The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-12

bull'l IlltNs his Sttut dlbllt was Mtll
worth the admission price and very
favorable comment was Immediately
heard in the audience. who applauded
enthusiastically
To the teachers of these ward
schools, Prof Reese Solomon, Mrs
Arbie Mendenhall, Supt Hunter and
the principals themselves is due credit
for the decided success of the oper.
eta.
The scenery was fine and the cos.
tuning was excellent. The court at
PENDANTS, in their pretty white caps
and yari.colored stockings. made a
great hit. The brownies and their
pranks were a feature which brought
great applause. The fairy costumes
were a feature of the evening and the
little white wings, pretty short dresses
of iilmy texture and the pretty white
ribbons to match were frequently
commented
The curtain went up exposing the
parlor in the palace of Tiyoli The at
PENDANTS We're making merry in the
absence of the duchess of Tiyoli and
their singing was very good Among
these attendants Adela Walter and
Ella Lowe had feature parts.
Helen Reynolds, as the matron of
the palace, also performed her role
with good grace. opal Dunn as Hell.
ena, the nurse of the little countess.
brought an end to the merry-maliing
by announcing the disappearance of
her little charge but not until after
she had rendered some beautiful. sing
ing. Miss Dunns acting was very
clever. Great distress is shown over
the loss of the baby countess and the
attendants did clever acting in their
search for the missing one.
The second act was the feature one
of the operetta. The curtain opens
upon the woodland scene i'm which the
fairy queen, Doreen Holden and her
Grant school fairies, are making mer-
ry. These fairies received most ia
vorable applause. The little tots trip.
ped around as nimbly as real fairies
do and made proud their parents who
were seated close to the stage. The
tiny bits Of humanity in their pretty
costumes looked like so many butter
flies dancing and bowling to the audi
ence, which set up great applause as
each of the tiny fairies approached
the footlights and made pretty bow
The fairies danced in fantastic forma.
ton for some time when Puck. in the
form of Roscoe Munson, entered and
gracefully strobe to the throne of the
queen and declared he had led the
little princess to the grove. The
fairies at the command of their queen
tripped away and the little princess,
little Lorna Beebe, entered the grotto
crying bitterly. Her acting was splen.
did. Her voice had the excellent i'm
personation of crying baby, her face
was wreathed in smiles. This caused
the audience to applaud heartily and
the tiny form in the fllmy fairy cos
tune almost cried in reality. The
fairy queen Of the east Lincoln school
however, came to the rescue. This
queen was Miss Beulah Hayes and
with her pretty singing, accompanied
by the fairies of the east Lincoln
school, soon put the little lost princess
to sleep.
The sleeping tot is soon found by
Gretchen, in the person OF Miss Gas
kill, who sang prettily to the audience
while the little princess gathered the
herbs in the large basket.
The Lincoln fairies had flown away
on the appearance Of Gretchen and
when the old lady had taken the little
princess to her home, the Washington
school fairies continued the merry
making in the grotto. The scene ends
with the Brownies dancing merrily in
the moonlight.
The third act represents the market
scene, with the time eleven years lat
err. The stalls are shown with their
various vegetables for sale and the
vendors of the various goods are busy
selling and trading, when excitement
prevails upon the news of the visit
| from the duchess. The little countess
was now represented by Leota Rish
| She has grown to be 16 years Old and
| she visits often the market place to
| sell herbs, berries and water-cresses.
| She sang beautifully of the dream she
| had the night before and the Miss
Hahn as the Duchess OF Tivoli soon
recognizes her long lost daughter.
Miss Hahn is a splendid singer and,
accompanied by Miss Rish, made a
| hit During the market scene Prof.
Reese Solomon took the part of the
vender of sausages and his solo was
good. Gladys Meredith as Margarita,
an attendant, and Clare Brakeman as
the messenger boy made good impress
sions.
Leo Degner as Di Gusto, the Italian,
sang the tale of his business lie.
| Anna Maynard, Bernice Barrett and
Barbara Borowiak were features
among the market girls.
Hans, husband of Gretchen, made
his appearance in the final act when
| he injected plenty of amusement "
his ignorance of the soft seated sofas
and chairs in the parlor at the palace.
| His wife Gretchen aided him wonder
fully. Hans and Gretchen are soon
made comfortable on the appearance
of the little countess and much salts
faction is shown by Hans, impersonat-
ed by Ben Wiley Hans soon appear
ed in a full dress suit and in a pretty
song told how it really worried him.