Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-06
A SUCCESS.
Entertainment at battery Park
Last Night.

Last Night.
The musical and dramatic entertain.
ment at the Battery Park hotel last night
was a pronounced success.
A large and thoroughly appreciative
audience was present, every seat in the
large ball room being taken. The enter.
tainment opened with the musical part
OF the program, beginning with Sc,
lections by the string quartette, com,
posed of Mrssrs. Geo. K. Collins. W.
Z. Collins, H. ID. Chandler and Miss Col,
Inns. These musicians play with marked
sweetness and expression, and give every
evidence OF thorough devotion to and
mastery OF their art. The second num-
Der given by them, Buchler's "Schlum-
merslied," and Boccherim "Minuet, -
were specially well rendered, Mr.. Geo. X.
Collins solo in the mnuet being thor
oughly enjoyed. They were heartily en-
cored.
Miss Goertz sang three selections and
received well deserved encore. Miss
Goertz's voice shows most careful train
ing and she proved herself capable OF
singing most the difficult as well as
as simpler music.
The Mendelssohn quartette, Messrs.
D. W. Bissell, H. l.. Price, W. Z. Collins
and Geo. X. Collins, sang the humorous
glee Tom Tom the Piper's Son." They
we're enthusiastically encored and sang
Last Night the Nightingale Woke Me"
one of their best selections.
After an overture by the Battery Park
orchestra, the curtain rose for the play,
the particular attraction OF the evening,
Jerome X. Jerome's comedy, Barbara" "
The play itself is very clever, and the
universal verdict was that it was
charmingly acted. Aside from the addi-
tional interest given to theatricals, when
acted by amateurs, the acting last eve
ming showed talent, careful study, and
an intelligent conception of the parts
that would do credit to any stage The
absorbed interest of the audience during
the performance was the sincerest praise
that could have been given.
Miss Marguerite st. John in the prin-
cipal role OF Barbara, was all that could
have been wished and fully realized the
expectations that had been formed of her
acting. Though Miss st. John has not
been on the stage professionally for sew.
eral years, she mas lost none of her mas
terry OF the art, as was evident from her
thorough self possession, elearness o.
enunciation, and ease and sweetness o
manner. The transition of the play from
gay to pathetic gave Miss St. John al
excellent opportunity to display her yer
satlity of talent. The charm of her rem
dition of the past was that it was SC
thoroughly unaffected.
Miss ST, John was well supported b,
Miss Marguerite Malcolm as Lille
Miss Malcom filled the part in appear
ance and in every way, acting with great
feeling and sweetness.
Mr., Geo. M. Wood, as DR.. Finicum
made a capital old bachelor doctor, ant
Mr.. H. l.. Price as Cecil, was grea
success.
Mr.. Price is always favorite will
Asheville audiences, His acting il
marked by cleanness and finish tha
leaves most pleasing impression.
The stage setting was very pretty ant
homelke and the whole was charming
picture tastcfuly framed. This enter
tainment will rank in the very front o
the many clever amateur performance
that have been given at the Batter.
Park.