The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-03-25
The Doctor of A1cantara.

/ The improvements on the interior O.
Village hall are completed and every
one will want to attend the opening
event, ''The Doctor of Alcantara, 7
Tuesday evening. This is a comic
opera in two parts and given by home
talent. To encourage home talent is q
good object, and when the proceeds OF
he ente rtainment are for the benefit
OF the Village Hall Association the OBJ
ject is two fold. The entertainment
promises to be one of the best ever
given in Bradford. The scenery is
new and beautiful, the costumes ele-
CANT and the music bright and pleas
ing. Among the features will be S.
II. Kent as Perez, the comic porter,
solos and duets by Chauncey Morris
and Clara Dow Hooker, Clayton En-
win as Don Pomposo, and readings by
Miss Edith Bruce Jones. The parts
are all we'll taken and the chorus is
ready to do excellent work Follow
ing is the cast of characters:
Doctor Paracelsus, Chauncey Morris
Senior Balthazar Eugene H. Sleeper
Carlos, his son, Edward e Mum
Perez, that comic porter, s. FL. Kent
Don Pomposo, Alguazil, Clayton Erwin
DOhllb w llC VI Jl' dl bCClSuS,
Maude E. Harris
Isabella her daughter, Maude II. Clarke
lnez, her maid, Clara Dow Hooker
Grand Chorus.
Scene in the house of DR.. Paracelsus,
Alcantara
Reader, Edith Bruce Jones.
Pianist, Georgia Erwin.
Stage Manager, Eugene H. Sleeper
All will be interested in the follow
ing description of the Improvements
made on the hall:
The audience room is done in combi-
nation of harmonious tints. The ceiling
is divided into four panels, the ground
work of each a pink flesh color, with
me line OF blue green on the, edges, and
inside this is a tasty stencil pattern of
Ochre. The stile color around the panels
is OF a sea green with a deeper shade of
the same for a connecting stripe. A CEN
ter piece of twelve feet in diameter with
a raised plaster middle comes where the
four panels corner together. This center
piece is painted in robbins egg blue, ul-
dark bronze green, raw UNI
ber, gold bronze, yellow ochre. On the
flat surface around the plaster is a stencil
pattern of darker shade. The frieze on
the outside wall which connects with the
ceiling is arched, presenting concave
surface, and in this is wide band of
en- ochre with graceful stencil scroll
2tkledialm brown touched up with gold
Age Below this is a wide striDe of
ST5Wn and larger band of Roman ochre,
Ind below this on the side walls is an oak
eaf stencil. he color of the side walls
S a rich cream tint. The dado, which is
painted in oil color to six and one-half
eet from The floor, is of light Indian red
,olor. In the gallery the colOring and |
work correspond to the main hall. The |
t for Il e +l,p I,n11 -, Il 4 nd
where the old square opening was, is now |
illed with proscenfum arch oval on
Op, with beveled stage opening. This /
lrch is made in sections for removal, CIV |
ng the full width of the stage for large
The proscenium arch is |
astily propOrtioned, and the groundwork |
PAINTED an electric green color, ornament |
ID with gold outline tracings of original
handsome scroll patterns. The drop |
urtain 20Xl2 1-2 feet, painted in oil col |
rs, is masterpiece of scenic art. In the |
enter is grand painting of the Entrance |
o the Garden of Gods, Yellowstone Park. |
The beauty of this famous piece of nat /
lral scenery with its rich cOlOring is /
brought out from the bright |
parking obelisk rocks in its foreground .
o the distant SnOW-Capped Pixies Peak, |
md one can hardly realize that they are /
'nly viewing a flat piece of canvas in
tead of the beautiful scene itself Out
ide around the painting is found a heavy
mass Of scroll of the Rocco style done in
,Old and COlOrS on ground work of olive
reen which reaches to the edge of the
pening arch. This painting was copied
rom photograph and Mr. Andrus has
portrayed the beauty of one of
ature's most pleasing wonders. On the
tage are four drop scenes in diStemper
OlOrS. A realistic street scene, a beauti-
III modern pa.lor with black walnut
wood work, with openings showing a hall
Tay through hanging poI there's, also Ii
rary. Scene No. 3 is kitchen with gray
lastered walls door, window and Chin
ey. The fourth scene is bright harmO-
ious landscape, the design and cOloring
eing particularly fine. AT the rear of
he stage is a stationary or set piece with
large center opening. This is the most
laborate and useful piece of all the seen
ry, and can be used for many purposes,
S either interior or an exterior. 1t is a
ombinatiOn of draperies, flowers, orna-
rental work, etc, handsomely painted in
eeenlsh gray, rich purples, carmine,
ronzes, green's, pink and sienna.
A much desired improvement has been
ne enlargement of the stage capacity,
'hich now has a floor surface of 25x4O ft.
laking it much larger than ordinary
alls of its size. 1t now has ample accom-
lodations for large entertainments. The
'ork is completed to the satisfaction of
II The stockholders were fortunate in
9curing an artist of Mr. A ndrus' ability
nd experience to do the work in such an
rtistic and complete manner.