Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-08
FINE COMPLIMENT.
The Urbanna Paper Gives Irving
ton Amateur Troupe a Splendid
SPni.Off.

ton Amateur Troupe Splendid
Senj.Off.
Not content with giving the a
hundred vititors from this place n
handsome reception and throwing
the town open to them the people of
Urbanna. through their spokesman,
the SoHthSite Sentinel, last week
came out in a glowing tribute TO
the lrviugton troupe that PLAYED
"Aboye the Clouds" there the week
before. We append a part of the
SentiRers "Send off,:
AHowLING SUCCESS. -
or the entertainment given In the bank
hall last Friday might by troup from
our sister town across the river, Irving
ton, II Is hard TO fiud language tn sufii-
GENTLY emphasize its success Suffice To
say, 1t passed off without a hitch and
everyone present expressed the highest
praise OF the manner in which each part
was taken aud executed. M particular
merton could be made of any of the par
Elephants, ~ all alike did fine AS near
the appointed hour as one might exp CT
the curtain went up and from that time
on for two hours the crowd was 50 at
tentive and quiet that a pin might be
heard drop anywhere within reasonable
hearing distance. This, however. was
not the case all along, for when Sauires
as Titus Turtle" Miss Messick as "Lu-
cretia," Hayden as Chips" and Ham
monds as NAT Naylor" made their APP
pearance at different stages and did"
their part so well the house went into an
uproar that stopped the performance
ha,. u
play did these splendidly-takeu charac-
tiers make mirth and enjoyment for the
audience, while on che other hand when
the tragic scene In which Prof Newbill
as Cray Phil" Lee as Howard Gay
lord" DR.. Newbill as "Alfred Thorpe"
James as Amos Gaylord" and Miss
Long as "Hester Thorn" figured, came
on our heart tiuttered up as if il would
surely jump from its lod ging place As
"Susie Gaylord" Miss Meekiug, ;t seemed
to US, could not have beea eQualed, while
miss Blanche Jones as "Grsce Ingalls,"
was the star and consequently had much
TO say and act, which she did in her usu-
ally splendid manner.
Following Is the caste of characters
Philip Ringold, "Cragy Phil,n noun
tain hermit, Frank G. Newbill.
Alfred Thorpe, IA city nabob and plotter
IN love with Grace Ingalls,, DR.. W. J.
Newbill.
Ames Gaylord, country gentleman,
Orris James.
Howard Gaylord, his son, also ia love
with Grace Ingalls,, w. Med Lee.
Titus Turtle, Gourmand, Il. Bruce
Squires.
Curtis Chapman, chips in the rough,
Alvah 4. Hayden.
Nat Naylor, Thorpe's protege, 3. S.
Hammonds.
Grace ingalls,, young artist, Miss B.
Blanche Jones
Hester Thorne, Gaylord's housekeeper,
Miss Annie Long.
Susie Gaylord, wooed by Curtis and
Nat, Miss Georgia Meekins
Lucretia Gerrish, an Old Maid-so ro-
mantic-Miss Julia Messick.
AS We have said before this troup
came here after earnest solicitation from
several OF our citizens 10 give the play
for the benefit of the Methodist church,
but 1t must be admitted that this was
rather secondary cause, or rather an
excuse, the main reasons being TO have
them with us, see our town, and that the
people OF the two towns might be
brought the closer together by this social
intercourse.
Thinking II may be interesting 10 some
OF them TO know we will say that over
500 clear cash was realized for which the
members OF the aforesaid church are
deeply thank fnl to their friends across
the river ard the liberal patronage OF
about 25O OF our people who attended.