The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-12-08

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club will be out of debt as a result.
j. w. Dietrich. Abe Levine, c. b.
Cabanss, w. H. Brakeman, Lorin
lIrueggcman, Charles Gerecke Karl
Stefan, Eugene Osborne, Oliver Utter.
Frank Fox and A. w. Hawkins all
drew prolonged applause.
The souvenir program was result
Of the energy and Cleverness of II. s.
Thorpe, and it was "corker."
Sales of photographs and song hits
by G. II. Groesbeck, A. G.. Smith, Mar
Gus Reynolds and p. People were a
humorous feature.
The following "forewords" appeared
in the program:
The Ad club has a three.fod oh.
! jcct in presenting to the Norfolk pub.
! lie this Tom Show" First. a sincere
desire to instruct and entertain those
who favor us with their presence at
the performance. Second, to give a
number of Norfolk men who think
they can act, chance to prove to
! themselves and to the rest of us, that
they can't; and, third Though this, of
course, is quite incidentally, we need
| the money.
In selecting the story of Uncle Tom
we were governed by purely altruistic
motives We did not select Uncle Tom
because we had to, or because, as has
been unkindly suggested, the mem.
bers of our cast couldn't play any
, thing else. This is a gross libel on
every member of our company. Look
over the cast Who would dare to
suggest that W. II. Brakeman could
not play Little Lord Fauntleroy with
as much facility as he plays the part
of Little Harry" tonight or that
Gene Osborn would not be just as en-
trancing in the role of Marguerite as
he is tonight in Topsy. Nor does it
require a vivid imagination to picture
"Cabby" receiving the plaudts of the
frenzed crowd at the Metropolitan
Opera House. wild with admiration
over his matchless Interpretation of
Lucia di Lammermoor. No, sir! Take
it from us, the AID club cast could get
away with anything.
SOME MORE ABOUT THE SHOW.
The reason we selected Uncle Toms
Cabin instead of Baby Mine or The
Red Mill is because Baby Mine has
Just been here and The Red Mill is
coming on Dec. II, and we did not
wish to embarrass either of these
outside companies. Then again, we
wished to select some story that had
moral to it. The story of Uncle
Tom, as presented by the AID club. has |
three or eight morals. For instance, |
in all probability little Eva would not |
have died at all if Norfolk had had |
that hospital we have been talking |
about so long. This need of hospi |
tai is brought out very forcibly in lit
tie Eva's case. The treatment she |
receives in this show would not be |
tolerated in any well regulated hospi- |
tai.
The other morals are scattered |
here and there through the show, like
raisns in a cake or facts in a daily |
and if you search for them
you will surely find them.
1t may be remarked by those who
are familiar with Uncle Toms Cabin,
that the story in the book and the
play as presented here tonight are
not alike If this is true, it is en-
tirely the books fault.
The Parade a Feature.
The parade, which was viewed by
almost a thousand people on Norfolk
hit" The crowd was a good natured
one and those participating in the
parade were heartily cheered. The
Ad club officials in an automobile led
the parade. Next came the Norfolk
band, followed by a Gund brewery
wagon, driven by ncle Tom and Top
sy. Immediately after the brewery
in which BILLY" Ferguson was seated
This wagon was pull
I'd by f. Fox, whose unique costume
was feature. The specially men
Schelley, Lorin Bruegge-
man and Aunt Chloe-followed the
water wagon in a small automobile.
Misses Eva and Ophelia, seated in
A very small meat delivery wagon,
pulled by the smallest horse in the
city, came next and they were guard
I'd on the rear by Legree, mounted on
4 large steed. Benjamin Wiley and
Mr.. Herbisson followed Legree with
he big hound and Marks, with an UNI
lrella, trailed behind them on a small
Durro. The cabin and cotton pickers
came next, lOllONeu ny lHc lllcllcH
life and drum corps, which came III
or hearty cheers. The firemen were
n full uniform. Among them We're
leader Rudolph Dresser, William
Graham, Ed Hans, O. W. Rish, John
Rice, NJ II. Dresser, Fred Droeger,
I'd Monroe. G. G. Chase, f. f. True
ock, John Schelley, William McCune,
George Clements.
Stage Manager William Werner fol-
owed with the announcement wagon,
md then came about seVenty-fiVe
small boys with dogs of all descrip
ions. Among these boys was Peter
iraham, who had captured a canine
IN the street three days ago and, ac-
ording to his father, has kept the
log a prisoner in order to have 1t
epresented in the parade.
BOWLING TOURNEY :