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THE TOY SHOP.
Opretta Given at The Auditorium
Last Night A Decided Success


The "Toy Shop" dandy Httl
operetta, given last night at th
Auditorium by Miss May E. BOOB
walter, of the Central Entertain
ment Bureau, of Harrisburg, "a
contained the very best local tale1
to be found in Cambridge. The pla
which was under the auspices OF tf
Woman's Club, being for the bend
fit of the Cambridge Library, wa
largely patronized by the public
general.
Little Miss Lillian Sherman grac
fully introduced the play, and
the curtain rose, the audience graz
ually forgot the crowded house an
the warm evening, and everyon
was carried back to the days
Shakespeare and lived with PUG
and the fairies in "a Mid-Summe
Nights Dream" Dolls of all des
criptions, toys, fairies, pictures,an
Teddy bears all helped to make VI
the toyshop IN the night, before bal
gain day, and in the midst Oh al
these sat the aged toymaker and
his blind daughter, Emily.
Mr.. Granville Hopkins, as Tack
Hammer, the toymaker, played hls|
part perfectly. Bent with age,and|
clothed in rags, he formed strlk-
ing contrast to the giddy dolls
which he had prepared for the mar
ket. His daughter and helpmateU
Emily sat near bemoaning her fate
When he had quoted her, he LEAD
her from the stage, and with thel1
absence Puck, Mr.. Thomas Kerr
made his appearance. After few
catchy songs, Puck calls the falrles3
and suddenly there appeared a
scene which made one think that
fairyland really existed on EARTH
Scores of little children, dressed inl
dainty white dresses and spangles,
came tripping on the stage. With
the magic touch Of his wand and
the winding of the clock, Puck sue
ceeds in bringing the dollies and
toys to life.
The prima donna of the evening
was Miss Edna Colladay, of Dover,
Del. As the blind daughter, and
then as the dancing lass,she simply
captivated her audience. As Emily,
she was poor, pathetic, pitiable,
later on, as the leader OF the
Rube Chorus, she was quick, light
and graceful. As stMy Gal, Irene,'
che won round after round of ap7
plause.
- ss-.1er~sEr. GranHi1le--S
deserves great deal of cred
Tor his splendid impersonation
Of the different characters. In the
RUDE Chorus, and maybe You're
Not The Only One That Loves Me-
Z duet, which was sung with Miss
Matte May Harper,he was especial
ly good.
The house was given a grea
fright by the appearance of Jimml
Valentine, the burglar, and hear
staaler, who proved to be harmless
George Hoddinott. Mr.. HoddinottI
who worked under difficulties, hav-
ing taken the part of one who had
given up his piece the day beforel
the performance, showed that heI
had worked diligently to make his
selection equal to the other parts
OF the play. The music being
catchy, Mr.. Hoddinott had no diff
a111kx in proving himself equal to|
occasion.
Miss Matte May Harper made an
attractive Dutch doll,an in Maybe
You're Not The Only One That
Loves Me-" she politely informs her
admirer that she has more than one
suitor. The part of the paper dolls
was perhaps the most tiresome OF
all. the dollies being compelled to
stand in one position SO long.
Misses Mode Cannon, Lillian Sher-
man, Mamie Harrington and Helen
Phillips posed well as paper dolls.
Miss Helen Mills, as 49c. rag
doll, afforded great deal of fun
Tor the spectators. Mr.. Robert
Harding made an excellent China
man. The Jacks-in-the-Box, with
the assistance of the brave tin sol
diers, succeeded in their attempts to
catch the rag doll. The music by
the choruses was very clever, and
each person taking part put forth
an effort to make the evenings en-
tertainment a success, and as everyl
one had been well trained, them,
was no difficulty experienced in
bringing the operetta up to the
standard.
But even with all this, the pro-
duction would have been incomplete
without the specially, entitled
''Bobby Shaftoe," by Misses Eliza
.eth Hanna, Lee Phillips and Master
Henry Taitt. As a love song, in
which Master Henry proposed to
Mis- Lee, and was spurned by her,
and Miss Phillips was rebuked by
Mlss Hanna for refusing the charm
Ing Bobby" this trio was COM
PEELED to respond to encore after
saoore.
The operetta ended by a chorus
by the entire cast, entitled Candy"
In which bewitching little Henry
Taitt sang a solo. Then the fairies
md their friends went home to re-
re, after their evening of pleasure.