The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-31
Vaudeville Mt the Dramatic Club.

The Dramatic Club opened its season
last night with of the most enjoyable
entertainments ever given by the club.
The committee in charge, DR.. and Mrs.
Carlton b. McCulloch, Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Deuel. Gates and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
| Nichols Lewis, had arranged vaudeville
bill of which every number was a head
liner ana the result was one of the most
| original and interesting performances of
| the clubs history.
| Mr.. N. A. Gladding. in the character of
Snowman, with wonderful collection of
| wax dolls, was the first turn on the pro-
gramme. There were four of the dollies all
life size and of wonderful mechanism.
There was a Dolly Warden doll in chic
little Vatican gown of satin sprinkled with
pink garlands. the huge panniers outlined
with ruches as chiffon and lace. big flower
hat tied with pink ribbons beneath her
chin. and dainty little pink kid slippers
with diamond buckles. In obedience to the
| instructions of the Snowman, Dolly Var
den pirouetted stiffiy out to the center of
the stage and sang "a Father Goose melody
! and then the audience discovered the dainty
| dolly was Mrs. Arthur Deuel. Gates. Miss
| Muriel Hit was the rag doll with a pink
gown and big pink sunbonnet az J her
replies TO the showman's questions de-
| livered in an uncertain piping voice kept
4 the audience in laughter. The rag dolly
| claimed that she came over in the May
| flower, but that she kept her youthful looks
| because she was willing to take part in the
| Dramatic Club programmes, and her hits
| at the members who did not choose the
same method OF preserving their youth
were enjoyed. The Little Bo Peep doll
| proved to be Miss Edith Wallick and her
| funny stiff-Jointed dance proved to be
of the hits of the evening Miss Lois Pratt
was he daintiest of French dolls, and the
prett effects of her long wasted white
| gown with the blue sash and the Tapping
blue Ia. as big as lamp shade, made her
little French song even more enjoyable
than it was in itself. After each of the tai
tented dolls had done her own stunt they
| ened by the run down automatons falling in
a heap in the center Of the stage.
on sb sisters the sene
Eva and Amy Rags" and did funny
little dance steps between verses They
with big frills, from which their black
faces rose effectively. Their numerous
black pigtails were tied with blue ribbons
They waved their black arms enthusiast
tically as they sang and danced and if
took the ingenuity of the audience to guess
| that the Nicholses were Mrs. Carlton Nc
Culloch and Miss Anna Hasselman. In
their second song they appeared with rag
bags and gathered sticks and rags with
| assiduity.
Two immense pumpkins wabbling out on
| the stage astonished the audience by the
unpumpkinlike performance of playing
banjos and getting a great deal of mel
ody out of them. In their encore they APP
peared with the luscious half of a pump
kin pie on each head and when they met
i'm the center of the stage the halves Joined
to make a delicious whole. The strangely
behaved pumpkins were Miss Eleanor
| Carey and Miss Margaret McCulloch. Miss
Emma Atkins was the next attraction of
the bill and she gave number OF songs
in brilliant and artistic manner: Her first
song an Indian melody and she sang
ii in character with the dress and trap
pings of an Indian maiden. The familiar
Gibson picture puzzled the audience to
guess which girl had been kissed within
ten minutes and those who took part in
the pretty tableau were Mrs: Frederick A.
Joss, Miss Anna G. Hubbard. Mr.. Clifford
Arrick and Mr.. Arthur ID. Gates. Mr..
George Denny. in wonderful coon cos
tune of pronounced color and pattern, sang
up in Cocoanut Tree" and 1.-The Col
The last of the big vaudeville acts had
an appropriate Halloween setting-a big
barn with stalls and harness, hung with
lanterns. Mrs. Carlton McCulloch opened
the scene and brought on the participants
Foster and Mr.. Norman Peck, Miss Hit
and Mr.. Frank n. Lewis. Miss Charlotte
Scott and Mr.. George Denny. Miss Anna
iesen and Mr.. Samuel Dowden, and Miss
Edith Wallick and Mr.: Haueiesen. The
company was led by Mr.. Fred Beck, as
drum major, and after spirited contest
the cake was awarded to Miss Wallick and
Mr.. Haueiesen. The audience the cake
walk included Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mar
mon Miss Martha Carey. Miss Ruth Will
son, Miss Ruth Carey, Mr.. Boice and Mr..
Sam Sutphin. The curtain fell on a riot, in
which Mr. Lewis disputed the decision of
the Judges with his ''razzer," but rose
again on the pretty scene with the par
Elephants singing MY Old Kentucky
| Home"
Following the programme the usual dance
and supper were given. large number of
out-of-town visitors were present with the
efrt1
in it's production by Mr.. Buckley and the
members of the committee will entertain
| the members of the cast with vaudeville
party next week at the Grand TO see Mrs.
Buckley in her new act.