Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-18

large quantity of capable material.
which is far better than the average
amateur material, and as such produc-
tons as Monday night are for men,
bers only, many of the members have
been talking of presenting a play in the
Worcester Theatre. Such decision on
the part of the club would be hailed
with delight by hundreds who have
heard of the wonderful work at the
Belmont, and it is among the possibili-
ties that the members will decide to pro-
duce burlesque.
The active and associate members of
the club assembled at Hotel Belmont
about $50 o'clock last night, and at
o'clock were served with a cold supper
up to the standard Of the hotel. Accord
ing to the agreement each mess must
provide nourishment as well as enter
tainment for the other members in it's
turn, and Monday night Mess offered
its guests the following menu:
Shrimp Salad. Potato Salad.
Boned Turkey Cold Lamb Chops.
Lobster Salad. Baked Beans
Sliced Turkey. Ham Sandwiches.
Cheese. Coffee.
Olives Cucumbers Pickles.
While the company was engaged with
the supper the members selected for
the burlesque quietly slipped away and
prepared their costumes and toilets for
the play. At 8 o'clock the guests were
admitted to the theatre and shortly af-
forwards the curtain was rung up.
Othello "a naygure man)-Last act he
was a general with big G. This act is
a commodore with a big G. 1t seems
inappropriate, but after all it amounts
to the same thing. (Read this when
you're sober and you will like it, Be
sure and don't forget the number
George A. Davis.
Iago-Quite as unpleasant a man as
he was in the last act except that he
doesn't sing. Shakspere gives him some
awful things to say in this act. We
have him whisper those.-Henry Y.
Simpson.
Cassio-He opens the act with humil-
ity and with much the same feeling
which you experienced on the morning
after mess l, but he gets right up into
Halcott form before the curtain falls
Henry 2. A. Schmidt
Roderigo-The same old swell.
Wouldn't take the part at first. 1t was
like pulling teeth to get him to sing,
but we succeeded in removing the rub
Der dam and other pFofane distractions,
and now he'd take no back talk from a
thrush.-Dr. A. F. Townsend.
The Duke of Venice-With the same
old itch in his back. Talk about sing
ingi Wait till you hear his tenor in the
trio, chorus, fourth time through.-G.
Go-almost said it, Wait!-George A.
Goddard
The Minister of War-Have you no
ticeo any change in the date this time?
With apologies for existence.-H. w.
Doe.
The Landlord-This is thinking part
and we have naturally had great diff
Guilty in finding any one in the club
whom we thought capable Of taking it
on the night of the performance. John
Akarman threw it up in a minute last
time. 1t is liable to be either John Allen,
Frank Smith, or DR.. Barton or Waldo
Sessions or Charles H. Prentice, or
William H. Burns.
Desdemona-Who has been married
since Mess a year ago, and is getting
near tired of it. Oh, but they use her
rough.-Albert H. Lange.
Bianca-A sweet thing, q sure thing
and an easy thing. Specially engaged
for this night only blindness of Mana
ger E. E. Rice of the Girl from Paris"
company).-Fred H. Cculson.
Enilia-She's lieutenant, an unwil-
ling lieutenant OF lagos Desdemona's
confidential confidante and worthy Of
all confidence.-Dr. Warren F. Gilman.
Scrapo-A violineestnitz, or fiddler
A. A. Bickneu.
Chorus dhey don't know the words
and only one or two of them sing
otherwise they're good)-R. w. Clifford,
George c Halcott. DR.. j. NJ. Barton, w.
n Buxton, Fred P. Dean, Fred A.
Brooks.
Ballet Subject to change without no.
tice read the names and guess why)-|
Col. Henry e. Smith, William F. Rob
inson, Harry A. Adams, Fred NJ. Clark,
Jr.
scene-The foot of pier 247, Cyprus,
showing the custom house and the Sea-
he ~,
--Dean).
According to the progra, the executive
staff for the production was: Stage
manager, T. Haywood Blood; musical
director, E. j. Quackenboss; properties,
Frank P. Kendall; ballet master, VIII
liam q. Barton; call boy, Ernest H.
Vaughan; perruquier, John E. Allen:
prompter, William Pierce.
The action of the production was lib
orally punctuated with musical num-
bers, the list being as. follows:
Opening chorus. We're Now in Cyprus
Song ....................."T 1.-THE Cocktail"
Cassie.
Song ..,........,.. Commodore othello"
Othelo.
with Hornpipe Divertisement)
Gag song,
But That Was a Long Time Ago"
Othello, Desdemona. Roderigo Cassie
and Blanca.
Oratorical selection,
"a Woman's Pocket"
Caste and Chorus
.s.Twos Company and Three's a Crowd
Blanca, Duke and Minister
Duet .......,......."T 1.-THE Act is Long,
Othello and Desdemona.
Finale,
Othello, Desdemona, Cassie and Chorus.
The principals in the cast all covered
themselves with glory, but the bright
star Of the evening was George A. Da-
Wis, who, as Othello, was all the author
could wish. His solo. Commodore
OtheIlo,s was the hit Of the musical
numbers, the singer being required to
sing a half dozen verses. The song,
But That Was Long Time Ago" was
also one of the hits Of the evening, the
verses, of which there were a score, be-
ing devoted to hitting off peculiarities
of the members of the club. The trio,
by. Messrs. Goddard Coulson and Doe,
was another number which would make
hit before any audience.
OF the participants with minor parts
the ballet undoubtedly was the event of
the night. In this Harry A. Adams and
Col. Henry e. Smith were dressed in
sailor costumes, and Fred M. Clark, Jr.,
and William +. Robinson were attired
in girls yachting dress. The quartet
danced sailors hornplpe; the move
ments of Messrs, Adams and Smith