Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-15
EAGLES SCORE
HIT ON STAGE
Large Audience See Ladies'
Present "Ths Fire Brigade"


Brigade" at Proctor's theatre. For
the past month the cast have worked
earnestly for the success of the affair
and their efforts were shown at last
nights performance. AS yet no def
mite amount as realized can be stat
ed but 1t Is estimated that 1925 has
been cleared.
The members of the company are
loud in the praise of Harry De Long,
who managed the affair and who
played the part of Captain Will
liams" in excellent style. Mrs. De
Long, In the part of Edith Brandon,
also merited much praise. A souve-
mir program was given to the audi
ence by which they might remember
the event. Without exception every
one of the characters played his or
her role in laudable style.
The story of the play was exciting,
as one Is shown by the inside work
ings of those who endanger them
selves in fighting the flames.
The first act took place at the
home Of WILDLY MCGOWAN" which
part was played to perfection by
Miss Esther Rundgreen. In this act
the plot of the play is discovered
when Edith Brandon was murdered
by her own father. At the time of
the murder Captain Paul Williams,
as played by Harry De Long, happen
ed to be e and answered the
pleading of the dying woman, who
begs him to protect her child Dot.
She gave him q legacy which he was
to transfer to the girl on the anniver-
sary of her eighteenth birthday. The
woman died in Captain Williams's
arms and for a time he was accused
of the murder on the complaint of
Joseph Andrews, in which part DEN
mis- ]. Flynn excelled. Miss Alice
Rundgreen made a decided hit in the
opening act with a vocal solo enti-
tied my Tommy Boy"
In the second act the interior of
the Eagle Hose Company's house
was shown. To avenge himself for
the way in which Captain Williams
had him convicted of the murder
and sent to prison on circumstantial
evidence Joseph Andrews tried in
vain to cut the lines on the drop har-
less. Failing in this scheme he de-
vised means to secure the papers
that were in Dots possession, but
luckily secured the wrong box.
During the act many specialties
were introduced. Thomas Jensen
scored much applause from the man
ner in which he rendered when We
Ran With the Old Machine" Ray
mond Stanton, in an excellent man
ner,, sang 1.-THE Man Who Fights the
Smoke, the Flame and the Fire" AS
an encore Miss Alice R~undgreen,
from the front row Of the balcony.
rendered the chorus in excellent
style. Rounds of applause greeted
the termination Of the stunt.
The third act was the scene of the
firemen's annual tournament. Miss
Ella Weirup. in the role of Dot,
scored a decided hit. In this act
Dennis ]. Flynn, in the. role of JOS
eph Andrews, made another vain
attempt to murder Dot, but Captain
Williams, an ardent lover of the
pet of the company" prevented it
by throwing Andrews's hand into
the air as he pulled the trigger. At
the sound of the shot a mob sur
rounded the unfortunate Andrews
and with cries of hang him, lynch
him" The curtain descended with
Dot playing the part of a protector,
waving back the mob, shouting
'"Thou shalt not kill"
The fourth and concluding act the
scene was again in the home Of
Widow MCGOWAN. During this act
Miss Alice Rundgreen, with Ray
mond Stanton, scored the hit of the
evening in the rendering of "1f l
Should" "Oh What a Lovely
Dream" was rendered by L. p. Ma
thiasen in the part of a hobo.
1t was in this act that all the sur
roundings of Dot were cleared up by
the appearance Of her father, which
part was played by William G. Will
son in the part of Charles Brandon.
The audience was kept in continual
laughter by the proposal Of Patrick
O'Flaherty, played by Daniel Ford
in an excellent manner, to the
Widow MCGOWAN. Captain Williams
at last succeeded in capturing the
heart of Dot and they are engaged
in the closing scene.
The feature of the evening was
the fire scene. In the part Of the
william D. J.. Flynn made his appear
ance again and by his cunning and
dexterious ways succeeds In setting
the home of Mrs. MCGOWAN on fire.
The bell was sounded and the
Eagles, with their apparatus, re-
sponded to find the building a mass
of flames. After endangering their
lives they succeed In saving the lives
eff tho inmates.
The part of Tommy Wilcox as
played by Raymond Stanton was ex-
~ceptionally good, as was Jack Par
sons, played by Thomas Jensen. In
fact, all of those who performed de-
serve much credit for the efficient
manner in which the play was con
Quoted.
The committee that arranged for
the affair consisted of: Dennis r.
Donovan, chairman: George Larson,
William Wilson, l.. P. Mathiasen,
Daniel Ford, p. Kroeger, c. Larsen.
Talk by the Pastor.
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