The Irish standard., 1915-05-01
"A NAUTICAL KNOT"

This tuneful operetta was sung be-
fore packed houses on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week at the audi
forum in the Dominican school of the
Holy Rosary parish. Mr.. j. E. Frank,
the musical director, has plenty of
cause for satisfaction over the marked
success of his undertaking.
The principals acquitted themselves
we'll. We do not mention them in
dividually, for it is difficult to say of
one anything that all do not equally
deserve. Yet we must make an ex-
ception in favor of Miss Marie E..
Proctor, for we cannot refrain from
writing that her voice is a soprano
of remarkable range and unusual
sweetness and under absolute con-
troll, and in addition to these gifts, a
charming personality won for her the
admiration of the audience, who could
see very plainly why all the young
sailor lads were so desperately in love
with her.
OF the chorus much deserves to be
said; its members plainly showed in
the perfect blending of their voices the
result of careful study and excellent
training.
AS the writer walked toward the
hall he would fain solace himself with
the thought that he was performing
praiseworthy duty, for it would be
laudable thing to sit through an
amateur performance and then write a
sentence or two of encouragement. But
far from what he might have sourly
looked for, he was treated to an even
ing of beautiful music artistically rem
dered, and to acting that was far from
savoring of the amateur. In a word,
he was surprised and pleased and
could not but reflect on the remark
able work. done for music year after
year by the Dominican fathers. They
have set up standard of musical
attainment so high that music lovers
| all the city over feel it worth while
to make sacrifices when called on to
aid in making directly or indirectly
the choir and the entertainments of
the Holy Rosary an organization with.
out superior in the great work of ad-
vancing music and honoring God with
it. Hence it has happened that when
we of Minneapolis think of the Do.
minican choir we recall Madame
D'Erina and the many other musicians
Of great talent that have made that
organization synonymous with beauti.
full music beautifully given.
The members of the cast of "A Nau.
tical Knot" were Misses Marie E.
Proctor, Blanche w. Scallen, Jane M.
Dumas, Alice O'Reilly, Florence Seal.
len, Messrs George E. Cummings, EN-.
met H. Farmer, ]. Leo Heaphy, A. J.
Weston, George Sherman, VIM. A. Rus.
sell. The chorus was composed of
! Misses Marguerite Berkmoes, Flo.
renee Burns, Clarissa Clarke, Rose
Dugan, nellie Dryer, Blanche Farmer,
Loretta c. Kennedy, Myrtle McGrane
Mary Murray, Marion G. O'Brien, Ma.
RE Guilty, Blanca Dachter, Della "
Gildea, Gertrude Goldonik, Gertrude
Halvorson, Emily Dard, Hazel M. Yet.
ter, Norine Conley, Clara Gleason
Mary Graham, Nettie Johnson, Edith
Keegan, Helen Wenzin and Messrs.
Ambrose McGrane, E. ]. Owns, Donald
Rice, Hugh F. Young, r. A. Asselin
Clarence Book, Claude A. Bowens,
George Keenan,, D. Joe Mcdonald, p.
B. Moynahan. C. H. Pomeroy.
1t ought to be said here that to the
Rev. Brother Dominic is due great
credit for the Jealous, strenuous, able
and effective work he did in the bust.
ness management of the operetta.