The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-06-08
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MAKES 4 GREAT UT
N SONG AND FLASHES OF WIT,
WHICH HAD A LOCAL FLAVOR
ING, THE SHOW WAS GREAT.
LY APPRECIATED.

Twenty-seven OF Mitcnell's young
ladies tried to hide their identity
behind burnt cork in the first pre-
OF the "Darktown Bellies"
which IA presented in this city
Wednesday evening in the Gale thea
tire by Miss Hall. and for the bene-
Mt OF the Altar Society Of the Cath
Ollie church.
When the curtain raised on the
scene the young ladies were placed in
tiers of seats and in their white
waists, black skirts and black faces
they were greeted with great APP
plause. The end men" we're gor-
geously dressed with fine apparel,
in which decorations of green, red
and pink predominated, together
with the flash of diamonds to a mark
ed degree.
The bones Were handled with a
wonderful skill by Miss Cynthia
Primrose (Miss Lee) Miss Lily
Jackson, CHilda Nicolin) and Miss
Cinderella White, (Mrs. H. II. Ed
wards.) Over on the other side of
the stage the tambourine trio was
made up of Miss Sylvia Pattee, Miss
Mary Cook) Miss Gloriana Dock
stader, Mrs. w. A. Heimberger,)
and Miss Dinah SNOWFALL miss Wau-
meta Chase.) With the opening
chorus the show was on and dur ing
the entire first part some very pref
ty songs were rendered, by the la
dies who graced the bone and tam
BOURNE section. Each one of them
sang a selection and they did some
very graceful steps in connection
with their songs, and they were Civ
en- the kind of applause that indicat-
ed the audience was pleased with
their work.
Between the songs the bones and
the tamuourine artists we're given
the opportunity to spring the usual
jokes, and the greater part of them
had much of a local flavor and they
brought forth peals of laughter.
Miss Hall acted as the interlocutor.
In the second "spasm" the Dark
town quartet sang a pretty selection,
and this was followed by Signorita
Eulalie Montgomery (Celestine
Burns) who gave a thrilling exhi-
bltion Of slack rope walking. as if
lald firmly on the floor. Miss Hall
sang Wouldn't You Like to Know
with an accompaniment by a chorus
of Chrysanthemum girls. Misses
Josephine Scott Louise Nicolip gave
a skirt dance that was excellently
presented, and they were recalled as
a deserving recognition OF their
clever dancing.
The grand cake walk exhibition by
four couples of little children caught
the popular fancy OF the audience as
the little folks, with blackened fac
es. went through with their pretty
evolutions in a graceful and charm
ing manner. They were escorted
around the stage by little Dorothy
Hager, who looked very cunning as
stepped lively to the strains of the
music.
The closing feature of the perform
1ance was Plantation Pastimes which
included singing and dancing by the
entire members of the company.
The music for the evening was
furnished by the lie Duce orchestra.
and Mr.. LIE Duce played the accom-
parliament for the songs and the
dances.
The entertainment throughout
was very enjoyable, and Miss Hall is
entitled to great credit for the drill
ing which she did and presenting the
young ladies in characteristic work
which they performed in a way that
was highly satisfactory. 1t is re-
GREETED that there was not larger au-
dience, for the performance merited
la full house.