The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01
rs CHILDREN TO
Dance And sing
Daily RehearSaIs Held for DR..
]. Wilson ShieIs' "When !.
Fairies Rule"
Entertainment for Benefit of
Worthy Charity VIII Delight
Both Young and Old

The .rehearsals for Dr. Wilson Shiels
clever zoperctta. When Fairies Rule" :"
are going. forward merrily every after
noon at. the .Garrick theater. in :prepara-
tion for:tiie two public performances to
he eixen. 5fhis week. Friday evening.
Nays. and Saturday afternoon, May a.
At the :l5africl- for the benefit Of the
children Industrial home at Lytton
springs. the. farm where deserted chill
-drer are educated and taught agricul-
tursI PURSUITS under the direction OF
Ehe salvation. Army.
rhe. cliarftv is a most deserving one,
fle.chHdren being taken from all walks
OF. life and kept. regardless Of aSe, until
they are able 10 take care of them
selves - Ihey are brought up. as. much
il Is possible: in so large an institution
-. .ir. -@af<>:oId fashioned home life, even
eating their~ meals in small family
Erotir.s.> +,fhe.orphans and half orphans
underctlIe3r: pr6tectien are schooled and
hQusedand taught TO play and to work,
are -drf]Jed<in. the means of earning
.liHelihOod snd.througlT it all are leading
tie happYs healthy, hearty country life
that sis.tlFes sbfrthTig ght of. every child
And 1T isfoT< this end and the paying
OF ef.stile mortgage on the Industrial
home TlsscJ. the IS children in the cast
2 Of@:.VN hen Fairies Rule" garbed as lmps
and fairies. demons and sprites, viii
sing and. dance and play their pranks
and do their deeds of mischief to the
spritefiestr airs and. catchiest tunes that
haTe.-been: heard in many months.
The. words of the play are by Doctor
-Shiels I1re music by DR.. II. J. Stewart.
The dancing is under the direction of
Mrs.*aR6se: Dennery Schmidt. Frank
Mathieu. yvi}l act as manager and stage
~1f +s-r-
The seenery which will. be big
feature of. the performance, a veritable
fairy, and Of color and light and bloom,
is the work of George Lyon The cleo
trIcaI effects have been arranged by
DuffN. the. mana ger for many years of
the, vienderf1I light effects in the Bo-
heInisn p groves for the midsummer
Of "Thes play itself too much. can.
scarcely :be said in praise It should
really be seen. TO be appreciated: and II
viii appeal TO young and old. Airy,
-fanciful- and ethereal, II Will bring the
groWnups delightfully."- back to the fairy
realms of: their childhood, and, the
youngsters viii be given q a=igenuine peep
into. the land. they love, and; as both
solos. and 7cloruses run. through the
play with d splendid orchestra. under
the personal direction of Doctor. Stew:
art, music lovers also will be given
treat. = 4: ~ -.
: The. tickets: for the. performance viii
= be on. sale Wednesday,. Thursday and
Erida v. at. sherman; Clay & Co.'S at
the EMPORIUM and. at the ST. Francis
news .stamd.-.: They may also be OBJ
tanned from any one Of. the patronesses
reat7 Dr. Wilson Shieis' Office, any day
between II: and p Il. - -:
= The cast:will be as. follows:-
Prologue - > Francis Matiisu
The Bad king OF the Demons. Henry /. Perry
7 he Good: Queen OF the Fairies. -
The Satisfied: Mother Of Harry: p:
- Mrs j Wilson Shiels
The nervous Nurse. OF Harry .....:...-.:.
----.- =. Miss Alo3Se GebhsFat
The Trained Nurse ...,... Miss Marcia Fec
IfarTE -: =. Willie Sheis
Doctor Spruess: -. -. Courtney Ford
Billy Badlets -: -..,.--.'- :..-.Appy Mckinnon
Master Tent ..-.s. 80. :. =. Percy Hsnnigsn
Master Grove =. ...-..... Bert Shoemaker
Master Bark. ..-... Carlton Bryan
Master Log Bowie Detr1ck
Master Lamp ....-.:,.:!,-s--.-.-- Hubert Game
Master Leaf -. - Ionic Owens
Master Branch -..,...---...- John Arnold
First Fairy Maid. s-i.....,|s..-. Eugene Aasten
Second Fsiry Msid. .....--C Csrlotts Sawyer
lhlro h2lry Mslq 49, -....----- -Afce Hops
Fourth Fairy. Maid. o.. $1,000. Marian StoVall
Fifth FairE Maid. ...-..-.-..-. Mary Bosrdmsn
First Heart Fairy Maid. -. Emily Parkhurst
Second Heart Fairy Maid.'...--M Miriam Gerstle
1lmI1 a enc BOY -; - Eugene Castle
First Special Evil Demcn. .......... Leon Sloss
sammy Blemon ---.-- -------. Baldwin NcCiaw
Esirv AIaids-Helen Wright. Sarah d'Ancona,
Lasste Shiels, Dorothy Gebhandt. Valerie
Arnold Helen St Gosr Helen Holisdav
. Ba+sv Barbara Psvpe. Fi5zsbetb RoseErans'
Alice Hopps, Dorothy Leland Louise Por-
ter. Constance Reston, Margaret Perkins,
er. Evelyn McGsw. Anna Rsdke, Rose
Bellies. Marian Stone, Margaret Gross.