The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-01

rendered by the whole company.
 The opening act of the second part of the program was display of rope spinning by Steve Oris. The marvel ous feats performed with ropes of various lengths by this clever artist astonished the audience and won for him much well-merited applause. As 'Darktown gent stepping it of,' !" Charles Ristine furnished some excel lent buck and wing dancing, and the appreciation of his efforts by the au- dience caused him to be called out several times. Seven Pearls of the Orient Introducing Miss Butterfly, :" by Miss Frances Fraisure, assisted by
 Misses Anderson, Churchill, Foster, Giles, OLoughlin and Thawlev was one of the most pleasing features of the program. Miss Fraisure has an exceptionally sweet voice, and the pretty young ladies who assisted her rendered the act in most charming
 fashion. They were compelled to re- spond to many recalls. Kenny Hol- den presented a novelty act" which won for him much laughter and ap- plause. In full-dress Hottentot cos tune he executed unique dance, with spotlight accessories, which was a real novelty"
 An act which created more entbu. siasm than any other on the program, probably as much from the patriotic turn given to 1t as from the really artistic manner in which it was pre- sented, was the characteristic Indian sketch by Miss Emma Sheppard and Mrs. Nichols, assisted by Misses An derson, Giles, Taylor and ThakIey. and Messrs. Brown, English. Gear and Still. The scene opened with Miss Sheppard and Mrs. Nichols in Indian regalia, and with stage settings and accessories to match. They gave an Indian ballad, and as an encore, "Over There which was rendered with spirit and joined in by the four young ladies dressed as Red Cross nurses. and the four members of Uncle sam's army. Marching around the stage. with flags flying and the unifornis of the participants blending witb the spirit of the song. they struck the kenynote which was the signal for noteworthy patriotic demonstration and tse audience was swept com pletely off it's feet" They were re- called again and again. The soldierly bearing of the staIwart army men was particularly noticeable. Frank Muller randered Memories" a baritone solo, in a most pleasing manner.
 Billie" MacConneIrs closing num- bers, "The Sunshine of Your Smile, ," And Then" and 'eWhen Yankee Duddle Learns to Parlez Your Fran. caise," gave that gifted lady a chance for the display of her varied talents, and the last number was rendered in manner that would have been cred itable to Anna Held herself. "The Star-Spangled Banner" by the entire company, furnished a fittin finale to a splendid performance, and if was noticeable that there was none of the harshness and strain usually incident to the rendition of our stirring but difficult national air.
 Not the least enjoyable feature of the program was the work of the ac- companists, Miss Madeline Anderson and Mrs. Jack Sapiro George Doo- ley also assisted with the drums.
 With one accord the audience voted the entertainment a grand success. and such expressions as "The best amateur entertainment I ever attend ed.' and 'I have not enjoyed a show so much in years" were frequently heard as the audience filed out of the