The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-30
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
IqEMs OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES OF THE RIVER.

Large Audience Greeted MT. Burr and Ills
 Daughter-Fine Entertainment Given
 Mrs, Joel T. Rice, Lady Well Known in
 the Community, Dead.
 Judging from the size of the audience
 that greeted Oliver H. Barr and his
 daughter. Miss Edith Barr, at Polar
 Star hall, Wednesday evening, the eN-
 cerent entertainment was a great suc-
 cess. financially as well as artistically.
 Mir. Barr is an actor whose merits are
 too well known to require any special
 mention. and Miss Edith is known to
 be a child actress possessing ability
 and cleverness to a remarkable degree.
 The event of the evening was the pre-
 sentation by MT. Barr and Miss Edith
 of their new sketch, "Genevieve." In
 this MT. Barr assumed three different roles-those of Dick Farrell, manager of the Gaiety theater; Jean D'ArVo, an old Frenchman, stage doorkeeper, and Mary Ann, scrub woman of the theater' while Miss Edith had two parts--those of Jennie a little street waif, and Miss
 Genevieve of the Gaiety theater. The transformation In both eases was complete, and the parts were acted so perfectlv as to win for the actors thunder of applause. In the produe- l ton of this sketch one part is particu- larly deserving of mention, and that was the short by-play taken from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet"
 This was a perfect bit of good acting on the part of MT. Barr, and brought out the fact very clearly to the audi ence that the scope and possibilities or | Miss Edith's ability as an actress are unlimited, she reciting the rather m t- | cult lines. which require rapid u --er- ance, clearly and in a most credttable manner; and it is safe to predict bril- | liant future for this beautiful, clever child actress.
 | The artists assisting at this enter l tainment all came in for a good share of applause for the excellence Of the work rendered. These latter consisted | of Miss Grace Maud Bronson and Miss Hazel Roberts, elocutionists; Miss Neva Squires, soprano; Riley Phillips, bari tone; Miss Grace Bristol, violinist, and | Mrs. c. F. Baldwin, accompanist.
 | Mary Jane, wife of Joel T. Rice died | Wednesday at midnight at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Dr. E. c. M. Hall, | S2 Grand avenue, where MT. and Mrs. | Rice had made their home for several years Some ten weeks ago Mrs Rice was attacked with phlebitis and was very ill., but had improved, and two | weeks ago her recovery was looked for. Later the disease attacked her brain, and her life was despaired of. For a week previous to her death she was unconscious During much of her ill.,
 ness she suffered greatly, but bore her pain with much fortitude She was a daughter of the late MT and Mrs Ezra c. Rowe of Fair Haven. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. G. Warren Merrill of Collinsville and Miss Harriet E. Rowe 1 of this place She was married to Joel l T. Rice forty years ago. Daughters of l the deceased are the wife of Rev E. c. l Norton of Claremont. Cal, Helen, wife | of Dr. E. C.. M. Hall of Fair Haven, and | Miss Carrie K. Rice, teacher at Gam I bia, o. For over thirty-five years Mrs
 Rice had been prominent member of the Grand avenue Congregational l church, where she will be greatly miss | ed. For several years she had been a
 member of the standing committee of l the church, president of the Woman's ] Auxiliary of Foreign Missions and ! leader of the Helpers, boys mission circle. She was an exemplary Chris 1 tian, woman whose kind ministra- I tions in sickness were noteworthy, and 1 had the faculty of making many friends. In her immediate house her
 death comes as a great bereavement. 1 The funeral will be attended to-mor-
 row morning at Il o'clock from the
 Grand avenue Congregational church 1 The bearers will be Deacon Arthur
 Smith, Deacon Charles Hubbard, Dea-
 con Walter s. Bishop, Charles F. Bates, Henry Rowe and William s. Rowe