The Holbrook news., 1912-03-22
FINE DRAMA SEASON
ATTRACTIONS AT PLUNKVILLE
 REVIEWED BY EDITOR.
Opening With Greater. 5arnstormers' Minstrels, the List Included Prof. sVengaIi, "East Lynne," "Jes-
 se James" and Others.

The dramatic season just ended"
 said the Winesap County Weekly Vim
 dicator, twas the most successful in
 the history of Plunkville, both from
 n artistic and a financial point of
 dew.
 Early in October the season was
 1shered in with the Greater Barn stormers' Minstrels, with 15 perform
 ITS in high top slickems and beautiful
 pink dusters, who played the most favishing circus marches in the court
 aouse yard. At the evening perform ance many of the latest melodies were rendered, including After the Ball,' Hot Time Tonight and Love Muh and the World Is Mine;' also many nrst-class jokes which have never been seen in the almanacs in this sec ton. Our versatile and talented bar Der, band leader, baseball pitcher, or chestra conductor, and society favor
 te, Mir. Nick Duggins, secured an en- gagement with the minstrels to play lecond baritone and double up in the
 evening as MT. Rastus Johnsing Brown
 ''1n November a hypnotist and en- Jertainer called Prof. X. SvengaH,' oc- cupied the boards at the opera house Professor Svengali put Sam Tucker, the timer, into trance, and made him stand on his head in the corner and sing the Doxology.' After the per formance Sam missed a five-dollar bill, but he allowed the fun was worth the money.
 '1n December we witnessed that soulful and lachrymose drama, East Lynne put on with great. eclat and a whole lot of terrific success. Deacon who hasn't cried since his wife ran away with the leader of the Bass Center choir, broke into profuse tears; and as the large concourse of shufied down the steps that lead from over s. Quigley's we'll known commission, confectionery and farm implements emporium, there was not dry eye on the stairs.
 About the middle of January the Plunkville Thespian and Terpsicho- rean Troupe rendered Kate, the Con- vict's daughter for the benefit of the South Sea head hunters. Miss Sadie 5ebree, our talented milliner, who took the immortal role of Kate Ripper, made pronounced hit and admits that, when 1t comes to finished trap door and red-light situations, she has Mme- Bernhardt backed of the boards.
 'The spring attractions includea Ten Nights in a Barroom. se James, a Shakespearean sdfionist who put everybody to f.eep faster than Parson Buckner does. and a man without arms who played the bass viol with his toes.
 For the next season Manager Tobe Scruggles win maintain the same high standard. He has already engaged Uncle Toms Cabin,' a fddling quar- ct, moving-picture show, a patent medicine entertainment and an ossi- jed man. During the summer many notable improvements will be made. new tin cornice will be erected and he interior will be repainted in ex- Iuisite tints of hamingo red, paris reen, Helen pink and chrome yellow, with many striking fresco decorations epresenting Venus, General Grant, Cleopatra, the Muses and Little Bo- 'eep. For next season the same com 'etent staff will serve the public ,apt- Artemus Jefferson, the saddler, Vil continue to preside at the box of- Ice in return for the privilege of see ng the shows free. Nathan Thomas, he grocer, will light up and make res and Piggy Burlington, the wid- WIS son, will act as usher and carry he red banner with the golden letters a the parades for the same splendid rfvfleoea