Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-08
NORWICH EPwoRTHIANs.
Present Musical Comedy For Benefit
 of Red Cross at Jcwett City.

Tuesday evening at Finn Opera House the musical comedy, The Belle of Japan was presented before a large and representative audience. Pretty girls, beautiful costumes and a, gor- geous setting made a striking picture and the audience gave frequent and generous expression of it's approval The musicians were unusually good, the chorus well balanced and. the lead ing parts had been judiciously allot- ted.
 Between the first and second acts The Star Spangled Banner was beau tifully sung by Mrs. Arnold Hopkins. With her on the stage was an unknown Jackie from the North Carolina car rying an American flag. He was from the audience and had been impressed for that service.
 The ushers were Misses Jean Burle- son, Isabelle Noodle, Marie Rose Casa want, Irene BrickIey, Annie Robert son, Alice Blair and Isabelle Marshall. As the entertainment was under the auspices of the Jewett City chapter, American Red Cross, the entire net proceeds will be applied to the bene- fit of that organization. 1 After the final curtain it was raised a again and the entire company au- dience joined in the singing America
 The cast, which was composed of members of the Epworth League of i the M. E. church of Norwich. fol- 1 lows:
 Robert P. Crippington, son of a New York millionaire, Carl Hahn: Jack Harding, who has a mania for speed cars, Robert Gray; J. P. Grip i pington, Roberts father, Norman Hines: Wing, Chinese servant, who has the sleep habit, Elwood H. Fow- Ter: Film F7am. a local villain. Roy Fielding: Skin Flint, who sows pen nies and reaps dollars, Avery Stan ton; Dorothy Vernon, Sue Kobia. a daughter of Croppington's senior part ner, (Belle of Japan), Mary Gray; Helen Goring, tourist (Sue's friend)
 Bertha Hahn Teddy Finn, by him.
 self
 Act Tourists Tea House, Japan Act n-Concert by Geisha Girls and American Tourists
 | A-Chorus, Ching Chong, entire
 company: song, Yama San Mary Gray; song, Poor Butterfly, Nancy Colberg; song. Hong Kong. E. H. Fow-
 Ter
 B-Duet, Mister Butterfly. Miriam
 Bergstresser. Robert Gray; song, My
 Dreamy, China Lady, Eleanor Fenton
 song, Suki San. Lou Batty. C-SonS. when It's M Moonlight 1T Tokio Bertha Hahn; song, Tokio
 Olive Riley: song. When I Come Bacl
 to You. Roy Fielding.
 Act III.-Song, 'Tis the Old. Ok
 Love, Robert Gray.
 : The Geisha Girls were Marion Bra ley, Isabel Shearer, Miriam Bergstres ser Bertha Hahn, Marietta Boyens ) Lou Batty. Nancy Colberg. Mary Gray Eleanor Fenton, Frances Odgers, Bar bara Odgers. Edith Palmer. Olive Ri ley. Gladys Boardman, Bessie Board
 man, Gladys Newberry.
 American Tourists-E. H. Fowler
 Roy Fielding, Sterrill Chase, Addison
 Seekins, Avery Stanton, Walter Stocks Robert Gray, Edward Duro. Car
 Hahn. Charles Haddad, Henry Jack , son.
 The performance was directed b,
 Elwood Fowler. assisted by Rober Gray, Carl Hahn and Mary Gray. Tn Committee on music, Olive Riley Committee on properties. Marion Bra ley. Pianist, Edith Maynard. The com position was written by an Epworth : ian for the Epwortf League. Tn committee on general management , was Miss Elizabeth Dealy, Jewet City; stage manager, Frederick Smitf Jewett City; electrical work, Edwar : Rousseau, Jewett City.