The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-15
"TRIP TO EUROPE"
The Tourists Looked Well and They
sang Better
CmoRusEs WERE ALL FINE
Altogether. It VAS a Charming Entertain
meat for the Benefit Of the rublie
Library Of Astoria

Tho entertainment given at Fishers
Theatre last night by Astoria atnhteuIH
FOR tho benefit Of tho Public Library oi
this city was both u musical and drhmat'
lc troa The house was well nlled win
an audience that throughout the even
lng showed its hearty appreciation Of the
efforts Of the performers The Public IL
bfary Association II general fnvoritf
anyway and this. added TO the fact that
several OF tho most popular ladies and
gentlemen OF Astoria were 10 appear on
tho stage. would have been quite sum
client grounds for cxcuHng many defects
IN the entertainment itself Happily NJ
such excuse was needed. There was moth
!uE amAteuriah or stin cllnging to any
part OF the cnvcninE'H amusement and IN
deed tho whole Hirnar seemed 60 be
imbued with such q hearty spirit OF conf
doncc from the start that nobody thought
of hitch or imagined such thing pos.
aihlr
That old-tlme mvoritc, tho rolllckng
Box and Cox. "a farce by the way. that
has appealed 10 the rislble faculties Of
the thcatfo-goinR public Tor many years.
started the fun. Mr ~ J. Weeks ~ Box
succeeded In convulElng his audience and
convinced everybody that his hold Mar
cato widdcr' was u painful ana living
nesiity Mr. Terry Mexican who seems
to hc able TO make hlS voice proceed from
any locality he desires. ana who gem
orally lodges that organ In his boots.
was. a. he always IL. very great sue
cess His makeup "a sort of compromise
between Henry irvine ana T.. r. Barnuml
was Immense. Mrs. Weeks. as the house
Keeper. rounded on the cast and did her
fun share towards tho success OF tho
curtain raiser
a Trip 20 Europe" musical enter
,ninment In three scenes. followed. The
Trip" II q charming performance with
q judlcious mixture OF comedy dialogue,
solos and chorusca, all OF which arc
spun together with a light thread OF mar
rative The scenes are respectively the
preparations FOR the voyage. the voyage
Itself. and the landing on forcirn soil
Needless TO say the tourists consisted Of
a voodly company OF propossessing young
ladies as well az q number Of male globe
trottcrs whose set purpose seemed 10 be
to make up in lungs what they lacked In
looks.
The opening chorus. Away! Away"
one of the proiticst In the whole opcretta,
was cXccllcntiy rendered. and served TO
prepare the audience FOR the good things
to follow Mcssrs Tappan and Carruth-
rrs In their Tourists Duet" came In TOR
a good deal OF applause hut their ex-
tfcmo modcsty prevented them from re-
turning with an encore verse. Tho scene
ended. after considerable amount OF
sprightly dialogue, with Come Away"
u two-part song well sustained by the
full chorus and given In iinc time
throughout
Tho curtain rose on the second scene
discloaink tho tourists reclining In va
rlous attitudes ON the deck of--woll. on
tho deck OF Fishers Theatcr Mr. J. W
Hclchcr In his solo The Anchors Weigh
cd" brought down the house. ana was
forced TO respond TO loud calls for an
encore His voice has seldom shown to
better advantage. The song Itself. an
old favorltc with all tcnors. Is one that
calls Tor all n Vocalists hest efforts and
Mr.. Belchcr last night did Il full Justice.
Nancy Lee" and "Scasick Chorus" fol-
lowed. ana then Mcssrs. Bennett and
Hrlchcr gave n nautical duet, "OVcr the
Nprhor Bar" FAnnings Song OF the
vikings, beautiful descriptive melody.
was splcndldly rendered by the fun cho-
rus
The closing scene discovered the whole
caste on the dock at Liverpool. under
COINS custom house inspection az the
hands OF a fcrocious looking government
official We've Sailed Across the Ocean"
brought everybody down TO the front.
and the entertainment closed with "'rhe
Chorus Of Caccantcs," (Gounod)
The performers were assisted In all the
choruses by the members OF the Schubert
club. whose aid was very valuable. lend
Ing both volume and harmony to the cf-
feet Among these ladies and gentlemen
were Mis- L. NJ Rice. Mr. and Mrs w.
r. Adam. Mr. Elmoro and Miss Elmore.
and Mrs r. NJ Gum
Mrs. H. r. Grossly, who acted as mu.
slcal director and to whose efforts were
almost totally due the successful incop-
ion and rendition OF the operetta, cannot
ho accorded too much praise. Contendnr
against great difficulties. not the least OF
which were the unfamiliarity OF the per-
formers with stage work and the breaks
caused In the rehearsals by the holidays,
she has succeeded In placing before the
public one OF the prettiest and brightest
entertainments ever given In this city,
and IN swelling the funds Of the Public
Library TO very considerable extent,
Mrs. Crosby Is to he heartily congratulate
cd II must certainly he source OF
qualification to her TO know that she
has planned so well and that her unselnsh
labors have brought about such happy
result.
M. f.1aVsl.,.r O.. Al. ..... a.