The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-05-21
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opera House.
To the Editor Of the F1oRD1AN:
Wednesday evening a most enjoyable
entertainment took place at MunrJs
opera house, gotten up by some OF our
ladies, for the benefit of University
Library. A series Of lovely tableaux
held the audience spell bound until IL
O'Clock, and truly no pictures designed,
even by the famed old masters, richly
colored as they are by the hand of time,
could equal the living beauties OF our
Tallahassee girls. Interspersed between
the scenes, piano music, by such we'll
known artistes as Misses Cameron, Hartt
and Cohen, was most highly appreciated
by our music loving people.
The first tableau on the program was
"Winter's Vision" Miss Helen Bur
roughs as Queen of Winter, and with her
band, dispersed in graceful attitude
around her, lay sleeping. And such
bank of snow-white loneliness as it was !!
Misses Mamie Pearce, Marion Hopkins,
Nan Randolph, Katie Sullivan, Matte
Bernreuter, Belle Shine, Sadie Lewis,
Grace Spiller and Lena Burkhardt COM
posed this band; and on the left of the
stage was portrayed the Vision of Winter,
group Of young girls dressed in green.
emblematic of Spring, and consisting of
Mary Randolph, Henrietta Ames, Clyde
Raney, Elizabeth Fleming, Bessie Saxon,
Estelle Carpenter, Margaret Coles, Annie
Rawls and Clara and Evelyn Lewis.
The next scene: Listening to the
FAIRIES" reminded one of a dream of child
hoods days invited by one of Andersen's
charming stories of these mystic folk.
Miss Marie Myers, lovely as a dream her
self, sat intensely listening in flower
garden, while several dear little sprites,
dressed as fairies, drank nectar from the
stately lily and other flowers, to the
accompaniment of softest strains of music.
After this scene, a duet, sung by Miss
Essie Bernreuter, and her brother Dave,
any Mothers Good Night Kiss" was so
heartily encored, that they were compelled
to render another song, which was wonder
fully sweet and pathetic.
"Jack in the Pulpit came next, and
Richard Carpenter, standing in a large
lily-cup, in the midst of garden of rare
flowers and plants, surrounded by his
tiny fairy friends, made picture far sur
passing any ever seen of that most inter-
esting parsonage.
The next four scenes were illustrative
of Tennyson's "Dream Of Fair Women"
A young man (Mr. Arbuckle) lay asleep,
surrounded by the beauties of nature,
and awakes to gaze spellbound on "a
daughter of the gods divinely tall and
most divinely fair" By no one could
this character have been SO we'll repre-
sented as she who stood in graceful,
blonde beauty, stiller than the chiseled
MARBLE" Mrs. Wombwell. His next
dream is of Egypt's queen, who stood in
dark and regal beauty, and made one
feel that Mark Anthony must have felt
the world we'll lost ~ in UGH cause.
Miss Maude Myers excelled herself in this
character The third dream was "Jeptha' $
Daughter" Miss Claude Houstoun
lovely, with the lofty thought of sacri-
fee written in eye and on brow. His
next vision is of Fair Rosamond." un-
fortunate victim of jealousy. Miss Mamie
Lewis, exquisitely regal and elegantly
cos,umed, personated this charac ter.
'Paul and Virginia met the view as
the curtain next assembled, loving and
childlike in attitude and expression. This
couple was represented by Miss Marie
Myers and Earle Perkins. The tableaux
next visible was "Two's Company;
Three's None" Miss Jennie Henderson
and Mr.. Arbuckle were the lovers, enjoy
ing themselves as that class of individuals
generally do, but are Interrupted by the
''stern parent" General Lang, at most
interesting stage Of the proceedings.
An old fast toned minuet is next in
view - Misses Choate, Bessie Lewis,
Mamie Ball and Evelyn w inthrop per-
sonating the stately ladies of century
ago; and Leroy Ball, Eugene Perkins,
John Henderson and Frank Fleming
their attendants, all in the act of per-
forming this dignified old dance.
In the next picture: 1.-THE Beggar Maid"
MIR. Ed Houstoun, as King Cophetna. and
Miss Lettie Beard elected rounds of ap-
plsuse.
"Wen I was q Bachelor" shows q
solitary inmate OF his den but in the next
scene he brings "wee wife" home. little
Birdie MeginDis, Sandy Williams making
Q very natural bachelor.
"Charlotte Uordsy," Miss Matte Hous-
toun, IL next portrayed, looking from behind