The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-14
A Clever and Pleasing Performance
IS Given In Spite of all Drawbacks.
and a Fair sized Audience Ex-
presses It's Hearty Appreciation of
the Production.

s:45 before the play began. The delay
was explained by Mr.. F. II. LANCE.
Meanwhile the audience did not behave
very well. Applause. stamping and
laughter finally brought out the orches'
ira, which was vociterously cheered.
The scenery Is not what was to be ex'
pected, after all that has been said oil II.
There is lots OF it-too much OF the
kind, in fact. Artistically, it is not first
Class. -
The principal parts were taken very
satisfactorily by the following ladies'
and gentlemen:
King spul.............. C. oNelll
King sauPs Assistants -
Morgan Berger, Lawrence Wheat Earl Adams
Witch Of Endor ' A. i'As nes
'opf"uO 'O' ' Mcneil Nellie sweeney. Palmer
Chorus Of Fifty voiceL
Fancy Dance. Fannie Wheat
nuett e: TcmeTicrd
Chaperone, Mrs. Joseph Metcalt
T N.ss. G EIIs Chew pSsc,Ya Morgan Nellie VII
kinson.
Chaperoue, Mrs. Jacob ". Grubb.
There is not much for the partici.
pants to do, but what they did was well
done. The music was almost as disap,:
pointing as tho scenery, and it ia stated
au,horitativety that Prof. Raynes had
to revise most of the score before 1t was
at all practicable. The performers,
under the circumstances, did remark:
ably we'll. Tho brilliant costumes added
much to the effect OF the performance,
and IL would be difficult indeed to find
as fine looking set OF performers, in
as large number. The grace and beauty
OF the performance throughout re-
flected credit alike on those who took
part and those who trained them.
The participants in the dances,
marches and drills were as follows:
ROMAN SOLDIERS.
Mrs. T. G. Moflat. chaperone. Messrs.
Benjamin Catch. AISLE Fair. VIM. Cald-
well, Walter Sweeney. Charles Ditman,
Sol. Frank, Frank Hallock, Frank
Sweeney, Arch Wilson, Clarence Ech-
oils. James Howell, Harry Jamison,
Ernest Echols.
LADIES MrHuET.
Mrs. William SchwertfeRer, chape-
rome. Misses Gene Warehouse. Ida B.
Taylor, Gertrude Reister, Ada Bosley,
Ella Waterhouse, Rose Lukens, Nellie
Egerter, Alice Egerter.
TAMBouRrSE DANCE
Mrs. ]. D. Stanton, chaperone. Misses
Agnes Smith, Helen Farley, Anna War
ner (leadsr), Lee Neuhart, Glare stamm,
Nellie Richards, Edna Bingell, Nellie
Stanton, Dora Thomas, Ethel Glass
(leader), Anna Jepson. Carrie Brand
tass, Stella Comeriord. Maggie Gilsigan,
Alice Medley, Ollie Clyker.
BUTTERFLY DANCE.
Mrs. Orlando Dorsey and Mrs. n. G.
Hancher. chaperones. Misses Grace
Stone, Martha johnson. Eliza speidel,
Edith Moffat, Eva Odenbaugh, Lille
Houston, Nellie Richards, Amanda
Spell, Edna Green, Josephine Water.
house, Bessie McGrauahau.
LADIES MARCH.
Mrs. Joseph speidel and Mrs. A. Al.
len Wheat, chaperones. Misses Edith
Halter, Nora vardy, Maud Noble, Lizzie
TAYLOR, Cecilia Henry, Gertrude Clay
ton, Annie Kennedy, Maude Billiard,
Blanche Edwards, Mary Feinler, Alice
Bates, Amanda Spell, Georgia Boslev,
Mabel Stone, Julia Savage, Helena
schwertfeger, Bertha Reich, Elsie Ken
nedy, Emma Hanauer, Kate Pratt
cHILDREN's DANCE.
Mrs. George X. Wheat, Mrs. Jacob
W. Grub and Mrs. George Green,
chaperoues. Misses Katherine Wheat
(leader), Bessie English, Rosella Emblem,
Lillian Dauer, Lillian Frank, Pearl
Frank, Bessie Snyder, Gertrude Harris,
Laura Dean, Hope Miles. Lillian
Thomas, Lula Fry, Celia Morris. Rose
Halter, Laura Leonhart, Gertrude
Hanauer, Minnie Brandfass, Ida
Younpinger, Della Faulkenstein, Lula
Kenny, Jessie Deviney, Ruby krclter,
Kate Stamm, Mary Gilligan, Fannie
Thomas.
The costuming and dancing OF the
ladies' minuet was especially brilliant
and graceful, and the participants in
the tam BOURNE dance had all the grace
of professionals united with the en-.
thusiasm and freshness OF amateurs.
The butterfly dance WAS beautiful. and
the ladies' march one OF the finest
features of the evening. The children's
dance was the most popular thing on
the programme, and showed tho skill
OF the trainers.
The dance by three girls, followed by
the skirt dance by Miss Fannie Wheat,
was a most artistic performance. The
three dancers exhibited much grace.
Miss Wheat was greeted with great
enthusiasm when che appeared, and her
dancing was encored again and again.
No more attractive performance OF its
kind, amateur or professional, has been
seen on Wheeling stage.
Some Of the scenic effects had to BIO
omitted on account Of the slowness
with which the canvas was handled.
The performance will DO repeated this
evening, and 1t 10 promised that it shall
10 OF more smoothly. The perform
ance, in spite OF all the drawbacks OF
first presentation, was pleasing and in.
teresting, aud we'll worth seeing. il
less time be consumed in showing medi'
OGRE scenery, and more devoted to the
picturesque dances. drills and choruses.
any audience will find it worth while to
zee "Tho Witch OF Endor."
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