The herald., 1898-05-17
n0AlANCf "CALIFIA"


oovoral Hundreds Of Performers OF
the Stage Some Attractive
The long-looked-for and much-advertiset
'Catna." . romance Of California, giver
under the auspices Of the Christian Hos.
plfal association. opened last evening in the
Lee Angeles theater. The size of the au.
:dlsnes was rather disappointing, consider.
lng the object for which 1t is given and the
uumber of people interested. The romance
4 divided into four acts, including wide
scope Of California history. from the dis
oovery Of the state to the year 1900.
The common nnrmity of amateur per-
formances in general was not absent in
this; the acts were too long drawn out AMI
The waits between scenes were trying to
the audience, though solos and trios were
thrown in to MI up the gaps.
The opening scene, wherein Queen Cali
IA holds court with her maiden warriors
n the mythical days when only women are
said to have inhabited the country. was
the most effective Of the evening. Mrs.
allverWood made q very stately, handsome
queen, in her royal robes, and the dances
before her majesty were graceful and pic
turesque. notably the soloists. Misses Ybar-
eAndo, shallabarger and Hitchcock.
The following is the full cast:
Queen Califia-Mrs. F. B. Sherwood.
Maids Of honor-Misses Mae Gilmore.
Edith Neustead, Claire L. Funk. Marie
Maiden
Pages Misses Gentry wickiser. Marian
Allen. Ethel Cantley. Ruth Munsey.
Heralds-Misses Helen Smith, Gertrude
MASON.
Trumpeter-M Miss Adeline Meek.
Flower sirls-A6isses Katherine Powell.
Ethel Grey. Minnie Cronkhite. Clara Smith.
Nusictans- Misses Louise Marshall, Mary
Mitchell. Lila Jacoby, Dora Flynn, Rosa
Loeb.
soloists-6rs. Edward Quinlan. Miss
Mary Ybarrondo. Miss Eta Jacoby, Mrs.
y. n. Colby.
Chorus Of maidens-Mrs Delphine Todd
Colby. Mrs. Frank Bryson, Misses OrillA
Donnell, Georgia Mitchell, Florence Mac
kensis, Florence Garfield. Daisy Daviss6n.
Myrtle Markson. Mabel Train. Blanche
Donnell, Mary Belle Daily and zaidee Max
well.
Palm bearers-Mrs. H. wickizer, Misses
Carrie Stanton. Lillian Whelpley. Gene
We've Bourne, Helen DAVIDSON. Birdie WILL
lie, Mrs. @. H. Robinson.
The Fates-Misses May Dewar, Ethel In
gram. Ida Hatch. Gladys Bean, Nora
Forthman, Mabel Hooker, Helen Stocker,
Celia Breitstein, Frances Newmark, Lille
Sunderland.
Solo dancer-Miss Irene Shellabarger.
Gypsy-Miss May Hitchcock.
Observation-Disclosures Oliver P. Posey,
Howard NJ. Sale. E. R. Smith, N. Catching.
Solo-Miss Mary de Ybarrondo; accom-
PIANIST, Mr.. Hernandez; Bandurria obli-
cato.
The second act was the founding of San
Gabriel mission. the feature of which was
found in the solos by Mr.. Quinlan, who rep
resented Father Junipero Sierra. The other
characters were as follows:
Assistant Padfes-Messrs G. H. Robin
son. George Rice.
Altar boys-Alfred Walsh and Sidney
Butler.
Mexicans and Sailors-Messrs. L. H.
Conklin, ]. C. Chaffee, A. L. Sargent, A. F.
Tingstrom, r. e. Bowen, ]. A. Bonner, 8.
A. Kelso. W. C. Sallada, Eugene Hart F.
H. Thompson. A. p. Skinner, w. A. Dutton,
H. c. Jones. E. Van Horne, w. A. Will
Iiams. Bruce Hatch
Indians-Messrs. ]. W. Powell, p. D. Oil
vera, e. W. Turner, H. s. Trip. c. B. Full
Ter, L. E. Abrams.
The Priests-Messrs. Will E. Kessler, r.
v. Dell, w. R. Harper, R. E. X. Bell, ].
Morris, E. e. Stanier. James K. Stinch-
comb. Walter Brown. Horace King, L. M.
Anderson. William Hart. L. v. Shaw, Il.
n. Graham, w. NJ Graham, C. T. Barr, G.
H. Valentine.
Indian Maidens-Misses Mollie B. Wilson,
Mamie Young, Clara Irwin, Belle Robson,
Mrs. o. B. Fuller Misses Villa venable,
Julia Penfeld, Ruth French, Nellie Keith,
Florence Garfield, Jennie Wagner. Julia
Weaver. ST.
Observation-Disclosures A. c. Smither,
J. J. Schaiiert, J. Ross Clark, Irving L.
Blinn, c. B. Woodhead. L. C. Black.
The next scene opened with battle be-
tween Indians, Mexicans and United States
soldiers, which wiped the aborgines and
Mexicans from the face of the earth in
less time than 1t takes to tell It, The fol-
lowing troop did the execution:
@. A. r. Posts-Commander, w. 8. Dau-
benspeck; Messrs. L. X. Miller, F. j. Cres-
sey. Henry Putnam. John W. Francis, ].
w. Van House. James Angus. J. N. Davis,
II. 8. Thome. L. o. Merrill. G. F. Dutton,
H. W. Cole, G. H. Parker, F. Roth. w. R.
Nelson. James Quad, E. o. Felts. Henry
Wolf. Fred Jugnut, J. R. Osborn, c. w.
Griswold. William Young, c. N. Keller,
Charles Schrontz, John Davis, F. w.
Stein. T. F. Laycock. H. Glaze, George
Copelin.
Sons Of veterans-Messrs. L. H. Conklin,
James e. Bonner, Frank Bowen, Carl sa-
lada. w. A. Dutton, F. c. Chaffin, H. c.
Jones. g. A. Kelso. z. Van Horne, w. A
Williams. A. p. Skinner. Eugene Hart, A.
r. Tingstrom, A. L. Sergeant.
Then followed mining camp and pio-
nesr wedding, which possessed the
charm Of originality, for nothing like them
was ever seen except in the widest flights
Of Imagination. As a representative
mining camp, 1t would have required a
label for the genuine lyer. The miners
yeres &.
Aunt Fanny-Mrs. H. Wickizer.
a Young Professionalism H. Foley.
Friends Messrs. e. H. Graham, r.
Wynn. Herbert Harris, w. T. Garrett, r.
". Lewis, W. =. Harper.
Ladies' Misses Louise Marshall. Dora
ylynn. Name Hazeltine. Mrs. W. M. Killing,
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