Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-03-19
FINE PERFORMANCE
HOME TALENT ENTERTAINMENT
DRAWS A CAPACITY
HOUSE
EVERY PART is WELL HANDLED
High SchccI Athletic Association
Realizes Handsome Sum From
the Event

| In Mrs. Flynn's Lodgers," and
| the Irish Minstrels," with which it
was followed, at the Unique theater
Wednesday night, Ladysmith had
taste of genuine, homegrown vaude-
vile. And judging from its demon
strations, upon taking leave of its
merry entertainers, for the evening,
the sentiment of the large audience
would be expressed by the words Of
the old song: "Say not goodbye, but
au revoir." For while, in any view of
it, the exhibition was a meritorious
one, considered as amateurs, the
character of their performance was
of class to almost lead one to sus-
pect-Were they not already success
full, in their present line of cndeav-
or-that they had missed their call
ings.
Miss Edith Haeseke, in the role of
the irascible and importunate, lodg-
ing-house, rent-collector, seemed to
cmbody about everything that one
can recollect to have been either
said or sung" of the species; o.
j. Falge, the dreamy, impracticable
artist, who attributes the unmarked
ableness of his wares to the public's
inability to recognize genius" when
it sees it; L. G.. Streater, the "cul-
laid 'man''-the artists emo
tiOnal and worshipfully loyal person
al servant; r. B. Woodwork, the
stolid but dryly humorous, "deutch-
er-man"; and M. G. Martin, the i'm
petuous and nimble- witted "son of
Erin" all sustained their parts real
istically, and in a manner highly con-
sistent with their radically diverse
requirements.
In the minstrel feature of the pro-
gram, the position of interlocutor
was filled with admirable gravity
and mock earnestness by o. ]. Falge.
While some of the witticisms and
local "hits' may have been of the
class that are getting along in
years." yet if-as Mark Twain said
there have only been seven orig
inal jokes in the history of the
world, to be able to personally ap-
propriate, adapt and perpetrate them,
with the abandon and apparent spon.
taneousness which was shown
Wednesday night, it would almost
seem ought to confer title to owner
ship.
And those songs Happily select
ed and as happily rendered musical
ly, as we'll as. dramatically where it
was called for, they were 'full-bill'
in themselves. There was one thing
about the singing that, as such
songs go, was quite refreshing
there was no room for doubt, as to
what language they were sung in.
1t doesn't seem to be required that
one understand the words of a wood
| thrush's song; and there may be
human songs the words of which it
would not be important for the lis
tener to hear-as he wouldn't miss
much But, in the case of song
characterized by the fine, subtle wit
of I'm a Fool Who Believed in You"
unless one is prepared to be laughed
"at," rather than with" it would
be well for singers to consider that
the audience naturally expects them
to be ineligible.
| Fully 500 people enjoyed the en-
tertainment, every seat in the thea
ter being filled Some stood up at
| the rear and quite a number were
turned away. The proceeds were for
the benefit of the Highschool Ath
| letic Association.
| The names of the performers to
whom the audience is indebted for
the fine evenings entertainment are
as follows: Messrs. L. c.. Streatcr,
10. j. Falge, M. c. Martin, r. NJ.
Lewis, r. B. Woodwork, ]. A. Paro;
Misses Irene Cole, Vivian Doucette,
Anna Virum, Ruth Hamblin, Mabel
Hillman, Josephine Nelson, GeorgI-
ana Lieberman, Edith Haesecke and
Mabel Hanson.