Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-07-26
RED CROSS BENEFIT PROVIDES
VARIETY Of EXCELLENT FEATURES

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The Idaho County Baby show was one
gram. 1t began with an announcement
by very small gentleman that he was
about to conduct baby show of which
he was Judge The speech was given in
all seriousness and nobody thought of
laughing for the little gentleman was
very proper and very confident. Twenty
little mothers with their "babies''
marched in and the honorable Judge
gave each one the "once overt and
then very judiciously declared the win
ner. The mothers sang lullaby to a
piano accompaniment by Mrs. Hatta
baugh The little gentleman who did
the judging was Master Justin Me
Donald.
The Quaker song by Dorothy Stock
ton and Reese Hattabaugh Jr was given
in delightfully."- serious manner and
and made the hit of the evening. The
two children knew their parts perfectly
and sang them in full confidence. Both
of their voices are good but Dorothy
Stockton is especially gifted in the mat
ter of voice. This number was the
original work of Mrs. Hattabaugh and
is cleverly arranged. The sentiment of
il struck the right SPOT. Reuben,
Reuben I've been thinking how exceed
ing Meet would be, if the Kaiser and
the Germans were sunk deep into the
sea wRnd an idea everyone could ap
prove of and the accompanying gesture
was no less clever than the words.
A fancy dance by Elsie Westby was
remarkable piece of work for an anna.
teur, She executed very difficult and
graceful ballet step to the entire salts.
faction of the audience. She showed
an admirable freedom of movement and
lightness of foot. At the same time her
method of dancing was original and
highly fascinating.
Miss Esther Telcher in song, "Un-
derneath the Stars" pleased her hear
ers and showed a voice of exceptional
quality.
The japanese numbers by the chorus
were delicate and beautiful. Especially
the Trio from the "Mikado, Three Lit
tie Maids from SCHOOL, was pleasing
and cleverly done. "My Yokohama
Girl" by Miss Lallah Fulton and chorus
was an excellent song and was well
given. Miss Fulton sings with excel
lent ntonation and carried the song in
fine style.
The violin solo played by Dale Fulton
with Miss Lala Fulton at the piano was
truly fine. Mr.. Fulton played the 5th
Hungarian Dance by Brahms. His style
of playing is distinct and smooth and at
the same time brilliant. His technique
is accurate and somewhat elaborate. He
was called out for an encore and sue
eeeded in pleasing the audience equally
we'll the second time.
The Chopin waltz played during in
PERMISSION by the orchestra was rs.
pecially good. The orchestra did good
work all the way through in fact and
gave the whole show an air of excellence
by the class of music they used. The
work of Mrs. Arnold at the piano is
worthy of special mention. Sitting as
she did at the piano she was not con.
spicuous to the audience but those who
listened for the piano were aware of the
value of her playing
The second part of the program was
taken up with an original sketch ar
ranged and written by Harlod Harris.
It included a great variety of acts and
/ yet was held together by the device of a
night court. Thus he was able to in
clude a large number of stunts and give
each performer n part fitted to his
abilities.
| DR.. Frank Wood filled the part of
Judge Sullivan, of the police court, with
dignity. The character of the judge
was that of outward severity made
necessary by his position combined with
great heartedness and real kindness. A.
j. Maugg took the part of Officer
Schmidt, II policeman. Bowery Dan, a
hop head ball player, by Eli Ingram was
a highly effective part. He did the
reading 81 always hit it a Mileo in
highly original fashion, much to the
4 delight of the audience. Hub Wood as
Hiram Hayseed, from down on the farm,
b gosh carried everyone along with his
humorous pronunciation and hayseedy
actions. Emery Zuver, as Beareat Bill.
bulldogger and horsewrangler made a
" Rip.roarin y cowboy. Limpy Jess,
played by 4. NJ. Ecker, the local
cigarian artisan, was a surprise to every
body. His lame leg was soon cured blythe
irresistible ragtime of Alonza, the color
ed ianitor. The jig he executed was as
lively as the music and he kept it up
after the piano had stopped. Basil
Harris as Alonza, the ivory tickler
pleased everybody with his original
rags His variations on Swanee River is
one of the funniest things ever devised
Kent Frazier, soldier, by Harold Harris
was the feature of the sketch, His
eulogy of the flag and his song, What
Kind of an American Are Yous''
aroused great enthusiasm. F, P Bangs
played the part of derelict Old
. Whitley, well and effectively. P. A.
Atwood was the clerk of the police
court and handled his part to satisfae-
tion.
The program provided wide range
of variety and was pervaded with an
excellent spirit worthy OF the cause IN
which the players were working. The
songs were all new, fresh as one could
hear at an average 0rphenai show IN
fact, and all of them were good. What
Kind of an American Are You9' is q
bran new song aud 81 amt Coin to DC
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