The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-02-14
NAN OF MANY
!. PERSONALITIES
Mr.. Phidelah Rice Presents Rendition
Of David Garrick' at College
Chapel Tuesday Evening.

dozens of faces all we'll defined and
each different from the others, with
several voices, and two or three
physiques is Phidelah Rice, the ia
nous impersonator, who gave a rem
dition of 'David Garrick" under
the auspices of X. W. c., in the chap
Ell Of the college on Tuesday evening.
Only small crowd was present
for the entertainment. which was one
Of the finest Of the kind ever seen
here.
The story of David Garrick is well
known, but Mr.. Rice lent newness
to the scenes and characters.
As "Adah,' the beautiful young
girl who had fallen desperately in
love with Garrick, who is a famous
actor, Mr.. Rice played inimtably the
part Of soulful maiden. AS
Adah's father, he was an aged man.
his facial expression, his walk, his
very being merging into the person.
atty he represented.
As "Cousin Dick" the girls dude
lover, with the presence of airs and
a monicle, and the absence of
brains, Mr.. Rice's rendition was es-
pecially good. Indeed, his face mar
rowed, his chin receded and his stat
ne became actually several inches
lower.
And as David Garrick, polished
man of the world, proud of his ac-
knowledged genius, yet with a noble
heart, Mr.. Rice was simply himself.
The story tells of how Adah's
father attempts to bride Garrick to
leave the stage and the country, un.
til his daughter should have over
come her infatuation. And Mr..
Gsrrick, while spurnlng the offer.
agrees to "cure" her of her love, nc,
knowing that the girl was the same
as she, whom he had learned to love,
as her bright eyes looked adoringly
at him each night from the audience.
Garrick is invited to dinner by the
old man and the second act of the
play shows he arrived &C TIC several
guests for the occasion. Mr..
Smith, a squint-eyed egotist, and
Mrs. Smith, whose chief claim to dis
tinction is the fact that she is the
mother Of seven children; Mr.. Brown.
q bashful bachelor; his sister, Miss
Araminta Brown, with a taste for
"literatoor"; and Mr.. jones, with a
defect in one eye and an impeachment
in his speech, arrive in due time, and
the old man makes the announcement
that another guest is expected-Dav-
id Garrick, famous actor and gentle
man. .
Adah suddenly remembers that
the gown she is wearing is not fit for
such an occasion, when formerly she
had declared it was "plenty good
enough"
: Garrick arrives and recognized
Kdah, whom he tenderly loves, but
true to the honor Of his promise,
carries out the farce Of "curing her
love-"
AS the dinner progresses, he feigns
Drunkenness; he shrieks aloud; he
addresses Mr.. Smith as "MOther
Smith. mothcr of seventy children
he makes himself an object of dis
gust to the girl and the guests, and
then staggers from the room.
Adah then promises her father to
grant his desire by wedding cousin
Dick" and arrangements are made
for the. marriage.
Dick enters. He is drunk indeed
He tells of how Garrick had come di-
rectly to the club and reeited details
of the sacrifice the actor had made
for his honor's sake. He adds thai
David is TO fight a duel at sunrise
with . nan who had spoken lightly
of Adj and her father.
Adah leaves home. She seek.
Davi6s apartments, in an effort IL
r:event - duel. She finds then