The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-09-08
AMATEURS APPEAR
Home Talent Attraction Offered
at the Opera House
A GOOD PRODUCTION
Songs and ChOruSeS Mingled with
Comedy Entertain and AmuSe
House Full

The most satisfactory Offering that
| has been placed On the boards of
| the Grand Opera House for some
| time was "Bobbie Blake a home
| talent affair, given Monday ewing
! under the direction of the Princess
| Circuit with w. l. Harvey as man
aeer and Miss Camilla Bennett as
accompanist.
Mr. Harvey devotes his time to
staging amateur productions and he
accomplishes wonders in short
| time. The ladies of the Episcopal
church stood sponsors for the pro-
| duction. They furnished the singers
| and actors and Mr. Harvey did the
| rest The first meeting for drill was
held or Friday evening, just ten days
| before the attraction was offered the
| public. II the intervening time
things were gotten into shape so
| well that satisfied and enthusiastic
audience left the house at the close
of Monday evenings performance.
"Bobhie Blake" doesn't boast of
very much in the line of plot; it con-
sists simply of few pegs on which
| to hang most anything in the shape
| Of specialties Manager Harvey has
arranged a clever assortment of
songs, choruses, dialogue, and fun
| ny business" the staging and en-
semble of which makes quite an at
tractive offering The songs are
good, the choruses tuneful and catchy,
while the talking and comedy parts
are of nature to afford good, clean,
pure fun.
The main thing is a chorus of pref
ty girls; and Sank Centre is never
two rows of them, daintily attired,
who took their parts WELL They held
the front of the stage and were sup
| plemented by row of matrons and
| number of young men, the latter
of whom filled in the bass and tenor
| parts.
The costuming was excellent, the
singing good, the dialogue and COM
edy parts rendered in creditable
manner The grouping of the differ
| ent participants in the performance
was artistically arranged. The stage
management showed the hand of
| professional and there were very few
bitches in the action. Take it all
together the production was highly
creditahle to those who took part.
The title role of 'Bobbie Blake"
was taken by Miss Marguerite Wat
son, who came up to the requirements
Of the play in a satisfactory manner.
DR.. H. F. Hennemann as "Mr
| Globenheimer," the eccentric Dutch
man and proprietor of "Hotel De-
| Hash had a makeup that would
| have convulsed a wooden image That
he filled the bill in the character,
| those who saw "The Union Station"
will not question
Samuel Bowen" the star boarder
| at Mr. Globenheimer's hotel, was i'm
! personated by DR.. H. l.. Lamb in a
very satisfactory manner. DR.. Lamb
can sing and act and he did both
| WELL
Misses Annable Erwin and Harriet
! Wheeler as Mrs l. Will Fuss" and
Mrs u. Watchem," looked after their
! stage spouses in a mastery manner.
Special mention is due to Franklin
Collins for portraying bell hop" in
manner true to life. He kept things
moving every minute that he ap-
peared on the stage
Miss Ruth. Compton led a chorus,
Gay Lynetta" with a solo that
showed her voice to good advantage
She also appeared in two duets with
Mr.. Harvey and acquitted herself in
the difficult role in manner pleas
ing to her many friends.
| Miss Mary DOlittle made a great
hit with her solo, "The Gibson Man"
She was costumed just right. sang
we'll and acted admirably. She was
given round after round of applause
| More solos by Mrs. o. II. Schleus-
afforded those two we'll known sing
ers with an opportunity to entertain
and please, and the opportunity was
well improved.
The different choruses were finely