The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-08
GOOD SHOW AT GRAND
SOCIETY GIRLS PLEASE LARGE
MONTGOMERY AUDIENCE.
.srhe Three Chauffeurs," In neii&ntf"''
RolieEing Comedy, Exeelientiy
Presented In Interest Of
Church Funds.

Petite. winsome girls. society girls
If you please, captivated q large Mont
somerv audience Friday night at the
Grand In The Three Chauffeurs.
Since the closing OF the theatrical
season at the Grand several weeks ago
II has been dull. exceedingly dull, for
the lovers of amusement. win the
exception OF the vaudeville houses, no
night entertainment along tnealrical
lines has been offered since tne i n,aSa
mart of April. Such a condition MADE
one feel that the rest cure was being
taken.
Last night, however. In the interest
of making church money, the society
buds Of Montgomery offered a rollick-
ing evenings entertainment, The
comedy is excellent fun, unpretentious.
roilicking. and light as air. The
second act permits the members Of the
cast to show the public Just how good
they could be-, IL they really took up
acting as . profession.
And several of the cast were excel
lent In the real meaning of the word.
So often In amateur dramatics, one is
forced to say pleasant inanities; such
was not the case last evening. A we'll
known theatrical man said after the
first act: "If that little girl wants to
go on the stage as o soubrette, I'll give
her a place on my salary list. She's
capital With little training she
would take her place at the top Of the
ladder"
The story in brief: Mrs. spencer
gives a house party to several young
girls, and Of course there is q mix-up
when one gentleman chauffeur IL mis-
taken for another. There is q lot of
girlish chat ana a mad cook who OBJ
jects to the girls using her kitchen to
make fudge. The tangle Of the fret
act rights itself In the second, and the
entertainment Is prolonged with songs.
Not much Of a plot to be sure. but the
lines contained witty sayings with one
or two local hits. Not enough to
force themselves unpleasantly upon
the audience. but here and there bit
OF fun that took well.
OF those on the stage last evening
with the exception of Miss Killing. The
star was Enthusiastically Miss Frances
Stakeiy. Taking the part of Miss
Gertrude CASTELAR," disguised as q
country girl, Miss Stakeiy won, her
audience with her first entrance. and
received its applause throughout the
whole of the evening.
Miss Janetta King, in the role of
the cook Nora" was OF course excel
lent. and her impeFsonation of the
Irish biddy was the treat of the
comedy.
Miss Mary Ellen Harris as "Ninta.
the siggling girl" deserves the high
est praise for her excellent work.
Miss Harris is possessed of the per-
sonality that makes a success upon the
stage and her rendering of her two
songs displayed to full advantage This
magnetism.
At the end Of the second act, the
time was occupied with songs from
popular operas which have been heard
in Montgomery All OF the selections
were heartily applauded At this point
OF the entertainment the credit should
he given Miss Frances Woiff. Miss
Wolfrs rendering of a lullaby was
magnificent and displayed Miss
VOLTS highly cultivated. voice excel
lentiy
The cast OF characters included:
Mrs. Bibb Graves. Mrs. F. H. Logan,
Miss Marie Alexander, Miss Natalie
Thornton. Miss Flora stakely, Miss
Frances Wolff. Miss Mary Ellen Har-
ris. Miss Sarah Warren Wiikerson,
Miss Annie slghtIsF. Miss Georgia