The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
GLOUIANNA PROVES
BEST SHOW Seen
HERE IN YEARS
FRITZ scheff, On Account Of Illness,
Unable TO Appear But Understudy
Is Equal to the Occasion and
and Makes Wonderful Hit
Al Wilson Still
Good.

The Washington Theater was en-
tirely filled Tuesday evening to wit
ness the John Cort musical produc-
ton "Glorianna" in which FRITZ
Scheff is now touring the country. The
large audience was much disappointed
at the inability of Miss Scheff to leave
her room at the hotel because of a
severe cold but with Miss Virginia
Bert, her under-study, in the title role,
they soon forgot this disappointment
and enjoyed one of the best shows
visiting Maysville in recent years.
The entire company was made up
of splendid artists and 1t would be
hard to single out those who were best
received by the large audience. Little
Miss Vera Dunn, as the Ring Bearer,
however received the biggest hand
and divided honors with the princi-
pals, Miss Bert, AL Wilson, Miss Edith
Abbot as Dolores Pennington and
George Everett as Lieut.. "Dick" PEN
nington. James Joseph Dunn, father
of the little ring bearer, as Robbins,
was excellent. The chorus was an
unusually good one made up of pref
ty girls who had fair voices and could
dance well. The scenery was fine and
the costumes beautiful. The orches-
ira which the company carries with
them added much to the enjoyment of
the play. AL Wilson's comedy is still
good and went big with his Maysville
audience.
While many were greatly disap-
pointed at the failure of Miss Scheff
to appear, we doubt if there was a sin
gle person in the audience who did
not feel that they received more than
their moneys worth. Miss Bert not
only possesses a good voice but has
strong personality and is a very
clever little actress.
Miss Scheff, herself, was grieved
that she was unable to appear in
way oNiiiC IL was VII o"h
quest that Lexington and Maysville
were included in her tour. When Miss
Scheff's physician told her that she
could not even appear at the theater,
she issued this statement to the press:
Central Hotel,
Maysville, Nov. 18th, 1913
To my dear Maysville public:
know that my non-appearance to-
night will cause comment and may be
grivated by mental and physical
strain, which my appearance in Lex
ington caused me, through my tender
and sad memories Of dear old Ken
lucky, having been almost my home in
the days of gone by. This very cold be-
came so unmanageable, that l am I'M
able to speak or sing. l do want SO
to express my feelings of sadness and
disappointment, and as my hoarseness
is so severe, l take to this way of exI
pressing my deepest regret and fully
hope and dearly wish that may have
another chance some day soon, to re-
turn and make friends in this dear lit
tie town, which nature places in such
a >beautiful setting.
Am l forgiven for this disappoint
ment, that caused such grievance to
me? And may l ask the press to let
my public know how / feel about this
matter? My heartfelt thanks will be
theirs.
The little show will entertain and
my comrades will do SO we'll that /
may be forgotten but please only for
few hours.
So. goodbye for this time-but au
revoir soon,
FRITZ SCHEFF.
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