The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-26
CROWD THRILLED.
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Sergeant Farnum described the inva
sions of Serbia, told of the examples of |
Austrian atrocity practiced upon the
women and children, of the spread of
disease in the war-ridden country, dis |
ease Austrias greatest ally, upon |
which she counted so much to /
weaken Serbia,s strength and which |
met With such signal success; of tho /
tinspeakable suffering endured, and of |
the. offer of peace made by Germany.
Then came Serbia s forced retreat
through the Albanian mountains, the
last fight and her surrender, for
Serbia IS strength was Slapped; she was
hungry, in rags, weak. OF the army
who tramped with bloody feet over the
snow-capped mountains into exile
only half survived And with them
went King Peter. Seventeen days
later the few remaining came to thel
shores of the Adriatic sea, on whose
surface rode the submarines which had
sunk the eleven food supply ships
sent to their rescue. And then came
| the allies and took the sufferers to the
| Island of Corfu Twenty thousand died
| from privation after being saved.
| And what does Serbia lack today?
the speaker asked Everything. But
with all that Serbia has suffered, her
spirit is still unbroken. She does not
ask for charity; all she wants is our
moral support. Germany is not re-
pentant; she is not sincere, she must
be watched. For the sake of Serbia
/ Sergt. Farnum asks us not to forgive
and forget, sit still in snug comfort,
but to live and remember.
The Berkeley scxtct, which was COM
Eposed of six young women, gave a
pleasing concert of instrumental and
vocal selections interspersed with read
ngs. In some Of the numbers the young
women appeared in appropriate cos
tunes. Every member of the orches-
ira was gifted artist and while the
larger number of the selections were
of a light nature, many of them old
favorites. they received hearty ap.
plause, and the readings were especial
ly pleasing to the children in the audi
ence.
With the largest audience since the
| opening of Chautauqua H NJ. S. Pima
i fore was presented last evening and was
/ received enthusiastically. For nearly
Il 10 minutes before the time for the pro
1 duction to. be staged one of the sailors
: in the east led the audience in singing
: several popular choruses, the Berkeley
2 sextet, which furnished music for tn,
I opera, playing. An amusing featur,
of the community sing was the singing
l of Pack Up Your Troubles by one-hal-
l of the audience, while the other hal
sang There's Long, Long Trail.
The story of Pinafore is well known
to Brattleboro audiences, who have seer
it presented by visiting companies al
well as by local talent The production
last night was received enthusiastical
I ly and every member of the cast ant
1 chorus was wen suited 80 his part, Dicl
/ Deadeye receiving his just amount o
l attention. Following is the cast: TIL
/ TT. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, X c. B
I Arthur Wooley- Captain Corcoran, Har
I ~ Luckstone; Ralph Raekstraw, Alex
ander Mason; Dick Deadeye, William
White; Bill B6bstay, Clifton Loveioy
4 Josephine. Blanche Upham; Hello
1 Phyllis Wooley; Buttereup, Lila
Httaaiptitiafrf9; sdioaH hnpers..4 R6th Bake
] and Bertha White; first lord s sisters
I his cousins and his aunts, sailors, ma
I rines.