The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-06

The Entertainment Tor BeDeAt OF
81. marks Church.
"once upon time"-that's the way all
fairy stories commence. and that Is the
way the delightful story commenced last
night that gave an excuse for the tell
Ing in a series of pictures. OF the beauti-
full princess. the noble prince and the bad
raIry. What recollections might have sti.-
red the blood and brought back to people
memories of the nursery or chiidhooa's
DAYS, when the little eyes opened wide
and the tiny forms pressed closer TO the
readers side as the tales OF fairy or on
goblin were presented for their wonder
and delight. can only be conjectured-
From the time that Hans Andersen and
Grimm and Labouiaye peopied the mod
ern world with the good and bad in min
iafure, and the strange fancies OF the
peasants and charcoal burners of the
Schwarzwald were reincarnated in the
weird tales that have found their way into
all lands and all languages. children and
grown people have gioried In the deeds
of valor OF the mythical knights and
princes, and wept with the unfortunate
princesses and the beautiful peasant
girls who eventually became princesses-
In those old days which are included with
In the epoch limited by the Once upon
time courtships were generally conduct
ed by the medium OF romantic traditions.
and the humblest little girls sitting by the
smoking fires In the Black mountains. or
In their wretched homes. were all wait
ing for the handsome prince who should
come along and snatch them up carry
them away and make great ladies OF
them. Unhappily history does not bear
out these stories. and while great princes
have led the humble little girls away from
their homes they have failed to make
great ladies of them.
These stories, however. were told to
make children happy. and in that respect
their mission has not failed Hardly a tale
was told that was not in a way a sermon.
and the simple minds could grasp the par
able of the wicked fairy and the good
fairy, and separate the right and the
wrong. The other features we're embel-
lishments. When there was not a simple
girl and prince. princess was intro
duced 10 give the wicked fairy a chance
for her Vaccinations.
This was the case last night, when the
Seattle theater vas crowded. the occasion
being the presentation of a series of pan
to1imes and tableaux by the children.
young and old Of st. Marks parish, I'M
der the auspices of st. Marks guild.
for the building fund of the church. That
portion OF the programme that was de-
voted to the children from the merest tots
upward. was in two parts under the at
tractive and suggestive caption OF Scenes
from Fairyland."
The first part opened with THE Doll
Shop" The curtain arose On a scene as
novel as beautiful. revealing the interior
of shop crowded with the most marvel
Gus collection of talking and mechanical
dolls Everything was rigid and awk-
ward as dolls usually are. and the audi
ence cheered and laughed at the spectacle.
while the tots impersonatng the wax Gre
atoms remained as immobile and uncon-
cerned as any collection of dolls could be.
Then the fun commenced. All sorts of
dolls were made TO talk, speak and walk
In the most doll-lIke way Mr.. Engelhardt
was the keeper of the SHOP. and his work
as a pantom.mist was good. Conspicuous
in the collection OF dolls were the two lit
tie Aleuts brought down from Alaska by
Minor K. Bruce. A little peasant girl
came In with a broken doll TO be repaired.
and while waiting fell asleep. The lights
were lowered. ard group of daintily ar
rayed fairies came in and converted the
mechanical population into thinking
entities. Until the awakening of the peas
ant girl the stage was full of diminutive
talent finding expression in every con-
ceivable way. The speciaities were re-
markable. particularly the dancing OF
hornpipe by Donna Phelps, a dance by
Masters Provost. Hasty and Oliver and
six httle fraule.ns. Misses Mary Garrett
Stella Forsey. Helen Holcomb, Laura
Hale. Carrie Atkinson and Ada Giandon
The cast for The Doll Shop was as fol-
lows:
Shop keeper. Mr. Engelhardt: English
family. Mr.. Berry. Miss Hughes. children;
peasant child. Marie Hieber: queen Of the
dolls. Anna Higgins: Puck. Wallaee Craw-
ford: acting dolls. Willie Nichols. Dudley
Campbell. Willie Phinpey. Stanley Nevins
Earl Bush, Cecil Upper, Olive Powles. Jes-
sic Armour; ESquimau twins. Artmavhoke
Zaksrinr: German dancers, fairies and
dolls. Specialties by Mamie Holden and
Pearl Murphy. Sailors Hornpipe by Dom
na Phelps. Clog dance by Masters Provost,
Hasty and Oliver.
Following THE Doll Shop the Sleep
ing Beauty" one OF those rare old tales
told by the Preside that have been handed
down generation after generation. was
staged in a highly creditabe manner, the
closing scene being a fine piece Of spec
tacu.ar setting. The story was read by
Miss Sparkling 10 group OF children TO
one side and at the front part OF the stage
while the action and tableaux were lust 4,
the rear. While the drop" separating the
reader and group from the scenes was
down ii appeared as though the tale was
raised the little party was absorbed into
the general picture. The cast OF The
Sleeping Beauty" was as follows.
King. DR.. Gentle: prince. Fl. Williams:
queen, Miss Morgan; fairy godmother.
Miss Sparkling; sleeping beauty. Louise
Nichols; queen OF the good fairies. Helen
Villas bad fairy. Mamie Holden: SPANISH
dancer. Mamie Risiey; fairy nand
princes. courtiers. court ladies. maids of
honor. testers. dancers. etc
The thoroughly enjoyable evening was
concluded by clever rendition of Jerome
X Jerome's Sunset" The cast nas en-
iirely competent. and the work of the
Misses kautz as Lois Rivers and loan
Rivers. half-sisters. was refre~hirgtv
above that OF amateurishness
4 great deal OF credit for remarkable
performance Ia due the projectors and d.
rectors % the affair. the bulk OF the work
OF mounting the pieces and drilling the
little ones 20 a condition OF Perfection
falling TO Mrs. kautz and Prof Dillon II
IL rumored that the entertainment viii DO
repeated
Pablo Romani' Tonight.