The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-29

-sa.s EIks, Show.
An. the. town boys and the town , gals gals
The old Grand was far from being
filled. the lower floor being two-thirds full,
but like all two or three cay stands for
these home talent affairs the gang waits
until the second night to take it in. And
l feel confident in saying that the per-
formance will be great deal better, in
asmuch, as the first night is merely good
rehearsal. Last night there was great
many drags and lags owing to the for.
getting of lines and the lack of speed.
If / were getting into the affair from
OF 1en and Of lines TSe
dragged out last night till nearly IL 80
However, taking all into consideration it
was very commendable layout. Mr..
Darnaby, who produced the show, gath
cred together n bright cast, n rollicking
smear of music, titillating set of lines
ably deserves a lot of credit for his eff
forts in producing the piece and, all told,
Let's Go Peggy" is hit
There were so many individual flashes of
talent that 1 shall not attempt to state
them ALL The entire company performed
their duties in painstaking manner and
while great deal of the lines were lost
thru the dragging those which were heard
registered. Miss Marguerite Gohlke, to my
professional training Her voice is very
good. The ease of her manner. the beauty
of her voice and the unmistakable sin
certify and earnestness increased the sat
isfaction and pleasure of hearing her.
Merle Alton did not sing enough. He has
4 very true clear voice and was only al
lowed one number l could have heard
another from this youth. l. c. Henry,
Topeka's pride, stepped on the throttle
ant evening and Mr.. Darnaby handed this
money handler lot Of clever lines. a
word of praise shall not go amiss for Mr..
and Mrs. Dick Fritz. The missus. as the
rich widow, and Dick. as the sheriff. got
away in a clean cut manner. Altho |
v1iph n
speak some of his line bit clearer. nc
muffled lot of good lines. which never
was done near the finish by Miss Georgia
Nelson who displayed a perfect under
standing of what she was doing. The
Gypsy dance as done by Miss Gertrude
Loudenbach went over with bang. And
now l may bring the fury and wrath of
bunch of young ladies down upon my
ergan, who appeared. in the chorus. is
about the sweetest. daintiest little thing
have ever had the the pleasure OF see 1ii
have to go long way 10 find. She WAS
deserving of a better part Down at the
finish came that Minstrel gang, under the
leadership of C. W Seeley. This went
along in good shape but should be pep
pered up bit. ! could also suggest burnt
Others in the cast were: DR.. Claude
F fr@ Match, Miss Gertrude thompson rho
Mr.. L. c. Rain, Mr.. W. +. Fergerson, Mr.
Pansy Flowers. Mr.. Bob" Reynolds, Mr.
Jess Shaw, Miss George Nelson.
Musical numbers. act one, were: Misses
George Nelson. Ruth Pruessner, Elsie
Campbell, Carmen McKercher Marjory
Anderson, Helen Campbell. Lois Wilson.
Gertrude Thompson. and hessrs. w X.
Ferguson. Jess Shaw, Arlo Hubbard.
Richard Mathews. r. s Holland. Herbert
Dick. and l.. c. Rain. Misses Julia Keller.
Adele Banghart, Helen Holier. Margaret
Ripley, Florence Wilson, Florence Horacek.
Maxine Mitchell, Mrs Frisby, Amy Lee
Kearney, Mabel Butts. Pearl Downie,
Josephine Gilmore and Evelyn Myers
Dorothy Ratzlaff. Freda Crane. Vera Tam
blyn, Doris Wehe, Veneva Zimmerman.
Dorothy Lonergan. Evelyn Myers. Mitchell
Mcdaniel, Ruth Thoroman and Josephine
Gilmore. Bob Reynolds.
Members of the Glee Club were: Messrs.
L. Il. Vesper, II. C. Buchanan. X. L. Stev-
enson and DR.. Crook. c. W Seeley, X. )
Holland, II. C. buchanan, L. !. Gillespie, TX.
d. Tweedy. jay Lower. L. Il. yandervort.
i. W. Turner. W. C. Fergerson. Clyde
Lowery. f. A. Popeno. c. f. Staples, Dr.
Cook and r. l. Stevenson.
And we have the Elks Show In all
it's glory. II. like all home talents. hits
the home folks right where they want 10
be hit. it brings ont a new talented per-
son with every showing and adds to the
general gayety of the town. They are things
to look forward to. and to talk about 50
let's have a few more of them. The regu-
lar Elks show has become staple article
! in Topeka and they never fail to give you
all that is coming to sou / guess that
will be about all. y. s. a.