Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-01-23

attractively set in white, with the
quarter deck and companion ladder in
the middle background
Mr.. Henry Frieden made an impress
sive gallant captain OF the Pinafore, >
and Mr.. Clarence Wackman as the Ad-
miral, 81. Joseph Porter, who was the
Monarch Of the Sea, was quite wor
thy Of Chicago loop theatre His inn
PRESERVATION, appearance and phrasing
We're all good
To say thHt James Knight was Dick
Deadeye' himself, means that he pro.
badly received more attention, and Ger
tainly caused more amusement and
laughs than anyone on the stage; and
in Mr.. Duuwiddies characterization of
the Bos'n" he had fit companion
Miss Rhoda Hughes as the loyelorn
sailor lad, Ralph was delightful in
her manly airs and feminine grace
Josephine, the lass who loved
sailor had a dainty exponent in Miss
Florence Hughes whose cultured
strong, high soprano voice showed to
advantage in the music of her part
Wheu'she and Ralph" danced, during
chorus, they had the lightness and
grace OF fairies and in their duets the
blending Of mezzo aud soprano was
beautiful
Miss Ruby Hughes was no whit be
hind in her rendering of the part of
Little Buttercup" who Strengthened
things up. To the general public in
Mineral Point, who have heard the
three Hughes sisters only in trios or
duets, il was distinctly pleasant sur
Ruby's deep contralto, and Miss Rhoda's
mezzo soprano, and the richness Of
their high notes The benefit of the
two years Of vocal study by those sis.
tiers in milwaukee, was delightfully."- APP
parent.
When the crestfallen Sir Joseph
was unsteady announcing that he
" could not live alone, and pretty
little Miss Stephenson as Hebe "
assured him that he still had one de
voted adnirer, it was evident that Dame
Fortune who had brought him from
polishing the handles of the big front
doors to ruling "Tae Queens Ma wee,
was still befriendng him, The chorus
was strong and good aud the costumes
were most becoming The "aunts
We're fully as attractive aud lively as
the sisters and the cousins.
Before the curtain was raised, Miss
Catherine Hutchinson read a synopsis of
the opera, and between acts she gave
two readings. The French Canadian
patois of the first WAS remarkably well
done, AZ was, also, the boy talk of the
second. Miss Hutchinson is graduate
Of the Northwestern School of Exprps-
sion.
Each of the other "specialties" was
most attractive, and was given in con.
tune by members of the chorus. Miss
Ruby Hughes as the Little Bisaue
Doll who had "a pain in her sawdust''
was veritable Olympia from The
Tales Of Hoffman,, and Mr.. Frieden.
who wheeled her out onto the stage on
truck and then set her in position.
was most excellent in his anxious and
proud care Of her appearance. Miss
Florence Hughes the stage-snng
the verses Of the song and Miss Rnby
the chorus.
Miss Blanche Fox was dashing
Jack o Lantern Girl" and sang her
part well and the same remark applies
TO her companions the Misses Florence
knight and Shirley White. On left
and right of Miss Fox was Osmond Fox
and George Knight and right and left
of them were the other two girls. with
driving lines held by Romain Healy
and Harvey Huxtable, who also carried
riding whips In the fancy dance. the
string Of sleighbells worn by each sing
er iingled merrily.
! In THE Servants Secret" Miss Eve
/ lyn Fielder sang the part Of housekeep-
er; the Misses Blanche Fox and Shirley
White housemaids; George Knight,
butler Osmond Fox, chef. Roman
Healy, coRchman.
In "Mammy's Little Pumpkin color
ed Coon, the audience At once placed
James knight az the nanny. but there
was surprise when a strong, clear fal-
setto voice issued from the amazingly
grotesque mask. He and Mr.. Dunwid
die must have found difficulty in sing.
ing behind such monstrosities. Then
Mr. Knight informed us what happen
ed When Mineral Point was Pas
ture;' and during the Telephone
song by the chorus Mr. Dunwiddie had
a chance Tor hit at Mr. Shows"
telephone service.
The piano and drums played by Mr.
Anderson and Mr.. Hartly. formed no
small part Of the success Of the enter
tainment, which was great.