The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-20
"A NIGHT
IN BOHEMIA"
COLUMBIA ELKS SCORE A
PRONOUNCED SUCCESS
IN THEIR ATTRAC-
TON.
OPERA HOUSE WAS PACKED
Every Feature Was Good and
the Cast Was Exception
ally Well Trained.

"a Night In Bohemia" as presented
at the Opera House Monday night
under the auspices of Columbia Lodge
No. 6S6 B. z. q. Z. was pronounced
success. Rarely has larger or more
representative audience gathered In
the Opera House, and never have
hearers left the building better pleased
with the evenings entertainment
Every feature of the program was good
"a program of such constant change
and variety that at no time did the
attention or the interest of the au-
dlence grow cold The large cast was
splendidly trained, the cosru ming was
attractive, the play was well staged
and well managed. While every tea
ture deserves especial mention and
every participant word of praise,
Brother Raymond Addison as Edmund
Keene, retired actor, good Elk,
and a thorough Bohemian, was easily
the star of the evening. He played
his part perfectly and was the faithful
friend, the benign, fatherly guardian,
the generous, kindly, whole souled
Bohemian at all times. His stage
presence equsled that of actors whose
names are known from ocean to ocean,
his deep voice was susceptible to the
tender emotions of the part Wade
Harrison as Dusty Rhodes, Ernest
Sheppard as Officer Callahan, Charley
Sloan as Tommy Jiges Miss Minnie
Sheppard as Dolly MOBILES, Miss Nellie
Chatfin as Sis Hopkins, were true to
theII parts and received large meas
ure of applause, but occupying the
center of the stage and strictly at
home too. was Aft Fleming as George
Thatcher. burnt cork artist. ALI
was superb and contributed In no small
measure to the comic size OF the at
traction. His solo, sung in seven
different keys made lasting impress
sion. Friends Tuesday in pIaisiDg his
voice, have suggested that he have it
cultivated. One went so far Dis to
advise him to Iun disc pillow over it.
From the ridiculous to the sublime
was the change when Charley Parker
JI., sang Sunbeam Sue. The popu-
larity of the singer was so great that
mis- appearance called forth prolonged
applause and he had to wait some
minutes bsfore his voice could Use
above the greeting. The rough rid +
drill in which sixteen young ladies |
took part, the umbrella dance, the |
rainbow dance were all wonderfully
good. the burlesque by MIS- Neil
Hughes and Mr.. Hale was another dip
into the ridiculous.
With the full cast gathered on the
stage, with the toast 10 Our Absent
B :otheFs" and then to the tender notes
of 'Anld Lang Syne" came the cur
tain fall.
OTHER CHARACTERS.
Charles F1ohman, Ben Latta; Alice
Nelson, Miss Charlotte Fariss; Tottie
Coughdrops. Miss Carrie WoIley; Craze
George, Mrs. Neil Hughes; Anna Held.
Miss jamie Wilson; Marguerite Sylvia,
Miss Alice McEwen; Lulu CHASER,
Miss Haley; Julia Marlowe, Miss
Sarah Cochran; Flossie Cute, Mrs.
Emmett Digger; Virginia Hearned,
Miss frankie Lipscomp; Edna Wallace
Hopper, MIS-. Raymond Adkisson;
viola Allen, Miss Ida Brown; Maud
Adams Miss Emma Brown; Lillian
Russell, Miss Dee Wa1tield; Maud
Tlaley, Miss Julia Warfeld: Adalina
Patti, Miss Mamie Kelley; Ellen
Terry, Miss Tessie Samuels; Fay
Templeton, Miss Sara Samuels May
Howard, Miss Bessie Ashton; Ina
Underwood, Miss Leila Ashton; Inez
Black, Miss Maud Mcknight Mary
Anderson. Miss Anna Tuner SEeegog;
Alice Nelson, Miss Margaret Alcorn
Blanche Stevenson. Miss Leila May
Nichols; Winifred Black, Miss Ruth
Shields; Lillian NordIca, Miss Elma
Burns; Ellen Terry, Miss Virginia
Moore Willie Eat, Brother Ben Latta;
Willie Smoke, Brother Henry Arch
Moore; Willie Work, Mr.. Charles
Parker; Seldom Busy, Brother Emmett
Dugger LIE Cold Mr.. Edgar John.
son: Willie Fudge Mr.. Almond
O'Neil; Con Rubes, Mr.. Webster Tur
ner Gloomy Gus. Mr.. Junius GOslin;
Early Riser, Mr.. Tom McEwen; Fatty
Felix, Nh Amos Wartield; Al Ways
Broke, Mr.. Albat Sheppard.