Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-09-13
"A GREAT SHOW
WAS GIVEN BY
MUSICAL CLUB.
RECORD BREAKING CROWD ATTENDS
ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY THE
BROWNSVILLE MUSICAL CLUB
AT DREAMLAND THEATRE
TO MCALLEN TONIGHT

III attendance and applause are the
standards hy which ~ Judge then Mr..
Mamie Folsom Wynne director. and the
members Ut the Brownsville Musical Club
must feel well repaid for the time. trou-
be and expense incident ~ preparing for
their musical entertainment held last
night at the Dreamland thentur.
Early Yesterday the committee in charge
of the ticket ~ale- reported that every
seat in the theatre had been sold and that
there wa~ little standing room lett The
crowds gathered early and IN S:l5 o'clock
when the concert given IN the Thir-
teenth cavalry band started the theatre
was filled
The Musical Club started pleasing the
audience when. a. advertised. the per-
formance started promptly at = 30
o'clock. The club member. attrcd in
Red Gross nurse costumes. filed down the
lie and On to the stage headed I'M Mr.
". NJ. Batti>on. carrying \ large Ilsd
Gross banner Mrs. Batti-on. assisted byI
the club sang beautifully one ~ the war
songs IT the better sort. Garry ON. Nj
This number was followed IN the -ung
'.God De with our BOYS Tonight. led byl
Mrs. John Gregg. assisted IN the club.
During the last verse boy scouts carrying
~trethcer upon which 4 wounded rom
rade was lying and accompanied by Red
Cross nurse filed onto the stage and the
wounded soldier was given first aid treat
ment-hringing home ~ the audience the
full meaning of and the great need for
such prayers ~ the club members were
singing.
Mr. T.. J. Tucker. assisted TN the club
sang beautiful song. 'When the Great
Red Dawn j. Shining" Mr.. f. H. Hicks
and the club closed the patriotic group
hy singing "We'll Keep old Cory Flying"
The second event On the program was nj
Southern Idyll. The scene opened With
the club members sitting On the stage.
knitting and singing old plantation melo
dies. w. :. West. more than locally fam
Gus ~ a black face monooguei~t delight
ed theandiencc Nth h~ anecdotes. Ill.,
sermon hS song "Danel in the Lions
Den" and last. but not least. by h- four
minute tax on men who had failed to reg
i~ter. Mr. West received curtain calls
Just ~ long ~ he would respond
The Gyp~ey Life Scene which followed
was beautiful. The scene opened with
Gyp-ie John. II. J. Tucker seated ~ his
camp fire and with Mis- Annie PutegnatI
playing On the violin Her selection. "Ori-I
cntalc.r wa beautiful and met with hear
III applause. Next the group of gyp~eyl
maidenS. attired in the gaudy fincry Of
their kind filed onto the stage and Miss
IIortcn-c Nixon delighted the audicnce
with her graceful '.I.aioto Dance" This
was fo lowed by song. "Gvp~ev John
~ Mr. Tucker. The gyp-ic-. Mrs.. Hicks,
Mr.. Tucker Mr.. Baiti~on. Miss kowal--
ki. Miss Clint and Miss Brown then sang
I'm Gay Seville" This was followed IN
the song in Old Madrid" BY Mr.. II. j..
Tucker ID. E
Dtrng ths intcrmi-~ion which came
between this scene and the closing event,
The War Time Wedding" Mrs. John
Gregg sang beautifully THE Magic Of
Your Eyes
The War Time Wedding 4 clever bur
IeSque. scored tremendous hit The ac-
tion by the wedding party started in the
aI~le~ Of the theatre. up which the we'd
ding party advanced I'd the stage. The
costumes were, 10 say the least. unusual
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