The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-06
BROWNIES AND FAIRIES.
Great Was the Production Last Week in
Lyceum Hall.

As u gorgeous 6ub0Itdluuu6ut, ds a
home production, as an elaborate
spectacle, the Brownies in Fairy
land was a success. Mr.. Douglas
has good reason to feel proud of the
manner in which the youngsters
acquitted themselves. They were in
training only two weeks yet every
thing went off as smoothly as though
the performers were old hands at the
business.
And no one can complain of the
audiences either, for both at night and
in the afternoon the house was vel
filed.
There were about 100 Morristown
children in the production and at
least half of them acted as though
stage business was nothing new.
The scheme of the play is that the
fairies are afraid of being attacked
by the Dragon and some insects of
the air. While wondering what they
can do to escape from their foes the
Brownies appear on the scene. They
come in balloon which bursts as it
nears the place where the Fairies are
standing. The Brownies fall into a
tree top and thus get to the ground.
At this point the Fairies skip out
and kindly leave the stage to the
Brownies. After time they all get
together and then the Fairies tell their
tale of woe. The Brownies are duly
impressed with the gravity of the
situation and in good old fashioned
style agree to play the gallant. They
prepare for war against the forces of
the air and soon are battling for their
lives, but the insects prove too much
for them and they flee for their lives.
Then they form new plan of bat
tie and this time they go in and win.
Great is the rejoicing of the fairies.
AS the poet would say "They there
after lived in peace, died in Greece
and were buried in a lump of tai
low.
Well the parts were all we'll taken
No one can possibly sas that he or
she might have done this or that part
better. & Bessie Tompkins as Queen
Flora was a veritable queen, and she
acted the part. The other girls, Of
whom there were half a hundred OF
more. all looked alike and looked
very pretty. But the boys were diff
ferent. No two of them looked alike
and they all looked like sin. They
were funny as could be, too. II
might be good thing to name over
the funniest ones of the Brownies
But that would be an interminablt
job as they all were so very funny
However we will say that the sailor
boy caused several paryxosms o.
laughter Cholly Boutonniere made
a very fetching dude, in fact he was
the brownie exquisite and no mis-
take
The best fun of all, however, was
the cake walk. Six couples partici
pated in this exhibition and all drew
forth round after round of applause
At night the cake was won by little
Doris Guerin and Ellis Bower. Dor
is was the sweetest little thing imag
Unable and she danced with all the
grace of a young lady. Her partnei
had good deal to do with winning
the cake. too, for it was his heaC
which took the couple to victory.
In the afternoon the cake was VOL
by Katherine and Richard Platt.
Among the best cake walkers were
! Gladys Guerin and Armin Hoffman
but, unluekily they were little to-
large to win the appreciation of tn
audience.
The music of the operetta was de
lightful. Some of the numbers wer,
very beautiful. One of these wa
Mammy's Little Punkin-C ColoreC
Coons. - Another was the medley
on popular songs of the day. Thi
work showed to advantage the many
fine voices in the chorus