The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-15
OfELOUSAS, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, La, JUNE 15 1885,
Princess Bonnie.

Princess Bonnie
Inc great day has come and gone: TIN
great event, over which the whole com
munity had been all agog for months. !
numbered with the things that we're
> ana the Joseph Jefferson Dramatic Club
having scored most brilliant success
Is sereneiy happy and complacentl,
wearing the laureIs it has nobly won.
fIlncess Bonnie " was decided hit
) wv: ~ FRIDAY night of last week, June z
wizard Sponsors charming Spanish
American operetta, Princess Bnnnie
was produced, for the first time in the
south, at Littell's Opera House. will
elaoorate and appropriate stage settings
ana effects, and the most sapguine homes
1md5expectatlons of the promoters OF
WhHt we have already characterized as
ah mDltlous artempt for amateurs were
mNae than realized.
me numerous rehearsals were under
tle direction of Prof. Chas. Grant Shat.
Ier' principal OF our High School, and
tee signal triumph achieved is in a large
measure due to bis remarkable tact IN
assigning to each Of the performers the
roe pest adapted to bis or her talents or
aoi'itles' 10 bis clever sdUOir- taire in
welding and moulding into one harmo.
NOUS whole the HETEROGENEOUS collection
OF diamonds Gn the rougb) which law in
g'ltterlng profnsion under his hand. and
TO Ills admirable patience and unvaryinp
good temper
Inc following was the cast
shrimps, Champion Canoeist, and
the village Jack of all Trades:
c,,1l ~ love with Kitty Clover. A L. be
captain Tarpaulin of the fishing
smack Nancy, and keeper of
| the light house Lucas Fontenot
| Roy Stirling, a follower of Isack
| Walton in love with Bonnie r. r. skinner
admiral Pomposo of the Spanish
Navy, with hobby for col.
| . lectlng rare antiquities L IT Railev
| Count Castinetti Marionetti Fla '
geoletti Falsetti, an Italian no.
| bleman, betrothed to Bonnie
Salvador, body-guard to Admiral ''
Kitty Clover, Captain Of the Canoe A'oh hicbFioe
Ciub and the belle of the vii
Susan Crabbe Tarpaulin, Tarpan-
ms sister. popularity called
Auntie Crab Miss Sallia poUars
Donna Pomposo, wife of Admiral
! - fOmpOSO. Miss Sa1le pnUers
BONNIE, the Princess Bonnabela "o''
vlta,adopted daughter of Can't.
Tarpaulin and the niece of Ad-
mlfal Pomposo $500 MISS ANITA DoREMUs
Canoeists, fishermen, soldiers, sailors. marines
SPANS spanish J. dancers, Spanish students, brides,
CHoRUs:--Ladies: Misses Annie Andrus, Jul
ne .e;I Bloch, Marcelline Estorge, Bele Hebrard,
Alice Alice Labyche, Lucille Lacombe, Mabel ogden,
yuma Oeden, Pussle Pilot, Ada SandOZ Mabel
Sandoz. Gentlemen Messrs Louis Andrns.
FL Fritz Dietlein, F,J. Detlein, Jas. j. Lewis, Jno.
eW Leg Mayer Percy Ogden Nathan
ORCHEsTRA:-Prof. Chas Grant shaffer, lead
er; Prof r. Mayer. violin; J. J. Perrodin, cor
net; Mrs. V. X. IriOn, piano.
Scene-Act 1. Coast of Maine Act TT. Pal
ace OF ADMIRAL POmpOSO, in Spain
Tme-The present.
With such an array of talent and
beauty filling the stage as completely
as the elegantly decorated ball was fiji
ed by the intelligence and culture of the
community, 1t was no wonder that the
hit OF the season was achieved it could
not well have been otherwise
Miss Doremus, the heroine, the ship
wrecked waif that had grown up among
the blg-hearted fishermen of that bleak
New England coast and was idolized by
them, added to the charms of her very
pleasing personality by the magic of a
voice tuned to sweetest melody and un-
der perfect control, aud was at all times
the prime favorite. She was frequently
encOred. and with gracious condescen-
sion as frequently yielded to the vocif-
erous demands of an admring though
rather exacting audience.
Mr.. A. l.. Lacombe, as Sbrimps, sur
prised and delighted his friends by the
manifestation of the versatility of his
talents, both histrionic and musical, and
was almost universally accorded the
palm among the performers of his sex.
The poor fellow was in love, and, to
make matters worse, the Ghiect Of his
affections was as cold as the hills of her
native Maine in January; and vet he
had to provide most of the fun in the
play. But he was equal to the occasion
and when his fair charmer reIented-
and melted-he appeared to be the hap
pest man alive.
Mr.. Lucas Fontenot, as Capt. Tarpau-
lin, did surprisingly well; in fact, many
remarked that his playing and singing
were equal il not superior to the best |
At any rate, he may well be proud Of his
effort, for it certainly was very credita-
BILE and quite came up to the expecta-
tions of his friends.
Roy Stirling, personatcd by Mr.. j. T.
Skipper, was another loves sick swain
but, more fortunate than Shrimps, his |
passion was reciprOcated; and though |
the obdurate old Admiral and the bold. |
bad Count with an unpronourceable |
name made things very unpleasant for |
him, he still had the most powerful in |
ceDtlve to persevere, for he had the as |
surance that he possessed the affection |
of the woman he loved, aud persevere |
he did until lie reached the goal. His |
wooiDg, at times, may not have been |
perfectly natural; but we'd like to see |
the man who could make love "accord-
ing to Hoyle" ~ with 400 pairs of eyes
looking right at him-and one of the
keenest of those pairs belonging to his
wife, at that! Under the circumstances
we think he did remarkably we'll!
Admiral Pomposo, the courtly old
Spanish grandee. was personated by Mr..
L. II. Bailey, and most admirably did
he fill the role. Nothing less was ex-
pected of him; aud though at times.
when allowing his angry passions to rise,
he cast his pompous dignity to the
winds, he may have degenerated into
veritable Bombastes Fnri0so, yet his un-
dignified violence of speech and manner
was in keeping with the role of a proud
aud imperious old duffer who was accus-
toned to have things his own way and
could brook NO opposition or DELAY, His
was a capital one.
Mr.. Henry Roos played the part of the
Italian Count who remembered that he
had long ago been betrothed to Bonnie
only after he discovered that she was an
heiress. Although he had the powerful
assistance of the Grabbed old Admiral in
pressing his suit and managed to give
poor Roy lots of trouble, he failed, as he
deserved to fail, in his lnercenary de-
signs. Mr.. Roos did some of the best
acting and singing seen and heard on
this occasion and acquitted himself in a