Arizona republican., 1912-03-13
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 0N TONIGHT
Fun, Frolic and Felicitation; It Will Be a Musical and Humorous Extravaganza, Excelling All Previous Human Efforts

Tonight the people who chance to be in Phoenix and are provided with tickets to the Elks theater, will wit ness what is stated on the authority of eminent critics. to be the best ama- teur entertainment Of a musical and comedy nature, that anybody ever listened to. One reason for accepting the statement at face value is that some of the performers, though home people, are practically professionals. others have equal talent and all hay" had the advantage of thorough train ing. individually and collectively, un- der a skillful professional director.
 IL is difficult to do justice to the en- crgy and effort Director Rufus Love is putting into the Elks Annual Show known as "The Big Noise. Only a man of his wide experience as a stage director. dancing master, origina:or of theatrical effects. etc, coui6 accOmp- fish all that he is doing. He is a hu- man dynomO of energy and electrifies the participants with this quality 70 the extent that an extraordinarily spir- ited performance is the result.
 The minstrel first-part starts in with bang and winds up with a great big "Hurrah," With the rise of the curtain its evident that Director Love has started somethin' [" and as act after act progresses if is made very plain that he is going to get away with it. All are with him to the finish. With q crash, a smash. a whirl, q g..ff We have a laugh, there a tear. here some hiSh-class comedy. there . touch of sentiment. Lots of pretty girls. innumerable talented ''liiddies'' first class comedians and the catchiest kind of musical numbers. make up the whole. And all furnished by local talent
 Rufus Love is whirlwinG and it is the prediction of those who have been privileged to witness the rehearsals that he will sweep The Rig Noise" beyond the loudest scream of the largest calliope.
 The seat sale opened Monday and though it has been large for tonight : performance and many seats have been sold for Thursday and Friday nights. there are still good seat, available for any of the three nights As this is an off year for the census bureau it has been impossible to as certain just how many people will participate in the entertainment but advices range from 50 to 80. Sixty will be enough anyway if they are all as good as the Elks are willing to swear ghe, are.
 The activity will begin today at noon o'clock when all the Elks in Phoenix will assemble at the club for gran;l street parade. Any who fail to respond to this call. which has official sanc- tion. will be dragged in as the pro- ccssion moves along. No sartorial regulations have been made for the parade except that the brethren must be attirc1 in something and carry a certain and particular newspaper. None of the regular publications in Phoenix were satisfactory so the lodge printed newspaper of its own named The Leven O'Clock Roast" It fig full of humorous literature, advertis- ing matter and carries also the pro gram of the show tonight. Every Elk must carry one or show cause. The paper will never have but ope issue but its promoters propose to see that its circulation is all right as long as it lives.
 The show itself is to be hum dinger. Request has been made that something particularly nice be said about each one of the sixty or sev- enty actors. but as none of them have passed any money over the palm of The Republicans critics. there's nothing doing A few of the live ones will be spoken of just as an indication of general merit, with the understanding that each one men, tioned owes The Republican at least s1G0. Good will is acceptable in payment, but cash would be better.
 The most dignified looking gent in the whole bunch is F.. P. Conway, who will serve as interlocutor The tambos will be A C. Pickett and Frank Connelley. with Paul Ingles and Edwin M. Berg behind the bones. The most enticing bevy in the first part. however. will be six Phoenix blackbrds in skirts. If they want to