the audience.
In addition to her skill as an elocu-
zionist Miss Hamill possesses the adj
vantage OF very captivating person
al appearance. "Divinely tall" slen
der as reed. her every movement
the very embodiment OF grace, she
almost seems. and really is, superior
being, ana her entertainments must
be enjoye ed by all capable of appre-
eating 1.-THE good, the beautiful, aud
true"
Nor is the best of her attra ctions
seized by the public. 1t seems that
she possesses the faculty of winning
all hearts. Last evening, as she took
leave of her class after the entertain
ment, every member of it insisted
upon getting her s'pi,ture" and prom
ised to correspond with her. And
when the moment for the final parting
arrived several of the pupils sobhed
aloud. and there must have been
scarcely dry eye there.
Miss Hamill left this morning for
Bellevue, where a class was promised
her.
A CLASS TRIUMPH.
The entertainment may justly be
said to have proved a triumph of the
class in physical culture. Certainly
no similar body OF young la lies and
gentlemen-of mere boys and girls
ever before evinced such improve
ment III such a short time as they have
had the benefit of Miss Hamill's tuition.