The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-06
N. c. N. BOYS At
THEATER TONIGHT
SPLENDID PRODUCTION OF aN
ToBERo" BY COLLEGE OF
MINES STUDENTS AssuR-
ED LOCAL PEOPLE.

A carload of scenery and n train
load of sixty-five students of the Mich
igan College of Mines arrived in Calu-
met this morning over the South Shore
railroad, fresh from five unprecedent
successes throughout the upper pin
insula, to present the play in Tobero"
at the Calumet theater this evening.
Beginning at Hancock Monday, the stu
dents have played every night this
week, visiting Marquette, Excanaba,
Iron Mountain and Ishpeming, and
playing to a crowded house at each
place.
j. ]. Gibbons, the press agent of the
show, arrived in Calumet yesterday to
make arrangements for the reception
that when the students appear on the
stage at Calumet this evening they will
be prepared to make their farewell pre-
sentation surpass any Of the Others
Wherever they have appeared they
have made hit. the features attract
ing particular attention being the dane
ing, musical numbers, harem skirt and
the new Michigan College of Mines
song.
The boys have met with unusal and
practically perfect success i'm their per-
sonation of chorus girls To show
how perfect the deluson is the case
of an Escanaba business man may be
cited When the flower girls chorus
appeared on the stage, looking chic
and girlish, rolling their eyes toward
the bald headed men in the front rows
and exhibiting shapey shoulders, hands
and ankles, the business man in quest
! ion voiced his desire to bet So with
any man i'm the theater that the flower
girls were really girls and not simply
college students of engineering. The
bet was promptly taken up by Mr. Glib
bens, the press agent, and the business
man was happy Between the acts he
pressed Mr.. Gibbons for a closer scrut-
my of the girls. Mr. Gibbons answered
nary a word but when the last act had
been concluded the flower girls march,
ed out on the stage in response to an
encore. did little dancing stunt and
lowing to the audience took off six
beautiful wigs. Mr.. Gibbins states that
the appluse was tremendous and that
the bettor was the most chagrined man
in the world when he found that he
was minus IS. and saw the close cut
| heads Of the chorus girls on the stage.
| G. +. Schaber, representing Odita,
the daughter of Alcalde, and the belle
of Motolinio. appears in a low neck
gown and is the envy of all the girls
who see him. The opening of the Sc
cond act is made by the flower girls
and troubadors, supporting Mr. Schab-
! er. The chorus presents an ensemble
dance with tambourine and castanet
| effects and then Mr.. Schaber does a
graceful dance, on the Carmencita
His dancing is revelation. In all the
presentations of chorus girls and lead
| ing ladies, not a trace of the burlesque
is found. The only ladies in the com
pany are the Misses McKernan and
Madlgan, of Houghton. who accom-
panied the boys on their tour and do
their hair.
An experienced theatrical manager
who saw the company at Iron Mount
ain Wednesday evening made thu
statement that the show was grea
deal better than most musical comedies
and that the boys could not be giver
too much praise for their acting.