Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-09
PLAYS OF THE WEEK
The "komo," Met With . Fiat
tenng Recognition.
LIVING WHIST A FAILURE
The H~gulos rAeases Asssa61tsas We've
Faisiy GSua- -Th. Wssk . Orr
inW--Noeea.

For many ysars Grand R&p.ds has
L.nked forward Tn the advent u EAstsr
With pleasure. not oaly becssass Lent
then ends. but With the hosannas come
the annual fancy dsnc~s given by the
Misses Gage and Benedict. Thee enter
tslIments have always been unique IN
character. pleasing "a the seusss. and
gratifying a. tho eye. and strikingiy
illustrative Il the poetry 81 notion.
That the Misses t.age and Benedict have
been successful In their work - evi
d-nced BY the urusaai number II ex.
e~iient dancers who live IN Grand
Rapids and the vast amount ~ labor
accidental to the production Of such
thing as the ~komoi.~ could only he
undertaken win hopes u success when
the material was fully equal 10 require
ncnt- The two enormous audiences
xaich pa ked Powers on Thursday and
friday evenings showed their marked
appreciation % the beautiful dances.
,nd well they might for nothing equal.
tng 70 has ever been given IN Grand
Rapids Each dance and group meant
something anal the harmonious whole
sas a series - charming pictures. spec
,asular IN eject and xondrous IN con
crit
Locally the ~kOmoi Mas the the
strical Int IL the see-on. and had the
young women acce,ei % the popular
cismor IL would have been repeated last
ev~nsns That u the one fault % these
performances. they are given but for
iwa nights. and all tho-e who desired to
So the dances were unable to do So.
rom an artistic standpoint the dance
20 the butterflies vas the hest "a the
many excellent dances IL was on the
or,icr % a -srp-ntine dance. with many
difficult steps. aud aboundcd with
graceful po-iugs. Va an example Of
zrotcssue dancing the ilollandi-e dance
wac excellent The Scotch dance was a
decidedly agreeable feature. ard those
who participated were among the best
dancers - IN. city. The statuary dance
vas a novelty. AMI the coming to life at
the singing Ut Mrs. Fred u. Mills and
Miss thamberlin vas pretty effect.
John T. Brewer successfully md himself
~ the Jester and Pete Brander In his
makeup Of Dante Tho legend over
th. gates - he'll will have no influence
over the gen,leman's hi-trionic future
should he ever tread the boards. Friday
evening when he appeared a. the Mus
kcson Pose he sprung series ~ sur
pFl--s on the audience. The following
letter will explain Why. and aptly Illus
trates that the gcn'ieuan's heart is Just
IA warm "A hrs wit ~ brilliant:
MKs. a. II SWEET. city;
DsAs Msoss-i igclo-e you White 4
Whites check for ST.: fsntlind 4 20. for
-. and Fraas kl-ley' for s., this b,ing the
proverbs from the ads sprung ON iIn-
.ai-f-c,iny public az Powers last evening
Peas. drop then in the treasury Of the
thildrrn- houe and believe NO.
Very truly yours.
April :. iso2. J. +. BHowEH
The production - Living Whist" 10y
members q the - Cecilia society IN
Hartmans. Monday and Tuesday even
ings. vas d.sastrously affected by the
elections Easter observancs- and coun
ter attractions. Such production
would draw well only upon lavish AL.
verti-ing and under the most favorable
circumstances Interest IN a spectacle
llko ~LIving Whist" must necessarily he
confined Ia the persons participating in
she cast hence the reason for its Ill
success NAY - found IN several - many
causes. II was prettily staged and
much time and attention was gwen Ia its
presentation.
IN TIE Powers Monday evening J ames
O'Neil presented "tonteuelle" 10 an in
sypreciat,ye audience. The play will
uoyer lie success
Devils. Mine" did "a good business in
The Grand a. il managers had any Il
-n-. - anticipate.
Manager Smith presented a clean and
yicy variety hall o. encouragIng'y large
.ahsncsS.