Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-14
AFTERMATH

erS and refused to leave the theatre
until the director, ]. A. Darnaby, ap-
peared before the curtain and was
given an ovation, it was quite evident
nothing in the way of an entertain
ment, offered professionally or locally
had SO pleased the Wausau public as
! this big Red Cross benefit, given un-
der the auspices of the Tuesday Musi-
cal club. The same people vino ap-
peared in this delightful comedy had
appeared many times before in Wau-
sau, but Wausau had seemingly failed
to be impressed with their unusual
ability and their individual success
demonstrated the fact, even talented
people require capable direction as
well as something worth while say
| ing and popular music appealing, to
create such furore as was recorded
in the Grand Opera house Monday and
Tuesday nights.
The writer must confess that had he
before the opening performance, the
slightest knowledge of the wonderful
progress being made with this enter
tainment, he would have been pre-
pared to give each individual member
the credit due, but owing to the linn
tied time was compelled to defer the
review.
All expected to witness a very good
show, better than had before been
seen from a local point of view, but
they confessed the entire production
was one complete and most delightful
surprise.
The audience looked forward to see
ing Miss Gretchen Morgan appear to
splendid advantage, in view of her
experience and known talents, but it
was as if they had never seen her
work when she appeared as Susane
Her personal magnetism was felt the
moment she came upon the stage and
her work so far surpassed anything
they had seen her attempt, there could
scarcely be made a comparison. Mr..
Darnaby surely selected the right
young lady for the part, and she
played it with intelligence and unus.
ual ability. Her song number, Follow
Me-, was one of the most delightful
numbers in the show.
Then there was Miss Josephine
Sturtevant whom all have heard play
and sing. She has always been sweet
and charming, but as an actress she
fairly outdid herself. AS jamie" she
was ideal, and no ingenue ever played
Wausau or that gave a better in
depreciation of the part assigned her,
She also was at her best in the song
Jungle Bungalow" and Everything
Your Little Heart Desires" and in
both songs she was ably assisted by
George Burkholder, who gave evidence
OF much ability and was one of the
big surprises of the long list of clever
young people.
Miss Gale Ross as "Olga" never
sang sweeter, looked more charming.
or did what she was called upon to
do so well and so professionally. Her
Rose" song was repeatedly encored
and she was showered with roses both
from the back and front of the house.
She well deserved them.
Very few women care to be widows
but 1t is most noticeable fact. most
young widows are very attractive.
All were most pleased to find in Mrs.
ID. G. Everest, a widow who was not
a widow, but she demonstrated very
plainly that she would be, were she
one, most charming. She dressed the
part with taste and played it like
professional.
Miss Alice Murphy gave evidence
of being most versatile. She not only
made a charming and graceful chorus
girl but played the part of Serena"
most naturally and won rounds of ap-
plause and assisted Mr.. Kingsbury in
making their scene in the second act,
one OF the most amusing in the show.
Miss Sole and Miss Gier gave evi-
dence of superior ability in their
parts and they were very necessary to
the success of two clever comedians
in the second act. They each sang
number and made favorable impress
sions.
Probably no single person in the
cast received such tremendous ap-
plause as did Miss Helen Stone, one of
Wausau's most popular and charming
young ladies. This latter fact per-
haps assisted materially in making
her Interpretation stand out as one
of the. most distinct hits of the show.
AS the bowery girl she was simply
great.
Many people around Wausau have
suspected Mrs. Guy Gooding of pos
sessing rare artistic talents and her
by encore after encore. Mrs. Gooding
is the personification of grace and her
dance number showed plainly the vast
creative instinct that must be hers.
1t would be difficult to select from
the group of men the one giving evi-
dence of possessing the greater abil-
ity.
AS comedian, it is difficult
to find man who seemingly
would have been better fitted
for the part of "Ikey Strauss"
the travelling salesman, than C. Kings
bury. The prevailing opinion was
that he was the greatest hit from
comedy standpoint this town has seen
IN many days, either locally or pro-
fessionally. 1t was part so easily
overdrawn, that it required the actor
who possessed the proper conception
and then kept we'll within the lines.
He was a scream.
AS the hotel clerk, Harold Skinner
was ideal. He played the part with
a natural ease and smoothness that
would have done credit to an actor
OF years of experience. He quickly
impressed the audience and had them
with him from his first to last en-
trance. Everything he did was well
done.
One of the stars of the show was
Del Curtis, who possessed every es-
Sential Quality Tn mako tha sfTrrIxicJ,