Weekly journal-miner., 1912-05-22
LADY MINISTRIES
 SCORE A BlG HIT
Prescott Women Present a Clever En- tertainment Exceptional
 For Its Merit.
(Dssa YyiAsy's Da0y.)

 at the Lady Minstrsls' show. for every one left the Eiks Theater with his brain awhiri from the riot of mir,h and music and unable to dis pei the haunting melodies that were a feature of this peerless perform anee. But it was not all music. | There was ginger enough in the show to supply a bakery and spice enough to stock a French restaurant. The show was for a worthy cause ali amateur efforts are-bu, this one was a notable exception to the general run for every ticket buyer got his or her moneys worth and then some. the only cause for regret being tha, the program although long. was much too short And n was a bumper and enthusiastic crowd, which always makes for en- joyment, if the audience is small f is difficult, no matter how meritori- ous the number. to put ii over the footlgh,s. Fill the seats with red blooded men and women and every thing goes with swing. That's a psychological problem bu, doesn't need diagrom to make t p'a'n even io the most obtuse mentality There were nearly three hours oi mir,h. laughter and song crowded into the program and even the most chronic grouches in the city were { seen ehuekiing with glee And that's going some. interspersed were . many a quip with local color. the [ butt of the joke enjoying it as heart
 fly as the audience
 Everybody that is anybody IT Prescott was at that show--wives husbands and children. bachelors witi their best girls. husbands w''hou their wives and sweethearts and re ' ia,,ons one and all helped 'o h' x every seat and make the night on y long to be remembered. And | o pa,,inR it nigh, be well to remar ,ha, when the doors closed al sl !" o'clock there came no sirasglefs disturb the cnjoymcn, Of the en'e' ', talnmeni.
 When the curtain arose prompt'
 on time, and that is unusual wi'
 amateur affairs. there was disclose ,. as pretty stage setting as on ,., could wish to see. The scene was
 Japancse tea garden. bower I. cherry blossoms, the artiheia' . 's fec, being enhanced to a marked d
 gree by the presence of natuf - bcauty--,hs beautifully grosned pa ;. ,,e,pants. The opening chorus V inc full company told m . music
 way of the irea, m store Tor the - dtors, followed by a Japanese dan' ot most gracefully executed by sad
 Mund.. Bertha Groves. Della Bone t.I and Fannie Thomas. fe,eh'naly ara ', ,d in costumes characteristic oi { '. land of the Miksdo. Oi course q 'r' dainty quarteue of dancing 'emin - i,v was forced io respond to an '.. core. And speaking of eneorees ,, minds one that every single, soi''i
 number on tha, menu oi Ton a
 ,iyolity was accorded the sa
 .ela, and dessryingiy 90 N oS reader ~ho ~as no, there, wond
 wha, kind of reception was
 corded Miss This or Mics That
 abovs explanation is eomp' ... answer Co ih, mental query ,,., And then the end men came q her. ping in--bcg your pardon, no ,o., leuss intsnded--end women of e,,a ladies. suif.d in costumes that S s,iv plenty loud enough to mako th' or selves heard. even though the ,h. piause m appreciation oi the Jaf ina, csc dancing act had not subs'' s,,v And following them ~as Mrs T. ling Bate, ~bo happily filled the d'fi'
 position of interloeutof Mrs r. VOL. stunning biaek gown .n,Iy black picture hal and enc pres ,he over the realm oi n'nisuelsy ,,g. though "to the manor born
 ,h, identity of the end men--why co, natural to make that break--end w,;,h men, is a "dark" secret foa k 4 D they fell eonhdsn, ths, not a ,d in in that gathering could psne' ], of their disguise and the newspaper
 ga. asked as a special favor 'o in. press their names Yet even On. stranger could name every on' ,o,;. them for all hs had to do ~a ,s,l.S listen to the talk all about him
 light would come to his ben's
 mind
 l. ss But getting back to the pro'
 asair,--Miss Powder pull told