The daily sentinel., 1909-12-14

songs. She was a great Little Tip
Mr.. Sherman, Mr.. Mckee and Miss
Bunting, in their respective roles.
made up a trio of comedians that is
hard to beat. Their skits and songs
together, their trials and troubles,
Interested and delighted the audience
beyond measure.
The character of the mighty and
terrible Wizard of OF was given over
to MIR. Ford Piatt. that inimicable
gentleman who has contributed i'm
mensely to the success of several
home talent productions. Mr.. Piatt
kept the audience in roar of laugh
ter whenever on the stage. His
makeup, his clever, easy. breezy act
ing, his comical movements. his
pompous and tyranical rulings, his
merry sayings, made him shine as a
true star of comedy. Mr. Piatt is
always successful in a comedy role
and he certainly made a great hit
last night He could not have pleased
better
Miss Florence Goodwin was very
pleasing as Glinda, the fairy queen.
George Gallupe was a stately and
merry Robin Goodfellow, Wilbur
Whitney and his Gnomish company
at the forge scene attracted much ad-
miration.
Archie Bliss as "the demon" made
that weird part one of the most
fetching" of the cast.
One of the sweetest portions of
the whole performance was the ap-
pearance, drill, dance and song of
the little Frost Fairies, a dainty bevy
of little misses all dressed in fluffy
white costumes. They charmed the
audience and were encored entuhsi-
astically. 1t was pretty feature in
deed. The forest fairies were Selma
Sampliner. Mary Rhone. Mabel Swire,
Leola Bliss, Harriet Haskell, Leila
Swire, Elma Armstrong, Natalie
Latham, Evelyn Walker, Bernice
Burkett. Mildred Van Horn, Maybelle
Sampliner, Helen Cullen.
The song of the Scarecrow, the Tin
Woodman and Tip when the Cob
Inns Were at Play" was one of the
big hits of the production. The three
voices blended beautifully The COB
Inns were as follows !: Beatrice Pow
ELL Georgia Armstrong, Avis Hardy,
Helen Bunting, Clara O'Hare, Hazel
Van Buren,.
Beautiful young girls, costumed as
soldiers, lead by pretty Miss Leah
Smith who took the role of General
Jinjur in such n pleasing manner,
gave drill and song near the close
of the first act that caused the audi
ence to send forth great storm of
APPLAUSE. Miss Smith and her com
pany of girlish soldiers made up as
pretty and graceful group of young
ladies as one would want to see. Cen
eral Jinjur and her soldiers immense
ly pleased every time they appeared.
A. b. Dunsworth as the guardian
of the gate was responsible for
many laughs. His song The Guard
ian of the Gate" was much enjoyed.
w. G. Baylis made big hit as
the royal army of o."
Sweet as 1t could be was the num-
ber "Carissima," with Miss Clara
O'Hare, possessing a delightful voice,
leading very graceful and magnifi-
Gently costumed chorus of young
ladies. No feature pleased more. The
young ladies assisting Miss O'Hare
in this pretty number were Georgia
Armstrong. Hazel Van Buren,, Be
atrice Powell. Avis Hardy, Helen
Bunting. Anne Allen.
Miles Ferbrache and Kennth Orr
made stately and handsome pages.
The trio when We Get What S
Coming to U.s." by Tip, the Tin Wood
man and the Scarecrow was a jolly
jingling number.
In the Valley of Ho-Kus Po," with
the Wizard of OF handling the solo
part, was decidedly one of the low
liest and most enchanting features
of The Emerald City" A number
of young ladies and gentlemen wear
ing colonial costumes of stately and
aristrocratic nature, with their hair
La la Washington's day, assisted Mr.
Piatt in this number. 1t was a truly
charming number. 1t was one of the
handsomest ensembles seen on a
local stage in long time. The cos