Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-11-14
. UNION DEPOT A SUCCESS
Music at the Opera House Last Night
Was Big Feature of Production
BY Home Talent.

The roar and puff of trains and the
whistle of the Limited" for Neches,
Irondale, Keechi, Tucker and other
cities filled the remote corners OF
the New Temple Theatre last evening
while home talent gave the Union
Depot" entertainment. The play was
given for the benefit of and was under
the auspices Of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety, of the First Christian church.
1t is an old saying that all home tai
ent productions are the 'best-ac-
cording to the local press, but If you
were not among those who witnessed
the play last evening, you missed one
of the most successful productions
ever attempted in the city. Every part
was well taken, and there was not Il
hitch or dull moment from the rise to
the fall of the curtain.
A stage fitted with the usual accom-
modations of depot filled and emp
tied over and over again with every
description of passengers that ever
travelled, and the arrival and depar-
ture of trains was announced by a de-
pot master Newsboys, gamins and
) bus drivers and ticket agents follow
ed their avocations with the usual ac-
compartments, and the panorama last
ed for nearly one hour and half
Bert Mingus as ticket agent and
J. P. LaBarge as the depot master,
were the real thing
Mrs. J. c. Johnson, 'the wo-
man who would not take Il
bus" was followed by Mrs. Chatter
much and her daughter who were on
their way to surprise Charley on his
birthday" and whose chief plant was
for their best silk umbrella costing
50 cents. which had been left on the
train Mrs. J. c. Stevens appeared as
Mrs. Ckattermuch, while Miss Blossom
Swift enacted the part of her daugh-
ter, Maria
Italian, who was introduced to the au-
dience by Joe Gamin, the bootblack
(S H. Cohen, captured the hearts of
all with her sweet song. Miss Helen
has an unusually strong voice for a.
child, and she was encored again and
again.
Aunt Amelia Saylittle tried to read
but her nephew Willie wouldn't stand
for it. These characters were we'll
taken by Mrs. Chas. Barsantee and
Burrell Leffingwell.
Uncle Josh and Aunt Sarah Hayseed
% Mr. peva.aey and Miss Jettie Word ;.
were on trip to see their daughter,
Mary Ann. who lived in the city and
owned butler and footman, besides
hired girls" Uncle Josh in leather
top boots and linen buster was sure
he'd heap more style about him than
on a previous trip to see Mary Ann,
and Aunt Sarah felt that her manners
had. improved on account of certain
advantages derived from attending a
tea drinking
George R. Cooke, as Deacon Long
face gave lecture to the three school
girls, Misses Alice Patrick, Eva Ian
dau and Fannie Walker, and was fl
nally compelled to make his escape to
escape the questioning of Mrs. Tom
Word, who as Mrs. Garrulous engaged
nearly every one in conversation. and
who. it is needless to say, Won praise.
]. T. McClelland, as the dude. was
sat upon by the school girls for be-
ing too fresh.
Chas. Russ as Mr. Henpeck and
Mrs. Geo. R. Cooke as Mrs. Henpeck,
had troubles of their own, and many
bundles
H. NJ Jones as Professor Learned
and Baby Ethel Lois Buchanan, whom
Mrs. ]. II. Weeks foisted upon him
caused an excitement for d few min
utes, while the professor strove vain
ly TO IND the mother OF the DaDv.
Mrs. Garrulous endeavored TO make
him own that it was his. The profes
sor fled, finally. for the train, baby
and all. endeayoring to reach Salt
City Junction, where his next lecture
was to be given. The way the profess
sor handled the baby caused the moth
ers i'm the audience TO lose their
breath But little Ethel seemed pleas
ed with her treatment.
Mrs. w. E. Swift, as Mrs. Needy.
and her children. Frances Moore, Les
lie Weeks and Helen Maier were on
their way to their dying husband and
father; their purse had been stolen
Now TamnIn Theatre