The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-26
a COMEDY OF TOYS
Bisi" Successfully Presented at the
Opera House Before Large Audi


Ei1t Success Stuily presented at tn e
Opera House Before Large Audi
cncc.
Every available seat ia the Opera House.
was filed Tuesday evening 10 witness
the performances OF "Biui." Comedy of
Toys, for the benefit ri the Mary Wash
iugton Hospital. seldom. II ever has
such "A gathering OF representative people
filed the house. and the ATTENDANCE bore
ample testimony 10 the interest taken by
our people in the Hospital Mrs. W. d.
Smith, ably assisted by number OF Ia
dies, managed the entertainment and il
possibly could not have been done in bet
ter style. no matter had professional
undertaken the task II was task too.
but thercsults amply repay the ladies for
the work they have done
"hibi IL one OF those things rather
diidcult Of description. but imagine n
toy shop. lot of dolls. a menagerie Of
toy animals. "A hevy of jumping JACKS. a
corierie OF lovely paper dole, aud then
imagine them all coming 10 life and You
II .ye fair idea 81 the entertainment. In
chs COMEDY of TOYS the dolls after hav-
10 smrilrd the magic salts which brought
'rcm 10 life, iali Ia love with each other.
l-nt dusis- take trips % the moon and
dp other things equally amusing.
proper was a. lollOws:
Diuepott. the Toyman, + r Roseb-o:
Katy. the TOyInaD's daughter, Miss
Mamie Tins; Bibi. a French doh. Miss
.atiuia richardson; Angelica, a rag
DOLL. Miss Susie Bradley; TOpsy, black
loil. Guuyon Harrison; Prince Caramel
% Gentleman doll. DR.. J. T. Stiff; Captain
li.lerope. a sailor doll. j. NJ. Green; Ser
geant Bonbon, a soldier doh, 4. K Bass;
Sylvania, n retired fairy. Miss Mary
Lindsay; Tie Dolls Head, Miss Sally
Carter; The Sandman. W. A Downs; The
Man in the Moon, T. NJ Bradley Pi-
ani-ts-Nirs. Garnett King. Miss Minnie
VOLT, Mrs T.. e. Niadc.
During the course Of the play Prince
Caramel il called upon by the Fairy to
display his knowledge and does go with
lettcr blocks spelling out: Dear Girls. /
love YOU" The letter blocks were Mas
ters Delevan Motague Sharp Dougherty,
Nars1en smith, Spottswood Hall.
~pottswooi Stone. Rutherford Rosebro.
Cnas Pitts. Archie Smith.
The jumping jacks were most amusing
and the little girls taking part OF paper
dolls most charming The funniest part
ri the whole, however, were the animals
represented as follows. Cat James L.ati-
uDr; owl james Hawkins: frog. Asa
Pop. pig Sam Scott. The boys were
eos umed IN imitation of these animals.
and tAe one bird, In manner so correct as
90 he extremely luiicrOus. and they as
sumed If respective rolls to perfection
Miss Alice Cole. a. Little 30. peep. had
charge al the managerie and while they
'vere going through their antics. caught
the fancy OF the audience with the song.
The owl and the Pussy Cat" Perhaps
The rrettit-t part of the entertainment
was the Flower tantasie' ia which the
f following young ladies took part.
Misses Alice Cole. Lilly Woods. Mamie
Met arty. Sallie Montgomery. Mary Mon
cure. Wilmer Wheeler, Jennie Daniel.
Margaret MOncure, Nora Goodrich, Katy
Montgomery. Sadie Tay Tor, Amelia
Woods. Madge Taylor, susie Tyler. Julia
Vaughan. Ali'e Moncure. -Eula Hender-
son. Grace Jones, Sallie Franklin, Joy
n. musav.
Mir Thso Bradley as the Man in the
Moon and Miss Alice Cannon. as the
Evening" star sang well together. and
Miss Glmmon's costume was lovely
The latter only assumed the role men
tiouei a day before the entertainment.
Miss Susie Bradley. who was To have
done 20. being preventei by asevere cold
Altogether the ent 'rtainuent was one
the brightest aud prettiest seen in this
city for long time. and financially was
great success
Mrs. W. ID. Smith was the manager in
charge and to her splendid executive abil-
ty is due the success Of the entertain
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