The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01

this opera. put on N the local mill t!amen fcr the first tue as an anna teur produtdor. went off So credit ah'g Is due to tho untirtng efforts of Director Frank n >elson. He was fortunate in his material 1ut ii was hls genius in this partieliar Inc that made last evenings result possible
 To go into datli la the matter af particular stars is a difficult proposi ton, bnt f must he conceded that for all round ability both in acting and singing the honors ef the evening Uero carried off by Private William i. Iros; ln tho role of 'Jaaung He was at all times perfectly az ease and gave tho impression that he Wag thor. ougnlH enjoying the work as well as trying to make others enjoy them- selves He made love went into dramatcs and even at times took hand In the comedy work with the case and finish of q professional His w1rk was very remarkable for m amateur and, as WIS not the case. aad the rest of tho cnst been mcdi- oerc he would have carried of the play.
 Miss Anna M Carrol in the rolo of Kate Pembcrton sang in unusually good "c.ce. and her work in this diff ficult role surprised even her most ardent admirers She looked the part of tge attractive southern girl and won ancores after all the songs she 1f numbers of tho opera was duet which she sang in the first part of the second act in conjunction with Mir. Frost
 Mrs Frank Nelson always greeted with pleasure by friends of the Grays, took the part of Cordelia Allen, and as the only northern girl in the piece gally danced and sang her way into the hearts of the audience She was ever ready to take advantage of any chance for fun that fell 10 her lot, and made the role q comedy one, At this point it is well 10 mention the work of the puu
 structcd by Mrs. Nelson TheSe ten girls were the distinctive features of the piece from a picture point of view They danced with surprising skill for amateurs, when one consid- CTS the fact that all of their numbers were difficult, Their dance as Sam bo Girls In the frst act, where Eve of them appear as boys and five as girls, was encored again and again.
 The comedy roles of the piece fell on Joe Southerton and Private w, A. Semple, a new one in Grays thoat- ricals Joe as the Lawyer Marx of the play In the part of Jonathan Phoenix smirked and. glided about the stage with the coolness of a pro fessional In his song New Haven one of the unique features of tho play, a wooden shoe dance by the ballet dressed as Dutch girls, made one of the hits of the evening As Uncle Joe Private Seinple made the charac- ter part a most excellent ono, He sang with a decidedly coonish twang, danced with an ease rarely shown by amateurs, and won a number of en- cores on both his songs He made his part a neck and neck race with the well known Joe for first honors in the comedy line.
 And so one might go down the line mentioning the excellent stage pres ence and act of Miss Bertha l., Hunie in the role of Constance the dramatic acting of Miss Lillian Moeicr as Rob- ert, the spy, and the excellent portray al of General Allen by Private stephen Crabb. Something can be sala to the crdit of each member Of the cast for they worked hard and succe ssfully to make good"
 The prettiest song in the piece was Fishing for the Moon in the second