Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-07-02
'FLO.FL0" Will
APPEAR AT GRAND
Great Musical Comedy Will Play
Here Feb. 20, 1920, One Of the
Biggest Successes Ever
Staged
THE COMPANY CARRIES
FIFTY PEOPLE
Fisk O'Hara, the Popular Star, VIII
Head Most Excellent Company ~
in the Very Best Show
Booked for DecOrah

The managers of the Grand have
booked "Flo-Flo" for the spring Of
1920, and they have the following
to say to the patrons of the Grand:
To Theatre Goers. g
The Decorah Grand Opera House
after long period of rest in legiti-
mate theatrical lines, will open with
Fisk O'Hara in a most excellent
company, and in a new and delight
full play, Thursday, September 11th,
1919. Mr.. O'Hara will bring here
the same company that had a great
run at the Olympic Theatre in Chic
ago, some time ago. -. ~
We have contracted for "Flo-
Flo" one Of the most beautiful,
comic musicals for early in 1920.
It is our idea to play but few at
fractions and only the best. We do
not expect to make big newspaper
campaign, but want you to remem-
ber that "Flo-Flo" is one of the
finest, if not the very best shows
that will visit us this season; 50
make your plans to attend. l might
add that the company numbers fifty
people and is the same as jumped
from New York City to Albany, New
York to open the Proctors Opera
House in the latter city. ! am ap-
pending hereto the newspaper notices
they got there:
Sparkling with humor and bril-
liant with color. ''Flo-Flo" musical
comedy in two acts, proved splend
id success at Proctor's Fourth Street
theatre last evening. The curtain
opened in a lingerie parlor in 9Th
Ave. New York, owned by Jere De-
laney and Carl George, as Robert
Simpson and Isadore Moses respect
lively. Here were introduced all. Of
the large cast, and the audience was
able with unerring certainty to de-
vote its attention to some of the
outstanding characters of the piece.
Isadore and Simpson were pair
who were rivaled among the male
performers only by Barnes anu
Lynn as Pink and Mudd. Isadore l3
consummate actor, while Pink and
Mudd with their ridiculous comedy
and twin-cylinder clogs and intri-
cate steps let none of their TOM
foolery be lost on the audience. In
slang expression, they were Rich
Augustus Buell., as fortune-hunt-
ing count was the nearest approach
to the william and played with
nicely Of Latin expression. while
| William Cummings as Billy Cope
from Oshkosh was naive and un-
sophisticated as fitted his role.
Turning to the array of feminity
that continually filed the stage, it
would require lingerie connois-
seus and expert costumer to describe
accurately the whirl of color that
was paraded before feasting eyes.
Suffice it to say that the lingerie
parade in the first act and the
Kaleidoscope passage of costumes in
the second were facinating and de-
Ilightful. "Flo-Flo" and Angelina and
Carmen were prominent in the
chorus, not only because of their
parts but for the charm of manner
and grace of demeanor. But the
chorus itself is to be generally COM
mended for it supported well all the
principals in the songs, while the
ensemble scenes were brilliant and
very pleasing. Several of the individ-
ual numbers might be signaled out
for special praise. Paradise Of Love"
and Angelina's Goodbye Happy
Days"
The performance was in every
way pleasing and was certainly ap-
preciated by the large audience that
welcomed this New York production
last evening.-Troy N. Y. Record.