The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-26
A GREAT SUCCESS.
WAS THE ARTISTS RECITAL GIVEN
BY MODERN WOODMEN.
YOUNG LADIES GIVE A PARTY.
st, Georges School Hall is Turned Into
Theater-" Fab1ola" and THE Cham
pion of Her sex" Rendered in
Delightful Manner.

opera mouse MONDAY evening uuu6t
the auspices of Fred n. Tracey, OF
Chicago, proved to be the artistic sue
cess of the season. A small but appro
ciative audience was present, and the
applause given the artists showed thac
the citizens of Kenosha appreciate the
better class of music.
The program opened with a very
pretty piano solo by Miss Rose Lewis,
which was followed by solo, g When
Grandma Was Little Girl" b. little
Miss Ferry, who has a sweet voice and
a cunning stage appearance. She
received an encore and sang another
verse of the song.
Charles K. Lindsay, of Chicago,
made his first appearance in KenOsha
as a violinist and scored a signal sue
cess. He played the Fantasia Ca
price" in very charming manner and
he received an encore, TO which he
responded with reverie by Remeny,
After Mr.. Lindsay's solo Miss Alice
Smythe pleased the audience with q
number of selections on the Crome
orchestral piano. The instrument is a
novelty in itself and with the clever
work of Miss Smythe it produced a
very charming effect and a double
encore followed. Miss Smythe re
sponded with a mandolin solo ot yCTpu-
lar airs and an imitation of piano
playing half a mile away, which pro.
duced great merriment,
Following Miss Smythe the star OF
the evening, Master Horace Simms,
appeared and sang in a clear soprano
voice ii beautiful love ballad entitled
' Since Thou Art Mine" He of course
received an encore, and responded
with pretty comic song. Master
Simms certainly deserves his title,
the Wisconsin wonder. His high notes
are exceedingly soft and clear, and his
manner of singing, which is free lfrom
the professional air, was much in lbis
favor, and made him many VAIN
friends among the audience. Later in
the evening he sang Adams beautiful
sacred solo, I" The Holy City" Louis
Yeoman was the next number on the
program and his cornet solo was one
of the most enjoyable features of the
program. Mr.. Tracey then sang
"Queen of the EARTH" and the mas
terly way in which he sang it brought
forth a storm of applause. He re-
sponded with pretty sentimental bal
lad. The most successful number ON
the program and the one which took
the house by storm was the reading by
Miss Susie Rowe. She gave the inspir-
ing chariot race from Ben Hur and she
did it in such a manner that the entire
audience seemed to feel the great ex-
element in tie Roman arena. She
was greeted with hearty encore and
spoke negro poem, " When the Folks
Are Gone"
After a number of musical numbers
the program closed with a patriotic
flag drill under the direction of Miss
Rowe, which was exceedingly pretty
and brought forth loud applause
A large audience was present at St.
Georges school hall last evening to lis
ten to the first large public entertain
ment given this spring by the Young
Ladies' society. There were few va
can't seats in the house when the
Stemm Bros. Union orchestra OF six
played the opening number and the
curtain rose. The program was COM
posed of an English play and also one
in German, "The Champion of Her
Sex" being the English play. 1t was
we'll rendered. 1t is impossible to
praise the actors one by one and select
any one scene in which every young
lady did not do excellently. In one word
and way all did we'll.
The Champion of Her Sex" is
bright and witty and the young ladies
and gentlemen brought out the best
points in the piece. Miss Ritter, as
Maggie Donovan, an Irish maid, made
decided hit and brought down the
house several times. The members of
the company were:
Mrs Duplex ............. Miss M. Muese1er
Mrs Deborah Hartshorn her mother
. 49,. .............. Miss K. BrockhaUS
Florence Duplex, her daughter .........
Observation-Disclosures. Miss M. Schultz
Caroline Duplex her stepdaughter. -.
............ ........... Miss L. Meyer
Rhoda Dendron Florence. Miss K. BoerneE
Polite Nay Friends go. Miss E. Meyer
Katie O'NieI, the Cook Miss L. zens
Maggie Donovan, the Maid. Miss j. Ritter
The German play followed and was
exceedingly interesting. The best
parts were we'll taken by John Stein
bach and Miss Reicherts. The cast OF
characters for Fabiola" was as fol-
lows:
Fabiola .......... Miss Katie ReCherts
CT Agnes Miss Schmidt
ETulvius John SteinBach
project ....................F F. MueSeleE
Svra a Slave . 49, Rosie Ludwig
ARA a Slaye.. . ........ Katie LaueT
Graya. Slave of Fabiola $3.50. Katie SchulieE