Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-01
D. Of |. M|NSTRELS
ROUS|NC SUCCESS
CRITICS DECLARE
HOME TALENT PRODUCTION ONE
OF FINEST EVER SEEN IN THIS
ClTY-HlGH SCHOOL PACKED
FOR PRODUCTION.

The performance ol the Merry Min
strcl Maids. given under the auspices
Of the Daughters of Isabella. was the
best. home talent play that has been
pul on in this city for many years,
The young ladies were all well trained
and took their parts with y manner
that would have done credit to pro-
fessionas
The childreuS' cake walk, danced by
nine small girls dressed in All The fin,
cry of 4 stage darkcs, was thought by
most people present to be the hit Of
| the evening. Little Lucille Kenny. n
/ very small Ottawa girls. who was
/ blackcncd up and dressed in white
dress with gorgeous rcd ribbons anh
rcd stockings brought down the boujc
every time she danced across the
stage
The Other children taking part IN
the cake-walk were several years old
~ than Lucille ana danced as partners.
-four dressed like girls and four AS
boys. The children putting on this
act were Katherine McCarr. Loretta
4 Bradg. katherine Mick, Nars Grow.
Icy, Angela Mulholand. Elizabeth
Dunn. Katherine l.awless and Margar.
cl Kenny.
The show opened with u rcgular
minstrel scene. The chorus of about
sixty well known young women of
this city were dressed in white dresses
white hose, black pumps, black belts
and black nccidies. Miss Lillian Hall.
the director Of the show. acted as
intcrlocutor She made her appear
apcc soon after The show opened, wear.
jng most beautiful evening gown ol
gold satin, trimmed in iridcscents
with slippers and Il feather head orn
amrnt 10 match. The end.mcn were
Misses Dorothy Ncrtncy. Anna l.ciS
Anna O'Mcara, Helen Dunn. Hcler
Dinnoen and Mrs. Mary II. Wilcox. o.
Seneca.
The songs were exceptionally goo'
and catchy and the jokes were witt,
and of q hiPhclass nature.
Tho stunts put on in the scconO
part OF the play were far above lh'
ordinary. A dance by Misses Anna
Welsh and Gertrude fcehan was en-
Enthusiastically applauded, AZ VAS tn
: aerial exhibition when Miss Hid
> Murphy put on d tight wire act am
balanced all sorts of articles, !uggle
balls, etc, but never left the stag
Iloor, Miss Murphy was assisted b
= Miss Theresa Glbney.
r Miss Hall sang a song, "a RE
II Coon's Babe, assisted by bcau'
r chorus of sixteen young ladies
+" A cake.walk by eight of the Darl
g town bellies and bcauX was anolh'
g very attractive feature This gro'l
IS sang a song entitled, Every Nlggc
# Had a Bauacan On" that won n grea
A amount of applause, The ladies tai
. ing part in this act were Mrs. Law
IL ItH't JfU''N, hlHf hhG'i" '''hN'
Il Mrs Dan O'Connell Mrs, Joscp
Z. Kenny. Miss Margaret Payne, MIS-
ic Anna Hart Mrs. 7. J. McGuirc M
d Miss Louise Walter.
q The show closed with Il planlatio
s pas,ime act. when a large nDmbt
Of darkes dressed in some very orr
tc inal costumes, put on 4 number
ID dancing stunts To the great delight
4 he audience,
s. During the intermission Atlornt
Of, Robert Carr spoke u few words, tc
A. lnc the people the Red Cross Chris
lg mas seals were to be on sale IN u
To lobby outside after The pcrformal
and asked the people Ia buy thel
ii. He spoke Of tho great necessity 7
VA making an extra Large sale Of scH
ne at this time. owing TO The great
he creusc in the number of tUbcrclIlo'
ho rarcs recently.
of A large number Of seals were sc
10 last nirlll under the direction OF NJ
ed William Mulllolland. who was assist
by u number OF young ladies dress
nr as Red Cross nurses.