The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-15
A GREAT SUCCESS
lola POdrida" Evening Packs
The Opera House.
NATIONS sPLtsDIOIY REPRESENTED
The Performance Pssssd q Izss Eudl.no,
Ete.. etc.

The opera house was packed To its
doors Thursday night by an audience To
witness the OLA Podrida" evening. a
carnival of nations. Tor the benefit OF
Mary Washington hospital.
IL was a great musical success for the
amatuer talent OF the city aud demon
strstes what IL can accomplish by care
ful training. The presentation OF the
operetta was under the managemsnt of
Mrs. W. :. White and Mrs. l. L. Coghill.
The accompanies were Mrs. G. e.
Iaekett Miss Margaret Shepherd, Miss
hate DOggett aud Miss Eliz sbeth Cog
hlll and the College orchestra. The cos
tuning OF all the characters showed
Win hne eject and were typical OF the
nation represented.
The opening was an overture by the
college orchestra under the leadership OF
Prof.. Z. A Franklin. When the curtain
rose, Mrs }. Is. Proctor, Goddess OF Lib
erty, was seen seated on IA raised dais, an
electric light 10 her hand. She advanced
and sang beautiful solo, Last Night"
surrounded by midshipmen 20 welcome
nations from across the seas. Aidship-
men, +. WhitehOuse, f. Whitehouse, c.
Rudy, n. Rowe, q. Rowe and II. Camp
bell, who with waving flags greeted them.
Then the Goddess sang "Harkl It's the
O.
lumbia." advancing from the recesses OF
the stage. commenced their grand march.
ali singing Hail to the Goddess OF LIB
erty' and Love But Me-" after which
they were grouped upon the stage, pro
ducing . pleasing spectacular. The God
dess then sang The Crown OF Laurel"
In tull evening costume, handsome. smil-
ing and with good stage effect, DR.. J
Garnett King. the Herald" To announce
each nation. advanced and pre-
sented China In the person OF Mr..
J. W. Hassell. whose song WAS 30
amusing IS 70 produce a recall.
France was the most artistic presenta-
ton Of the evening When Il was an
nounced Mrs. + Z. Ninde sang I'm the
Mascot OF the Troops" Before the
chorus was reached. soldiers OF France
hessrs. A. Wooding. l.. WoOding, Stuart
Jones, Taylor Scott aud Henry Hudgins,
marched on the stage IN full military
uniforms, Joining IN the chorus. This
elected a storm Of applause Mrs
Ninde reappeared under = huge flower
hat and sang Hats make the women, +"
followed by Miss Evelyn Ninde with Mr..
Stuart Jones. Miss Louise Ninde
and Mr.. Henry Hudgins and Mss
Blanche Edmonston and Mr.. Louis
WOoding, who executed u dance which
pleased the audience.
Egypt-Mrs. W. A. Mullen as Cleo
pAtrs. was especially good. and Mr. F.
A. Solsn as the Beduoin lover sang well.
JRpan-Fhis was one OF the particu-
larly attractive representations Miss
Flora Mason rendered the song Than
with good effect. and the Japanese drill
was participated In by Misses Hattie
Whitshouse, Dallas Brown. Lima Harrf-
son, Page Waller, Kathleen DAnnehl,
Doris Garrison, Louise Thomas, Bessie
Bragdon. Matte Miller.
These were presented ne a trio:
Greece - Selection, "Niron," sung by
Miss X. Timberlake.
ADMINISTRATION "a Temple Bell. %
(b) It'll ! Wait solos by Miss Thigh
man.
Italy Selection. THE Carnival" u so
10 by Nrs. A. +. Emhrey.
All well rendered and the costumes
beautifully represented.
SpAin-Mrs. A. T. Rowe sang a beauti-
fol selection from The Fortune Teller. -
This was another pleasing feature She
had a quartette OF four young ladies
who artistically went through ponto-
mime. the Spanish ZOe-Misses Susie
Bradley, Louise Nlnde, Elsie Keim and
Sadie To Ter, clad in catchy costumes
with castAnets In their hands, accom-
panying the music and executing a dane.
during the song.
The second part opened with Holland
which enthused the audience. The first
was u duet Because You are You" bet
ween Miss Susie Whitehouse and Mr.. l.
Wooding. Next was the Dutch Kiddies
Misses Evelyn Ninde. Elsie Bragdon
hattie Whitehouse and Blanche Edmon
ston, and the last, but not least, Wal
| . hsa TIL l..
Aessrs. Stuart Jones and Taylor Scott
The number elected encoFes.
England-This was IA stately minuet
by Ars. r. W. Fensrherd, hrs. C. X
Rosebro, hessrs. II. Sweetzer and 3
Pretlow. and admirably executed.
Scotlsnd-"Agnes O'Donald," sweetly
sung by Miss Kate Newell Doggett
brought an encore and she then sang q
duet from the RED Mnr' with Mr.
Charles Saunders
Ireland" Bridget McCue. sung by Nisl
c. Bsumsn. as warmly received, which
was followed by solo, Little Irish Girl.
by Mr.. b. F. Bullock.
The sensation of the evening was tn.
Merry Widow Waltz" by Miss Louis,
Ninde aud Mr.. Henry Hudgln, done witt
artistic effect. The encore TO this wa
responded to.
Jungle Town." Aessrs. Major Bragdon
Billy Hassell, James Marsh, Sam Pref
low, Chss. Hsssell, John Berry. Funny
) this was. truly funny. The character
were good and the Jokes bad, so bar
that everybody laughed at them, be
cause they were so bad.
4 Herald King" advancing, presented
little Miss Margaret Holman, as Cuba
who was escorted to the 'front.' and sans
Cuba, the Queen OF the Southern Sea,
waving a Cuban flag gracefully She diC
N splendidly for one so young.
T~SThe closing event, fitting climax o
the evening, was when Mrs. 0. II. Sher
man, advancing with an Indian Nader
and Brave. Miss Susie Yates and Mr.
Robert Mullen, made an address to tn
Goddess of Liberty, afterwards singing
America, both of which were done 81
fectively. She then, kneeling, wa
crowned with the Laurel Crown. by tn