Smyrna times., 1898-10-19
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB.
Gave an Interesting Program Last Week, but
the Absorbing Topic is the Excellent
Dramas Rendered Last Evening.


The ladies of the Twentieth Century
Club are becoming fairly at home in
their new and beautiful quarters on
Main street, and now as they have
things pretty much as they want them,
they are settling down for a good
years work. The attendance on Fri
day afternoon was very good. 1t was
q comparatively short meeting. No
business was transacted; in fact very
little outside of the program came
before them. The program was short
but interesting and consisted of quo
tations from "POor Richard" the
work of Benjamin Franklin. The pro-
gram was rendered as follows:
Quotations-"Poor Richard" Mrs. Evans
Paper" Origin and Nature of the Con
stitutiOn,". ".......:: Mrs. W. H. Baggs
Quotations. ............. Miss Alice Spruance
Character Sketch Benjamin Franklin"
Miss Beulah Jefferson
Quotations Miss Bertha Smlthers
Two Excellent Dramas.
The two comedies given under the
auspices of the Twentieth Century
Club of this town last evening, passed
off with splendid success. The ar
rangement and the rendering of these
comedies were left entirely in the
charge of the Art and Drama Commit
tee, of which Mrs. Lillian Cloakis chair
main. For amateur performances, too
much praise cannot be given. In fact
it would have done we'll for profess
sional acting.
The Opera House was well filled
with fine class of people, nOtwith-
standing the unfavOrable condition of
the weather. Before the curtain rose
some popular airs were rendered by
an orchestra composed of Miss Lolita
Smith, piano; Messrs. VIM. Norris,
violin; w. II. Stevenson, cOrnet; Fred.
Lang, flute; Geo. Sylvester, from
bone, and James Wright, drums.
This home talent orchestra proved to
be an entertaining feature between
acts and called forth many compli-
mentary remarks.
The first comedy rendered, ''My
Uncle's WILL" was intended more as
curtain raiser to precede the two
act drama which was to follow. AS a
curtain raiser it proved to be first
class. The scene represented a sit
| ting room in a house at Brighton and
was we'll taken by Mrs. Marion Gov
erdale as "Florence Marigold," who
was bound by the provision of a will
to marry "Charles Cashmere" (Mr.
Linwood Phillips) to gain a legacy of
$3.50, 900. Otherwise it would have
reverted to "Mr Barker" Mr.. Roland
Bell 1t was full of spice and senti-
ment that kept the audience well
amused. The stage settings so beau
tifully arranged by the Art and Drama
Committee made the comedy all the
more effective. Mrs. COverdale and
Mr.. Bell were exceptionally fine in
their parts.
When the curtain went down on this
comedy the orchestra gave an overture,
followed by a duett by Hiss Eba
| Wilds and Mr.. w. III. Brady, entitled ::
''Lead on Ebenezer. The costumes
worn by each were quite as taking as
the song-Mr. Brady logged out as an
old farmer with his wife quantity
dressed by his side as they go ''to buy
Broadway, New York" The excellent
rendition called forth an encore, but
as they had not prepared another duett,
Mr.. Brady offered to sing one of his
comic songs, "PattysMurphy's Wake, -
which took down the house.
The play of the evening was the
twO-act comedy entitled ''Woodcock' S
Little Game. Here the stage settings
were beautifully adapted for the occa-
sion as ''an apartment in the house of
Mrs. Colonel Carver at Stowe the
Void, England, a suburban town of
London. " Those who took part in
this comedy were:
Mr.. Woodcock. Mr.. John LeFevre
Mr.. Christopher Larkins Mr.. w. II. Brady
Mr.. AdOlphus Swansdown. Mr.. VIM, Diehl
DaVid; ;...;.3;... ....Mr. Harvey FAIRIES
Mrs. Colonel Carver. ver....................
.............. Miss Katherine Beckett
Mrs, WOodcOck .... Miss Mary Anthony
Mrs. Larkings, ...... Mrs. Lillian H. Cloak
Susan. an................Mrs J. H. Speakman
They had just been married, and
"Mr. Woodcock," Mr.. John LeFevre,
as the groom, and "Mrs. Woodcock, -
Miss Mary Anthony, as the bride,
were very charming looking pair,
especially the bride, who, gowned in
white with veil en- traine, was pic
ture. They had entered upon the
threshold of what seemed a happy
married life, until the "mother- in law
"Mrs. Colonel Carver" Miss Kath-
crime Beckett, began to "henpeck'
the life of her new son-in-law, and
then in her efforts to have her daughter
ana nerselt lead gay society life in
London, the play carries the story out
in a manner highly amusing to the
audience, which continues without
abatement until "Woodcock" PLAYS
his "little game" The characters
taken by Miss Beckett and Mr.. John
LeFevre were highly commendable.
Each one seemed especially adapted
to their parts, and each one acted with
credit upon themselves. Commenda-
ton should not be kept from the rest
of the cast for all acted their parts
well, and gave the audience a surprise
in amateur talent that brought forth
favorable criticisms on all sides.
Between the first and second act OF
the above comedy Miss Ethel Rogers,
of Clayton, rendered a solo entitled
Little Yaller Coon" and so we'll did
she captivate her audience that salts.
faction was not assured until she was
called before thefOotlights for second