The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-21
A SURE ENOUGH SUCCESS.
"a Day at the Ranch" Well Presented
by Local Talent.

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| OF the many plays that have beer
given in Barre by local talent, "a Day
at the Ranch as presented in the opera
house last evening, will take its place
in the front rank, among the best anC
most successful that the public has haC
an opportunity to enjoy. TO say the
least, the play is splendid musica
production, remarkably well adapted fol
amateurs lively to a marked degree
and the music comprises the very best
of the popular songs. An audience Of
| 700 people was present, and the con.
tinuous enthusiastic applause bespoke
their enjoyment and the success OF the
entertainment.
The play was given under the auspices
of Hiawatha lodge, No 20, |. o. o. j..
and was directed by Mr.. and Mrs i. j
Rodenbaugh, whose ability in this work
has been proved many times in this
city. Over $50 people take part in the
play and the smoothness and dispatch
with which it went off was tribute
to the directors, as well as to those
who executed it. The play win be pre-
sented again this evening and will be
greeted with crowded house, which ii
in every way merits.
The scene of the play is on a wild
West ranch, and the people who appear
represent cowboys, ranch girls, Mexicans
Indians. tenderfoot visitors, New York
girls, school girls, Dutch girls and pick
aninnies, and each class has group
song and dance to do. Bruce's orchestra
Of eight pieces furnished excellent ac-
compartment.
The soloists were Coda H. Douglass
Miss Emma Phillips, Miss Anna Robert
son, Miss Hattie Houston, Fred Inglis,
Miss Mae Carson, Miss Ruth Humphrey
Mrs. Eta Eastman, Harry Ford and
Miss Margaret Milne, while Misses Grace
Barclay and Annie Tassie, Miss Mae
Carson and William Maiden sang duets.
Miss Margaret Milne gave song and
dance, which was one Of the features
of the play All the group songs and
dances were very nicely done and We're
encored, in many instances several
times The most amusing Of these
we're the little pickaninnies, who kept
the audience III an uproar OF laughter
with their dancing, singing and speeches.
Others who made hit in the funny
work We're Harry Clark, as Mike Raf-
ferty; Fayette I. Cutler, as Fritz Bum
melhem; W i. Mann, as Duty Rhodes /;
.G. H. Douglass, as Ham Bone; aud G,
10. Ayerill, as key Einstein. d. V.
Stone, as Col Miller, ranch owner; Dem
nison Densmore, as Arizona Pete; Cas-
sius Camp as Bronoho Bill, foreman;
Miss Emma Phillips, as Song Bird; ;
Archie Taft, as Rain on His Face; and
Harold Tierney, as Standing Bear, also
performed their parts well.
The following Is list of the names
Of those who took the parts in the diff
fereut groups, and also their chaper-
ones;
School girls-Mary Thomas, Florence
Smith, Jessie Sim, Flora Morgan, Ruth
Henry, Loretta Spear, Christian Smallet,
Rosa Levin, Kathleen Hurley, Lillian
Tassie, Christina Murray, Lizzie Smallet,
Francis Burke; chaperoues, Mrs. Harry
Levin, Mrs. Catherine Campbell
BY wireless Mark Cutler, Raymond
Beaton, Harold Tierney, Russell Hoyt,
James Mackie. Christina Reid, Helen
Maekie, Jeanette Granger, Mary Pat
terson, Susie Nichols; chaperone, Mrs.
o. i. PhilbrSk.
Wilhelmisl Dutch girls -Soloist. Hat
tie Houston Emma Slayton, Florence
Slayton. Esther Buchan, Gladys Suitor,
Gladys Perkins, Ruth Huse Bernice Prin-
die; chaperones, Mrs. Charles Traverse
and Mrs, Carl Perkins.
pickaninnies Fay Mann, Norman Cor
don, Nelson Campbell, Robert Watson
Floyds Tassie, Kenneth Hayes, Pauline
Beck, Ida Rattell, Mabel Hayes, Annie
Tassie, Rosa Grader. Margaret Tassie
Alice Watson, Grace Morgan, Winnifred
MeIlugo; chaperones, Mrs. W, Z. Beck,
Mrs. James Harvey.
Cow boys and ranch girls-Soloist,
Fred Inglis; Gertrude Slayton, Gladys
Bradford. Beatrice Callaghan, Jessie
Morgan. Agnes Mckenzie. Sophia Camp
bell, William Maiden, Benjamin Tassie,
David Morgan. Maurice Bugbee, Fred IN
glis, Luther Jacksoni chaperone, Mrs.
d. Y. Stone.
Girls Of gay New York Soloist, Mae
Carson; Madeline Williams, Mae ouin-
len, Florence Harvey, Florence Merchant,
Katie Mclean. Dorothy Milne, Margaret
Milne; ehaperones, Mrs. Aurora Robin.
son, Mrs. Henry Powers.
A cup of tea Soloist, Mrs. Eta East
mans Miss Bella Duncan, Miss Isabelle
Nelson, Miss Bernioc Whitcomb, Miss
Mary Knox, Miss Maggie Johnson, Miss
May Thwing, Mrs. Ida Kendrick, Mrs.
George S. Nye, Mrs w. + Mann, Mrs.
Cassius Camp, Miss Crissie Rae, Miss
Annie Brown; chaperones, Mrs. Mae
Suitor and Miss Nellie Blanchard
A lovely day for a waIk-NIiss Maude
Coburn, Miss Amy Williams, Miss
Blanche Houston, Miss Grace Dillon,
Miss Allie Clarke, Mrs. Halle Garrity,
Harry Ford Loren Bell, William Calder,
William Milne, Morton Warren, Edison
Landers; chaperone, Mrs. H. A. Mcneil.
The Odd Fellows committee, which
had the arrangements in charge, was
Of NJ. NJ Gordon, O. i. Phil
brick, Harry Clarke, G. O. Averiu, W. +.
Beck, Miss Nellie Blanchard. Mrs. George
S. Nye, Miss Maude Dyke, Mrs Harry
Clarke and Mrs. Mae Suitor.