St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-09-12


Toe pleasant announcement is made
above that ader southern Skies" is to
renBDea- at the STANLEY Opera House
this evening it has become standard
ats scii0n anj those who attend are
safs OF Egttug their moneys worth.
Tn pormarltg Of this delightful drama
seer to cfos greater With each succeed
lax seAsou, aud people like it better each
tim they see to. The management has
Pre- ided the pay with an entirely new
aud beau iiui sosuic equipment and new
cos umes vii be worn. The Halloween
oels1ratien aud the pumpkin dance,
whch are such sr ioyabe features OF the
psf.1rmniicr, will be as entertaining as
eve and will be in measure new even
c. those who have already seen them. as
nes songi and dance figures will be used.
rudcr Southern Skies has the true ring
/ 0i umau emotions. Sentiment that is
pufr aud natural. comedy that is health
lnl a. amusing. pathos that is real, all
ss ssss---~e..--.stic Of the location where the
E SCR es are laid.
then Lottie Blair Parker wrote Way
Down East managers predicted for her
/ great future, but she is a shrewd BUSH
/ ness woman and thought OF the old
ma zim. say nothing, but saw wood,
ans she sawed and sawed, and when
I husshed turned out Under Southern
Sd >, which duplicated the success of
her i0imer tfort, and is considered
I By many a bigger success. There is
90 hing OF the blue stocking about
| Mis. parket-in fact, she is the very
angithesis OF the accepted idea OF a
| literary or dramatic celebrity and is
never more happy than when she is play
ma hostess to a houseiul OF friends at her
beautiful summer home at Great Neck,
Long Island. 10 which vicinity are the
couatry homes OF Clarence Mackey,
/ Harry Payne Whitney, Edwin Gould, the
! Wander bits, and Others OF New York's
40l. All OF her guests are made to feel
% roughly at home and the Womanly
charm and hospitality Of Mrs. Parker
pc mcates everything.
nder Sou, bern Skies is a love story,
downright and wholesome; with youth
AM gaiety, humor and pathos, and
DE- ightiu 81 ocessiOn OF pictures OF south
err lie, all set TO the telling OF how
Leila Croiton was wooed by two youths,
onc who wished for her happiness, and
another who wished for his own selfish
enis and force her to an unhappy bridal
T story is laid in southern Louisiana
daring 1875. and the scenery is true to
the last detail oi picturesque plantation
lie. The stately wide verandahed colo
NAL mansion OF Major Croiton, in the
hfst and fourth acts is an accurate
presentation OF an old Halloween party;
and the wedding in the next act reveals
the completing possibilities ofhospitality
and good cheer found in these mansions
81 the old regime. Few plays OF south
EN- lite have won such popularity as this
one. The company is large one num-
boring u people, the costuming is
quaint aud pretty, the gowns being airy,
summery stutis, made in the fashion oil
1875. There is an unusually large
/. number Of women in the cast, several Of
+ them being Young and attractive. Few
dramas afford so many opportunities for
!. the display Of feminine irills and furbe.
10 ws, so the quaint and airy costuming
4 u AuN play y VI llsCll u VI PiSoS'
/. ure TO the feminine spectator.
/, The story Of the play is both strong
aud interesting, and is relieved with
much comedy which is contributed by
, the'dariy servants and by their masters
) aud mistresses, who are OF the Southern
sristocracy. The characters are finely
drawn, the dialogue is crisp and under
, andable, the human interest is absorb
ing. the comedy charming, and the
fathos is sincere. The drama seems tc
e. possess a fascination that draws people
10 witness it again and again, hence tn
], reason OF its unbounded popularity, fol
il retains its old admirers from season tt
season and is constantly making new
ones.
y Mrs. Parker has wisely refrained from
any reference to the civil war, although
T. the period in which the play is laid close
ID ~ followed the DAYS OF reconstruction
She tails a story OF southern nome ILL
showing various characters that ar
familiar to Louisiana, and VINO natur
ally 6t into the grooves assigned them
of One OF the features OF Under Southern
IS, Skies will be the rendition by a sextett
rs ot trained voices, of the old plantation
It. melodies that were famous a generation
I'd ego, and which today are as popular a.
lie. ever. judging from the heartiness OF tn
id applause which they evoke
be Woven throughout the scenes OF merri
lis meut and music, with which the pla.
nd bounds, is a story Of intense interes
-e- hat holds the audience from the rise t'
nd q he fall Of the curtain. -,
2. Under Southern Skies Will DC gwen a
&c Stanley Opera House this evening am
seats should be secured as early as pos
OF sible, as the return of this attractlon VIII
10 doubt, crowd the Opera House.