Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-14
Uncle Silas
HuSkin' Bee.

| IuSNiHS bee. presented by amateur.
| o! the Armitage Club. hade hit tha
VIII long be remembered in Augusta
The huskins bre was Il laugh from star
! TO finish, for the person that cOuldn'1
/ lind amusement of the most hilarious
I kind in last nights 'doin's" must haN.
! been a pronounced clam. The hall was
| packed TO the limit and it was an al,-
| dienCe tllat new good work and appre-
| ciated the fact by generous applause.
| What a typical country scare was
| shown en- the stage, Here Il pumpkin
| with a yellow tinge of autumn on its
rounded face and there Z buncn Of corn
stalks that We're of the truly rural va
| rietH. A few hay rakeS and WispS OF
| hay completed the stage setting. which
pun The audience in harmony with the
approaching husking even before the
| huSRerS entered
Harold Partridge. the wril-known and
popular "Eube' amateur WAS the frsr
70 PUT in an appearance ana after 4
short speech to the audience he vel
coined the guests that could be- heard
approaching his hoepitable door Ard
what bunch OF guests il YVES IN H..
sure, Typical farmers one and a.,
- Wy S>t'i - vi tfi' STAGE nav
SEED, reminding one of the orenir,.
scene IN the old Homestead" What
Shont OF Joy the audience ST ~ o.
INV, "ife" rance OF the motley gang,
me Stage entrance was hir nr,,,i,a,.
one tor the company.
Then Uncle Sile cracked = few i,,.,,.
- KIN time. He had Something 1o CO...
;tponf local conditions and wound ~,
ny remaining. milk WAS never 81 hieh
',ih'e ne COW jumped over the ,n,or ..
''"SlhS by tie applause th,r. n,,,s.
nave beeh those in the audi.,co ,,i.>
appreciated this SALLY.
hon TEACHER nut in an a,,,.,,
ana nor Kid pupils welcomed b,.r WIN,
greet demonstrations of il, +, ,r,,,
Miss Clara North. who sailed ,,,',a
the non de plume of Eliza Evaroroa,,
is this soin' 10 be a refined sho,,.a..
ASKS Liza.
SURE said Uncle Silc and then ;z.
heclfes 10 stay while.
A'"uf This time 'Zelse" (Walter Hon
c"c) cts into the game and finds ,ho
mu"h sought for RED ear. Takino nj,
as ms excuse he gives Henrietta M,
Tie ""le) sounding smack and ,bon
henrietta sings. Love Ne and ,ho
world Il Mine and is Obliged IN 20
HNohd 10 an encore. the audience is 81
tH'iuastlc over her beautiful voice
About this time one of the bows M sses
TIE apples. A No. /. Southern Snjes"
as Uncle Sie remarks
Afle, Eliza Evergreen finds the rod
ear and the excitement over this dis
TN
pretty country misses sing a nice little
''iiS anu Ihen comes an alarm al the
outer gate.
IT IS here that a lady from New York
arrives. She is motoring bur her cor
mas broken down and her husband win
a hyphonated name and her son. who
IS even more hyphonated than her hus-
han'. are fixing the sparker 1t was
Mrs. &. :. York that took this OK
ceeding!y difficult part. doing the work
Ike professional. Madame from New
York and Uncle Sile have some ami
mated conversation and then the lady
takes 4 scat on the stage and listens.
with mp tilted nose. 20 the continued
program.
Right here Tncle Silo made a hit with
his song. Back. Pack. I'm Going Way
BACK Uncle Sile got q big hand and
then eave.the chorus as an encore.
''rhe next thing on the program"
said Uncle Siie. will be music bv the
seXtette and by gosh tell you it beats
the original Fl.rodora Sextette by a |
long shot. 1t was a corking good |
sextette. and that is sure The young
ladies' sang &" A Fishing for the Moon, |
the Shining Silvery Moon" and then.
when the crowd insisted. the girls came |
back and gave a little more with Il !
dance that was Il world beater. The |
young ladies We're: Misses Matte |
Blackwell. Lola Edmunds. Hattie Cole. |
Annie Hanks, Mary McDavid. Bertha |
Purinston.
Another of the characters that made |
big hit was Mr.. Arnold. the stutter- |
er- He had an affecting love scene with !
Liza ana later with another yOurg lady |
Both We're the real thing in the love |
making. billing and cooling line. Short |
" after Liza speaks a piece and then |
comes the lack o Lantern" song by j
Miss Alice Clark. Miss Clark had the |
goods with her in the shape Of a really |
and truly Jack o lantern and her song |
was so pretty and nicely rendered that |
she had to respond to an encore. 1t |
consisted Of a little dance something |
like a Spanish fandango.
Miss Bertha Fuller created n very :
favorable impression with her nono-
logue and Master Allen Whitney sang |
n nice song which was short bur sweet
As one of the closing numbers the
grand dame from New York sang ~
song called Lovely Flowers I Bring"
and had Il give an encore number the
a pplauSe was so tumoltuous
They really have some faint idea OF
what real music is like, haven; they"
said the lady
"Oh. yes" remarked Uncle Sile,
chairman did it,"
Then with Il dance of the olden time
and with a song that Went with the
music of the dance TO perfection the
ia NOUS and never 10 be forgotten Cnoit
sile's husking bee came 10 success
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