Evening journal., 1896-02-14
THE ALUMNI BURLESQUE
High School Boys Show Their
Ability as Actors.
IT WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS
Excellent Production OF "Queen Lily
O'KuIarney" Given at the opera House
to BIg aud Highly Pleased Audience.
To Be Repeated Tonight.

O'Kuiarney" Given at the Opera House
to BIg aud Highly Pleased Audience.
To Be Repeated Tonight.
The 6rst production Of LILLY o.
Killarney, Qdeen Of the Sandwich Is
lands, the High School Burlefque,
proved a complete aud unqualified sue
cess. An immense audience was present,
and highly pleased with the young men 8
Efforts TO amuae aud entertain.
All the boys acted their parts GO well
that Il would seem unfair to discrimln
ato, but there are several who deserve
special mentiin. l.. T. 4. DEMO AZ
Queen Lii WAS funny and clever. He
sang well and got of hls lines in q
manner thai never failed TO provoke q
laugh. He was especially good In his
scenes With Napoleon, which character
WAS ably taken by ID. j. Wlng6eld. A S.
Muhlhausen was the ubiquitous "Trilby,
and II his voice was rather deep and
bis feet aud ankles not up to the popular
standard nobody minded, and be received
liberal applause. The maks- ups OF A.
A. Pelton, Paul Talley and George r.
Foulk as Taffy, the Laird and Little
Billee were excellent, aud their acting
was correspondingly good, A w.
Foreman's make up IS Major
Ginger was grotesoue In the ex-
treme. aud W. Harry Blgthe's
Sveneali was almost painfully realistic.
10. w Maroney was natural looking
Rob Roy aud W. H. StrRhorn aud
NyiliSm Bayne al Bromoselizer. Korn
Kure. iphyeicians TO her majesty, came up
to the ideal OF the spindle legged,
acrobatlc court physicians Of comic opera
fame. Cherries A. Pattersoi aud Samuel
lsoaschmidt made brave and i've ingpir.
Ing guards Horace B. Harrison rs
General Debility, as usual sang swestly,
and was encored. Harry l. johnson
created much memment as Senator Pep.
per, with wild aud woolly whlskers, and
with S H. Baynard. Jr as Bellows. 4"
his attendant with bellows.
Perhaps a. would be unfair 60 say that
George r Foulk and c Sherbourne Rlos
scored the hits OF the evening as skirt
dancers, but they certainly achieved a
big triumph Mr.. Rlcs wore an elaborate
gown OF white aud yellow, the low-cut
bodice OF which was plentifully be-
sprlnbled with spAnges The bJttom
OF his diaphonous skirt was
edged with red roses He has
az pretty and white neck as many girls,
which his frock showed to advantage
and his grace aud agility we're com
mented upon. George Foulk made a
pretty girl, too. For reasons best known
to himself his gown was high IN the
neck. but WAS an elaborate affair Of red
and black, and he appeared IN long red
silk mltts which he apparently regarded
with unmixsd satisfaction and admira-
tion.
A number OF frst GLASS spsclalites
we're introduced, including selections by
the High School Mandolin Club John
Cooper. thu contortionist, James Mccoy
aud Harry Belts. electric club swinging.
Joseph Hadlng aud JobD A Lane, tramp
eccentriclties, "Con" Brown eccentric
dance and George P. Jones. whistling
selections.
A feature Of the productions was the
tennis dance. by Howard d. Ross,
Francis W. Lswrence,C sherburne Rice,
Charles A. Patterson. william b Pitt
chett, Herbert L. Rice, William w
Robinson. Thomss w. Cornbrooks and
Ernest T. Cornbrooks It was pretty
and original and during their evolutions
the dancers formed the letters w b s
/ The young men looked fetching In their
inimscu late white Hanntls. The Grand
march OF the troops wss line, the difficult
movements being performed with grace
and percision.
The plot OF the burlesque Is by EllWood
Lay field and Albert w Foreman. The
libretto Is by @. d. Kerr, aud Bowness
Briggs wrote the mnslo The plot Il
unique aud original, rhs libretto Is bright
and the music Is sparkling aud catchy
Grace Orchestra played, directed By
BoNness Briggs
The burlesque will be repeated at th,
Opera House this evening.