Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-05-17
WASHINGTON STUDENTS
GIVE CLEVER COMEDY
Musical Skit for Local Benefit Pre-
sented Successfully.
MISS CLAFLIN A STAR.
Miss Poole Dainty Soubrette- Good
Chorus Of Boys and Girls---Fetch-
ing Costumes Graceful
Dancers.

With smoothness that characterizes
few non-professional shows the
fmusical comedy ION To Frisco" by
Nelson NJ. McKernan, was produced
here Saturday night in the Colonial
Theatre by the pupils of the Mckinley
Manual Training School. of Washing
ton, ID. c.
Although given for the benefit Of the
local Branch of the Association for
the Prevention and Relief Of Tubercu-
losis, and Independent Fire Company
No. 2, the patronage was not large.
The play and the players merited a
full house, with standing room only, =
for the entire performance was SPLEEN
didly presented, and there was not a
hitch or break to mar its smoothness.
Prior to the performance and be-
tween acts, well trained orchestra
of the students played popular selec-
tions, as well as accompanied all the
musical numbers. The Tech. orchestra,
was ably directed by Mr.. Dore Wolf
steiner, and was composed of the
following students:
Violins l.. A. Bauman, C. C.
Holmes, w. w. Kirby. M. Oppenhei-
mer, S. C. Sachs, Miss Pitcher, x. Nc
Gregor, A. Zanoff, w. Nj Snyder, O..
Biggs. Cello Miss Hildreth. Flutes
Eugene Schmidt. r. ID. Campbell.
Clarionet II. X. Saunders. Piano
Misses Ballenger and White. Comets
IF. L. Burneston, Paul Lukens.
Trombone. S. Cheyney.
Drums-Mr. II. b. White.
The stage settings were good. the first
act representing a boarding school f or
young ladies at the end of the school
year. and the second act the Pa mama
Exposition two months later. The
stage director was Mr.. Nelson M. Nc
Herman, author of the musical comedy
and his assistant was Miss Eva Baker
The Colonial Theatre has no spotlight
and the ones used were kindly loaned
by Keith's theater, Washington.
The program opened with an overture
by the Tech orchestra which was we'll
played and heartily applauded.
All the musical numbers were well
taken and the choruses evenly balanced.
The boys and girls showed careful
musical training and sang in good
voice, naturally and without effort.
Among the special features of the
musical program was solo adele
by Mr.. George Myers who sings with
effect and who was heard to advantage
in Chinatown, and especially in a
duet They Didn't Believe Me-, with
Miss Nina Clahin. Miss Clafiin has
very sweet voice and sings with ex.
preston. Her solo Bubble" with
the chorus of girls. tossing bubbles
was most graceful and pleasing.
The costumes were dainty and fetch.
ing, and some of the gowns were quite
smart and chic. There were frequent
changes of dress that heightened the
effect of the production.
The choruses were composed OF
beautiful young girls, dainty and sweet
who won their way at once to the
hearts of the audience, which, though
small was most appreciative of their
splendid efforts.
The dancing was an important fea-
ture of the program, for there was
an exhibition of the tango waltz by
Miss Doyle and Mr.. Foster; the
Maxixe. by Miss Poole and Mr.. Talks
the Fox Trot by Miss Farrar and Mr.
Cox. all of which was done with
grace and poetry of motion and wor
deserved admiration.
The characters of the play were al
happily cast Miss Jeanette Poole, as
Lucille Franklin" was dainty and
debonair, fascinating and vivacious. She
is clever little actress. Mr.. Harry
GARRISON, as Prof. Proon, and Mr. c.
Ridgeway Taylor as Sir Gilbert. gavs
splendid interpretations of their re
spective parts, and Mr.. George Myers
and Mr.. Royal Foster tom and Bill
shared the honors as heroes" of ths
play with the sweet, pretty little hero
inc Miss Nina Clafiin, as adele.
The. entire performance was mos
creditable production and the McKin
ley Manual Training School, of Wash
ington is to be congratulated on it
success. 1t is seldom anything mor'
pleasing and delightful is presenter
here and the genuine pleasure it CAV.
will not soon be fogotten.
Colonial, Tuesday night, Read,
Money. with Edward Abeles.