The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-08-13
DRAMA IN COYTESVlLLE.
MR.. BARRYMORE AND MS FRIENDS
GIVE A SNOW.
The Theatre Was q Shed. and the Curtain Was
Made Of Bunting-Every Chair In Coytes.
Vile In Use-NOw the Firemen viii Have

The Theatre Was q shed. and the Curtain Was
Made Of Bunttng-Every Chair In Coytes.
vile In Use-Now the Firemen Will Have
Uniforms. for Il Was u Paying House.
1t isn't often that the natives OF Coytesville
and Fort Lee get a chance TO see real dramauc
art right on their own heath. When they
want to hear the real thing they have to como
over to New York ma a usual thing. but on
saturday night they had a how Of their own
and it beat ANYTHING that New York has done
In the amusement line all summer long. And
the fact Of which Coytesville boasts most Is that
, the performers are residents oil that classic
village.
The show resulted from the efforts Of The
cit zens of Coyte,ville to organize a IRE COM
pany Mt the beginning OF the summer. The hat
was passed around among the natives and
money enough subscribed to purchase a hose
cart. The next thing TO do was to get the uni
forms. What's the GOOD OF a volunteer fire
company without uniforms2 They couldn't
put a Are out in a week unless they had helmets
and red shirts. TO say nothing Of keeping
the company's roster full. Uniforms must be
had.
so one Of the fremen went to Maurice Barry
more. who is a resident OF Coytesvllle. lie
ism raising pigs aud chickens. but he spends
his summers there. So do Henry v. Donnelly,
George d. Macintyre. Miss Dorothy Donnelly,
dramatic folk. Wouldn't they give an enter.
tainment as a benefit for the hose company
bs sIp, pnen sSia he ssiS S9 IVA hello Dos sU x Seo on
That was only a week ago.
Barrymore emerged from Coytesville long
enough TO go 10 the Lambs Club and corral a
bunch OF actors and actresses. He secured
dozen and made them promise 10 90 over sat
urday night and do Their best stunts, There
was no stage and no scenery anywhere In that
part Of Jersey. but the firemen. under, Mr..
MaCintyre's direction. turned raemers picnic
grove in Fort Lee into a passable place They
rugged up a stcd into a stage IN front Of the
out Of a lot Of red, white and blue
6 6Gnt,nE S Scenery y.. eP S2a,sb, to o Wsks f,a half ys avn
York. All the chairs In Coytesville and Fort leo
were borrowed and set in front OF the stage.
cover ne the dancing platform, and all theinter.
vening space. A piano. a violin and O cornet
were obtained Tor an orchestra and. incldentnly,
PLAYERS OF Iocal fame were furnished for each OF
the Instruments.
When SATURDAY. night came every thing was in
readiness. BY 3 O'Clock there wasn't a seat left,
Almost every inhabitant of Coytesvilis and
n mors b na,f OF sps SGTt 1ee thar, I%nn say c% of the aS Ses york york
players had played TO before. Baby carriages
were scattered all over the grounds, with their
S'S %Smma. S STR'n ~nra enq GrS'f fsoedd Pnpa There Sne
were lots OF. pretty girls some Jerseyites and
some New Workers., and The shirt-waist man was
fully represented. some With suspenders and
some Without. II was real nice, homelike gath
ering, and when n baby howled at the most In
OPT fortune time It didn't cut any figure.
Barrymore was the Whole show. In addi-
ton 30 appearing himself in "A Man Of the
Norld. In which piece. by the way, his son
John made his dramatic debut under the name
Of John Sydney he was, in the front" Of the
house as the head Of the "clacQue."
Il must lead all the laughs, - he announced,
taking a stand In the front line. 'Hal hn! hal"
he stagily roared at every good Joke, and the
Coytesville contingent followed uproariously,.
"Bravol bravo. he shouted singly, and the
nremen behind him echo.d "bravol'-a form Of
appreciation they would hard y have under
| taken under a less distinguished leader. But
the show really didn't need a ciacque. II was
plenty good enough TO stand on t,s merits. Mr..
bonnelly presented Nan. the Good for Moth
ing assisted by Waiter Allen, X. D. Black
more. Mr.. Clare and Miss Dorothy
by George II Trader. Frank. Roll"ston. Misses
Lizzie Annandale. Elijah tn Woodson and Pearl
Evelynne, Augustus Cooke rec,tcd ''0stler
Joe" viii Mcdonnell told some stories, Miss
Minnie Church did n song and dance, A, Il.
81 ane eavetwenty minutes to rag time. Arthur
Dichl Initiated Chevilier. and when they were
all through the audience felt that they had been
d,wn Broadway.
The entertainment Melted several hundred
dollars to the uniform fund. aud within a vrry
few weeks Coytesvills will be absolutely safe
from FIRE.