Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-04-18
TabIea1x and TheatrIeaIs.

A good many amusement-loving
people of this community, on tab
leHux bent. enjoyed the Art Amateur
Clubs entertainments on Monday
and Tnesdag evenings The pro-
gramme included, beside the tab
Ieahx which are always pretty and
popular, vocal music by some Of our
best talent and the breezy farce,
'iIci on Parle Francois, The sub
jects of the first evenings tabIeaux
were as follows: 1.-THE Afternoon
Tea. quite lifelike. 'tComin'
thrO' the Rye, Miss Alexander
and A. s. Allen the lassie and Iaddie.
The Rye Comm thro' "a soul
stirring scene inswhich the principal
actor was a dilapidated individual
hardly recognizable as that respected
individual hardly recognizable as
that respected citizen and public
servant, w. F.. Alexander. "'Twixt
Love and Riches Miss Latimer
prettiIy undecided between A. s..
AIlen-who is amazingly successful
in love scenes-and r. T. Perry, the
latter urging his candidacy with an
alluring display of treasure Glove
won). ''Two's Company, Three's
None''-Miss Magma Moore and e.
T. Perry being the company and
Miss jamie Moore, of BerryviIle, the
interloper. 'tRebeeca and Rowena"
Miss Neville Mitchell and Miss
Lucas. "a Game of Whist''-an
absorbing game with certain side
issues of no less interest. 1.-The
Ghost Story Miss jamie Moore
the teller, with an aWe-struck and
startled audience. s.America,"-
Miss Lippitt, of Ber.yvilIe, perfect
tiesh-and-blood copy of the Bartholdi
statue, enlightening a small but in
tensely patriotic portion of the
world.
The tableau artist of the Club
opened a new picture gallery to the
public on Tuesday evening. In
The Interrupted Courtship" Miss
Jsnie Moore was the interruption
and Miss Magma Moore aud James
Grantbam the Interrupted. ''Morn-
ing, Noon and Night Miss Lucas,
Miss Maria Moore and Miss Lippitt,
of BerryviIle,-was particularly
pretty and effective. Misses Alex
ander, Lippitt and Magma Moore
and Mrs. CampheII"U Used Rubifoam'
as smilingly as If they had been
found in the advertising columns OF
the current magazines. Miss Alex
ander was an ideal MAUD Muller
in charming rural scene, and
George w. Packet appeared as the
Judge. 1.-The Waterbury Watch"
was by Misses Magma and jamie
Moore; (Which is Which," by Mrs.
Van Hook, CIeon Moore, jr., and G..
w. Packet; and the picturesque
Gypsy Camp" by everybody.
"Rebecca and Rowe ma and the
American Goddess were reproduced.
The singers, accompanied on the
piano by Miss jamie Moore or Miss
Magma Moore, were Miss Latimer
Gin delightful duets with Mrs. Van
Hook, of Washington, whose con-
tralto voice is remarkable for volume
and richness, and who was received
by the audience with every manffes-
tation of pleasure; and T. L. Shirley
and E. Tayloe Perry, both popular
singers, in pleasing selections.
The merry little farce which ended
the entertainment and sent the audi
ence away in gale of laughter was
rendered by a set of very clever
amateurs: T. L. Shirley as Major
Rattan, boisterous Briton: P. c.
Kennedy as Dubois, the compliment
and comical Frenchman; w. F.
Alexander as Spriggins, thrifty, and
anxious to turn to lucrative account
his extraordinary facility in French
Mrs. VIM. Campbell as the naughty
Mrs. Spriggins, remotely descended
from the House of FitzpentonvilIe;
Miss Maria Moore as Angelina,
t'pretty and in love- according 10
the programme, certainly pretty
Miss Neville Mitchell as the Jealous
Majors missing bride, and the very
centre of the commotion Miss Re
becca Kennedy as the much imposed
upon and deliciously impertinent
"servant gal. Free Press.