Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-12
An AstonishingIy Successful Am
ateur Extravaganza at
The Theater.
A SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY,
Regular Playhouse Patrons Missed
One OF the Clcycrcst of Local Per-
formances on saturday.


tious amusement performance ever
undertaken by local organization
not strictly theatrical, was the extrava-
ganza given under the auspices Of the
Liberty Stake Amusement association
and under the management OF Mrs.
Harriet Purdy Smith. at the Theater
i'm saturday afternoon and night.
II was standing room only at the
matinee and in the evening the house
was very large one. To the per-
son who knows anything about the
difficulty Of handling an affair with 800
amateurs IN the cast, the results OBJ
tAined were little short OF astonishing
J no amusement committee Ia general
and Mrs. Smith In particular are en-
titled 10 the highest kind OF praise
from patrons and public.
The regular lheater-goer had little
difficulty I'm noting the fact that many
Of those I'm attendance are not very
often seen In the city play houses. Look
wherever YOU would. and sea Of new
faces were In evidence. And as 10
The regular patron, It may be truth
fully said that he missed an entertain
ment OF unusual merit and such one
as he has not infrequently paid Sl,0o
10 see. THE Witch Of the Woods by
Mrs. l.. Brooks Vincent, Is a tuneful
spectacular production. which lends
itself splendidly to brilliant show and
effect. Its scenes are laid IN mystic
and beautiful way-Off land, where the
witch. by the use Of her magic wand,
beckons people from everywhere 10
ustonish those whom she would aston
lsh and amuss those 10 whom she
would give entertainment. Number
less groups Of pretty maidens obeyed
her call, coming from nowhere 20 sing
sweet songs AMI execute artistic dances
ana poses as did also one merry
chorus after another each presenting
striking and picturesque contrast
when compared with those which went
before or came after. Skilfully man
ipulated calcium lights thrown upon
the scenes and performers, made many
beautiful effects The cannibal king
on South Sea Island. with little
creatures OF the same kind Nor
mon missionary a negro dude, an
American tramp, n Spanish scnOr, an
old maid a queen OF forest, herald, the
Witch, little ,annibals, precocious
baby girl and n charming musical d.
rector made up the principals, who
We're Cannbal king. George y.
Margetts; missionary, Bert Margetts;
Samno Jack Mcdonald; Tired Tim A.
q. Miller, Senior Mora, A. T.. Brady;
Angelina. the Old maid Edna Evans;
Red Feather. queen of the forest, Ivy
Evans; Heralds. Estella Brady and
Rhoda Fuller; the witch. Mrs. Harriet
Purdy Smith little cannibals, Eugene
Robinson, Arthur Neslen, Earl Davis,
Arthur Woods; living doll, Leah Gou-
let; musical director, Mamie Russell;
parasol girls. claire Brady. Ida Salt,
Sarah Lindholm. Nora Nicholson, Annie
Salt, Bertha Bingham, ~. c. Ester
blom, Stella Angel, Eliza Thorup, Flor
ence Symons, Ella McAlllster, Isabel
Zenger, Gertrude Despair, Imogene
Angel, Gentlemen in specialties, w. G..
Salt j. X. keddington. Jack Saunders
llyin Keddiugton, Charles Grover.
The Messrs. Margetts did the cannibal
king and missionary roles 80 naturally
as to suggest the probability of them
both having had experience in that d.
rection, and Jack Mcdonald as Morn
ing Glory should be picked up by Prm-
rose. the minstrel man, and taken away
| as star performer when he arrives
| in town this week. In the part OF the
| tramp. A. o. Miller looked like the gem
| uine article; while Mr.. Brady gave an
| excellent Interpretation OF the gentle
| man from Spain. The honors OF the
| evening. however, we're most heavily
showered upon the Evans sisters. who
deported themselves more like profess
| SIGNALS than amateurs, as the anti
| quated spinster and the queen Of the
| forest Surely no other old maid was
ever so pretty or captivating before as
| Miss Edna, and Il Is easy to believe
that had Miss Ivy been living when
| Longfellow wrote his immortal Hla-
watha, that he would have made this
! little Liberty stake squaw girl the Min.
nehaha Of his beautiful story.
| Specific praise should be given the
| captivating little tot Baby Goulet
| whose dancing, gesticulations and
! chaming manner captured the entire
| audience. Very clever, too, was every
member Of the little cannibal quartet,
and Miss Russell as a musical director
was decidedly handsome.
There were numberless ballots aud
| dances OF diverse kinds, picturesque
scenes IN the valley OF Silver Fern,
| pretty poses I'm the hall of sculpture
| and marvellous transformations on the
| meadows Of Wagon Land which, with
the faultless manner IN which the whole
| production was staged and given, tells
! an eloquent story Of work, work. work,
| and an experienced hand behind Il ali
The executive stan was made up as
| follows.
Stage manager. Mrs. Harriet Purdy
| Smith.
Properties, Lewis Strong, Ralph
! Brooks. Bert Donaldson.
Chaperones to the children IN Way
on Meadow Lands, Mrs. r. Holden
Mrs. L. II. Goulet Miss Kate Allen,
Mrs, Margctts, Miss Nellie Alley, Miss
May Dyer, Miss Ruby Stevenson, Mrs
A. NJ. Done, Miss Hattie Carter.
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