The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-30

Crossen and Frank ''The Warmest
Babies in Coon Town" is especially de-
serving of mention. They acquitted
themselves gracefully and were perfectly
at ease while on the stage. Their farce
tragedy was cleverly executed and was
warmly applauded, which showed that
the audience more than appreciated
their efforts.
]. F. Hampshire and Arthur Clarke in
their original sketch f'Life in Alabam''
were superior to any time they haye yet
appeared before Dalles house. They
are always good but this was the time
they excelled themselves. In the first
of their sketch they took the part of an
old couple and sang an old time song,
and then Mr.. Clark in a lightning
change appeared as dandy and anus
ed the audience With monologne for
few minutes until Mr.. Hampshire, ,thefe-
male impersonator, put in anappearance
when they Gang several songs in their
usual pleasing way, receiving rounds
of applause, and as an encore did some
very pretty dancing, introducing many
new and difficult steps.
The cake walk, which was the grand
finale of the play was one of the best ever
produced in the city. It is thought by
some had the walkers partaken in
the grand cake walk given at the Irish
fair in Portland Friday, our ''coons"
would have surely carried away the
prize. Fred Van Norden, in an excel
lent and easy manner, as master of
ceremonies, introduced the couples and
led the way, The first to appear were
the little girls, Hazel Waud in full dress
costume with Leila Kelsay on her arm.
They did very creditably and held the
audience in spell for no more graceful
couple were seen on the stage. Messrs.
Crossen and Barrett then came upon the
scene and from the applause they re-
celved one would have thought the cake
was theirs. Next came Messrs. Parkins
and Heroux and executed some very
pretty steps and were awarded several
rounds of applause. Messrs. Snipes and
Heppner appeared in very pretty cos
tunes and with grace and cleverness gave
the spectators one of the prettiest dances
of the evening, They were followed by
Messrs. Frank and Clifford and from the
moment of their entrance were given re-
peated applause. Their makeup was
exceedingly good and they did more than
justice to themselves. Last, but not
least, were the stars of the evening,
Messrs. Clarke and Hampshire, who
executed a most difficult dance and were
received with most cordial greeting
After the grand march the contestants
lined up and as the cake was presented
before each couple they were given re-
peated applause. The last in line were
the little Misses Kelsay and Waud and
when the cake was placed before them
he building fairly shook with the ap-
plause by the audisnce. As announc
on the program the couple receiving the
most applause was to be awarded the
cake, so the last named couple was the
successful one.
The orchestra, under the direction of
Prof. A. T. Baldwin, discoursed sweet
music during the performance and the
audience listened to. it with great
pleasure.
Besides the players much praise is due
R. II. Lonsdale, who is business man
ager of the company, for great deal is
due to his efforts that the show was the
decided success it was. AS parting we
will say, boys, you have worked hard to
give the public good time, and we can
candidly say you have succeeded to the
uttermost.