Evening journal., 1913-12-06
TO HEAR AGAIN
MERRY SONGS
OF PINAFORE
TunefuI Comic Opera Will Be
Sung at Playhouse for
Charity Next Week.
ADMIRABLE CAST AND
DANGERS TO TAKE PART

HIOuA tLC QNNhs VI N1C 6OO0 shy
'Pinafore" in the Playhouse on next
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings,
and also Wednesday matinee. Sir
Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "Pin-
afore" will be sung for the benefit OF
the Delaware Hospital and Hope
Farm. Profting by the experience
several niceties have been introduced
which add materially and will more
than please the audience. To Mrs.
Howard L. Pyle is due great credit
in training this vast chorus and to
Mrs. Leonard +. Wales who has got
ten together the cast and chorus the
members Of which gave freely their
services. The musical end and all
details OF this nature have been per-
sonally supervised by her. The re-
suit is an Incompatible chorus aid
an efficient cast. At the Wednesday
matinee Fred Wyatt will be unable to
sing the role of "Sir Joseph" and
Frank Ford Palmer who was "Sir
Joseph two years ago has kindly
consented to sing the role for that
performance.
The specialties to be introduced
are the two beautiful dances "rhe
Maids of the MIST and "rhe Sail
ors' Hornpipe." The accessories for
the dances will be exquisite.
There are many good seats Aett
which are now on sale at the box Of
nee OF the theatre. There viii be
only three performances and the ex-
perience Of former years has been
that there is a general rush at the
last minute and some are disap-
pointed.
The cast for "Pinafore" is:
The Rt Hon. Sir Joseph Porter. X.
@. B.. first Lord of the Admir-
atty Frederick w. Wyatt
Captain Corcoran, commanding H. M.
S. Pinafore ......J. Frank Huss
Ralph Rackstraw, able seamon,
Edward Shippen Van Lear
Dick Deadeye, able seaman,
Leonard E. Wales
Bill Bobstay, boatswain,
Bob Beckett, boatswain's mate,
Richard Lind
Midshipmate. Miss Muriel Carpenter
Josephine, the captains daughter,
Mrs. Leonard r. Wales
Little Buttercup,
Miss Isabelle B. Wales
Hebe, Sir Joseph's first cousin,
Mrs. Howard S. Clark
The chorus is as follows:
Sopranos-Miss Grace Ainsworth'
Mas Ruby Ayerst. Miss Nellie Brown
Miss Madeline Reed, Miss M. Alex
ander. Miss z. Creamer, Miss NIL
dred Belts, Miss K. G. Bartram, Mrs
Harry Bair. Mrs. T. L. Carpenter
Mrs. ]. d. Thompson, Miss NJ Full
ton. Miss NJ Fincher, Miss NJ. Wells
Miss ]. Beauchamp, Miss Mary
O'Toole, Miss Rills Bronton, Miss
Jean Fulton, Miss R. Erickson. Miss
Lydia Saville. Miss Pauline Rolck
Miss 81 Mulvena, Miss Dorothy Car
penter
Altos-Mrs. Frantz Clark. Miss d
Dunbar, Mrs. Irenee dupont. Miss
Helen Bickta, Mrs. f. L. Reynolds
Miss Elenor Pyle, Miss Anna Dun
bar. Mrs. A. F. DUPONT. Miss NJ. SIN
cock, Mrs. ". H. McIntire, Miss E.
Peach and Miss NJ Allen.
Tenors--Charles Hackett Charles
Redmile, Ross Lendermon, H. V. Ant
Teller. Clarence Charsha, Mansan
Glover. Arthur S. Price, Charles
Evans, Warner Brashears. Alonzc
Finnan, George Schafer.
Bassos--Dr. Julian Adair, Garrett
Hume, Clarence Hackett, NJ WI Whit
taker, Howard Collins, Ray Lender
man. Il. B. Coy, Richard Lind, Bev.
erly Cause. Benjamin Dowdell Fran
els Blaine. Benjamin Fincher Felis
DUPONT. Ed. Martin, Walter Laird
DR.. Chas. Jefferis, l.. W. Edward!
and Thomas Lee.
Frank Ford Palmer win sins
wednesday matinee.
Two beautiful dances will be gigeI
by the following:
The Sailors Hornpipe--Miss B.
dupont and Ralph Assheton. princi
pals and Miss Anna Hatton, Mrs H
Lindsay. Miss NJ Belts. Miss B. Dur
ham, Robert White, Barton Fox
Harcourt Burns and Nelson Leitch
chorus.
The Maids Of the Mist-Miss B. G
DUPONT anl Miss Janet jackson
principals. and Miss Alice Retts. Mrs
II. Lindsay, Miss NJ Owens, Miss H
Whitaker spHVrEiiittttaskz Miss Nj SiTIiui1iis. mis-
NJ. Johnson. Miss f. Martins ant
Miss Ethel Tallman.
me executive staff follows Mu
s.ral director, T. Leslie Carpenter
manager, Mrs. Leonard q Wales
s.rse action ana prompter. Mrs. How
ard L. Pyle; stage settings unde
Mrs. Frank G.. Garrett, Mrs. Josepl
p. Wales; dancers trained by Mis-
Katherine A. McClafferty; pres
agent G. Paul Monck.
Eslaware Hospital Work.
In ADDITION to the personal contri
buttons OF the members of the Boar
OF Managers Of the Delaware HospI
tai to the campaign fund last yeal
the board pledged to raise SO .0OC
Any proceeds from the production q
"Pinafore" will be applied to reduc
ing this obligation. In this connec
tlon the milestones in the history g
.he Delaware Hospital might 1.ell b
mentioned, they being:
1S87-An association was forme
to collect money enough to build
small hospital
1Sss-The present property wa
purchased.
18Se-The corner stone was laid.
1S90--The building was formal
opened for patients.
1Se3-The ward and operatin
room was added. The dipensarv wa
opened. The FIRST single contribute.
of $500 was given to endows .ent fun,
The first endowment for a bed wa
given.
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