The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
New and Notes of the Stage and
Stage People.

Feb.1, at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,
to DIR. w. Hoffman, of Honolulu, and
she will make her future home on the
Island where Mr.. Hoffman is in the
medical department of the United
States military service. Miss Mcneil
was with the Boston Ideal Concert
Company, to whom she had disposed
of the properties of company that
she had on the roadslast season. She
has been seen in musical roles in all
the largest Cities of this country and
has achieved quite degree Of sue
cess in her work. The lady is sister
of w. A. and J. f. McNeill, of this
city.
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j. w. andsMattie Smith, who were
seen in the c:tys Saturday evening
with the Breezy Time Company, can
celled their. engagement with the
companyihere and departed for Chi
cage where they will take a much
needed rest before engaging in other
work. They were the members OF
the musical team that gave number
of very clever specialties, and Mr..
Smith was seen as the lightning
sketch artist
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"At Gay Coney Island" was the bill
at the Masonic Friday evening. Bert
Weston and Charles Belmont were in
the title roles of the principle fun
makers and were intended to carry
the weight OF the piece. There was
not much to carry. The piece was
made very popular a few seasons ago
by Matthews and Bulger and it had
big run in New York and the East
generally. The piece as seen Friday
evening was hardly the ghost of the
original play and it was disappoint-
ing. The two comedians were rather
common place as fun makers and had
it not been for some exceptionally
clever specialties the piece would
have fallen very fat. There was one
bright spot in the cast, however, in
the person of Matte Lockette. She
danced and sang well and had pretty
ways that won the attention of the
entire house. Her dancing was
particularly clever and graceful. The
whistling and limitations of ALI Holt
called forth Imuch applause and he
had to repeat the performance num-
Der of times. Marie Stori proved her
self an artist of the violin and rem
dered solo violin obligato. by herself
that was we'll done.
ALI Holt has signed with the Murray
& Mack Company for next season
and will be seen in this city again
next season.
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Chas Walters, the popular travel
ing passenger agent of the Iowa Cen
trail has quite a reputation along the
line of the road and elsewhere as a
comedian. He is quite versatile and
does the Irish dialect and the "mean
coon" with equal ease and excellence.
Charles is also good singer and his
piano work has been admired where
ever it has been heard. The last stage
appearance of Mr.. Walters was at
Mason City, Feb. 20, where he was
featured by the Elks Minstrel given
in that place, as the bad Coon from
Muchakinock." 1t is needless to say
that he made hit, and he had to re-
spond to repeated en- cores.
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Future dates for the Masonic opera
HOUSE announced by Manager Fritz
are as follows:
"Yale's Devils Auction" March 3.
"DellaIRocco," March 6.
"Chattanooga," March 8.
Vincent Stock Company week of
March IL.
Remember the Maine," l.. j..
Carter, March %.
"a RoyallReception," March 80.
Fields Minstrels, April 8.
Don't Tell My Wife," April 4.
"a Child of the South" April, 8.
"Other Peoples Money, "April 9.
Yales Evil Eye" April IL.
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Walkerl Whiteside, who was to
have taken a date here last week fail
ed to materialize and "a Stranger in
New York." that was dated for last
Thursday evening cancelled Oska-
loosa with notice as also did "a Pair
of BlacklEyes" that was to have ap-
peared here Saturday evening.
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Fred McClanahan representing the
Van Dyke Eaton COMPANY, was in
the city last week. He wanted to get
the date of fair week, but Mr.. Fritz
would not close with him. There are
number of attractions in view for
that date and there will be something
exceptionally strong picked for that
| date.
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Mr.. Fritz thinking that Mrs. Elmer
Walters of thes "Side Tracked Com
pany" that played in this city not
long ago was daughter of r. w.
Bowers, the theatrical agent who
committed suicide in his room in the
Hotel Downing on the 18th inst, by
drinking carbolic acid, wrote Mr..
Walters concerning the affair and re-
ceiy ed the following reply: