The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
TOY SHOP COMEDY
ABLY PRESENTED
Bonnie, FI-Fl, Loosely, Tin Soldiers
and Princes Charm Audience
Last Night at
Grand.
GENEVA CLUB AUSPICES
Glimpse Into Toy Land, Fairy Land
and the Milky Way Proves
Interesting to the
Audience.
GENEVA CLUB AUSPICES

Interesting 10 tne
Audience.
Fi-Fi Of the Toy Shop, musica
comedy, was presented last night a
the Grand under the auspices o
the Geneva club Of the Y. w
G. A., by a capable cast o
principals, ably supported by splen
did choruses. The action centers
around Bonnie, the daughter o.
the toy-maker. She Is overtaker
by the Sand Man who casts his magic
spell over her. In her dreams. she
thinks the inhabitants of the toy
shop have come to life through the
agency Of the witch and her smelling
salts
The series Of adventures which fol
lows gives ample scope for good act
ing and plenty of comedy. In the
first place Fi-Fi, the French doll, has
been flirting outrageously with Prince
Lollypop and Lieut.. Tin Heart. She
meets the Man in the Moon and goes
on a trip to the Milky Way. Later
she returns and the tin soldier 5
ardent wooing is rewarded, and they
are married About this time Bonnie
wakes up to find it has only been a
dream.
A WInsome Bonnie.
The part of Bonnie was taken by
Miss Edna Adamson, and daintier.
sweeter, more appealing little Bonnie
could not have been chosen. Miss
Adamson was perfectly at home in
the part. and her Interpretation of
the part, combined with her splendid
acting made her the ideal one to take
the character of Bonnie.
Mrs. o. G. Mandt, in the part Of
Ff-Fi, the frivolous French doll, left
little to be desired in her work. Her
acting was splendid and in her
musical numbers she carried her
share of the burden with honors.
Fi-Fi's lovers, Arthur Petry as Prince
Lollypop. and Earl Frank as Lieut..
Tin Heart, were well cast for their
parts. Both in their acting and in
their singing they delighted the aud
fence. Robert Smith most capably
took the part of the Man in the Moon,
who might easily have been called the
william of the play.
Plenty Of Comedy.
The comedy Of the piece was ably
by Miss Helen MILESTONE,
as Loosely, the Rag Doll, Miss Mild
red Rayburn, as Ink Spot, the pican-
niny doll, and H. T. Orsborn as Capt
Barnacle. The Clown Dolls, Edward
Schmidt and Ed Sunley, furnished
big touch OF sunshine whenever they
and with the china dolls
In the second act, proved whole
circus.
Carl Sitter as the Sandman, who
casts the spell over Bonnie, and later
over the entire Toy Shop was splen-
did He has a good voice, and his
stage presence was admirable. He
was easily one of the best in the cast
in principals, and his entire inter
probation Of the part was exception
Ally well done Mrs. Joe Collins, as
Bo4Peep. v. A. McGrew as the old
10Y maker, and Miss Marjorie Luse
Is the good fairy, all deserve mention.
Cast and Chorus.
The choruses gave able support to
he principals, and their work added
greatly to the production. Miss
Catherine Reidy played all of the &C
Following is the cast and chorus:
3onnie .............. Edna AdamSon i
'ackhammer ........ V. A. McGrew !!
sandman ............... Carl Sitter |
lurelia the Witch :. Mrs. Mcpherson |
lieutenant Tin Heart ;. Earl Frank |
i-Fi Mrs. Mandt |
'rince Lolly Pop $3.50. Arthur Petry
'aptain Barnacle 80. H. T. Orsborn
.oosey ......... Helen Whets tone
nix Spot .......... Mildred Rayburn
ap Doll .......... Elizabeth LANCE |
Towns 49,. Ed Smiley, Ed Schmidt
'alking Doll ........... Lulu Arnold
Ian in the Moon Robert Smith
;o-Peep ........... Mrs. Joe Collins
'oll's Head ............. Ruth Bivin
.urelia the Fairy -. Marjorie Luse
Brides Maids-Maude Devero, Eva /,
.unzman. Hazel Morgan. Ethel Rus
ell, Helen Wyllie, Carna Jackson, i
eulah Well, Lucille knight. Ruth
Yard. Dorothy Knight, Ethel Nc
ain.
Paper Dolls-Grace Swanson, Mad.
line Haubert, June Rowe, Marg-
erite VanAusdall, Jennie Hancock,
ella Hummer, Winifred Balbach,
lillian Wright. t1.
China Dolls Margaret Dorsey
larry Louise Hueston, Helen Reeves,
O VanAusdall Beatrice Weissenberg-
:, Katherine Elder, Ruth Gibson,
orothy Norton. Dorothy Stanbro, II
ella Yount, Louisa Harrison, Louise
terne.
Letter Blocks-Marguerite Gumbel
arie Linqutst, Gertrude Lorenz,
atherine Dirnond, Clara Baur, Helen
hhmarsh, Cecil Loeffler, Genevieve
arter.
Animals Sackovtch, Cal
n Alling, John. Hornish, John Dan I
I'd. Wallace Ayres, Cecil Fuller.
Jumping Jacks-William Tracy.
ever1y Dickinson, Keith Chambers. :
lrroll Uhler, Floyd Griffith Francis
'eheny, Roy Happs, Chester Dumen- ,
Lloyd Williams. Donald Mehler,
chard Moulton.
The children's chorus of $50 young.
prS which aDDeared In tho Third oot q