The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-02
Big Audience Pleased with
Work of BrattlebOrO
Amateurs
MUSIC RENDERED
ESPECIALLY WELL

tomorrow Afternoon for Benefit of
Local Red Cross Society-The Cast
and Chorus
An audience that filled the Auditorium
to capacity attended the opening per
formance of The Rose Girl given last
evening by large local east for the
benefit OF the local chapter of the Amer
lean Red Cross 1t will be repeated this
evening and again tomorrow afternoon
and there j. every reason to believe that
these performances will each furnish a.
much merrlment TO as many people, for
III addition to being an effort for worthy
mend it to those who enjoy local talent
productions II j. marked bv catchy
music, graceful dances and attractive
costumes, and goes with such a snap a.
To make it perfectly safe to order car
riages" for lO.I5 D. m
Following is the east Of characters
p. J. Barnes. theatrical magnate.
Charles f. Hadley
Bud West, the slangy head waiter,
Frederic G. Adams
Macintosh, a process server.
Donald F. Trotter
Walter Barnes. Leon B. Rounds
LChuck McGee, society plumber.
Hal March
Baron Won Speckels, of the Swiss nobil-
ity. ]. Harry Estey
Jacqueline tJacl Brenner. a waitress,
Della Newcomb
Madeline Traverse,
Mrs. Matilda Ullery Trotter
Mrs p. J. Barnes,
Mrs. katherine Martin Itley
Miss Cabaret, Miss Eleanor Richardson
The chorus was made up OF the fol
lowing: Harriet Mellcn. Gretchen Gold
smith. Marguerite White. Elizabeth
Spencer. Adele CowleS Mary Mcdonald
Leila Barber. Olivctte Buckley. Minnie
Cooper, Eunice Clapp Susan Gratiam
Katherine Denning. EVELYN Fisher
Gladys Holden Malva Roberts. Violet
Rathbone. Gladys Russell, Irma Ratte
Agatha Stafford, Dorothy Shorev. Char
lena Thomas. Nesta Proctor. Marion IL
mer. Hazel Chase. Doris j. Coombs Rutl
Sargent, Beatrice Ninton. Hazel Went
worth, Christina Croll Cecilia johnson
Lillian Douglas, Mildred knowhon, Ber
nice Brown, Miriam Child>. Esther
doughton, Ethel Saxton, Olgo johnson
Sylvia Crosby, Edna johnson. Marion
, Frazer, Edith Noln. Rose PeIerin, Haze
Clark, Florence Holton, Ruth Danyew
Lena Coombs. Irene Coombs, Maycrett,
Hamilton. Eva Clark, Marguerite Ban
croft. Dorothy Harrington. Ernest Barrie
Howard Gilbert Hazen Stockwcll Willi
Tuttle, Herbert Stiegler, Guy Simonds
/. II. Williams. IL. A. Chase Roger Sher
man, HAYDEN Randall. Earl Falbv i
Dunklee, Paul Richardson
Advance notices of The Rose Girl have
told its plot. But like most production
Of the Kind the plot has little or nothing
to deserve extended review. The feature
that appealed to the audience last eve
: nIng and Will appeal tonight and tomor
a row afternoon. are the musical numbers
= These are numerous and varied and al
@ were extremely well done, especial,
i when one considers that several of tn
/ performers were making their first ap
pearance before the footIights Mrs. Ma
4 tilda llery Trotter appeared to eNcellen
+, advantage in The song. You Said Some
thing which She rendered with the as
j. sistance of girls chorus. and in tn
t song and dance. I'd Like to Furnish
@ Flat for You. which She and her hus
Il katherine Martin Ctley revealed an eN
+ cellent voice IN her two solos, Love
: Wonderland and Arabian Maid, and he
t acting WAS easy and graceful.
: In the leading comedy role J. Harr
r Estey was his usual funny self maxim
e a pronounced hit with the tongue
n twisting vocal solo, The Right Switch fc
II Ipswich and again getting a deserved
d cordial reception for his rendition {
n Barnum Had the Right Idea Freder
G. Adams fine baritone was heard t
!, advantage in his two solos. ntil til
+ Eyentide and Chu Chin Chow. as well 4
o IN the duet, Hand in Hand, with Mis
n Della Newcomb, who also sang well an
i acted cleverly Miss Eleanor Richardso
= gave spirited rendition of NV Scarecro
- Girl with the assistance of a lively girl
i chorus. The remaining parts were we
|. handled, especially that III which ii;
a March appeared as a society plumber
Z feature of the second act was an inte
=, pretative dance by Mrs Louis Philbric
assisted BY Mrs f. c. Adams Mrs. f.
~ Newell. Mrs. L. :. Edwards and AIr
~ Howard FarwelI, this being one Of Il
most effective numbers on the program
The Rose Girl was staged by Mr.. al
Mrs Louis Phlbrick, who have be-
successful in the direction OF previo
local productions. Mrs. Francis z. Blal
was head of the local committee of a
rangements.
nd Miss Ruth Warren of Otis. Me. h