The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-23
THE "INN0CENTS" WIN
Tacoma Athletic Club Captures
Its Audience.
CLEVER ACTORS AND SINGERS,
'"lnjured InnoeentS.' Proves Itself n
Worthy Rival of the .sDream."
and Gains Many Encore>.''

injured innocents." a bright. spark
hng travesty. brimful OF catchy melodies.
IN the hands OF the Tacoma Athletic Club
al Oordrays last evening. gave evidence
or careful training and afforded an oppor-
tunlty Tor the display OF unusual ANA
tedr aoihty The company included many
eAeeiient voices. and the concerted pieces
we're musical gems. The audience was
not large, bur IL was made I'D of some OF
the best people OF Seattle. and the anna
teurS received most hearty reception
Dounle and triple encores were frequent.
anu all the choruses had 10 be repeated.
individually. the Tacoma Athletic Club
company is very strong The members
AVOID the temptation 10 over-act. so COM
mon among amateurs. and the most IS
made OF all the clmaxes. W. A Rice ana
r. ;. Bull. as George Tuff and Henry Ruff
yam, were introduced by the humorous
song We Are Chaps OF the Very First
water and they scored a hit from the
instant or their entrance on the STAGE. In
the second act they rendered Ring Dat
Golden Bell" with fun chorus OF the ruf-
mans. and in these two pieces showed
themselves quite clever. Their makeup
was excellent. and the by-ptay was ever
Kept within bounds
Inc TWO innocents were entrusted 10 W
b. Bull, who assumed the part OF Cedric.
ana 10 Ed L. Sanford. who enacted the
Eoie OF Marguerite. The latter is well re-
memoered here as the Juliet OF the Seat
tie Athletic travesty two years ago.
me TWO excelled as the babes, and at
once received favor for their Two Little
Innocent Kids Are We"
j. II. Bradford was the Boss Ruffian
ana his singing was well backed by the
chorus. The Ruffian Chorus at the
opening OF the second act, and the solo
chorus, 'Lazily. Lazily. Drowsily. Drow-
SLY in the MONDAY Sum-" formed two Of
the best numbers of the evening the latter
ranking as one q the most finished effor.s
ever made on the amateur stage In this
city.
Sir Rawdon SlolmondlyMcBanni was
given TO Charles T.. Claypool, and Lady
McBannister to Francis W. Cushman
and the two supplemented each other so
as to make their portrayals one of the
features of the performance. The same
can he said of Doctor Empirico ny A. r
Esperson and Harriet Beacon by IL. $
Griggs. Mr.. Claypool sang Il Adoreal23i
Griggs. Mr. Claypool sang ~ Alone Can
Tell" and That's Nothing to Think OF"
in the latter song he captured the audi
ence with:
When you finish your ditch.
That will finish our town:
But that's nothing TO speak Of
DR.. Empirico's seagull song was we'll
rendered, and evidenced that Mr.. Esper-
son was clever in handling himself be-
fore an audience. while Mr.. Cushman
and Mr.. Griggs as female impeTsona tors
were, in the language Of the play. out of
sight. The all-important part of the hear
was rendered by ]. NJ. kean, and the
bear dance, about which so much has
been written, secured for him recall
The fun chorus was heard 10 excellent
advantage in the farewell song. with
solo by Mr.. Griggs. The parts were bal
anced almost perfectly, the harmony
beautiful and the words so clearly
spoken as 10 he easily distinguished. The
audience insisted on hearing the chorus
over again, even after the curtain had
descended.
Altogether "IniNed innocents"is
travesty that may be placed fully on
par with "A Afiiwinter Nights Dream
whether as 70 music. humor or rendition
The principals are fully as good both in
voice and acting as the local talent, and
the chorus is of superior excellence. I'm
jured Innocents" is laughahle, melodious
and a credit to its projectors.
The theater was appropria tely deco
rated for the occasion with the colors Of
the two clubs. and in the varied cos
tunes. many OF which were attractive.
were also 10 he seen the blue and the
red A handsome souvenir programme
was presented 10 each one In the audi
ence