East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-26
CROWDED HOUSE
GREETS BIG BENEFIT
THREE HOURS OF REAL
ENJOYMENT FOR AUDIENCE
Number of Meritorlous Spccialties In
troduced-Mrs. Landcrs and MIS-.
Farnum Are Pleasing.

It was a crowded house that greeted
the entertainment given in the Ore
gon theater last night for the bene-
fit of the building fund Of the Cath
olic church and the audience was CIV
en- the equivalent of the money paid
at the box office in three hours of
real enjoyment. Although the troup
of amateurs has been rehearsing less
than a week, the different sketches
were comparatively free from drags,
credit for which must be given to
Walter Farnum and his wife, who
promoted and directed the whole.
A number of specialties of genuine
merit were introduced during the
evening and brought forth hearty re-
Spouse from the many people in at
tendance Mrs j. S. Landers appear
ed for vocal selection and her clear
soprano voice was never heard to bet
ter advantage. Perhaps the most ar
tistic number on the program was the
dramatic presentation Of THE Span
ish Bullfight" by Marion Warde Far
mum. This lady is possessed of con-
siderable talent and the ease with
which she ran the whole gamut OF
emotions in the difficult pieces last
night shows also long practice and
study in dramatic work.
Eugene Molitor proved himself a
popular favorite by the applause
which greeted his vocal numbers, and
| James Weyer introduced real
| Roundup flavor to the entertainment
by his realistic Interpretation OF the
| weu known cowboy tragedy "Lasca.'
| Louis Cherrier was responsible fol
considerable laughter, with his
French Canadian dialect monologue
and Mrs. Humphreys assisted mate
lrially in the continuity of the pro
gram.
The program proper was divided in
to the two farces, "The Balm of Gil
cad" and "His Little Joke" In tn
former which was composed OF but
single act, there was much emuse
ment caused by the entanglement i
which two married couples got them
, selves. Miss Viola Shea made dis
, tinct hit in her portrayal of the char
acter of Mrs. Arthur Curties and dis
= uloyed considerable adaptibility to tn
stage. Miss Evelyn Latourelle ais
: manifested no little ability in her rol
= Of Mary Boyd. Frank Quinlan wa
the principal funmaker in this sketc
Z while Walter Farnum, who filled
the part assigned to DR.. Idlemal
D came in for his share of the applaus
o For real histrionic talent, the sec
: ond sketch Of the evening discovere
2 a pair of real stars of the first mas
nitude in Joseph SCRABBLE and JAG
= watson. The former was cast in
difficult part and the manner
+ which he assayed it bespeaks a ma
ural aptitude for the footlights and a
IS assured career should he ever de
= eide to forsake his musty law bool
for the manuscripts of the profession
n al thespian.
II The appearance of Mr.. Watson la
night was not the first he has mao
= before a local audience, but he adde
Il new Jewels to his crown by his late
e performance. with his inimitab
Irish brogue, he proved himself
It great favorte with the audience. M
" ]. p. Winter, Miss Mary Shea an
as Miss Pansy Ireland took all of II
ladies' parts in this sketch in a cret
in liable manner, while Mr.. Ferringtc
and Will Hemmelgarn looked aft
rs the remaining roles.