Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-04-08
PRIOE ONE GENT
HIGH SCHOOL ON THE STAGE.
THE PUPILS AS ACTORS IN
+WHEN WOMEN RULE"
| he Student Orchestra Covers Itself
With Glory at Entertain
ment at Colonial
Theatre.

uCdIfCs
The entertainment given last night
at the Colonial Theatre bv pupils of
the Annapolis High School was quite
success. The audience was not as
large as II should have been, especially
as the proceeds are TO be appropriated
20 tne school library The house in
front OF the gallery was pretty we'll
filled, and the audience in the gal
lery was fairly large.
The entertainment was under the
supervision and personal direction of
MIR. Richard keene. who has been
coaching the pupils for several weeks.
The program was divided into two
parts, Part | being minstrel perfor.
nance Two end men ON either side.
or rather "Spinsters" for the bows
were dressed as girls, were blaoked,
but the others of the semi circle were
not, and the group was composed of
both girls and boys. The interloCutor
was Master Royal Wigley, and good
one ne made. The tambourines were
Graham Moss and Frederick Gauss,
ana the bones were Willie Hopkins
and Willie Sullivan. These four were
rugged up grotesquely in female at
tire, and created much merriment.
Several solos were sung in the first
part of the program. One, by Miss
Brotzman, I've Got Little List. "
Miss BrotZman, who has a sweet
voice, was very nervous and did not
do herself justice in this song. She
later sang Il Cant DO That Sum,
ant did herself credit. having regain
ed her eomposure. She rendered this
very sweetly. Miss Ruth Carter sang
beautiful solo Love Comes Like a
Sigh, etc, and Miss Helen Field
meyer rendered Sweetest Girl In
Dixie In a very pleasing manner and
tunetul voice. Master John Kaiser
sang with much effect Little Black
Me, and received an encore, one of
the few of the evening, The quartet
Coax Me, by the "tambos" and
bones was very fetching and the
first part of the program closed with
trio Zanzibar, " in which Master
George TTautwein sang very well, as
did also Misses Ruth Carter and Helen
Feldmeyer. All three were in char
acter.
Part IL was devoted TO three act
comedy, .'When Women Rule" 4" or A.
ID. 2005, satire. 1t showed the re-
versed order of things in the next CEN
-tury when women will propose and
take the part now assumed by men.
| Especially worthy of mention in this
are Miss Ruth Carter, who was easy
and natural, and whose voice was
4 never keyed too high Miss Burroughs
was also good. Miss Brotzman as
sumed her role admirably and George
| Trautwein and Graham Moss imper-
sonated their charac ters we'll The
| following was the cast of characters
/ Roselle Sage (banker), Bachelor Nor
man Brotzman Victoria (secretary),
Bachelor Ruth Carter Hetty Green
way (capitalist), Bachelor Sophie Bur
rOughs; Aandrea Carnegia (cashier)
| Bachelor Gladys Martin; Pear Pont
| Morgania (stenographer), Bachelor
| Lillian Anderson Johnson Astoria
| (capitalist), Bachelor Martha Taylor;
Cornelia Wonderbuilt, (capitalist),
Bachelor Hilda Carlson Wilton Sage
Roselle's husband), Spinster George
Traptwtin; Harold Sage (Roselle' s
SOM, Spinster Graham Moss; John
thousemaid), Spinster Royal Wigley !;
Sadie Slow (messenger), Spinster
| John Kaiser.
Barring waits between the acts and
before the rise of the curtain, and the
voices of some keyed too high, the
| entertainment was unusually good for
i al hiihtbuI pbIlOIluduDe Dy scn0Ul
children. In criticising the program
the High School orchestra must not
| be forgotten. This was an important
| factor of the entertainment, and the
musical numbers by the orchestra Of
boys and girls were indeed splendid.
They play well, keep good time. and
have quite variety Of selections.
| The orchestra is a new feature Of the
school and this is only it's second ap-
pearance in public. Each one is wor-
thy of the highest commendation.
The members of the High School or
chestra are Violins-Miss Pearl
Ward, Miss Chalmers, Masters Oscar
Dawes, Willie Diefel and Andreas
HOlley and piano accompanist Master
Adolph Torovsky, a boy Of or 10
| years. He is musical wonder, and
although his head hardly reaches half
way the music rack, he made his
presence felt and impressed his audi
ence. Mr.. Keene IS to be congratu
lated on the success of his entertain
ment by the High School pupils.