The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-20
Comma Events.

Coming Events.
The theatrical event of the coming
week will be the presentation of the
comic opera, 'Olivette," at the Audi
forum Monday evening, by the Bos-
ton Ideal Opera company. This COM
pany appeared at the Auditorium We'd
nesday evening in LA Mascotte," to
a poor house, largely for the reason
that they followed two bad shows and
for the further reason that nothing
was known in Norfolk as to the per-
sonelle of the company. But when
the company appeared at the Auditor
ium it was found that the two come
dams, Frank and Will Burgess, are
at the head of the organization, ably
supported by F. w. Walters, formerly
tenor with the Andrwes opera COM
pany, and the delightful little Uinifred
Crowley, as prima dona, and it was
readily seen that the Ideals had been
very much under-advertised and that
they had been sized up wrong by Nor
folk people. Despite the depressing
abundance of unoccupied seats in the
house, the company gave fine rendi-
ton of La Mascotte," working as
hard as though the IS. r. O." sign had
been hung out early in the evening.
The Burgesses are just about the fun
niest comedians who ever came to
town, while their support is practically
as strong as the comedians are for
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siderable persuasion on the part of
the Auditirium manager to induce Mr..
Burgess to play return engagement
here, but it was finally arranged that
they would give the musical and laugh
able comic opera, "Olivette" Monday
evening. Comic opera is the kind of
show that Norfolk people enjoy
the laughing kind-and there is no
doubt but that there will be a crowd
ed house at that time. The outline Of
the play as presented in an advertise
ment looks very attractive, when it
is considered that the Burgesses will
handle the comedy part, and when it
is known that the musical selections
will be given by harmonious, well
trained voices. The manager of the
Auditorium places his personal guar
antee behind the production, with the
offer that if anyone is dissatisfied at
the end of the second act the amount
paid for tickets will be cheerfully re-
| funded at the door.
Norfolk people who remember the
success scored by the Norfolk band
minstrels last spring are beginning to
look forward to the black face show
to be presented by the Norfolk fire
department on December 80, the last
Monday in 1907.
The auspices of the fire department
naturally goes a long ways towards
promising a big house when the fire
fighters appear at the Auditorium,
but the firemen are working hard to
get up a live wire" minstrel that
will merit the attendance. ]. S. De-
Forest, who was seen in Norfolk with
Walker Whiteside, has charge of the
rehearsals.
New songs, new jokes and lively
| are IL 10 very
probable that the Creighton band will
be brought to Norfolk to join with the
Norfolk band in a twenty minute
concert
The minstrel staff is announced as
follows: w. p. McCune, manager;
Jess Beymer, assistant manager; ]. e.
Haase, treasurer; A. V. Light, secre-
tary; l.. Brueggeman, stage manager;
Ed Brueggeman, electrician; Jess Bey-
mer, property manager; w. E. Mullen,
transportation manager; w. A. Nenow,
press representative; Directors De-
Forest and Vradenburg, band leaders.
On Tuesday evening of the coming
week the Auditorium is given over to
the second number of the high school
lecture course, readings from Ralph
Connor's The Sky Pilot" by Adrian
NJ Newens. AS Mr.. Newens appeared
in the course last year and was con-
sidered one of its best features he is
assured of a welcome when he comes
to Norfolk Tuesday, this time present
ing another book in monologue.
The ladies of the Rebekah lodge are