The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-14


tune of Dixie by the Kid Band
They cut the pigeon wing,
track back Davy" and several old
time steps in a way that was re
mindful of the by-gone days. This
was followed by a sort of love
feast and jubilee.
After the morning exercises,
dinner was announced, and the
people thronged to Agricultural
Hall, where the ladies had tables
laden with barbecued mutton,
pork, boiled ham, baked chicken,
beef and a hundred and one other
things, together with cakes, pies
and other deIicacies.
After dinner, Hon. Henry
George, State Senator Of Ken
lucky, was the next speaker, and
who better than he, who had served
the cause of the Confederacy SO
faithfully, could interest the wear
ers of the gray, as was attested by
the close attention paid to his
every utterance and the vociferous
cheering which greeted him every
now and then throughout his
speech.
Following the speech Of General
George, Miss Ernestine Fields en-
tertained her many listeners with a
piano solo, and Miss Gertie Wal
lace gave a recitation which COM
pletely captivated the old heroes
as we'll as the many others present.
The entire proceedings were ac-
companied with music by both the
Union City Concert and Boy
Bands.
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch.
The play presented at the fair
grounds last Friday night by the
Leonidas Polk Chapter for the en-
tertainment OF veterans and visit
ors to the reunion was a complete
success, Notwithstanding the di-
mensions of the audience, which
taxed the grandstand to It's fullest
capacity and therefore kept little
more stir than was compatible with
the acoustics of the place.
AS before stated, the play is a
dramatizstion of the novel by Miss
Mary Lawson and fine structure
it is, is the remark by everyone who
heard it on that occasion. The
editors of this paper had no oppor-
tunity to get seat, and therefore
comment upon it from our
own observation, but from every |
side comes the opinion" Good
Fine. 1t is said that Miss Mary
Lawson as Mrs. Wigs gave an in
of that character with
5ut flaw. She was indeed for the
time Mrs. Wigs, so true was the
nature Of her work. No adjectives
ire as welcome to player as the
yerdict that the character has been
7italized into human form, the ex-
let counterpart of the authors Gre
ltion. This is tie compliment paid
% Miss Lawson and an equally |
adorable one to her play. Special
are also bestowed
Ipon the work done by Mr.. G. w.
Robinson and Miss Annie Gilchrist
is Robert Redding and Miss Lucy
)lcott, in theatrical parlance known
s the leading man and woman of
he play These parts. around
which is woven the fabric of the
tory, were handled in a manner
redltable to the profession. Among
hose who came in for large share
f praise was Rex Naylor, who
layed the part Of Billy. II
The entire cast was carefully Sc
.cted, and as we'll adapted to the
arts, so the comment goes, as
ould well have been found. The
lay was thoroughly enjoyed By an (
udience of nearly 1,50O people.
he drill by the young ladies, as {
ell as the musical program by
FRS. Morris, was also well received.
he vocal solos by Miss Ada Case
ere and Miss Wootson Davis were s
ell received BY the audience, as
as the violin solo rendered byll,
Iiss Mittie Jones. Mr.. RobInson's
arinet solo was in keeping with
i his work. AS a soloist he enjoys {
national reputation. having no d
lperior probably as clarinet vir.
1850 in the United States.