St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-02-25
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ALL TANGLED UP.

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"All Tangled Up" was given u
Cantrelle's Hall on "Wednesday
night for the benefit of the Kovington
Rarnival Klub. -
Despite the great @@colds,S a goodly
crowd attended and thoroughly en-.
Dyed the amusing little comedy,
F@Shis play is awelI consEr1eted ore
and1ulEof laughted-pYpvokin gssituae
ions, and the interest of the audi
sence was never allowed to flag. 1t
was more than pleasingly staged and
presented, \ and every member of the
cast scented anxious to makegit a
success = So I
Mr.. Fred Roehl is an excellent
stage manager, and deserves much
credit for having so successfully pre-
zsented two good plays in so short a
lime. Mr. Roehl showed himself the
same easy good actor as ever. When
We remember how we'll Mr.. Roehl
played the role of old Ephraim Steb-
bins we readily accord to him the
power of versatility, which, added
20 his pleasing appearance, to his
clear and distinct phrasing, and to
he life and snap that he put into
ais parts, places him far above and
/ leyond the Average amt tehrg actors
5+assMr. Fufrman followed close
o Mr.. Roehl, and gave much mean
ng4and EXPRESSION. to the part OF
he henpecked husband, whose
guilty conscience makes a coward of
lin, and hides his better qualities.
/ Ir.A Thurman pleased This audience
8 he always does, and we gladly
i've him round Of genuine ap-
lause. Mr.. Lewis Morgan sat
teady' as Keelman Plantum, the
natter of fact undertaken whose
anxiety to increase his business and
ind his overcoat kept him busy and
ais audience interested. Mr.. Morgan
gave happy expression and emphasis
20 his lines and his effort to make
he Major understand the misunder-
standing" was especially we'll said
Mr.. Diendorf, the young lover, was
most pleasing and every one was
sorry there was not more to the part
and that Mr.. Diendorf was not more
)ften on the stage.
Mr. Louis Hennessey's O'Toole
vas the surprise of the evening, be-
ng new to the boards, and his
representation of the red-headed
rishman was a delightful bit Of
comedy, and Mr.. Hennessey was
rrisistably funny. His best friend
would scarcely have known him,
as he seemed to entirely sink
observation-disclosures Mr..
O'Toole. Come again Mr.. @Hennes-
sey. Well be glad indeed to see
you.
Miss Mae Poole made a graceful, |
all-too-youthful matron with a |
srown-up daughter, but she did full I
Justice to the character, and kept
her audience interested in her lines.
which were read in a clear musical
foice. Misses Lyons and. Bokenfohr
Doth appeared wen, and added to the
success of most delightful evening, |
notwithstanding the temperature.
Right here. let me say that some
provision should be made for just
such predicaments as Wednesday |
nights. Here was good play, a |
good crowd and a very good |
cause almost finished up by a i
lrop of the thermometer, and !
Why, because we have great big
Fentilators, and not sign Of stove
II means of even taking the icyness
IF the atmosphere, to prevent people
rom being desperately ill. It's not
light from a humanitarian point of
5iew-much less the success of the
entertainment or money end of the i
affair.
Can't something be done about it?
Thanks are due to Miss Winnie: /
White for the very sweet. music
furnished on the piano. ~ ~ 1
The Women's Progressive Union
lad charge of the refreshments on
Wednesday evening, but as they had
100 much confidence in the Sunny
south" and the recent warm spell,
The good ladies had ice cream, lemon
ade and cake for sale. The ice cream
'emained unopened, and few rash
lancers hazarded a glass of lemon
ade. AS the cake was too good to
asst" it was all sold before the
evening wore away. But it's a cold
Union. are outwitted, and as they
were quite determined the K. K. X.
should not lose the proceeds of that
ice cream, three of the members,
Mrs. Albert Smith, Mrs. H. H. Smith
and Mr. B. B. Warren started out On
an itinerary Thursday morning with
that freezer in the front of the sur
'ey and kept going until every bit of:
hat ice cream was sold. How does
hat strike you for grit and enter
prize? So. hooray for the Union,
hooray for our amateurs and hooray
for the X. X. K!
MATRONITA.