The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-03-08
SWEET CHAR|TY'S SAKE
Local Interest and Clever Performers
Made sFi-Ff' a Happy Success


the Temple.
The theater was thronged many
minutes before the usual opening time
The purpose Of the entertainment was
emphasized to all at the door, where
tickets We're taken and programs Civ
en- by ladies appropriately CARRIED as
red cross nurses. Several Of our
young men in the neat uniforms Of the
hospital corps showed the people to
their seats. The house was crowded
Actually, every seat on the first floor
was taken. and most of those in the
gallery.
There is always an interest in plays
OF this kind, carried out by local per-
formers, that is totally lacking from
those given by professionals, II mat
tiers not if the actors lack the skilled
finish of the every-night performer
if they make some little bIunder, it is
always greeted with good nature. and
there is generally a freshness and en-
thusiasm about their work that the
professional has lost Last nights
play, however. was about as near per-
feet as any performance could be-few
road companies that visit Oca1a carry
out their program more smoothly, and
ups in places where they were entire
ly pardonabIe. there wasn't a bobble
from start to finish. Mr. and Mrs
Harrington Adams deserve a lot of
credit for their success in drilling the
performers in such short time, and it
must be said that they couldn't have
succeeded SO we'll if they hadn't had
such good material to work with.
| The list of actors and their parts
was as follows:
Bonnie, Who Keeps the Toys-Miss
Minnie StovaIl.
Fiji, a Partisan Doll-Miss CeciIe
Downs.
Loosely, a Rag Doll-Miss Alice Bull
lock.
Ink-spot, a Black Doll-Miss Lois
Ellis.
Aurelia. Witch Fairy-Mrs. Carney
Minis
Man-in-the- Moon. ]. Gerig.
Lieutenant Tin-Heart, a Soldier Doll
&c. l.. Anderson.
Prince Lolly Pop, a Gentleman Doll
IA. E. Gerig.
Captain Barnacle, a Sailor Doll
Charles Woodrow.
! Sand Man. ]. Gerig.
! Dolls Head-Mrs Mary EagIeton.
I! Bo-Peep, a Singing Doll-Miss Mar
guerite Porter.
Talking DolI-Mrs. Violet Powers.
Jap Doll-NIiss Mary Burford.
i Tackhammer, the Toy Maker-Dr
Alfred Beck.
i Clowns-Edward Anderson, Olaf Re.
wadski.
Dance of the bridesmaids
Solo dancer, Mrs George Bitch
bridesmaids, Misses Janet Weathers
Annie Atkinson, Beu1ah Hall, Jose
iphine Bullock, Hope Robinson, Murie
Bittinger, Elizabeth Newsom, Francs
Tarver, Emma Nelson, Clara Johnson
Paper dolls: Misses Marian Dewey
Kathleen Jackson, Margaret Jackson
Lucille Robinson, Louise Booze, Mabe
Meffert, Rexie Todd, Ida Poland
China dolls: Misses Mary Harrie
Livingston. Rosebud Robinson, Vir
ginia Sistrunk, Hester Dewey, Marth;
Kate Rentz, Blair Woodrow, Mar,
; Carter Riddle, Nina Camp.
Live letter blocks: Misses Louis
Rentz, Agnes Burford, Theo Beckham
Sidney Perry, Katherine Strunk, Ev
elyn Hodges, Meme Davis, Nettie Camp
In their marching they spelled ou
the following popular quotation: Their
is so much bad in the best of us an
so much good in the worst Of us, tina
it is hardly worth while for any of u
to talk about the rest of u.s.
Christmas fairies: Misses France
: McIver, Annie MacKay, EIizabetI
Hooker, Elizabeth Murray, CaroIyl
Peyser, Cordelia Dozier Sidney Cutler
Medosia Halle, Emma Halle, Ros
T Wolff, Clifton Sexton, Marian Hunter
Virginia Beckham, Gladys Osborn
Clarita Camp Lorraine Spencer, Iren
Tompkins, Marian Meffert, Rhod
Thomas, Lillian Livingston, Henriett
: Livingston, Eva Hodges, Margare
Gerig, Elizabeth Horn, Ethel Horn
Elizabeth Bennett, Maggie May Nc
E Cranie, Willie May Lang, Margare
t Hooker.
Jumping Jacks: Bob Chace. Norma,
/. Horn, Charles Cullen, Ralph Cutler
William Richey, Frank Rentz, Regi
nald MaeKay, Thelbert Troxler, Charlie
= DuvaL
Noah's ark animals: George Newson
Moultrie Thomas, Kenneth MacKay
Paul Brinson. Walter Trox1er.
Miss Gertie Peyser, who by reaso
of talent, training and acquaintance i
peculiarly fitted to play at home
made entertainments, was the accom-
PIANIST.
The theme of the play is Bonnie,
; toyman's daughter, wandering in tn
|. woods near her fathers shop at tn
close of day. She was overtaken b
2 the Sandman who cast her into a magi
= sleep. While asleep she dreamed
2 wonderful dream wherein the bisqu
t and wooden creatures of the toy sho
= come TO life and numerous strang
adventures befall her and the toys be
: fore morning light scatters the charm
i In the toy shop a romance betwee1
/ the Partisan DOLL Ff-Fi, Miss Cecil
l Downs, and Lieut. Tinheart, Mr.. C. I
: Anderson, wove a web in which TIL
5 dolls assisted
Miss Cecile Downs made mos
charming Fi-Fi, and Mr. Clifford An
derson as Lieut.. Tinheart and Mr. Al
bert Gerig as Prince Lollypop wer
most ridiculously romantic in thei
: rivalry for her hand Mss Minnie Sto
: vail was indeed bonny Bonnie, an
5 Miss Alice Bullock made a charmingl
2 comical Loosely. Barnacles generalI
: stick, but the audience was stuck o.
I Captain Barnacle, generally known a
Mr.. Charles Woodrow. The merrimen
i. of the cheerful dolls head (Mrs Mar
/ Eagleton) was contagious, and tn
: only drawback to Miss Lois Ellis a
2 Inkspot was that her makeup conceal
: ed somewhat her natural good look:
f Mrs. Violet Powers was lovely talk
1 ing doll and everybody rejoiced whe
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