Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-24
SOME OF THOSE WHO HELPED
MAKE ROTARY MINSTREL
SHOW A SUCCESS

The Harrisburg Rotary Club turn
ed a lot of money into Thrift Stamps
at its minstrel show in the Orpheum
theater and a lot of long faces into
broad grins. Just how much money
was realized from the crowded
house and the sale of stamps after
the minstrel performance is not
known exactly. but it may run we'll
up toward $4,000, it was said to-day.
Needless to say the show was a
great success. How could it be
otherwise with such high lights in
the theatrical world as Flavel L.
Wright, in the role of interlocutor:
John S. Musser John O'Neil 'Dick"
lobe. John kreamer. John +. Mac
tary, and John II. Nixon as end
men; and Arthur D. Bacon, P. G.
Diener. r. W. Dowdell, G. w. En-
sign. EX-Mayor ]. William Bowman,
w. 5. Longaker, Frank B. Nusser.
{. Nj. Forney, Brook Trout and
others in the circle, and c. Linn
Scott as musical director? Why it
simply couldn't be other than per-
fectly scrumptious. now could it?
Well that is what the intelligent
rehned and discriminating audience
pronounced it, and there were
present such eminent critics as
Governor Brumbaugh on one side of
the house and David Z. Tracy on
the other. and the telegraph has il
from both of them that the Ro-
tarians and those who so kindly gave
free their assistance to the musical
vaudeville end of the program. down
to Charley Chaplin"-little Willie
Bux-who delighted everybody with
his clever impersonation, lust car
ried everything before them and held
the big audience intact and cheering
from o'clock until well nigh mid
night.
Among the enjoyable specialties of
the minstrel show were numbers by
Dr }. b. Lawrence, l. B. Dickinson
+. +. Cahill, John f. O'Neil. Dick
JobeX and John Nixon. all of which
were encored. \ feature of the clos
ing patriotic chorus was the appear-
ance of Miss Bricker, of Camp Hill
at the rear of the stage as the per-
sonification of the star SpangIed
Banner" Miss Myrtle Spangler as
Miss Columbia" and Miss Margaret
Brophy in the uniform of a United
States officer.
Previous to the sale of Thrift
Stamps Mrs. Roy G. Cox sang What
Are You Going to Do to Help the
Boys?" with the minstrels joining in
the chorus. AS the Rotarians took
the stamps through the audience Mr..
Wright made a patriotic address.
which, with the speech of Captain
Lumb previous to the show. netted
large returns for Uncle Sam.
Clever Singing
Mrs. Roy G. Cox led the audience
in the singing of What Are You
Going To Do To Help the Boys %
the official Liberty Loan song. Mrs.
Cox is always popular with a Har-
risburg audience. She sang the verses
as a solo, and the audience rose to
join in the chorus of the son, The
Girl of Yesterday and Today" was
a clever sketch by Miss Marjorie
Bolles, physical director of the Y. w.
C. A.. and Miss Wynne CasselI. 1t
was n quaint presentation of scenes
from the long ago and modern girls,
too.
Mrs. Emma Mausert Reeves sang
number of contralto solos. AL
though but a newcomer i'm Harris
burg, Mrs. Reeves has won a large
following of music-lovers with a
beautiful and powerful, voice which
she uses with perfect control
Several selections were presented
by the Harrisburg trio. combina-
tion of Harrisburg artists who have
been appearing in other cities during
the past few months. The assisting
musicians are among Harrisburgs
best artists. They are Miss Sara
Lemer. violinist; Miss LeNora Fry,
harpist, and Newell Albright, pianist.
An acrobatic act by two boys ap-
pearing. at local theater this week,
delighted the audience.
Variety to Program
Variety was added to the program
when Charles Huber played a num-
Der of popular selections on the