New Britain herald., 1915-02-03
SOCIETY AUDIENCE
 ENJOYS FRED MILL"
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The butler Cvirgil Palmer) wore a 1 beautiful uniform.
 l Music.
 With Frank Vaudeville, the distn- l guished musical director of New l ork, conducting the orchestra and ! directing the music of the piece, much l attention was naturally focused on l this feature of the performance. The | work of the chorus well IS the 1 principals. showed that the rehearsals
 had been thorough and the confidence 1 ir the director was perfect. The in- l terest in two persons who appeared 1 for the first time in the city's annual l show was quite intense and the un- l qualified success of Louis Jones and
 Miss Helen Harris was gratifying to 1 their friends. Louis Jones has a rich l natural voice which fitted well with l the love songs in the piece and his
 bearing the stage was that of a
 well trained officer of the kings 1 navee.' He and Miss Harris sang l "The Isle of Our Dreams with great ! effect and responded to three encores l Perhaps the prettiest scene in the l show was that in which Miss Harris sang "Moonbeams' from the upper 1 story of the red mill. It was the l most effective song in the whole piece. l Her voice is beautiful and the last high note was taken in mezzo voice | and rang clearly through the whole house.
 There was also great artistic finish in the singing of Frederick w. La tham, who sang Every Day Is Ladies' Day With Me" and who sang Because You're You' with Mrs. McKinnie. The q nf u-h0 fn6 MT. Latham was excellently trained and one of the features of the scene was the perfect blending of their cos tunes With the colors of the scen- cry. MT. Latham's rich baritone has seldom made such an excellent inn pression.
 The singing and dancing of Mar garet Wetmore delighted the audience as much as in former years. Her opening song, "Mignonette," showed that she had not lost any of her pop ularity. 1t was in the numbers in which she appeared with Corbin Wet more and Howard Wilson, however, that she was at her best as a fun maker and her vivacity was sparkling up to her final bow Go While the Coins Good" in which the three were joined by Mrs. Mckinnie. was another comedy piece. In the second act Miss Wetmore had a solo and dance which she was forced by persistent applause, to repeat until it seemed that she must be entirely exhausted. If He Loved But Me- was the name of the song.
 Mrs. McKinnie sang The Legend of the Mill" and in this number she was at her best Gavin and Sahrba cher did their singing in the first part of the first act, before they had gotten into such peculiar humor that singing would not agree with their parts and in this they sounded a note of doubt and perplexity. The song was You Never Can Tell About Woman.'
 It would be difficult to pick out any portion of the show where Wet more and Wilson failed to come up to the expectations of their friends, but their "Goodbye John" song was as mirth- provoking as any Their make up in this was 'screamingly funny" In The Streets of New York; they staged their quick changing stunts They started this song as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, came on again before the applause had died down as actors, dived off for a second and were back again as Bowery gents" and while those persons who wish to have some plot in a play were being satisfied, they donned their wedding garments and appeared in full dress armor for the wedding scene.
 The Scenery.
 The play had one advantage in that only two scenes were needed, the red mill and the hall in the burgo- masters house, but these were per feet in every detail The mill is built substantially, so substantially, in fact, that it did not quiver when Corbin WetmOre descended from it's top by clinging to one of the re-
 volving arms with Miss Harris cling ing to his neck. Every detail had
 been attended to, even to the paint ing of a little red mill on the back scenery which showed only when the spot light threw the shadow of the
 mill the back during the singing of "Moonbeams" by Miss Harris.
 The first scene was full of red and the dress of Miss Wetmore, as Tina, harmonized with a red stripe. The burgomaster's hall contained blue and white Holland panels, With a light shade of brown in the pillars. The dresses of the principals and the chorus were made to match these colors. the dress of Miss Wetmore, for instance, being blue and white and the