The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-06
RED STREAK IS
WELL RECEIVED
MINING SCHOOL STUDENTS PRE-.
SENT CLEVER PLAYLET AT
CALUMET THEATER-
GOOD CROWD.

Seldom does a purely amateur pro-
duction approach so closely TO the
realm of the professional as The
Red Streak" produced at the Calu-
met theater Saturday evening by the
Micom club of the Michigan College
OF Mines. II was enthusiastically re-
celved by a house which taxed the
theater's capacity.
"The Red streak" is fully the equal
of "In Tobera." which was produced
by the Micomi club last year and in
some respects 1t is an Improvement.
The book and lyrics are by the stu
dents themselves, c. f. (Spike) Scha-
Der. ]. NJ. Longyear, Jr.. Walter b.
Hodge and Fl. II. Coryell having borne
the brunt of this effort and with the
exception of The Girl You Met I'm
Calumet" which was composed by
Miss Paula Hare of Houghton. all of
the music was prepared by Messrs.
Longyear and Schaber.
AS might be expected. comedy pre-
dominates. The plot deals with the
adventures of a couple of Michigan
College of Mines students and a news
paper man, who, competing for an
aviation prize offered by The Calumet
News, meet with a mishap and are
dropped into an unknown land. The
authors have provided the customary
difficulties some of which lead 10
amusing and highly interesting sit
uations. AS usual the difficulties are
ironed out smoothly. The plot UNI
winds itself very naturally.
There were a few in the audience
who could not bring themselves ia
realize that the petite little chorus la
dies and 'broilers" who pranced before
the footlights were husky student en-
gineers until the hats and the switches
we're discarded i'm the last act. The
Transformation was certainly amaz-
ing.
the long list of characters was Pan
chita, a daughter of the viceroy. The
part was played by c. +. Schaber, who
wrote 4 large per cent of the book and
score as well as directed the rehear-
sails. He gave &c of the greatest gir'
representations seen here in years; In
voice. manner and gesture he was de-
cidedly girlish. his cleverness arous-
ing the admiration of the audi
cnce In dancing he Gid
cd smoothly. with truly attract
i've grace. kicked coyly, pirouetted and
i'm fact did all of the things essen
tial for the recital of poetry In mo-
ton. The portrayal of the part was
truly remarkable and possessed dra'
matte ability which was most sur
prising. Few girls in lighter comedy
could have danced more pleasinglS
than this prima donna.
Among the song hits of THE Red
Streak" might be mentioned, The
Girl You Met i'm Calumet" by Miss
Paula Haire. which was sung by II
r. Schick. as Casey Doyle. Almost
"The Ghost of Kiss THE Flirting
Waitress" I'm the Starlight When
the Clock Strikes Four" "A Toast to
Won Sweetheart" and Back TO Hough-
ton Town"
The rope skipping act of w j. Har'
ris in the first act Is also worthy OF
mention.
Taken as a whole the mining college
students need not make excuses for
the production.
The Newlyweds Wednesday.
one of the bright theatrical bookings
of the season will be found in that
smart musical play. THE Newlyweds
and Their Baby. which is announced
for "Wednesday evening a, the Cal
umet theater.
The comedy is founded on the ia
nous cartoons Of George McManus.
and made into play by Aaron HoiG-
man and Paul West. with music and
lyrics by Seymour Brown, Nat ID. Aver
and John w. Bratton.
James l.. Rosen. the clever midget.
who will be remembered for his excel
lent work as Buster Brown, is the
bright particular star of the production
Ills role Is that of Napoleon Newly
we'd. the baby. Roscn also plays the
part of Major Knott Much. a lillipu-
liam. who is substituted for the Newly
we'd youngster when the real baby is
kidnapped by the head OF an Incubator
who is anxious 20 make
his fortune by exhibiting the original
Newlywed kid.
IN the large company % sixty people.
there are many other vastly clever
people who assist in the funmaking.
hey include. ID. l.. Don, Leo Hayes.
Margaret Braun, Beatrice Flint. Eu-