Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-15

goes to sleep In the woods one eve-
ming, she dreams that all the toys In
the toy shop come to life under the in
fluence O. the retired fairy Aurelia's
smelling salts, and then all sorts Of
wonderful things happen.
DOLLS Take Principal Roles.
The various characters in the toy
shop, which include Fi-Fi. the finest
French doll in the place, Lieutenant
rim Heart, and Prince Lolly Pop. rivals
for her hand; Captain Barnacle and
his devoted rag doll Loosely: Ink Spot,
the black doll; and all sorts OF other
dolls, all do their stunts" and even the
Man In the Moon comes down and tries
to entice tl-Fi to come and lie with
him IN the Milky Way. Then there arc
tie animals Of Noah's ark. AMI the
jumping jacks, and the Christmas
fairies and the live letter blocks, and
the china dolls. the paper dolls, and
the bridesmaids. all having their part.
and aiding to the wonderful dream.
Songs and dances are introduced APP
prcpria:e to each set of dolls.
Members Of Cast DO Well.
AS Bonnie, the little girl, Mrs, Ed
Swingley gave much spirit and liveli-
ness to her acting, and carried oil the
role very well. She was the only
human being in the whole performance,
as every one else came from Toyland.
Mrs. Charles Myers in the title role OF
Fi-Fi. looked the part, and used her
naturally good voice to excellent ad-
vantage. Her duet with Frank Haul
pert, as the man in the moon In which
they introduced "Auf Wiedersehn," the
theme melody from 1.-THE Blue Para
disc" was one of the prettiest things
in the entire performance.
In the comedy parts Rose Flower
was Enthusiastically good as Ink
Spot, the black doll, who took general
charge of everything, while jeanette
Smith wo6bled around realistically as
Loosely, the rag doll, and Mrs. Marie
Mcfarland made decided hit as Au-
relia, the witch fairy. With sweet
voice, Mrs. M. F. Jackson did we'll as
Bo-Peep. and Clifford Unger also sang
we'll as the Sand Man.
In the male parts Frank Haupert dis
played a very pleasing voice as the
Man in the Moon, and good comedy
was introduced by Frank Mcbride as
Captain Barnacle and Miller White as
Tin Heart. Harold Masters could have
put more into his part OF Prince Lolly
Pop, the sutton for the hand of Fi-Ff.
Pantomime comedy was also given by
Harold Balch and Carlton Brown as
clowns.
Dances Especially Pretty.
Altho the principals gave a pleasing
performance all the way thru it was
unquestionably the dances introduced
which made the show success. Excep-
tionally pretty costumes, catchy music,
and multitude Of girls from the
smallest up to young ladies, all added
to the attractiveness. One cf the pref
test dances was that of the paper dolls,
girls from IA to IS years of age, in bril-
liantly hued crepe paper dresses, IN
graceful dance of many figures. The
live letter blocks, with their letters
spelling a cheering motto, also made
hit, while the bridesmaids. young ladies
of II and IS, We're very comely and
good to look at.
It remained, however for the Christ
mas fairies to make the hit Of the eve
ming, sixty-seven little girls, all dress
ed in white, and doing simple yet
effective dance, bowling and smiling,
and best Of all, totally unconscious that
they were on, the stage. They were
called back time and again. Sarah
Statler also gave pretty solo dance
of the daisies. and Bernice Nickel act
ed as solo dancer to the bridesmaids.
Among the songs which were particu-
larly we'll received were the Nursery
Rhymes" sung by Loosely. Ink Spot,
Tin Heart and Captain Bar
nacle; 'sThe Owl and Pussy Cat" sung
by Bo- Peep, solo by the Man in the
Moon, and the duet between the Man
in the Moon and F-Fi.
Audiences Well Pleased.
The large audience applauded fire.
quently, and good naturally overlooked
the one or two long pauses, which were
few and far between. however. The en-
tire production was staged and direct
ed by F. H. Clary, Of Fostoria, O., of
the producing company. with which the
is working jointly. Mrs. c.. H..
led the orchestra.
Others who had parts among the
principals were Margaret Statler as
the laughing dolls head: Grace Swing
ley, the talking doll; Pearl Adams. the
Jap doll; Willard Hull. Tack Hammer,
the toy maker; and Miss Eliza Jansen,
the good fairy.
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