The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-11-26
AN EXCELLENT COMPANY.

Two Performances at n e
Opera House That are All to
The Good-Good Plays Ex-
cellently Presented-To Re-
turn Next Week-A Word
About Offending Hats.
There is no doubt about it, the
Pickert Company is one Of the
best, cleanest and cleverest COM
panies that has ever held the
boards at the Lumberton Opera
House. For two evenings, Mon
day and Tuesday, this company
! delighted its audiences every min
ute Of the time the curtain was
up. 1t is far and away ahead of
the average repertoire company
that tarries here. and the only
regret of those who saw the per-
formances given is that the
company could not spend week
here.
On Monday evening "The
Night-Riders" was presented.
There is too much gun-play, too
much sensation, there are too
many agonizing situations in
The Night-Riders", but that is
the fault of the play itself and
no criticism is intended for the
way it was presented. The four
Pickets and their excellent COM
pany, by downright good acting,
made the play thrillingly inter-
estlng, and there was just
enough comedy interspersed to
relieve the tense moments. The
audience was highly pleased with
Monday evenings performance
all the way through.
''The Bosom Friend Of Bow
SER, presented Tuesday eve
ming, was pure delight. 1t is
"A Comedy Of Errors" that is
hard to beat, Astounding in de-
lightfully ridiculous and ludi.
/ crous situations. AS a rule com,
2 panies that play more than .
One-night stand are supposed t.
put their best foot foremost the
first evening, but good as the
. performance was Monday eve.
, ming, Tuesday evenings per
Torrance was better, even tt
: the specialties. Barry Couners
3 as Tim Gallagher; Walter Baron
. as Col. Benjamin Bowser; Walter
Williams, as Prof. Travis Malt
by; Val C. Cleary, as MalvaI
Meekman, Bowser's bosom
: friend"; Blanche Pickert, al
r Rose Waters, the Secret
, all interpreted their part
+ admirably. The development o
J. the plot brought about situa
+ lions that were killingly fun
> ny, and the denouemen
II was all that one could wish
1t was an excellent play, exec
d lently conceived and most exec
= lently executed.
is The specialties both evening
= also deserve to be spoken of on
= ly in superlative terms. Tn
y songs and mimicry of Barry Cor
|. uers were all to the good; tn
\. illustrated songs of Val C. Clear
= were ditto; and the drum corr
drill Monday, evening and tn
j. Indian dance Tuesday evening b
in the four Pickerts was superl;
n lively ditto. The two last-mel
v toned specialties were the mo-
e. rhythmic and pleasing stunts
is the eye and ear that have evt
r. been presented on the stage {
RI the Lumberton Opera Hous'
70 Without attempting to descrit
@ them, it is enough to say tn;
p they were simply exquisite
w perfect symphony of changir
~ motion.
~ ~ Comment upon the perfo
n mances would be incomplete
N special mention was not al!
~ made Of the piano playing, whic
a was something out Of the orc
~ nary and was very much enjo
~ ed.
no The Four Pickerts and the
,e o excellent company quite capt
l &c waited all who saw the two pc
: formances given here. They al
quite emphatically all to the goo
81 They will return to LumbertC
70 for one evening next week-tl
e date to be announced later-a1
Ia if the Lumberton Opera Hou
s. is ever to use it's S. R. O. sig
X it ought to have to use it the
W; for if ever a company stru
ma Lumberton that deserves a pac
'rq ed house the Pickert Company
- it. They will also play an e
&C. gagement here in January.
IT, Complaint has been made to t
49, management of the Opera Hou
about the failure of some Of t
lc- ladies to remove their hats a
mt it is requested that special me
Tie ton be made Of the matter he
ar 1t is quite impossible to see
Ter stage with any satisfaction VIII
Ter one is behind a large hat.
cry matter how beautiful the
ing may be, theater-goers are mC
Wis intent upon seeing what is goi
ed, on upon the stage than upon ;
IN miring exquisite taste in mi
ion merry, and they are far more ;
by to curse the wearer than to
bel mire what is worn when the
nee ter obtrudes itself so persisten
upon the attention of those
'wn hind it that they cannot see
ks stage. 1t is, after all, merely
Mr.. question of simple courtesy {