Smyrna times., 1910-07-06
SIDE SHOW A BIG FEATURE
Crowds Poured Into the Tent at All
Performances During the Fair.

Probably the chief attraction at
the Country Fair was the Side Show
in charge of Mrs. Alice Read. When
the Fair opened on Friday evening,
the tent which had been ordered from
New York failed to arrive, it having
gone to Harrington by mistake. W.
H. Staytor, whose friendship and
kindness to the women of the
Smyrna Century Club is ever un-
failing, was equal to the occasion
and helped them out of their dilema
by having platform built over the
steps of the northwest wing of the .
schoolhouse and purchasing enough /
muslin in town to make an enclosure /
sufficient to accommodate a goodly
crowd of people With this impro-
vised playhouse, the sideshow started
with boom and despite the heat and
mosquitoes, attracted full tents at
every performance. The new tent
turned up Saturday and was speedily
erected and was used that evening.
Mrs. Read, to whose untiring energy
and devotion, the sideshow was made
possible, had one of the best perfOr-
mances the Fair has ever given.
There were three separate and dis
tinct bills, The Vaudeville, the Doll
Shop and Hill Brothers Minstrels.
Fine Amateur Talent in Vaudeville.
The first number of the vaudeville
was a solo and chorus, Moonlight
in Jungle Land, by Mr.. Frank
Walker. The chorus was composed
of five young ladies and five young
gentlemen as follows: Misses Betty
Josephs, Olive Hirons, Esther Read,
Mildred Hudson, Helen Boyer ;
Messrs. Warner Price, Raymond
Cummins, Charles Stayton, Clayton
Buttery and John Posties. The
singing and dancing was heartily
applauded. The second number OF
the vaudeville was "Has Anybody
Here Seen Kelly" by Miss Anna
Wilson, whose singing and get-uE
, was catchy and a decidedly popular
number. The third and last number
of the vaudeville was a speciality BY
, Mrs. Charles H. LeFevre and Mrs
! Cummins E. Speakman, entitled
. Keep Your Foot on the Soft, Sof
2 Pedal. " This was most cleverl
! acted and showed amateur talent o
p an unusually high degree. Bot
\ were "back faced" and wore cos
O tunes in keeping. They wer
$ roundly applauded and encored sew
. eral times.
J. Monsieur DeFraudaII and His Doll Sho
The "Doll Shop" was another at
= tractive bill and showed clever wor
in both get tup and rendition. Tn
shop was in charge of Mr.. Fran
Shakespeare who impersonated " Nor
sieur DeFraudall" and Miss Esthe
Read who impersonated 1.-THE Frenc
: Maid" Monsieur DeFraudall ha
y with him wonderful collection {
dolls all of which we're brought oil
and performed. Mrs. Frank S. Ma
com was the Japanese DOLL" Mi
Mildred Hudson, the "Dutch Doll; /;
IT Mrs. Cummins Speakman the "CoC
Doll'; Miss Katherine Stayton Il
Is "Indian Doll" Miss Agnes CarrOv
III the French Dancing DOLL" Mi
v Eba Cloak Wilds' The Opera Singer
m and Mrs. Marion Coverdale "Tf
I'd Spanish Dancing Doll" This bi
es was one of the most attractive of t
8 side show and attracted great crow
Iv and much applause.
nd Hill Brothers Minstrels Make a Hit
As The third and last bill was Hi
ey Brothers Minstrels and we doubt We
=" much if there is anywhere an aggr
~ cation of boys who can display mo
~ talet at minstrelsy than our popul
. lads of Smyrna. Pearson Hill W
"' interlocutor; W. George Hill, j
VI y, and William B. Megear. Jr., we
iu- "end men," Thomas Stayton a
en Willie Jacobs were the "club ent'
'ie tainers" and John Henry Hoffeck
Hall and Victor Boyer made up
circle. Their makeup was goo
IL their hits clever and the overtu
all that could be expected. Will
iss Jacobs, Tom Stayton, George H
'ak and Bill Megear won applause W
n. their solos. Norris orchestra f,
-, nished the orchestral accompanying
49, for the boys and all other perfor
- ances of the sideshow.
o. HEBE'S BOWER AND GARDEi