Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-27

Ihe Introductory overture began in
particularly striking way. on the open
ing strains by the orchestra the lights
throughout the house were cut off and
the curtain rose on night scene showing
myriads of firefies darting hither and
thither, with owls eyes blinking here
and there, While this was in progress
the company sang the owls Chorus"
from Woodland" with its familiar
who'd Whoo Whoo!" As the dawn of
day appeared, represented by the gradual
turning on of red and white lights, the
owls and firehies disappeared and the
selection closed with the AT Night
song by Fred c. Adams and the chorus.
The return of the lights showed another
impressive scene, palace with its sue
cessive tiers Of pillars, in front of which
the company was seated. The scenery
was dazzling in its brilliancy, being
lighted by $50 tiny incandescent lamps,
and the costumes were white. With
catchy song the chorus introduced the
eight regular ends, who appeared in red
satin garb and did a cake-walk stunt
which was warmly applauded. The
audience now had made up its mind that
the fourth annual show was going TO
surpass all of its predecessors, and it
was not disappointed.
The eight ends gave a musical number
and went through some more evolutions.
and the chorus took up the medley. in
terposing business" by way of emphasis,
closing this feature with Yankee Doodle
Boy from Little Johnny Jones"
Here began the jokes, and from then
until the close of the first part there was
a whlrlwind of songs and grinds. In the
list OF songs John L. Stewart led of
with Sympathy" and made a hit.
Arthur L. Maynard gave a pleasing rem
dition of the melodious song, Colleen
Bawn," and was followed by Edward
Gonyer. who did good work in Central
Give Me Back My Dime" DIR. F. II.
O'Connor was given hand as he stepped
/ forward to sing ASLEEP in the Deep"
/ He sang this song with deep feeling,
/ fully meeting its requirements for a
voice of unusual range. The double quar-
| tet Joined in the chorus
| In his song Gravy" Alison Dugan DEM
/ onstrated again his peculiar fitness for
/ this kind of work and was received with
enthusiasm. The particularly sympathetic
! quality of voice which Fred c. Adams
! possesses was well suited to "a dream of
| boyhood days" which ne sang with
/ fervor assisted by the double quartet. A
/ cottage organ accompaniment on the last
| stanza heightened its effect. w. H. Hen
/ ley made his first appearance at this point
/ and sang Just because she had dat
winning way" in a way that won much
/ applause. For an encore Mr.. Henley re-
/ cited four stanzas Of a poem entitled
/ April Fool" in which several well known
/
Enter the premiers, D. Frank Shea and
f. II. Crane. Mr.. Shea impersonated a
hand organ grinder and at the end of
a long ribbon was the proverbial monkey,
| impersonated by Mr.. Crane. Their APP
pearance was a signal for fresh out
/ burst OF applause, and after n few sharp
thrusts Mr. Shea sang an amusing parody
! on Everybody works but father" fol-
lowed by Mr.. Crane in "Uncle's quit work
too" These songs were an elaboration
upon the characteristics of local citi-
zens and were very pleasing to the audi
ence. On the second night the monkey
part was cut out, Mr.. Crane appearing
in a handsome green satin costume
The closing song in the overture was a
bass solo, 1.-THE Heaven-born banner"
by George r. Adams, assisted by the
chorus. This song was of patriotic SEN
! timent and Mr. Adams executed it in
delightful way. With the members of
the chorus standing a stereopticon view
of the STARS and Stripes was thrown
upon them, making fitting finale which
received several curtain calls.
In addition to the interlocutor, the
endmen and the band the company con-
| sisted Of Edward V. Morse, Walter A.
Gilbert, Arthur L. Maynard, Walter s..
Stearns, Fred G. Adams, Alfred S. Tnomp-
son, Arthur H. Brasor and George e.
Adams, constituting the double quartet
| George NJ. Clay, Eric Landry, Warren
Crosby, Hal March. w. H. ST. Germaine,
| Harris Cray, William Brockington Her
! bert NJ. Wood, Ernest Arnold, Lawrence
Barber, Horace Jeffers, Casper Moran,
Louis Reynolds, H. M. WheeIock, Ray
Greene, Harry Bingham, Glenham Jones'
John w. Washington, Ernest Pratt, Louis
Ellis and A. D. Burdett.