St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-27
Good Crowds Present.
s'The Great Toise'' Was q Strong Drawing
Card at The Colonial.

St. Johnsbury turned out in force for
the big Noise at the Colonial Thurs
day and Friday evenings. A record in
attendance was established at the open
ing performance, only to be knocked into
a cooked hat Friday evening, when every
available vantage point was occupied,
and the general verdict was that the
big Noise" had made noise like a
bowling success. The program included
besides the minstrel show a comic opera
entitled the 'Hooptoroo of Hullabaloo-
Loo and the success of this original piece
should cause ST. Johnsbury people a
thrill for it was conceived, created and
first shown the light right here at home.
The minstrel show did not differ
materially from other minstrel shows,
except that it was probably some better.
The end men came across with the usual
number of timely jokes and snappy songs
and were well received, but the sit-up-
and-take-notice stage was reached when
Carlyle Sargent appeared in his speciality,
HAS Amy body Here Seen Kelley" B..
Nj. Shepherd received a good baud and
Mrs. Ida P. Brooks was rewarded for
her beautiful rendition of 1.-The Garden of
Roses" with the applause of a delighted
audience and a bouquet of American
beauties.
The opera proved even better than the
authors had hoped for and the applause
and bouquets showered upon those
taking part, not only reflected their
clever work, but must have touched F.
o. French who wrote every song and
spoken line and B. c. Peters who COM
posed the music. The part of Princess
Patricia was beautifully played by Mrs.
B. c. Peters and the storm of applause
which gathered in the opening scenes
reached its height with her superb render
ing of the ballad Il Care Not What the
World May Say" Without deprecating
the work of the others it is safe to say
that her acting and singing during both
performances has never been excelled on
a local stage. Harold French in the title
role showed that he had lost none of his
popularity and Miss Alice 6. Kicker as
''Dixiedora" certainly made charming
little sister in her pink pinafore. So
charming was she, in fact, that war
ring emotions were started in the breasts
of two persistent suitors, one a tramp,
but for the time holding down the
throne of Hullabalooloo, and the other a
repertoire star, willing to forget the 10,
20 and 80 cent variety to indulge In
dreams of his conquests as a co-worker
with the immortal Booth. E. R. Mackay
as Griffith was in fine voice and was
well received in both his solo and duet
with Mrs. Peters, and his victory over
the schening and INSCRIPTIONS Ola
volo," Henry w. Ellis, for the hand of
the beautiful Patricia was appreciated.
The comedy end of the piece was con-
tributed by F. o. French as Marathon
MAXWELL Henry Wallace, as 'Polonious
Packard" his body guard; Sam c.
Currier as "Junius Brutus Borax" an
actor; DIN D. Adams as ''Silas Smithers"
a reporter, and it is not to be supposed
that this quartet would let things get
dull or musty in the fabulous country of
"Hullabalooloo." The chorus showed
life and vim and the "Infantry' in charge
of Capt. Tommy Lee" Howard Fisk,
made a hit.
Another especially pleasing feature was
the double sextet, which received deserv-
ed applause and encores, the ladies max
ing an exceedingly attractive picture with
their large black picture hats, which were
designed and loaned by Mrs. Harry Har
den.