Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1909-12-15
PAINT AND POWDER
CLUB OF ORANGES
SCORES BIG HIT
s'Here and There" Successfully
Produced by Amateurs at
Bijou Theatre.

Another success was scored by the
Paint and Powder Club, of the Or
anges. the members of which Were
greeted by a large audience last night
II, the Bilou Theatre, Orange, when the
comedy. Here and There" written by
stephen V. B. Brewster, Of East Or
ange. a member of tho club, was pro-
duccd for the benefit of the Orange
Memorial Hospital. The play will be
repeated tonight. The songs and music
are catchy" and were written by e.
ID. Farnsworth, jr., and George ID.
CIews The director of the orchestra
was Mr.. Farnsworth.
The feminine roles were all taken by
men, and the costumes were up-to-date,
as we'll as the picture hats worn with
the gowns. The girls have remark
able way of making their feet appear
small, in the array of open-work hos
iery and slippers they presented In
front of the footlishts.
The plot running through Here and
There concerns the unfortunate mis-
understandings which followed the
marriage of a German baron to the
widow of a prosperous sausage manu-
facturer The scene presented Wheh
the curtain rises is the office OF the
Standard Sanitary Sausage factory
owned by Baron Won Busted, German
nobleman. played by George l.. NC
Cloud. was exceptionally good. Inc
Others in the cast were: Harold H.
Csa1lison. William r. Bingham. Roswell
Davis. Frank T. Richardson David
Stuart Bingham, Henry S. Allen, Jr.'
Arthur {. Knolhoft. Richmond Snow
and Donald X. Grant.
Frank T. Richardson, as Maize FAR
face, an up-to-date stenographer. ala
we'll in portraying the wiles and graces
of that engaging young person in WIN
ming the attention of the Baron. The
song "Mazfe" sung by Mr.. Richardson
and the chorus had to be repeated more
than once. 1.-The Keys OF Love- writ
ten by Mr.. Brewster and Mr.. Clews,
sung by Henry S. Allen, Jr. and Arthur
c. Knolhoff, made a hit The scenery
of the second act represents the
grounds Of DR.. Curem's sanitorium for
nervous troubles in Germany. The
scene shows a line of invalid chairs,
with a patient seated in each attended
by q pretty nurse wearing the uniform
of the Red Cross. Leslie Rich, in q
wheeled chair, is rolled to the front
of the stage and sings song entitled
Sanitary Sanitorium," assisted by
the chorus.
In this part of the program. feature
was a touching little ballad called
"Only,' sung by Lody Smith, who has
fallen in love with his nurse. Thomas
J. Wakefield, as the nurse, was excel
lent. and it took a keen observer to
discover that the pretty creature who
smiled lovingly into the eyes of her
admirer was not feminine being.
Those in the chorus were Stewart
NJ. Coleman, Gardner Colby, jr.. Stone
Douglas. William w. Elder, L. H. Gil |
lespie. Lody Smith, II. E. Norton, |
Thomas ]. Wakefield, Oscar Weston, |
3. Frank Wells. Kenneth H. Condit, c. !
NJ Danforth, Harry w. Douty, Jr, |
Meredith Grant, II. S. Hillyer, Wallis !
p. Jaquith, John L. Mcbride, r. G.
Willard NJ. Osborn, Leslie !
Rich.
The costume committee included Miss
Florence Allen, Miss Ruth Emo Howe, |
Miss Elsie Shaw Duncan, Mrs. John
Leonard Merrill, Mrs. William e. Swim |
cell. Mrs. Frank T. Richardson, Mrs. |
$. Y. 3. Brewster. Mrs. S. S. Yardley,
Mrs. William Wrightson, Miss G. Emily
Bingham.
TIE ushers were s. S. Yardley, f. T. |
Albert, z. Jackson Ross jr., S. d. B.
MillaF, Walter G.. Sill, Spencer G. Har-
vey, Alexander Mcbride, jr.. Harry X.
Duff. Donald Stewart. John Barclay
Breckenridge. Carroll S. Trowbridge,
Henry T. Stetson, Louis Wilder, Homer
J. Diefendorf, Eugene II. Magee, Henry
S. Morgan, jr., Arthur d. Walters, Dan
iel p. Foster and w. Gurden Halsey, jr
The members of the club include:
Frederick T. Albert, Henry S. Allen.
jr., David Stuart Bingham. William r.
Bingham, s. V. 3. Brewster George d.
Clews. Roswell Davis, Homer j. Diefen-
dorf, Harry x. Duff. f. Dean Farms
worth. jr. Theodore p. Federer, Harold
IL. Gallison, Donald X. Grant, W. Stew
ard Gray, Victor Hugo, Wallis p.
Jaquith. Arthur c. Knolhoff Ferdinand
W. Kno1hoff. Eugene I'll. Magee, @. La
Rue Masters, George L. McCloud, Fred
erick 3. Mead, John Leonard Merrill,
Samuel D. b. Nillar, Philip n. Miller
Henry s. Morgan, 1r., Howard G. New
man. E. Jackson Ross, i-., Frank T.
Richardson, Walter G. Sill, Andrew A.
Smith. William E. Swindell, Carroll S.
Trowbridge, Arthur d. Walters, Milo
w Wilder jr., and Samuel S. Yardley.
The Paint and Powder Club patron
eases are: Mrs. F. \. Albert, Mrs. s. V
3. Brewster, Mrs. e. Dean Farnsworth,
jr., Mrs. r. E. Mead. Mrs. John Lenord
Merrill Mrs. +. I. Richardson, Mrs. A.
A. Smith, Mrs. A. d. Walters, Mrs. s. S.
Yardley and Mrs. William z. Swindell.