The Newtown bee., 1901-08-02
The 'NeWtOWn Bee
CALCULATIONS:
TOWN TOPICS, MRS JARLEY SCORES A TRIUr1PH.

| MNo JANLEf SSONES IkIOIlFn. l VISITS VIEWPOINT WITH HER UNIQUE | COLLECTION OF WAX WORKS, WHICH l ARE EXHIBITED TO LARGE AND | FASHIONABLE AUDIENCE AT THE TOWN HALL.
 Without doubt the most successful amateur entertainment given at the
 Town hal in recent years was the
 "Mrs Jarley's Wax Works" perform ance on Wednesday night. The gen erOuS patronage of Newtown people
 was augmented by the large contin- gent of city guests who turned out to honor the renowned "Mrs Jarley" and see her famous collection of wax | figures. The stage and surroundings had been very taStefully decorated l with hemlock and pine, and over the piano the stars and stripes were placed with pleasing effect. To the credit of the local manager of the entertain ment, the versatile and popular Will liam Tomlin, it should be said the per formance began on time. At 8 clock the Augmented Triad orchestra struck up a selection. At its conclusion there was d fiutter in the audience when the beautiful Mrs Jarley march ed up the aisle on the arm of A. P. Smith, who briefly introduced her to the audience. "Mrs Jarley," "capitally impersonated by Mrs 0. s. Platt, in- formed her audience she had just returned from Europe, having exhibit ed her famous collection before the crowned heads of Europe. After signal from her the curtain arose on the first group of figures. It had been the purpose of Mrs Jarley to exhibit them in one group, but owing to the magnificent proportions of some of the figures she found it practicable to ex- hibit them in several groups.
 Group No. was made up as follows:
 Simple Simon, Harry Russell.
 Josiah and Samanthy, Birdsey Snif- fen, Miss Jessie Taylor.
 Mrs Winslow, Mrs w. M. Reynolds.
 "Gapes," William Tomlin.
 Madam Squalini. Miss Mildred Dikeman.
 All the figures in this group came in for the admiration of the audience, and Mrs Jarley came in for tremendous applause. The audience were par ticularly affected by the actions of "GapeS," who yawned repeatedly and finally fell in a confused heap to be carted out by the attendants. The vigorous and tender manner in which Mrs Winslow fed the soothing syrup especially interested the female portion of the audience.
 There was whirlwind of applause when the curtain went up on the sec- ond group, which was perhaps even more unique than the preceding one.
 Group No. 2 was as follows:
 Bachelor and Lady, Elmer w. Fairchild, Miss Mabel Taylor.
 Dame Nation, Mrs L. c. Morris.
 Chinese Giant, Harley Peck.
 "Giggler," Mrs $. F. H. Hewitt.
 "Mr and Mrs Jack Spratt," James B. Nichols, Miss Lillian Dikeman.
 The central figure in this group was of course the Chinese Giant, which lowered 12 feet in the air and when the mechanism was set a going it spurted water and ironed clothes in a manner to excite the envy of the ladies. The vigorous manner in which Dame Nation yielded the ax and smashed the bottles, showed that she had the real Kansas spirit. "The Giggler" nearly convulsed the audi ence in her uncomfortable fits of laugh ter, while Elmer as the bachelor startled the audience as he dropped the handles of the wheelharrow, allow ing the vehicle and it's fair occupant to fall to the floor with resounding noise. It was plain to see he was made of wax.
 Group No. 3 was made up as follows:
 "Live Yankee" James B. Nichols.
 ''SneeZer," Mrs s. c. Glover.
 Organ Grinder and Monkey Birdsey Master John Houlihan.
 Lord Byron, Carleton Hubbell.
 Apple Mary, "MrS Arthur J. Smith.
 Not one of the pieces of wax work could have been improved on, but it was the general opin- ion that the honors of the evening were carried off by Birdsey Sniffen and Master John Houlihan, the When the machine was wound up by the attendant, the organ grinder began to play and the monkey on the organ grinders back and then Scampered across the stage down into the audience room and back again. Mrs Jarley permitted her at tendant to wind up the organ grinder for an encore, which was of course en- joyed. Mrs s. c. Glover, prim and stately, won applause as "The Mrs Arthur J. Smith as Apple Mary" almost persuaded the city people that they were back on Broadway in New York City.
 Group No. was made up as follows:
 French Dwarf, Misses Kathryn and Loretta Houlihan.
 "Now and Then" Miss Laura Mitchell, Herbert Kellogg; Miss Julia Dikeman, Wallace Mitchell.
 "Maude Muller and the Judge,n Miss Ethel Peck, P. H. Mccarthy.
 The French dwarf appeared as one person and was capital get-up. The two loving couples interested the au- dience, but the up-to-date pair appear ed to have the sweetest time. P. H. l Mccarthy as "The Judge" made a venerable appearance, while the fair "Maud Muller" of the 2Oth century was very charming.
 In Group No. 5, the central and and r,os cGomn9an,ding Q nan, M figure was mounted upon his fiery steed the handsome Shetland pony owned by w. c. Russell. "Don Quixote" was ac- companied by his faithful attendant, "Sancho Panza," Carleton Smith. "Don Quixote" was attired as knight of old, and the pony behaved beautifully as "Sancho Panza" led him about the stage. This group was received with enthusiastic applause, the audience apparently forgetting the warning printed on the program: "Please do not applaud too loud, as the wax composing this figure is un- usually sensitive"
 Mention should be made of Mrs J ar ley's two colored attendants, who brushed the figures up and used the screw $ driver and oil can as Mrs Jarley
 During the intermiSSions an orches- tra composed of Miss Agnes Platt, Arthur l. Platt and Herbert Kellogg