The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
"FHE ELIXIR OF LIFE. 7"
VALLEY coMEDT CLUB SCORES
 COMPLETE SUCCESS.


 ToTmance Ever Attempted by ExcIu-
 siva EmpIoyss' AsseciatiOn-The Play
 in Detail.
 Last night the Hyperion was crowd led. There were people who had broth- CTS and sisters; there were casual on-
 lockers; there were vulture-eyed crit
 ics, but the verdict Success" was
 unanimous at the close.
 Last night was the first serious per-
 formance ever attempted by the em-
 ployes of a single concern. Siegel-
 Cooper in Chicago essayed a minstrel
 show and Marks Brothers a vaudeville
 in Philadelphia, but it remained for the
 Malley Comedy club to produce bona
 fide complete play that was successful. It was a farce comedy in three acts, with much music. Last nights per- fornance tried the pulse of the people. It was a feeler so to speak, and it felt the pulse of sympathy and sincere appreciation. The receipts of the play
 are to go to the Malley Company Elm ployes' Sickness and Burial Insurance fund, which is anticipatory branch of the insurance association proper, in that the fund goes to the care of sick
 But to the play. The plot is intricate and interesting and weaves itself in and out of a maze till it reaches the finale. Enough that there's a lover and his maid. a schooner and his money, a spinster and a cowboy and a host of others, each of whom adds his moety to the pot-pourri of fun and frivolity. The first act included some very catchy musical numbers which | were generously encored. Mir Collins
 scored in Nursery Rhymes" assisted by Messrs. Baum and 0Connor Miss
 Corcoran and chorus. 'Poplarity" as sung by Miss Ryan awoke much inter- est as her voice and enunciation are excellent and natural. Her encores,
 "The Little Gypsy Maid" was fiatter- ingly like the original of the winters operative performance. Mr. Grady made very good' in "A Song and
 Dance of Twenty Years Ago" The third act was enlivened by sev- eral more musical selections, among them 'Se seram Rose" by Miss Julia E. Kennedy, who answered her encore with Evening Star" and Queen of May"
 Mir Perry sang Satisfied With Life" with much humor.
 MT. Collins gave humorous Irish tales and Mike, Mike, Mike" song and chorus which in it's effect was I novel, the chorus singing from the wings.
 As to the acting, The cast did re- markedly well. There is always feel. mig of sympathetic dread of break when one watches an #mateur perform ance. Last night one forgot this in the natural and spontaneous acting. There were or breaks or halts. Things went
 as smoothly as in many professional performances. Of course there was chance for trimming and pruning but an initial performance always needs a bit of this. A trifle more snappy in
 parts, little cutting, little ginger in parts, and last nights cast can take the road and make money. The best work of the evening was that of S. H.
 Perry as "Madder." His work resem- bles Charlie Coan's nj many respects.
 He showed good preparation and care
 full study. His humor is magnetic and most contagious. Another who scored was George Conkln as Willy Nilly." He played the part carefully, avoiding a pit fall in not overdoing his part. W. F. Collins as Mike McGilp''
 makes very much out of part which his ability should improve. The different parts of the cast were taken by the following: Miss Lulu Corcoran, Miss Freda Fichtl, Miss Jane
 Briggs, Miss Julia Coleman, Miss Lil- Han Barry, James F. Grady, George H. Perry, Arthur P McCaffrey, George H. Baum, J. Stanley Free, William F. Col lins, and George Conklin. The school children and chorus who took part
  O'Donnell, Elizabeth Carroll, Mary 1 welch, Alice c. Corcoran, Mabel Roth, Jeannette Cooler, Lillie Carmichael,
 Elvira Caldwell, Ely Ibscher, Emma Farnslow, Carrie Martin, Anna Brinley, Miss Barnes, Miss Futile, James T. 0'Connor, Rufus Manning, Roy Thatcher, MT. Knight, Charles Snug rue, Miss O'Neil and Miss Carrigan. The musical director was Henry P. Menges.
 I The committee in charge was as fol- | lowG:
 George H. Perry--Chairman and bus mess manager.
 Arthur McCaffrey-Assistant stage | manager
 D. J. Mahoney-Treasurer. William Collins, George Baum, Miss
 Julia Kennedy. Miss Lulu Corcoran, ! Miss Mary Campbell.
 ] On the back of the programmes was a little verse which gave much amuse- ment and served at the outset to we'll establish cordial relations with audi ence and players. When accused with | it's authorship George H. Perry hav- | ing pleaded guilty, threw himself on 1 the courts mercy.
 The play was a success. The audi ence were pleased. the players happy. A DISORDERLY HOUSE. Charles Fowler was arrested yester- 1 day afternoon and charged with keep