The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-13
zEPHRA MADE
HIT WITH FIRST
AUDIENCE
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Cast Is Excellently Chosen
Performance Merits
Patronage Of All

performance Merits
Patronage Of All
The performance Of Queen zeph-
ra presented at the Metropolitan the
ater py local talent Tuesday evening
val OF a quality that deserves much
commendation and the three coming
performances. tonight. Thursday and
Friday. evenings, should bring out
packed houses. The show is being
presented under the auspices Of the
knights OF Pythias and is a merry mu.
sicai extravaganza we'll handled by the
company of local talent that has been
assembled by those in charge.
Miss Genevieve Meacham. the prin.
cess is ideal in the part and perfect
beautiful voice and fascinating man.
ner n is due to receive many ova.
tons before the week is out. Miss
Geraldine jacob as Queen Zephra"
10 stately and dignifed and we'll be-
comes her regal robes. Miss jacob
Is exceliently fitted for this part and
speaks her lines with the expression
OF an experienced actress.S Arthur
Netcher as the tyrannical King Decius
was splendid and his im~personation
could not be improved upon. The part
OF Prince Juna was we'll taken BY
William Torgerson and he also did
we'll with his solo numbers, having q
good voice. Miss Vivian Dinnie as the
soubrette was given an ovation in her
song and dancing act with Mr.. Booth
and again as Miss Commodore with
Alexis. Miss Inga Lima as the fairy
godmother, Ralph Lynch as Sir Thor.
as. Victor Mosher as Sir Scion took
the minor parts. while Miss Dorothy
Cotton was the dainty cupid and James
McCracken the queens page.
The dancing numbers in the second
act were good but deserving Of special
mention were the blackbirds. These
were all small girls and the costumes
number. Miss Margaret Galbreath
danced the solo number and vas very
fine. The castenets did exceedingly
we'll and the drill Of the red Hussars
was splendid.
Tho setting for all the acts were
beautiful and the finale in the third
act was a confetti shower that quite
surpassed anything that has ever been
presented here before. The costumes,
all OF which are provided by the Har-
ry J. Booth company. we're fresh and
made OF rich materials. The person
mel Of the various dances and Choir
uses follows:
Flower Dance.
Mrs. James A. Dinnie. chaperone;
Mary Parsons. Ruth Brown. Kathryn
McGown. Ethel McGown. Mabel
Roachonse. Rhoda FELTON,. Soldie Eel.
ton. Marion Bulge, Marion Opsahl,
Elizabeth Berger. Dorothy Spears,
Byrle Seymour, Clara Thompson,
Mary Kelly. Ruth Smith. Edith Ken.
worthy. Florence liberalization, Ruth
Mccoy, Faith Burke.
Blackbirds.
Mrs. L. L. Eckman. chaperone;Lets
Melby, Ruth Jacob. Stella Deichert,
Doris Walkffer, Marion Anderson,
Mabel Westacott. Alice johnson. Ellen
liberalization, Mildred Bulge, Pauline
[Lazier. Dorothy Rex, Esther Flynn,
Mary Galbraith.
Castanet Dance.
Mrs. e. NJ. Read. ch%aperone; Lulu
Reading, Thelma Peters, Alice Stin.
son, Jessie Bows, Louise Duggan, Ida
Thompson, Vera Winger, Edith Read.
Graces.
Mrs. Leah Bennett, c%haperone: LII.
Ian Ryan. Mary Lemm, Mrs. Vaughn
Way, Beatrice Grihith, Mrs. Bennett,
Tennis Dance.
Treacey. Ethel Haffey. Verne
Emard. Irene Dennis. Gertrude Cor.
man. Mabel Wicker, Frances Wick
Ter. VERNE Ryan. Mrs. Bennett.
Frank Umlauff. Elmer Umlauf, Err.
ME Butler, Ed. Lane, Frank Holmes,
James Woods. Ed. Hanson, Walter
Cory, Elmo A. Drake.
Conmodorcs.
Mrs. A. McCracken. c%haperone;
Martha Barnes. Lucille Hale, Ada
Bulge. winnifred streeter. Agnes
Hassell, Florence Gallup, Enid Lowe.
Francis Holloway.
Normandy Peasants.
C~haperone. Miss Selma Hassell:
Louise Duggan. Edith Benson, Alta
Olwin. Beatrice Grihith, Lou Hall,
Cassie Cumming, Charlotte Black,
Mabel Wicker. Gladys Mayer, Agnes
Hassell. Edith Read, Edna Lowe,
Thelma Peters. Winnifred Graves.
Pearl Monroe. Alice McGrath. Ruth
Sargent. vero stinson. Alice Hender-
ley. Elizabeth Panovitz ,Irma NAL
Tory.
Rcd H~ussars.
Chaperone. Mrs. e. NJ. Read; Lulu
Se0dOih6s 1AcitIld IS0dQluE, AllC0 Stln.
son. Jessie Dow. Louise Duggan, Ida
Thompson. Vera Winger. Sedonie
Kermott, Kathryn Cline Prince, Pearl
Reading. Mary Luther. Mildred cald-
we'll. Cheryal Clingman. Pearl Neson,
Mamie Westacott, Olga Hassell. Edna
Athey. Clara johnson. Edna Waller,
Agnes Linquist, Borgchild Christian
son., lola Seymour. Vera Seymour.
Male Chorus.
N. Stanley CALDWELL. Mark Williams.
Ed. O.. Lane, James w. Carrier. Cliff
ford Hall, Hume Bacon, James Wood,
Myron Bacon. Arthur Knutson, Roger
Carroll. Lawrence Feetham. Orville
McHafie, Ralph Lynch.
PLEADED GUILTY
New York, Dec. 13-Counse1 for
Charlie Boston and Lai Bake, China
men, charged with smuggling opium
into this country. interrupted the trial
this afternoon in tho criminal branch
Of the United States circuit court to
announce that his clients wished to