The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-04

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| boards sor paints the artist depending
entirely upon facial expression. ii this
particular part Of his art he has at
tanned such = wonderful nSoficiency
that he cnn both laugh and cry With
the same face. though not at the same
time. The only attempt at preparation
for the imuerEonations, ont OF the full
view Of the audience took place IN the
impersonaiion Of the character OF
Walter corbln. The fact that Mr.. But.
cher stepped off the stage for mo-
Iment led many in the audience to be.
l;eve that some trick was being play.
| ed, and that the impersonation was not
on the square. This Is emphatically
denied by the show management.
Truly the performance was a marvel.
Had Harry Miller been PERMITTED to
romp bncx into the age when Rome
dominated the world he could not have
found q Roman Senator OF more strik-
ing appearance, or with more orator..
cal talent than was displayed by Bert
Linn in Ills Just Deserts" the au-
tor OF which is too modest to have his
name published, The horrible dream Of
a man mad from drinking Of con-
founded co1fiscated Court House
booze as depicted by the Roman SEN
ator ought to be terrible lesson to
many Of our young who are already
paving the way to future excuses and
life Of debauchery by tampering
with the Bayc bottle. Campbell Fla
herty, as Penny Ante, daughter OF the
senator. was ideal in her devotion to
herNhus band, Archibald. part essay
ed with wonderful success by Carroll
A. Turner. Penny Ante at once COM
Ibines the beauty |of Mary Pickford.
the dash and yivacity OF Eva Tang.
uay and the grace Of Gertrude Hoff-
man. I.
The first advertised appearance OF
the Elk's Quartette was bowling sue.
cess. That Is, the audience howled
with delight. La Mar Satterfield,
tWater harrington, Charles Borne
field and Ernest Yost compose the
quartete. and their singing was the
real treat Of the evening. Eyeryone
was wishing for more when the sing
ers bowed themselves Off after sew
cral encores.
The curtain. went up on the second
part, showing the entire company
lstm-circled and balconied up, full dres {,
fine orchestra. Everything on 9 scale
that made the crowded house sit up
and take notice. This part Of the per.
torrance was highly enjoyable. Jack
Andrews put plenty Of the minstrel
pep and spirit into "rhe Dog-gone
Blues !" "Rocka.Bye Your Baby" was
nicely handled by Paul Hamilton
whose voice was particularly suited to
the number. DR.. Carter Fleming sur
prised hi smany friends with his rem.
dition Of "Tili We Meet Again" which
was possibly the hit Of the evening.
The wards are pretty. the melody Is
sweet and tuneful and the rich, sweet
voice Of DIR. Fleming was perfectly
adapted tc 1t. La Mar sattertield as
4 sisted IA The chorus and the numDer
was good for four encores. Eddie Bar
ret and Clint Draper were very pleas.
ing In ".After. You've Gone" and I'm
| the Glory Of the Moonlight" Charles
/ Bornefeld sang 1.-THE Beautiful Ohio"
in very pleasing style. He has nice
voice, pleasing stage presence, and
was admirably suited to the number
assiged. Brooks Fleming, Jr., as In
|terlocutor quickly convinced all that
| the coal business had just naturally
swiped q minstrel star OF the first mag.
nitude. Brooks went at the minstrel
business just like he does the coal
business, with his whole heart, and
seemed to get Just as much out Of the
performance as anyone else.
Harry Miller displayed such
judgement and keen perception as
comes only after years of experience
when he picked "Heck" Martin and Ed
Slack to !ill the end chairs. Both
gentlemen are possessed OF rare en-
PERTAINING gifts and stage pelson-
atty that makes you like them. 1t was
entirely appropriate therefore that
Heck Martin should sing "They Go
Wild, Simply Void Over Me- with
dash and spark that set the house
wild. Ordinarily Heck as enough
ayoridupois to make 1t safe for him to
walk around the corner Of the Watson
building on the windiest day. but last
night he was as light on his feet as q