The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-07
ADELPH |ANS
Give BURLESQUE
Friday Evening and Score a
Success.
The Burlesqe was on ISanhoe and was
Certainly the Best Ever
Given,

Glass and is under the direction of Miss
Robinson, cave an omen propram W h;ob
was undoubtly one of tho best eve,
given in the HIGH School The attend
ence was not as LARGE as the Emerson.
ian society had but the room was we'll
filled and the management was we'll
pleased.
The first part OF the program was
very nicely and smoothly CARRIED ON
the nun oers one and AN hefnc FIRST clas.
and well received The mandolin
and guitar duet by George Danielson
aud John Malopev was e4neeiallv ono3
but the BOYS refused to return in re-
Spouse to the vigorous applanse oivan
them. The original class poem bv
| Miss Edna Roine was on+a ona sho.,,
a generous amount of ingenuity. The
violin solo by Miss Maggie Clark was
very pretty and the execution fine and
Miss Clark Justly deserved the hearty
applause.
| The essay by Miss Mable I,unev was
we'll written. Miss Luney described
the each season of wear in all chimes
and places in pleasing manner
The reading by Carl Richardson was
ably done, in fact all the manifestations
ed good preparation and unstinted work
/ The last and crownino event of tho even
| inc came when the curtain wac nnl,ed
away and revealed the stage in readi-
ness for the burlesoue. The o,,v
criticism that we have tn mako IN tho
burlesoue is that the narts rvara
spoken a little too rapldly!and not Quite
distinct enough. On account Of This
the audience in the back mart of the
house were at loss sometimes 70
know what was being said bv the act
ors.
The play opens with wamha and
Ethlinda in Tvanhoe,s castle c-.nversinn
on current tonnes Wanna ;s drossa5
in pink and white striped TIGHTS with a
loose Jacket of the same co,ors Tronha
enters and interrupts their convarsat.
ion bv SAVING that he has N ,etter fro,,,
Richard, King of France. ASKING him
to become a soldier of fortune and ioin
forces With the royal army of France
And as Rowena his wife NO LONGER
loves him he has decided to go. He
requests Wanda to assemble his re-
tainers and Ethlinda to call his wife
Rowena that he might bid her fare
we'll, 1t seems that at one time Ivan
hoe has had filtration with certain
Jewess Rebecca and Rowena has tauu-
ted him about Jewesses until his anger
Is we'll nigh uncomfortable. Rowena
comes IN to bid the big brave Ivanhoe
farewell and tells him of her inditfer-
ence as to his comings or goings and
lvanhoe becoming suddenly angry
storms and stalks about, at last they
bid conventional farewell,
The sedond act portrays scene at
the battlefield of Chalus. King Rich
cru ~ sun VI reu SILK Is entertaining
iloe anu an1oa WITH songs and
IoAe az o'i.ee are III 1uil armour
e1nu 9i'viiS ~ itohC ol 1he Kings tent.
ines sius auu toast eacn other and
execute d huhoef OF marches that were
very amusing ana pleasing.
Act three shows again room in
lVanhoe's castle, 'Rowena and Ethelinda
In loose house gowns are sewing etc,
etc, when Wanda comes into the room
weeping and declares that Ivanhoe
nas oeen Killed howena does not
seem 70 care ana orders monument
erec'eu 10 ms memory and leaves for
~ nef iooli's 70 weep over the sad event.
au1 - very oain anu collected' even
cool ana lnollierent. After Rowena