The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-21
JAPANESE GIRL
WELL PRESENTED
Monday Music CLUBS Program Last
! Night Was Unusual and Was
| Enjoyed by immense
| Crowd.
ENTIRE CAST IS GOOD
| Tho Principals and Chorus Under the
Direction Of Mrs. Hugh J.
Robertson, All Deserve
Mention.
ENTIRE CAST IS GOOD


Mention.
The Y. W. c. A. auditorium was
packed to the doors last night to see
the Monday Music clubs presentation
Of the operetta The Japanese Girl.
The stage setting was both effective
and artistic, and presented a quaint
garden, with Japanese peach BIOS
SONS. On one side of the stage was
a Jap house WITH veranda Of bamboo
canes. and at the back was fence
with a gate and over all were sus-
pended purple wisteria blossoms. In
stead of using the drop curtain, hand
some black and gold japanese screens
served as a curtain and were shifted
by girls who moved about with the
mincing step of real orientals. The
stage committee Of which Miss Caro-
line Baldwin was chairman, made the
most possible of the materials they
had to work with and there was not
one EARRING note in the setting.
The operetta, written by Charles
Vincent, was suggested to him by
reading an account of picturesque
custom prevalent in some parts Of
Japan When a near relative has to
be absent from home for consider
able period he often leaves behind a
growing plant young tree or singing
bird, which is called by his name and
regarded as his substitute.
The greatest care is bestowed on
this object, as 1t is considered most
unlucky to the person whom it repre-
sents, should any harm befall it dur
ing his absence.
Mrs. Hugh J. Robertson read the
argument Of the play preceding the
performance which gave the audience
a clearer understanding of making a
festival on the date Japanese girl
comes Of age. The costumes of the
various characters and of the chorus
were some of them very handsome
and many Of them were from Japan.
The leading role was sung by Mrs.
| Florence Wright Schouten as o Hanu
| San whose coming of age was being
celebrated. Mrs. Schouten always
! pleases her audience and In this In.
stance deserves credit not only for
her own part, but 1t was she who
drilled the chorus and the excellence
| Of the work was due in q large meas.
|
| Ignore Rich had solo parts which
they took most creditably. Mrs. o.
G. Mandt as Chaya, the tea server
brought a Bit OF numor into the frs;
scene with her song, what Ever
Ever. Shall 1 Do" Mrs. James Mar
tin Furlong. as Miss Minerva Know
all, the governess who had in charge
two American girls, took the part as
II II had been written for her. II
would be hard to imagine anyone car
rying off the situation better thar
she did. The twins, Miss Helen Feg
ers and Miss Helen Milestone, botf
exceptionally pretty girls. did thei,
parts very charmingly.
The chorus deserves special men
ton for its singing and for the grace
full dance which it gave under the di
rection of MISS Harris.
Miss Olive Morgan played the &C
compartments and her work added
greatly to the success Of the evening
The whole program was arranged
land directed by Mrs. Hugh J. Robert
son who gave a great deal of time
and thought to the many features o.
the operetta. At the close of the per
Torrance she pres ented each one in
the cast a handsome corsage bouquet
The characters were:
10 Hanu San, beautiful F1ower)
Japanese girl of position ......
Mrs Florence Wright Schouten
0 Kitu San, (Sweet Chrysanthe-
NUM- her cousin ............
..-........... Miss Greta John
o Kayo Son, Clears Of Bliss) her
cousin .. Miss Ignore Rich
! ........ Mrs o. G. Mandt
Nora TWIN. Dora TWIN, young
American ladies travelling with
governess, Miss Helen Fegers.
Miss Helen milestone.
Miss Minerva knowall, governess
.....M Mrs. J. NJ Furlong
Chorus of japanese Girls
Miss Mary Fuerst, Miss Elizabeth
Lang Miss Lucille Knights, Miss
Katherine Mills. Miss Verna Con.
Hr, Miss Ethel Russell, Miss Hazel
Morgan, Miss Marjorie Luse.
There was a large number of out
OF town people at the club last night
Among those who registered were:
Mrs. Wilbur Hughes. Misses Mamie
and Marie Yeast. Miss Marie Cronk
Misses Clara and Laura Reed of Ham
ilton: Mrs Cornelius Morris. Mrs
Charles Fore and Miss Ozetta Morris
OF Wayland Mrs. Edwin kleugel. OF
Berkeley, Calf; Mrs. W. II. Atlee, Mr.
and Mrs. Malcolm Mcfarland. DR.. and
Mrs. Joseph J. Casey. Mrs. e. G. Bar
bour, Mrs. Sam Atlee, Miss Florence
Dodd. Miss HELM Morrison. Miss Mar
garet Frailey, Miss Anna Stewart