Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-11-12


has in nothing degenerated. She is alive
today with divine energy and fecun-
dity that will continue to multiply these
great results.
THEATRICALS.
The members of the Last Rose of Sum-
mer Dramatic Club, of St. Paul's church,
will present during Christmas week the
grand drama entitled "The Last Loaf, "
by George NJ. Baker. This drama is in
tensely interesting, and as a temperance
play it has never been surpassed. With
the talent possessed by the above club
there is nothing to prevent it from being
a success. Rev. Father York, pastor of
ST. Paul's, is very anxious that the play
should come off at the said time and
neither money nor pains should be spared
TO make it a success. New scenery will
be painted for the occasion and every
thing is to come off in grand style. The
members of the Last Rose of Summer
Club are Messrs. Joseph +. Hill, Reilly
G. Ford, John McCrocklin, Joseph Creagh,
Albert Ford, Frank Pilson and Thomas
Nolan, and Misses Mary f. Hoertz, Clara
Volz, Maggie Hoertz and Lena futile. All
of these young people are stars in anna
teur theatricals.
A rare treat is in store next week for
the patrons of the Temple Theater. The
Meffert Stock Company will present one
of the greatest plays of the century,
"Cyrano de Bergerac," which is now be-
ing played by Richard Mansfield in New
York City. This play has thrilled France
and aroused the interest of all America.
1t will be given a superb production with
beautiful scenery and all the necessary
accessories. In the action and every
thing that makes a drama notable and
great "Cyrano de Bergerac" is rich.
There will be largely augmented cast,
about forty people appearing on the
stage. The costumes will surpass any
thing seen here this season. This will be
the only chance to see this great play in
Louisville this season, and the popular
theater should be overcrowded at each
performance. Notwithstanding the adj
ditional expense incurred, there will be
no advance in prices. Col. Meffert and
his excellent company are furnishing a
better line of attractions than any other
theater in Louisville This is why their
house is so popular.
The Otto Brothers in their new farce
comedy, "All Aboard" which will be
seen at the Avenue next week, is said to
be one of the funniest farce-comedies
that has been played in this city in years.
The company is composed of exception
ally bright and prepossessing people,
every one an artist in his way. The
play has Just thread enough of plot to
remind one of what was going on after
some Interpolation had been finished.
The brightest, cleanest specialties, CATCH
lest music, richest witticisms and most
eccentricities go to make up
the nightmare of fun bound up in "All
Aboard" 1t would be difficult to indi-
because no one sustains a
straight role, but assumes various char
acters in specialties introduced as we'll
as i'll the piece. Sufficient to say that the
company is first class.
lemons Black Crook Extravaganza,
an extraordinary attraction not new to
the play-goer, will appear at the Buck
ingham, week commencing tomorrow.
1t is replete with new ideas intelligently
interpreted by company of well-known
players, headed by the peerless Grace
Vangn, the thorough burlesque queen.
Hughes and Hughes, William Mitchell,
Murray and Everett, and a score of pretty
girls, who can all sing and dance, go to
make up a programme never before
equaled by any travelling organization.
The costumes are of Partisan design,
and, together with the special scenery,
form as pleasing a picture to the eye as
can we'll be imagined, costly yet taste
full. The beauty is heightened by the
clever and original electric effects, the
of light and color, youth
and beauty, being fully realized in a
most perfect sense. The burlesque or
burletta was written by the well-known
author and comedian, Mr.. Joseph Mitch
ell, and is entitled 1.-THE -Four O'Clock
Club" in which the full strength of the
company is required, and where are seen
the bewildering groupings of handsomely
formed women. clever, funny comedians,
and beautiful music, which form a
fitting climax to an entertainment that is
certainly far ahead of the times. Moth
ing has been left undone to make it the
leader of the burlesque shows. Some
special features in the vaudeville line
are Mile Annie, the celebrated electric
dancer, whose equal has not been seen
in Louisville, her act being one of the
most artistic conceptions ever seen, the
services of six electricians being en-
gagged to produce the many marvellous
light effects. There will also appear the
Ben Mowatt trio, the well-known cham
pion clog manipulators, who were last
season featured with the Primrose and
West minstrel
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