Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-06
AMATEURS MAKE HIT
IN FIRST PERFORMANCE
Lodge Members and Public Turn Out
to Give Support to Effort to Raise
War Relief Money-ls One Of the
Best Of the Many Theatrieals Given
Each Year.

night under the direction OF the Joe
Bren Production Company, of Chicago
| The second performance will be given
| tonight, and judging by the advance
seat sale the house will probably be
sold out The lodges share Of the box
Aoffice receipts goes toward making Its
| appointment to the $1,000,000s wal
relief furd the rational lodge Is rails
ling.
deliberately dressed. and backed by
| appropriate and pretty scenery, the
| production was quite the showiest Of
any recent amateur attempts OF its
| kind. The scenery and costumes were
| furnished by the producing company
| Patriotic Tinse in Finale.
A. touch CT patriotism brought the
audience to its feet for the finale
America" sung by an ensemble OF
players in the costume Of our allies
before a drop of the, skyline Of New
York City emhlematic of liberty that
sprung from the canvass in starry
| letters.
Announced as 1.-THE Jollies of 1879
| the two-part performance was but a
minstrel with another name, and a
| new setting of hotel lobby for the first
part and hotel veranda for the olto
Stranded minstrels about to be evicted
| were forced to use the hotel lobby Tor
stage on which to perform inc the
hope the show would please the the
atrical magnate, who if pleased, agreed
| to buy the show and pay the hotel bill
In this Introductory stage narrative
were the following: The clerk. Theo-
dore Rendlage; complaining guest,
Stanton Bowman: Mr.. Blackstone,
| hotel manager, ]. A. Rails; Dew Lock-
| stader the minstrel king, o. L. In
e,edue; David Lebasco, the theatrical
magnate, +. J. Murray: bell boys,
Chef Cagwin. H. A. Urbine. H. J.
Rowe, F. NJ Knowlton; taxi drivers. B.
Laughlin. E. E. Byrnes, Andrew Bow
man, r. e. Disbrow; tourists, w. s.
Reed, vern Kuhns, william Good, and
Stanton Bowman.
Good Musical Numbers.
The ensemble singing and chorusee
of the first part were especially good
The bell hops and taxi drivers start
ed It on with chorus and dance
'-rhe Little TIP" that was the first OF
a series of choruses and solos that pro-
voked much applause and many en-
cores. Introducing the Ministries Chez
Caewin and F. NJ. Knowlton sang "The
Rest Is Up to You"
Resplendent in striped satin OF
large pattern. and flowing spike tails
the minstrels made their bow with
rousing entry with tambourines. The
program Of solos included. Someone
Else May Be There When I'm Gone
by DR.. G.. E. Hermence, and I called
You Ny Sweetheart, a ballad Tor tenor
by Andrew Bowman, Jr. They were
roundly applauded, as was w. j.
O,Brien, who sang with vigor and snap
the "coon" song, Sailing Away on the
Henry Clay" Another ballad well
sung was Joan Of Arc" by W. s. Reed
as was Send We Away With a Smlie,'
by E. e. Byrnes and company.
81 Amt Prepared For That" was the
musical offering of w. G. McCarten.
G. walter Thompson, who has had pro-
fessional experience, put pep" into the
rag. I'm All Bound Round With the
Mason Dixon Line, and followed II
With a dialect bit OF nonsense that was
quite the hit of the first part. Another
morsel the audience relished was the
raxtime regiment" the closing military
burlesque by the end men. They were
q. w. Thompson, C. e. Darling, L. =.
Fetters, w. c. MdCarten. Carl He1tshu'
DIR G E. Herm ence, W. 2. Moshet,
and w. J. O.Brien. o. L Ingledue was
in the center and others In the circle
were: w S. Reed, Andrew Bowman,
=. e. Byrnes, r. E. Disbrow, F. w.
Ritter, L. Kirkpatrick, c. G. Pigman,
p. !. Laughlin, III. "A. Urbine. r. M.
TT :" a (3nNd IL,
Brooks. L. Hildenbrand, g. Derick, J.
McCormack, " M. Kuhns, e. Dixon,
W. A. Anderson, and Ralph Bowman.
Girls Add Color.
Nearly q score Of young ladies added
color and chorus to the second part
which the lifted curtain showed to be
the hotel veranda. About the tables
were seated the guests who were
Misses Vivian Thompson. Isadore Toph.
Mary Esta Wingate, Lucille Alard, Cora
weber, Grace Lennox, Caroline Bier
mann. Anna McCombs, Katherine
Gertart Jeanette Smith, Wenonah
wingate. Alma Wetzstein and Grace
and Mrs. vina Herman Valentine; h
3. Dishrow, E. E. Byrnes, 3. ]. laugh
lin. n. ]. Howe, Chef Cagwin, ". M.
Knowlton and ID. Brooks.
Charles Sapp, of the Bren company
sang, ooh What a Night assisted by
tho chorus. T. Nelson Downs. an
nounced with suayity the marvel
Of the age, the famous All Ben Boozle.
the oriental Mystic. who had appear
ed before the crown heads of the old
world who marveled in wonder at his
powers of mind reading. Boozle who
under gorgeous oriental boomers and
swarthy grease paint. was Fred Ritter.
ABLY assisted by T, Nelson All, blind
folded. described Lou Tate's head as
ivory" and DR.. Hansen as dressed to
kill" all to the great amusement OF the
audience and to the accompanying IRE
Of commcndation. che never fails he
never fails" by the COURAGEOUS =: TSei-
son. II
The musical bit Of the part was Mrs.
yina Herman Valentines pretty little
song .The Story Book Ball" which,
with the chorus assistance, drew re-.
peated recalls
"Givs Me Ma chssild'".
Andrew Bowman and r. p. Disbrow
filied in with small town stun. while
the stage was being set for The Par
don SsarI,s7 too Late . s;t;1
a 10 burlesque. The cast was Mrs.
witherspoon. the pursued. w. Z.
|, Mosher, heavy WASTED dam drip
ping with sorrow; Jack Dalton,
)smoustAched ana booted yillain psrsneer,
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