The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
mere men Dance
and WEAR SKIRTS
Paint and Powder Club of Baltimore
Present Musical Comedy,
"Florodora."
RECEIPTS FOR CHARITY


Male portion OF the audience gasp in
admiration: splendid scenery and we'll
worked-out scenic effects. together with
an exhibition of talent rarely seen when
mere man attempts 10 dclineate female
character. went hand in hand yesterday
afternoon at the Bclasco Theatcr when
the Paint and Powder Club of Balti-
more, presented that mother of musi-
cal comedies, 'F'lorodora.' The perform
anCe was in every way success. and ii
large audience. sprinkled with the Capt.
tails society. showed its appreciation
in numerous encorcs
Every PLAYER showed to good advan-
tage, and at no stage of the production
did the performance lag. In addition
TO the usual lyrics of 'Florodora," sew
eral musical numbers were interpolated
that added materially TO the success
scored.
The single performance was given for
the benefit of the Christ Child Society,
and a substantial sum was realized
Among the stars Charles Andrew
Mccain. as Lady HolyrOod, shone with
radiance of his own making. McCann
is an entertainer of unmstakable tai
ents and wore his Paris creations
with sang froid that would do credit
to any of the elite society women.
Others in the Cast.
Joseph W. SwIkert. who probably would
not tip the scales at anything near 20
pounds, made a distinct Impression as
Cyrus W. Giltain. proprietor of the
island and the perfume or fIorodora.
Howard Hill made a fetching Dolores.
and Clapham Murray. Jr., in the person
of Anthony TweedlepunCh, Snowman,
phrenologist. hypnotist. and paImist. who
first won laurels IN the Princeton Trl-
angle Club. won new friends and de-
lighted old ones.
Richard II. Bond. in the role of Aber-
coed. added materially TO the success
Of the piece. Mr. Bond is possessor of
voice of remarkable quality and his
rendition OF that most famous of all
''FIorodora'' songs. Under the Shade of
the Sheltering Palms" called for many
encores.
The original sextet never scored
more heavily than did the girls who
sang Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" with the
same lilt and in the same fetching way
that won II success in years gone by.
The girls in the seXtet were: Walter
Guy Dulaney, Wilmer W. Wagner, Fran
els 5. Beacham, Alan z. 5. Hoblitzell
William Penn Lewis, and Arthur Knothe
The men were: 4. Patterson Pen
OletOn, f. BrOuSntOn Beacnam, L.
George Parr. Robert Garland, Roger W.
Bacon, T. Robert Schumann.
One feature of the Paint and Powder
Clubs production that won instant and
warm approval was the dancing. The
French military dance. the Chevy Chase.
a potpourri of all modern versions of
the terpsichorean art: the Pierrot, and
the clog dancing of Robert Breese were
all up to the standard set by the others
in the cast.
The choruseS were well trained, and
showed remarkable verve and dash for
able-bodied men incased in the tight
fitting paraphernalia of the modern
woman. They included:
. Florodorean dancing girls-J. Nunan
McFee, William Appold Wood, Godfrey
r Koefoed, DIR. F. T. Ellison. Walter
H. Lambie, and W. Harry Noeth-
Filipino coolies-Joseph Ridgely, Har-
old Clark, Charles Joyner. F. Lester
Simon. r. Bruce Hamilton. John NJ. Bar
rett Charles NJ. May. Jesse S. White
ford, w. W. White. Irwin w. Loock,
Henry r. Gillingham, and Willard Z.
Leland.
Spanish dancing girls-George c. Craw-
ford. jr.. ]. Raymond Moore, Rowland
Loudenslager, F. Morrison Boyd, Junius
Milard. and p. Hammer Vetter.
Edward ]. Meehan was coach and
Louis Fisher musical director.