The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-10-31
AIT THE GRAND
OPERA HOUSE
Good Houses at the PLAYS
This week
ADJUSTMENTS NExT WEEII.
Katie Emmett Is The Only Woman EIk EI.t|sl
Through the Grand Lodge and she Invll(I
Lodge Officers b See Her PLY.

Happy Hooiigan'' attracted 5
$500 house Of disappointed people d
the Grand on last Wednesday nigh.
and Happy" as enacted BY VIM. a.
Ward, was the most disappointing
member Of the whole bunch Of a..
fists. As comedian he takes third
rank and should be q member II n
twenty five cent show instead Of with
company that sells its cheapest seat
for seventy-five cents. Many Of th0
situations were extremely silly ana
could have been concocted by tho
brain Of fourteen year old b0Y
Most Of the jokes passed on on tho
crowd as strictly up-tc-date, hkd
whiskers on them fifteen years aoo.
The chorus was very diaappoint.
ing. Most Of the voices were Weak
and Of close range. The consumes ol
the chorus girls, however. were many
and elaborate, and they helped the
looks" Of the girls wonderfully.
Most Of them needed rich costumes 10
improve their natural appearances.
Edna Davenport could not capturo
. consolation prizy in singing c0ns
test but when il comes to dancing
she conld easily capture first honofn.
Her dancing on this occasion wnn
something extraordinary.
John Rice, as Mike O'Shanghnea.
sy. lis typical Irishman and h6
has . fine voice, and his vocal sele0s
tions were we'll received. Most ok
the characters we've greatly over
drawn. II Happy Hooliagn visits
this city next season, Tho company
will need much Improvement, or the
will not foel 80 very
happy over the box Office results.
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j A moro appropriate name than
Satanic could NOT have been selected
for the play Of Virginia Drew Tres.
cott. for the works Of the devil are
fully displayed to the entire satisfac-
tion of the vulgar minded The at
traction drew to men only. Every
one can guess the rest. No matter
Low we'll staged play may be, no
matter how accomplished the artists
may be, a vulgar and obscene plot
ruins the whole attraction, and tne
leaves the place of amusement with
bad taste in the mouth, and lowers
md debases the morals of those who
attend. Very few are exempt
rom the evil influence of such play,
md it is to be hoped that this is the
asst play of this kind booked as The
arand this season.
The "Ghosts'' or family skeleton.
hat ruined the happiness of the AL.
ing home in Ibsen's IS novel, portrayed
> vividly by Miss Alberta Gallatin
nd her company in the dramatiza-
on Of that novel at the Grand last
light, was about the worst calamity
nat could have happened to q FAM
y. 1t takes master mind to write
lch narrowing story, and requires
aster artists to present the terrible
tuations. Miss Galaltin proved her.
If fully capable Of depicting the
rongest emotions and has a strong
pporting cast The house was
ell crowded by fashionable
Idienee.
Although in its fourth season,
The Convict's Daughter has been
tuessed by larger audiences than
y other melodrama written in pre-.
Gus years. It appeals to every class
theatre-goer, from the boy in the
llely to the mother Of the family;
sweethearts and sisters, and the
sher who loves his home. Yet.
en- with all its powers Of entertain
3, the manager has not been salts.
q to stop at that. He has furnished
cry detail in regard to scenes ana
nations, properties and mechanical
viUes to make . perfect peri -
nee. The first act opens at Col
uld's house. with his pretty hone.
. cottage, beautiful flowers and
lde trees, and the air OF perfect
ppy contentment. One commences
feel its sunshine and warmth frcm
} first to the nfth and final act.
a are carried from one scene to an.
er with keen excitement, and !
at hope and desire that righ shall
coed and wrong shall reap ita 10 I
Vard. A wonderful bond Of sym
ny spreads itself throughout the
lience for the sweet Innocent clll6
the convict and her down-troeden
her. There is but ne way 20 aps
ciate this truly great play 70 q 4
il and be convinced & at ophe
nyict's Daughter viii alwkvs bs
,embered with pleasure. At TIE
and Monday night
zAtie Emmett'a we'll known r|ar
tcontinnea "a lssl rss.