Barbour County index., 1910-12-21
The Choral Society operetta

The Medicine Lodge Choral So
eiety not only sustained itself in the
Operetta, "A Nautical Knot stag
ed last Thursday night, but the Or
ganization even surpassed itself as
a company of stage artists. The at
tendance was very much greater
than that of the average opera and
the praise that the company receiv-
ed justifies deep sense of pride on
the part of each and every member.
AS the title indicates, this play
deals with Romance at sea and the
Lie surrounding sailors and their
environments. The stories are in
tereSting and when intermingled
with song and verse, are sentimen-
tally picturesque and beautiful.
The leading characters were Miss
Frances Young, as Julia" Miss
Pearl Clymer, as Nance" Mr..
Wright Terry, as "Barnabas Lee"
and Mr.Don Lndley,as "Joe Stout .
! Each was we'll fitted to the part
assigned and earned a right to the
distinction of a stage artist of ex-
ceeding merit.
Miss Young assumed an air of in
| dependence, self-will, dignity and
precision that captivated the admi-
ration of the audience most heartily.
Mr. Terry is a gem as a graceful,
| NJ Ji1kor ANN Ir0r. no YNfTI Tc
and kidnapping by the sailors and
+; subsequent triumphant return and
final marriage to Julia told a
beautiful story and he acted every
| vicissitude to perfection.
The most unique and humorous
part was taken by Mr.. Harry Terry
whose predicament was that of an
old sailor, a special friend of "Joe
Stout" He undertook to propose
marriage to Nance" for "Joe" but
! made a mistake and proposed tc
Julia It required strenuous ef
fort to untangle matters but explana
tions were made in due season ano
it ended happily. Mr.. Terry is
fine actor and singer.
Mr.. Don Lindley lost none of hi:
previous good reputation in operatit
performance He was gallant
man at ''court' and came into hi:
own splendidly.
Miss Clymer, as Nance" upo1
being informed of her lovers pro
posal to Julia" acted the part O.
& broken-hearted maiden with th'
talent of genius and could no
have been improved upon.
Messrs. Frank Knight, Percy
Knight, Paul Fair. Fancis SLAM
and Clifford Lindley impersonate'
sailor boys, and Mrs. Blanche Grif
r fin and Misses Georgia Steele, Mu
riel Best, Alice Martin and Margare
, Kernohan represented the Barns
tapoole Girls The respective
courtships were true to life AM
amusing. These parts were quit
difficult and the able manner il
which they were handled reflecte
great credit on the actors and act
resses
A trio of ARTISTS Down from
Y Town." represented by Messrs. G.E
: Osborn, Earl Slane and WILDER Tot
$ ten, was a pleasing innovation an
2 added materially to the novelty @
e the occasion.
/ The Chorus consisted Of thirt
o voices, consisting of the entire cas-
Y and the following additional pei
sons:
| Madams Forsyth, Skinner, Wad:
5 worth, Coleman, Carrie Shaw Jones
/. Miss Bernice Williams and Mr.. Gui
r ford Davis. Accompanist, Miss Mon
e Dobson.
e The proceeds of the evening wer
t SS5, which will be given to the l
S brary building fund, after payin
s expenses.
e Much of the credit for the su
# cess Of the event is due to Mr
n Griffin, President; Mrs. Major, Coz
= ductress, and Mr.. Jack Best, Stas
It Manager. They gave their time al
r effort freely and are to be congra
Is ulated on the success achieved.
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