Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-11-24
KNIGHTS VAUDEVILLE.
Friendship Lodge Presented Mr..
Macomber of Baltimore And
His Students From
That City.
WILKIE is TRULY A BOY WON
DERFUL IN DANCING
AND SINGING.
Good Buck Dancing In The Old
Plantation Scenes-Shakes-
perean Scenes Well
Presented.

The local play house was well filled
for the refined vaudeville performance
presented by Mr.. George Macomber
of Baltimore under the auspices of
Friendship Lodge No. 8, knights of
Pythias Besides the good crowds mp
stairs and on the main floor there
were a number of box parties. In b
on the LETT of the house was Mayor
John dep. Douw, Mrs. Douw, Miss
May Tate and Miss Harriet Luhn
while the stage box on the opposite
side of the auditorium was occupied
by party of Elks. including DR.. j.
]. Murphy, Mr.. Philip Miller, Mr..
Daniel Murphy and Prof B. Y. Cis-
sell These came in for some good
natured jollying by the performers,
many of whom were lodge members.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements On behalf of Friendship
Lodge, occupied the box next the
They were Mr.. w. B. Gardiner, Jr i,
MIR. James Ii. Murdock, Mr.. H. @.
Cole, Mr.. Isaac Machen, Mr. William
X. CAN'T and Mr. q. A. Hill.
The performance was q creditable
one in every way. and one well enjoy
ed by all who attended While all
the performers were good. some We're
better than others aud Wilkie Collins,
billed as 1.-The boy wonder" on the
program easily carried off the palm
from his older friends behind the foot
lights. The boy is little more than a
child, but in addition to carrying a
good stage presence, entirely free from
childish difiidence, he was quite some
thing of stopper when it came TO
buck dancing And his voice Ii
can be said without stretching a point
that his full soprano filed the large
auditorium clear to the top-mos [
parts of peanut heaven" as well If
not better than many of the best comic
opera singers presented at the Colo
NAL since it was opened to the public.
And this was not by soreeching as some
of his female predecessors were forced
to do, for the child sings without
effort, and with remarkable sweetness.
in time and clearness of note. He was
applauded again and again and de-
served all he got
From the time the curtain rose until
il was rung down at the close of the
plantation scene by the company, the
performance was smooth, wholesome
and enjoyable. Miss May Devere in
her character songs, made hit and
Rohr and Vetter, in their double
song aud dance, were exceedingly y
clever. In the trayesty skecth intro-
ducing the camp scene from Virginius,
in which the characters were imper-
sonated by Mr.. George Macomber aud
Miss Evelyn Woodward, Mr.. Nc
Comber was never seen to better ad-
vantage. He has fine stage presence,
a deep, musical voice and is every
inch an actor. Miss Evelyn Wood.
ward was a good support.
Iu his monologue Mr.. Graham
Walker was splendid, and he kept the
audience in good humor from start to
finish. The concensus of opinion is
Chat Mr.. Walker is great.
In the execution scene from Damon
and Pythias the following was the
cast George Macomber. as Damon (;
George w. McGill. as Py thias /;
Ernest Warner, rs Dionysius; Miss
Evelyn Woodward, as Calanthe. Each
member of the cast did well and the
scene was admirably portray Mr.
McCOmter's strong personality added
to his fine stage presence fitted
him we'll for the character IF Damon.
The original minstrel sketch of
Messrs. Lew Schillinger and HoTner
Bud was we'll received and Mr. Ernest
Warner in monologue was highly
pleasing. Indeed, the entire program
was one of the best aud most enter
tanning and the Friendship Lodge,
knights of Pythias, are TO be congrgt-
ulated upon its success and upon bav-
ing afforded an evening of rare pleas
ure ard entertainment TO large and
aDDreciatiye audience.