The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-12
QUEEN ESTHER PLAY
At EAST CHICAGO
Dramatic Cantata Will Also
Be Presented at Berry's
Tomorrow Night.
CAST INCLUDES 100 PEOPLE
VIII Appear Under Auspices of Chris
tan Endeayor Society at Con-
gregational Church.

East Chicago. April 12.-The beau
tiful dramatic cantata Queen Esther
viii be given tonight and tomorrow
night at Berry's New Majestic theater
on Chicago avenue, under the auspices
of the Christian Endeavor society of
the Congregational church. The enter
tainment viii be under the direction of
Professor Byron w. Rice of Chicago and
the cast in all includes between sew
enty-fve and one hundred people.
Oriental costumes Of the time of
Queen Easter will be used. and these
make a beautiful stage picture Queen
Ether's Triumphal march, in which be-
tween forty and fifty girls are used. is
one of the prettiest spectacles of the
play, and always wins the applause Of
the entire audience. The singers are
well known local people and the prin-
cipals include the following:
Queen Esther. Mary A. Stone
King Ahasuerus. ...........E Evan Lloyd
Mordecai, the Jew Lou Rodgers
Haman, Overseer OF the Realm. .~...
Observation-Disclosures. - Roy Morrison
Zeresh, Hamans Wife. Pearl Townsend
Prophetess... Mabel Mickey
Mordecafs Sister. Mrs. F. L Evans
Scribe. .....E z. Everette Fisher
Queens Maids of Honor. .
49,. Edna Mickey and Florence Lewis
Queens Page. ............ Irene Francis
Zeresh's Maid of Honor ....
80. Tressie Roberts, Florence Brown
Illegal. Dave Roberts
Beggar. Observation-Disclosures. Harry Glover
Trio of Persian Ladies-Mary A
Davies, Mrs. Ethel Peterson and Gladys
James.
Trio of Jewish women-LeIah Vic
key, FIossie Pickard and Mrs. F. L
Evans.
Quartette of Modecars FRIENDSHIPS
Anna Lloyd Lelah Mickey and w. K
williams and Charles FIGHTER.
Kings Guards-M. o. Seifert and vii
Lewis.
Persian soldiers-Lowe zimmerman
and Harry Bloomberg.
Jews and Persians-Alice Green, Mrs
Anna Lloyd, Alice Williams, Florence
E. Lewis, Mary Peterson. Edna Mickey
Alice Thomas, Elsie Cass, Flossie Pick.
ard, Lo1ah Mickey Mrs. Ethel Peter
son. Mary A. Davis, Tressie Roberts
Florence E. Brown. Mrs. Jennie Hoos
Louise Davis, Callie Whitmore, Alta
Specter, May Reid, Clara Robinson. Hui
da Lager, Lora " eyderLs Ruth Mchlu
ski, Gladys James, Mabel Mickey
Harry Glover. Dave Roberts. Charle
FIGHTER. E. Everette Fisher. NJ. o. Sci
fert, Harry BIoomberg, John Roberts
w. A. Williams. VIII Lewis, Lowe Am
norman
The Queens Cup-Bearers-Olg Mel
son, Marie Lloyd, Margaret Canine
Luella Peterson, Gertrude Bush, Iren
Smith
Queen Esther's Triumphal March
Leaders, Lucille Brittian, MabIe Clapper
Grace McKluski Margaret Lusby
Ethelyn Hall, Laura Birch, Belle MACK
May Babcock, Anna Peterson, Mabe
Thomas. Lillian Lewis Ethelyn Foraker
May whitmore. Mollie Mitchell Blod
win Roberts, Maude Jepperson Luell
Peterson, Marie Lloyd, Beulah Jenkins
Grace Fred, Lois Brown, Caroline Scot
Sadie Sterling. Mabel Sterling, dig
Nelson, Jennie Jewess. Mabel Zerlel
Ethel Coggins, Dorothy Green, Mabt
Clapper, Gertrude Bush, Helen Kir
Irene Smith. Mabel Lewis. Mario
Brown Christine Reid Hasel McKlusk
Hilda Johnson, Edna Palmer, Margare
Richards Clara Peterson, Margare
Canine. Gertrude Bush and Ruth Brown