The Florida star., 1902-02-07
TITUsvILLE, FLA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY z, 1902
Benefit Entertainment.

The entertainment gwen at the opera
house last Friday evening for the benefit
of the Ladies' Guild, proved great sue
cess, both financially and otherwise.
The entertainment being of a high
order, and made up of the best talent of
the town, well deserved the large patron
age il received on account of its own
merit, to say nothing of its being a
benefit.
The first feature on the programme,
the juvenile orchestra, in its initial ap-
pearance before the public, astonIshed
the audience by the excellent manner in
which they acquitted themselves. Miss
Maggie Collins, violin; Miss Grace Reid,
cornet; Miss sJeanette Wilson, piano,
and Mr.. Casper Minis. violin, compose
the orchestra, and we are pleased to see
so much talent manifested in our young
people.
Next appeared Master Mark Brown in
his original, free and easy style, and rem
dered the catchy little song, "Her Name
is Rose" Mark never fails to please the
audience.
Another very pleasing feature of the
entertainment was little Miss Mabel
Reynolds in her dance, yankee Doodle"
She looked charming in her we'll gOtten-up
costume in patriotic colors, and danced
so well that she was loudly enchored, to
which she responded with repetition OF
part of the same dance.
| 'Tis useless TO say that Mr.. w. NJ. Brown
afforded no little part of the fun of the
evening in his comic song, Don't Put
Me Off at Buffalo Any More" All who
know Mr.. Browns style on the stage gen.
orally expect something rich, and they
were certainly not disappointed in this
instance.
| Just before the close of the first part of
the entertainment it was announced with
deep regret that Mrs. Rhodes part of the
programme, the song Loves Request"
could not be given on account Of illness,
but that the place would be supplied by
Aunt Phoebe. However, notwithstand-
ing the perfect disguise in dress, figure
and features, the voice established the
fact that il was the same Mrs. Rhodes in
the guise of a dusky-hued matron, and
the manner in which she handled the
young offspring which she carried on her
arm showed that she'd had some recent
experience in that line.
The entertainment closed with Jerome
K. Jerome's pretty little comedy, 'Sun-
SET" The roles of Lois and Joan, half
sisters. were taken by Mrs. Rollins and
Miss Bessie Hall, and all who know these
two on the stage will recognize the fact
that the parts couldn't have been in
better hands.
Miss Emma Wright made a typical
Aunt Drusilla, strongly advocating the
manners an customs of the young ladies
in the days when she was young.
Mr.. Frost as Mr.. Rivers manifested the
great interest of an anxious father of two
marriageable daughters
| Mr.. w. NJ. Brown as Azariah StOdd
could not have been better, either in
makeup or acting.
Mrs. Gomph as Lawrence Leigh, a
young man in most perplexing situa.
tion-that of being mixed up in a love
affair with two sisters-proved himself
quite equal to the occasion.
The programme was repeated by re-
quest at a matinee Saturday afternoon,
when fair-sized crowd greeted the per-
formers again.
At the matinee Mrs. Rhodes sang the
popular song Loves Request which was
splendidly rendered. Master Mark Brown
was so roundly applauded for an encore
that he responded with the Frog Song
The proceeds from the performances
amounted TO about $33.