Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-12
TRINITY CHURCH ENTERTAIN,
MENT LAST NIGHT WAS A
BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
They Danced The TANGO!
And Well Known Debutantcs Danced
In the Chorus. There Was
BRIDE and Groom.
((BY GLENN CONDON.)

IOfe the lOLtil6 hlS Iast nISut. .tiiu
In n regular "opry house" tool
hundred women, girls and boys whose
combined families are worth wen
into the millions, glidcd back ana
forth in the rave of the calcium.
while an audience, itself represent
ative Of all the 400" set OF which
Tulsa can boast, clapped It's apprec-
iation.
Under the Mstletoe Bough" was
the title of the musical play, wn.,4
IN realty was more OF a society
vaudeville entertainment than any
thing else. 1t was given under the
auspices Of the ladies OF Trinity
Episcopal chudch.
Theatre Was Decorated.
Clusters of mistletOe s"ri"s and
other greenstuffs were twined about
the boxes and on the balcony Ian
ings, and amidst this profusion OF
natures decorations sat probably
the most brilliant audience that has
ever graced the auditorium Of a To-
cal theatre.
Even the eight-piece orchestra was
composed Of society folks and their
every overture was received with
wild applause.
It was o'clock when the curtain
rose on the first act. The entire act
was devoted to a magniflc'on terpsi-
chorcan vocal and dramatic por-
travail Of a wedding ceremony Miss
Dorothy Madison, Tulsa's fairest
belle, wearing wedding gown i'm
ported from Paris especially for the
occasion, and Mr.. Lawrence Messi-
irer, the adonis of the younger So
cial set, were the principal perform
ers throughout the entire piece. They
PLAYED their parts we'll
Beautiful Young girls in society
gowns, thor corsage bedecked. in
many Instances, with diamond
breaches and other gems worth
hundreds of dollars. formed the
first three lines of tho chorus. A
dozen young men, in black and white.
furnished tho background for this
inspiring scene.
In the first act Mrs. NJ. A. Hauser
sang two solos AT the conclusion
of the second number she was pre-
sented with a beautiful bouquet.
And would YOU believe 1t? thov
danced the tango! Yessir right out
there In front of everybody. Some
body said they nut that number In
lust to show folks that Newport's
fashionahlea haven't anuvthing on
Tulsa societv The program called
It bear dance" but 1t was the
tango, cause--well, Just cause.
Cute Kids.
And who do you think danced It.?
No one else but Melba Andre and
VIM. Roeser, neither of whom Is
ever 13 years Of age.
Edward p. Marshalls rich baritone
VICE was given a good vehicle In
"Love's Bououet."
And the girls of the chorus danced
and sang and did "cute" things just
like re~ilar chorus girls. No, thew
didn't wear abbreviated costumes. 1r
fact their ~arh was strictly Puritanic
That le with Cne evception-they
ca,,.e ont once dressed in kimonns!
W'ntcn p Henry sang 81 Was
Never Meant For You" in the first
old trouner. He lit up the faces OF
the hcautv soxtette with a big mIr
rcr and " Won won't breathe 1t to ?
soul vo'u tell YOU what happened e
that mirror winston forgct :" t'tr
II off the STAGE when he made his
exit. and when the chorus cave on
the next time KATHRYN Anderson
didn't see tho mirror and stopped
rioht on u With her French he'll slip
per And when somebody had the
nerve to rent'o something about
sovar voars of bad--and all the
chorus rot to pioglno--hut that
wasn't ~ tho rlav co why elucidate7
woody Ci-'e Were There.
In tho SECOND act beautiful Miss
Prth pradv made splendid imnres-
sion with rnr rendition OF Good
Nieht. Dear" she was rendered n
genrire ovation Miss Bessie Brady
dlsuIavod unusual talent when she
pnpearod in bewitching (good
word that rreciau gown and eXecut.
ed classic dance that was the per
scuifcat'cn of grace and cleverness
II was really one of the brightest bits
of the whole performance.
Mer'nn Murphy and Ruth Roeser
hnrlesQued woran's vanity In pan
to,rinic skit that received much well
deserved applause. And the LEADING
Iadv sang absent" Just like Sarah
Be-nhardt would be expected to sing
II IL the Divine Sarah were soloist
Then the leading lady tmeanlng Miss
Madison) hid herself In II big chest
and the bridal party just couldn't
find here anywhere. And tho audi
ence lost track Of her until the clos
Ing act when a servant opened the
chest and found all that was left 81
her after so years sojourn in thf
chest. The final tableaux in which
Miss Madison was shown in spirit
form. was dream"