The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-01
M|KADO PRESENTED
TO PACKED HOUSE
At STATE CAPITAL
Albuquerque Amateurs Score a
Tremendous Hit at Santa Fe;
Visitors Royalty Entertained
by Ancient City Residents.

terday has the following 10 say OF
The Mikado.' presented al the Elks'
theater there Saturday night by Al
Ouquerque amateurs:
The vocal pupils of Mrs. T.. l..
Bradford. OF Albuquerque. rocked the
Eiks' theater saturday night with tho
merriment they Afforded in The
Mikado.' and incidentally they raised
some SEQ or more for the Santa Re
chapter OF the Red Cross.
The Mikado' production was ex-
traordinarily good for amateurs.
There we're several excellent voices.
and there was a beauty chorus that
would have done credit 10 many a
professional show. The scenery was
superb. a profusion 81 apple bios
SONS being an attractive feature The
costumes were gorgeous.
Probably the greatest hit OF the
evening was made 10y that well known
character, ko-ko Lord High ENecu-
TONER. unprecedented by Hugo &.
Meyer. His acting Ia superb, and
when be announced that he was un-
nervcd AT the ordeal OF cutting on a
mans head because he was not Of a
bloodthirsty temperament. never hav-
Ing yer swat a rs. the audience that
filled the ;heater roarcd. Ko-ko in
jected some other hints into his re-
cital OF the names OF those who would
never be missed and there Is no
telling how often ". ;. Gilbert turn
ed IN hts grave saturday night as he
heard h AlbuqutrQucan taking lib
critics with his ext.
Ben Puryear, It's the stroilins min
strcl. 'Nankl-Poo' was a graceful
Japanese. and he saug unusually we'll
A. 'Pooh-Bah. Lord High Every
thing Else, Louis Hcsscideu, Was a
scream.
Lyman putney a. Tho Mikado'
a. cxccedingly funny. Miss MARY
Leaning. As 'Kdtisha.' Mas charm
ing. and her voice was much admired
Edward Cristy was 'Pish-Tush.' "a
Noble Lord, and he vas a disnincd
courticr
There were three girls ia tn east
who might well have been called
The Three Graccs' They were Miss
Hortense Switzrr. as ium-Num
Miss Beatrice scissor as Pitti-S.ue
anu MN~F ~ IN "a ANNHf INHfA r. OF" n " ~
Bo They played IA, roles az three
sisters wards 81 No-Ko Miss
.Sw.tzrr was ,hc attractive alliance ot
'%aukrPou aud sang lu "A voice OF
Emo quality. Miss Scissor was @ DASH
.Eg damse! 90 ToNio. and she danced
.ulain and again with rare grace Ms,
Rosenberg threw sunlight 100 her
SMILES The trio added greatly o. The
success % ia, production
And there Wua "a chorus OF I'traD-
tive muiicus. Who executed Japanese
dances most tctchinglN They were
gurgeous'y attired BOO urioutaI NmO-
nos ami pink SIR trousers. and wore
white chrvs1uthcmums W tho'r hair
The men in the chorus were s'Hlwa't
,ouths who looked like typical dis
copies yr the Jiu-JItsI school The
chorus was composed of the follow
uE:
school g.rl-- Misses Bessie strong
Maiu Dick. Alberta Hawthorne, Bar
bura Harris. opal Garrett Letha
White. sylvia Ros,ubcrg Beatrice
Scissor, Mrs. James Walsh.
Ner-Mcs-f~ clifford NoIk.ug.
Trrd sauin. Charles Llppert. Edward
Crlsty. Lyman putugy Louis li'9sei-
den
Mrs D. " Paw. as pianist. de-
serves much cred, for the support
she tent Iu the accompaniment tn
which she displayed Wu.lcilnIy g1all-
Ties. Prof b.. STANLEY scdcr was d.
rector. Hugo G. Meyer. stage man
Jger. aud Louis Ucssvldon business
manager. and the success of the Nen-
turc was assured uy their cooperation,
"Due OF tho pleasing features of the
entertainment afforded the visitors
was The reception and dance ~ the
EIks homie otter the show During
the ntcrm.ss.ou chief Justice Hanna
head uf the Rcd CROSS chapter here"
arose 100 the 'h,tter and announced
that tine uudlou,c WtE invited tu ate
tend the reception and dpur" io a
given TOR the clever AIuuuutrpueans
Hi4 invitation was accepted 'y hHu'
ur,Is vino iugtDd tu 'nr EIE7 homt
In. shake hands with the members 81
TIN, N|Etdu' .t.i Refreshments
were served ana 700 midnight th"
dance began. Mss Ierrlshs groh'Hr
IRA d-scuursrI tn. music Cob Jose
o. S.ua. head cot the dance commit
tee. announced that HI programs
were d, be abolished because there
ARE So iuIuy santa Pc uu', mere wh"
desire fu dance with the beautiful Ale
.3.uucrIu, girls This announcement
was received NIth HInzli- of delight
by the visitors. Who spent tNp merry
hour. tN!r.ug around u iig dances
tud more lhIu cone. circle t'u-sl"I.
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