The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-10-24
COUNTY FAIR IS
A BIG SUCCESS
Home Talent Musical Comedy
Draws Large Crowds and
Satisfies Everyone.
ZACH PART is ABLY TAKEN.
Cemetery Association Clears
> About $3.50. Hard Work
for All Concerned.

A success?
It's generally allowed that it was
one of the biggest successes ever
cooped UP in Redwood Falls.
This is not the isolated opinion OF
the reporter but is backed up by the
unanimous approval Of the Redwood
Falls citizenship. And the matter
under discussion is the County
Fair" staged for two nights, before
record crowds, at the opera house
last Friday and Saturday.
Looked Like Big Contract.
1t looked like some job when the
promoter, Miss Josephine Moore.
came to town less than a week be-
fore the first performance and con-
fidently predicted that everything
would be in ship-shape by Friday
evening. She got away with it and
,made good on her prediction.
The first performance was greeted
with packed house and there was
never hitch from start to finish.
ft was clean, entertaining comedy
throughout and the work showed a
finish and completeness remarkable
in view of the time spent in prepare
ton.
Chorus of Tots PIeases.
Certainly there was no feature
more enjoyable than the opening
chorus by fifteen or twenty teeny-
weeny girls. They swayed and sang
and gesticulated with an artistic
abandon that captivated the audi
! ence.
= A Spectacular Finish.
Every chorus was good and the
work of the soloists left nothing to
be desired. Perhaps the most spec
tacular was the sea-saw chorus with
which the performance closed. In
Ms w. H. Neiman was soloist and
the girls were seated on sea-saws
which were balanced by the young
men of tt-ichorus.
j The FfSg-Ruffies chorus was also
very pretty, the solo being sung by
Miss Woods. Mr.. Neiman as soloist
of the Farmer chorus scored a de-
: cided hit as did Miss Ellen Horr as
.soloist of the Cowboy and Japanese
choruses.
Every Speaking Part Good.
The work in the speaking parts
was equally effective. Mrs. Thuer-
wachter as Mrs. Switzberger. Mrs.
Brand as Madame Cariose. in which
she sang a decidedly high-pitched
solo, Harry Starr as Boss Jones. w.
B. Clement as the red-nectied, long
|. coated william who grabs good mon
ey for bogus tickets; Mrs. Hubbard
and Miss Owens as superior students
of Y untry life, Donald Gold as
Hiram Green and Emma Liske as
Birdie, his bride, James Reynolds as
the parson, John Glassco as Handy
Andy and Lee Tenney as Jim Brown
were all overwhelmingly funny to the
, audience. Mrs. Thuerwachter, with
her ensemble of children. was es-
pecially so, the humor being en-
phasized by the cheerful manner in
n which she carried her youngest.
Nothing But Praise for All.
i There is nothing but praise for
a the entire performance and for ev-
\ cry member of the caste. Also for
! those back Of the scenes who made
J possible, by their work, the pro-
II duction. Mrs. w. B. Clement, who
i worked necessarily, Miss DeGroat,
j who played, Mrs. Ed. Pease, Mrs.
K I'll. "A. Baldwin. Mrs. Anna E. Ward.
4 Miss Frances Everett, Mrs. w. HI.
b Hitch cock, Mrs. "A. E. King, Mrs.
Frank Hubbard, Mrs. H. N. Bell.
4 Mrs. Ebright, Mrs. Little, and a
Z large number Of other persons who
ibid what they could to make the
play success. 1t was this united
y effort that counted in the end.
It is planned to give another en-
4 tertainment of the same description
sometime early IN the summer