The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-19
w omanless
Wedding
At Amuzu Theatre Wednes-
day Night a Great
Success.


been the expressions by loyal
Americans in + h o last few
months, none has been finer or
deeper than that of the forty or
fifty business men of this town
and vicinity who took part in
The Womanless Wedding"
the play given here on last
Wednesday evening for the
benefit of the Red Cross knit.
ting. With absolute disregard
for their personal feelings and
pride, they donned the most
ridiculous costums procurable,
and furnished an evening of
side-splitting laughter and
mirth for Il most enthusiastic
audience. TO the wives and
mothers whose cleverly arrang-
ed their false hair, hooked them
into inconcieyably tight eve
ming gowns, and painted and
powdered them into perfect
little ladies, the Finance Com.
mittee under whose auspices
the entertainment was given,
owes vote of thanks and to
the men themselves Il debt of
gratitude and amending praise
for they were certainly martyrs
to the cause, and, abandoning
all thought Of self, entered into
the spirit of the thing, and, like
true sports. played the game
Throughout the most lively pro-
gram.
The very deep snow and cold
weather cut into the receipts
pcrceptibly, but those who did
come out had very fine time
at the expense of the Tired
business man." and the house
rang with shouts of approval
from the time Mr.. w. T. Ais
over, as "Black Nanny" made
his appearance with the incor,
rigible twins, Mr.. II. w. Gil.
liam and MIR. g. g. Duffy.
Everybody went home well
pleased but thoroughly con
vinced that in Many instances
Mother Nature had made sad
mistake in the matter of sex,
for certainly His Honor, the
Mayor, made a most beautiful
and timid lady, as did her
maid Of honor, Mr.. II. E. Tag
CART, who, however, never for
an instant lost her most stately
and impressive dignity and
look of absolute martyrdumand
disgust, Then, too, everybody
knows that Mr.. Cummins has
missed his calling in not being
IA queer little old maid, for he
certainly looked and acted the
part and we are wondering yet
where he got that funny little
high voice.
The brides maids aud flower
girls were dreams of loveliness
in their dainty and becoming
dresses, and but for slight
bu!kiness of neck and shoulders
and a general "heftiness" of
form, you would never have
known that things We're not
not what they seemed"
The many movie actresses
that made up the cast were at
tractivc in the extreme, and
displayed a most astonishing
Wedge of what it takes to
make a good looking girl. The
singing by MIR. Miller and Mr..
Wells and the dancing by MIR.
Byron Rhoads, all dressed as
women, brought repeated APP
plause from the large audience.
We feel that special mention
should also be made of the
mothers of the bride and groom
Mr.: Suifridge, of Appalachia
and Mr.. &. ~ Knight, the first
of whom was Il most charming
hostess and smiling and delight.
fus character. Mr.. Knight
must have had constantly be-
fore him the picture of some
dear, settled old lady, who was
reluctantly giving up her only
son. Her tears of mingled 10y
ana sorrow were, we feel sure,
almost real ones, and Mrs. J.H.
Mathews shirt waist, Mrs. Kyle
Morison's hat, somebody's hair
and Mrs. j. w. Fox's black silk
skirt gave her a dignity and
serenity that were not to be
gainsaid.