Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-02-12
Fiji CAPTIvATtS
LARGE AUDIENCE

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In Baraboo in many m1ot 8, was the
unanimous verdict of The audience
NEter the first performance of "Fi-Fi of
she Toy Shop" resented at the Ly-
@e9m theatre NJ ,nday evening, under
Eke auspices of st. Margaret's Guild,
by cast Of some one hundred and
nifty local young PEOPLE. Many an
~Eera company has given less meri-
aoEious production and been accorded
hagh praise.
The story of the musical fantasy is
szsaple, but allows of much elabora-
sion, unusual situations and pleasing
@assuming and scenery, all of which
were made the most of by the COM
wany. Bonnie, the toy makers daugh-
1eF, encounters the Sandman in the
weeds near her homo ard during the
sleep that ensues she dreams that all
Gae toys come to life and have many
>anteresting adventures which culmi-
nate ia Fi-Fps trip TO the milky way
With the Man In the Moon. Finally
1he Sandman puts the entire company
% sleep and when Bonnie wakes she
Gznds herself alone.
After the brief introduction in which
aAe Sandman sings Bonnie to sleep the
ssGene shifts to the Topshop, a unique
ssnd pretty setting, sho wing the various
characters in their inanimste condi-
EaOn of ''nothing but dolls" The i'm
mobility of the dozen occupants of the
stage is surprising. II any of the dolls
winked an eye during the long intro
GlUctory it was when every body was
lacking the other way-certainly no.
body saw it.
After the witch fairy gives Bonnie
che magic salts the dolls are one by
one brought to life to go their way
through the play in the manner best
suited TO their various characters.
Each of them should have story sll
80 themselves, so interesting were they.
*'Ft-Fi" was Sd daintily enchanting
ia At one did not wonder at the num-
gaeE of her suitors. Ink spot, with
Esady wit and natural acting laughe d
sad danced her way through her britf
life with contagious merriment.
''LooseY", the rag doll, was such a
dear that every girl, big and little,
Gaaged to own a dolly just like her and
G1e boys rather envied Captain Bar
zBacIe the opportunity OF lending the
always needed supporting arn. Lieu.
ten ant Tin Heart, Prince LolIy-Pop
and Captain BArnacle were the per-
Esnification of manly (dolD dignity.
Bonnie, one of the few "humans"in the
casd, was so dainty, childlike and un-
Affected that she seemed a fitting COM
aanion for her strange playmates. The
Man in the Moon was most fasci-
mating person and the witch fairy
mysterious enough to be credited
with any wonder. The laughing doll
whose only sound during the evening
was laugh certainly filed a rather
trying role to perfection, while the
clowns were everything that clowns
should be. There was something do
ing every minute they were on the
stage. Their efforts with the China
dolls, an set of some duration, evoked
many smiles from the audience. The
part of Tackhammer, the old toy
maker, was exceedingly well carried
and the stalking doll and japanese doll
contributed their share to the success
,os the performance.
The musical numbers which formed
ga important part of the play were
rendered. The Sandman
had two solos, Fi-Fl and Lieut.. Tin
Hesft sang a splendid duet, and the
French dolls duet with the Man in
che Moon was one of the hits of the
BC-Peep was responsible |
Tor two charming solos while Fiji,
Loosely, lax Spot, Capt. Barnacle,
Lieut.. tin Heart and Prince Lolly-Pop
IN Mother Goose rhymes, with revised
versions, were recalled time and time
agsin and the audience were loath TO
have this part of the program end. |
Other musical numbers were interpo-
lased with success.
Dances and fancy drills introduced
by various groups of the characters
were sn enjoyable part of the even
sng's program. The China dolls did q |
march as straight and severe as q |!
China doll march should be. The
stunts of the jumping jacks |
aud the CITATIONS OF the amin ais of the
soy shop were pleasing features and
the animated blocks in their drills
spelledlout a motto which so engYossed
the cadence that it some SHAT over
the pretty figures ns2se ~
the msTcheIs. The dance of the rapeT