Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
ST. JAMES ENTE2TAIN-
MENT.
One of the Most Successful Ever Given
in Our City.

The entertainment by the st.
James Dramatic club, given in the
opera house last Friday evening
for the benefit of the building fund
OF the new church soon to be erected
by st. James society, was among the
best home productions ever staged in
our city. Handsome twenty page
Programs were handed out at the
door and at $50 the curtain was raised
showing stage setting that was
hard to excel. 1t YVES a succession of
steps upon which were seated the
''Sambo Minstrels" and out beyond
as IL looking from large yeranda
was an ocean scene which made
beautiful and picturesque background.
Upon the platform were seated the
following, the end men and the mas
cot being truly burnt cork artists of
the most approved style, viz:
W. j. LA CERTE, Director
j ID. Stcckwell End Man
ii. +. Madden. :
James cannon. .............
w. Il. German.
K. p. German, 1nterlocutor
JOHN FARA, Mascot
Leo Largay r. G. Deutsch
Don Macdonald ID. T. Morrison
Harry Kahn Ralph German
George Merklein Donald Haskins
Charles Mccormick Lyman Dickens
Allen Mccormick August Schneider
Maurice O'Brien John O'Brien
E. Gritzmacher Jos. Gritzmacher
Walter Mccormick Mich GOerling
| Edwin Sloan
After a song by the aggregation,
| Ed. German came down to tire front
of the rostrum and welcomed the
audience and among other things
| stated that the proceeds were to go to
| the building of the st. James society's
new church. He paid his respects,
| in an eloquent manner to ST. Patrick
| and at the close said he hoped all
| present would enjoy the evening as
much as the performers in preparing
the program.
| The followings songs were excellent
| ly sang End il was necessary for each
to respond to an enchore:
/ Old Time Rag ....,... Don Macdonald
Mother Machree. -. George Merklein
| Band, Band, Band. -. james Cannon
Dream of the q. S. A.. .....
| ID. ID. SNocBWell
| DOWu Oh MOUllc Day.. HAIRY NALL
College Boy. Charles Mccormick
| Down Among the Sugar Cane. go.
| Little Puff Of Smoke, Good Night"
! Leo Largay
The one-act comedy followed en-
titled 1.-TWO Bellies to Beau or a
l.eap-Y ear PROPOSAL" in which the
! following took part:
Harvey Olmstead IA wealthy bache-
lor). :. ...........D ID. t. Morrison
Mrs. Rogers Ia rich, vulgar widow
...M Miss Nellie Slattery
Amy ROBBERS IA young LADY,
Miss Mary Mcneil
Henry IA butler). -. Lyman Dickens
The work of the young people was
equal to the best of professionals and
much better received because of the
fact that the parties were so well
| known.
The Irish Comedians "Pat Muir.
ply" Walter ID. German and mike
| O'Toole," d. T. Morrison was the
hit of the evening. Both young men
singing and jokes upon various well
known citizens, kept the audience in
roar during the entire act.
The evenings entertainment closed
by the singing of kathleen Ma
vourneen'' by st. James Glee club
This has about sixty members, young
ladies and gentlemen and its director
is Geo. w. Borowitz and pianist, Miss
Nellie Mccain.
The entertainment was pro
nounced success and demonstrated
that when it come to good acting and
good singing, Wausau's young people
| cannot be eXcelled.