Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1916-03-24
Home Talent
Splendid Success
Annual Event Under AUSPICES of lo.
cal K. c. Organization Was SpIen-
did Success-large Audience
Gave Liberal Applause.

comedy given under the auspices of
the Knights Of Columbus at the
Beach Opera House last Friday eve
ming was greeted by packed house
standing room being at premium,
and the play scored a big hit with
the audience.
The play was full of amusing and
mirth provoking situations and the
continuous laughter from the aud
ience showed that the situations
were fully appreciated. The mem
bers of the east all of them being
home talent, acquitted themselves in
a most creditable manner, but Mar
tin Egan in the title role of ''Misther
O'Calahan" was easily blue rib
bon winner. Those who have seen
him play the part of an Irish COM
edian before say that he out did all
previous records.
Miss Frances Matter and John
Power played the parts of the low
-ers, Julia Banks and Charles ],iv-
-ers and next to "Misther O'Calla-
han" himself they were the central
figures in the play and so we'll did
they carry their parts that there
was nothing lacking to give them
a true to life aspect.
H. B. Burt, as Mr.. Rivers should
especial adaptibility to his part and
handled the dramatic situations re-
markably well.
Miss Kathryn Lee as Mrs. Mon
tague played the part of the coquet-
tish widow very we'll and her splen-
did acting contributed much to the
success of the plot.
Frank Mccormick played in ex-
"cellent manner the part of DR.. Banks
who had been estranged from his
wife.
Among the minor parts were Miss
Alice Kohlars as Betty, the maid,
Miss Marie Loebe as the estranged
wife of DR.. Banks; John Mccarthy
as Mr.. Rivers servant and Ray
Richard as butler at the academy,
all of whom played their parts with
a grace that added much to the sue
cess Of the play.
Several specialties were put on
before the play and between the
scenes and acts and these helped
to keep things lively.
The opening number was vocal
solo 81 Want Girl for Every Month
in the Year," by Mr.. Mccormick,
accompanied by twelve "pretty
Beach dancers," who were dressed
to represent the months of the year.
The twelve girls in the order of the
months Of the year: the Misses
Alice Kohlars, Frances Matter, Eli
1ene Madison, Fannie Abrams, So
phia johnson. Mary Pelka, Ragna
Lund, Kate Mccormick, Margaret
Witzig, Buchla Dilly and Isabel Crol-
ley. The song and dance made
such Il hit with the audience that
they were forced to respond with
an encore.
Harry P. Burt gave vocal selec-
tion entitled, "Ireland is Ireland to
Me" and responded to an encore
with "Molly Dear, It's You I'm Af-
ter" while George Purvis sang "Be-
lieve Me All Those Endearing Young
Charms" and responded to the en-.
core with "My Rose of Old Kildair." }"
Mike Moran as Prof. O'Grady Of
Dublin gave splendid exhibition Of
the Irish jig and proved beyoni a
doubt that he is an artist in that
line. The audience was not salts
fled with one appearance and lie h,d
to give second exhibition in order
to quiet the applause.
The final number was an exhibi-
tion Of the Spanish dance by Mrs.
Jas. G.. Burke. She was attired as
Spanish maiden and the dance
made decided hit with the audience,
she also being called on for an en-
core.