Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-11


THEN.
'1lt1t A song FOR MIRIAM.
With mama and papa at the opera
And | to the land of dreams,
With billy Dan | fit to Fairyland.
Where life is just what it seems
Ito be-.
There l meet Mary, quite contrary
And the cutest Little Boy Blue
Little BO Peep, who lost her sheep
And Simple Simon 100 (you see).
Then Jenny Wren, the fairy cute
And dear Red Riding Hood.
And Little Jack Homer locked in Il cor
h'e iner
"A'"And Oh. it seemed so good Ito mel.
The Fairy GodmOther changed me too.
land / was made queen that day
A+fairy' dtieen with golden sheen
- But now for home / must away.
batL"H .fII! . t
Back into childhood and fairyland.
back into childish dreams. In fancy and
phantqsy r~eveling in delights of Old
folk lore and chOruseS of Mother Goose
patron saint of little folk went the flow
er Ofthe citizenship Of Brownsville for
nearly three hours last night.
Those families not represented in the
auditorium were represented on the
stage anil often double representation
was had.
1t was the occasion of ''Witchland"
a fantastic phantasmagoria, an eXtrava-
/. ganza of comedy and costume, a fanci-
full light comedy.
The music was good. the songs were
excellent and the stage settings and cos
tuning, the ensemble and rehearsal was
greatly to be complimcntcd. 1T satisfied
every one and vigorous spontaneous and
hearty prolonged applause met almost
every effort at climaxing. The east Of
seypnty-five Of the young people and
children of the families Of Brownsville.
mixed with a few of the older ones, gave
a splendid representation Of Il bewitch-
ing and well accorded Operetta, and all
deserve mention for their hard work
and conscientious performance through
out THE. long scenario, but space is too
limited to give individual mention to
ALL. Dt +i
Contrary Mary, the tough fairy. Miss
Luella Bennett) was a decided hit and
her cute walk accompanied with her evil
dent sang froid was a recipient of Il
generous amount of applause.
Miss Louise Putegnat as Miriam car
ried off her lines with excellent fdel-
ity and pleased her audience very much.
Francis KOwalski as the Jack Horncr
who stuck in his thumb, was good both
in single and massed choruses. Jennie
Wren, little Miss Ethel Clint deserves
special mention for her faithful work.
DO Peep might have been there in life
when presented by Miss Irene BRYANT.
Mrs. Ira Webster delighted the audience
with her Interpretation Of the Fairy
God Mother but more especially did she
get their appreciation of the excellent
rendition of her beautiful songs. Miss
Aileen Scanlon as Red Riding Hood
showed special care in the cnunciation
OF her lines and carried her little part
well.
Oily Dan and his dancing fairies
were favOrites throughout. Jack and
Jill behind the hill after the first of
July was a hit with the audience.
The songs deserving of special men
ton were Spanish Love Song" Rum
Tum Tum fiddle :" '"Thcn I'll sion low
ing yOu;" "A String of Roses 20 Mis-
ter Moon" Gasoline" ship of Dreams
and Nancy with a freckle on her
Nose These all got e%ncores and the au-
dience was not at all caring whether
the phantasy lasted another hour after
having enjoyed thoroughly every min
ute of the time it was running.
The reading by Miss Clara Belle