The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
WHEEL CLUB FOLLIES.
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Thomas, Leone Turner, Caroline Warren,
Eva Carr
The young men in the chorus were AL
vim Bowman, Harold Chandler, Fred
Clyde Falby, Earl Falby, Howard Gil
Dimes, Leslie Dimes Emerson Dunklee,
bert, Theodore Gustafson, Ray JillsOn,
Fred johnson. Charles Leonard, James
Long, John Mann, Drew Mutter, Leon
Purinton, Frank Philbrick, Walter Rob
bins, Edward Stockwell, Richard Stock
well, Roy Switzer. Howard Thayer, Err
nest Wells, Robert Winchester.
| A Spanish scene was revealed by the
| first rise of the curtain, the chorus ar
rayed in attractive costumes being ar
ranged in tiers, with the seats in the cir
! Gle vacant. The grand opening brought
/ from the wings a company of tambOur
| inc girls and end men to music of GOu-
mods Faust by A. J. Dugan's orchestra,
! the girls in short Spanish skirts and the
| end men, or Jolly Testers, in red silk. The
! end men were Bernard Dunlevy, Kinson
| Doak, Hugh Harwood, Ralph Lucies,
| Hazen StOckwell and Harold Shea, with
| bones.
Horton d. Walker. interlocutor was
announced. and after his entree he an
nounced the first number, a tambourine
overture by the Folly Tambourine Girls
! They were Mrs. Alexander Exner. Mrs
Ralph Lucies, Mrs. Hazen Stockwell and
| Misses Julia Filion, Edith Hammarlund
| Ellen Hertzberg, Margaret King, Marion
Long, Florence McGarrigle. Mildred Proc
| tor Irma Rate and Hazel Wentworth.
! 1t was a finely executed number and gave
| the audience a taste of what was to come
! The first barrel of jokes was then shot
| off, followed by others at the usual inter
| walls.
Mother, I'm Wild was the title of the
! first solo, sung by KinsOn Doak. This
was his first appearance in anything of
! this kind, but he put it across with the
I finish of an old stager. His singing was
melOdiuS and his action excellent. Future
! local productions are bound to find him
in a comedy role.
Oh. by lingo, a San Domingo love
| story, was sung by Ralph Lucies in an
! entertaining fashion. He always does
/ good work on the stage, and this Occa-
! sion was no exception.
! Hazen Stockwell was effective in The
| Hen and the Cow. relics of the past,
which was full of local hits, purporting
to tell of persons and things that are no
! longer current.
These singers were in blackface and
! then came Frederic G. Adams in evening
! suit in a special double number. The Car
| nival. and For You Alone. Both were
| pleasingly rendered and enthusiastically
received.
| Bernard DunIevy of the ends. another
newcomer in the field of show stuff put
| over another local song in a way that
| eliCitel many encOrcS. 1t was called The
| BrattleborO Hall of Fame and told of nu-
| merous Brattleboro persons for whom
/ tablets are to be erected in the new mar
| BILE palace" on Main street. and the rea-
sons therefor. The song made a hit.
| Al this point disturbance occurred
| in the yestibule on the first floor, which
| proved to be between two dark horses
! who had just arrived. They We're "cul-
/ lud gents in green costumes. and came
( down the aisleS and clambered over the
/ fOOtlights. One sang travelling ditty, We
! Packed Up My Satchel. and the other a
/ financial tale. If | Only Had the Power
and the Money, and were warmly re-
| ceiyed, Their names. are a secret at pres
! tomorrow night.
! \ solo Let's All BE Good Pals To-
gcthcr. was sung by Miss Edith Hammar-
! lund and the entire company. The solo
/ list. dressed as a L. S. 4. girl. with a cape
| OF stars and stripes, revealed a soprano
! voice Of sweet and mellow quality, and
J the number was done well.
| The closing number of the first part
| was grOtesQue military act, The Dis
| honorable Artillery. with Bernard Dun
! levy as captain and KinSon Doak. Hugh
/ IIarwood. Harold Shea and Hazen Stock
individuals with antiquated firearms and
| nOndeScript uniforms and kept the audi
| ence highly amused.
The second part opened with a south
ern sketch. The Rose of Virginia. a sing
ing and dancing speciality i'm which Miss
Genevieve Murphy and Ralph Lucies
took the leading parts, assisted by Miss
Marion Long Mrs. Hazen StocFwell, Mrs.
Ralph Lucies, Miss Eva Carr, Emerson
Dunklce. Theodore Gustafson. Jane,
Long and Roy Switzer. Miss Murphy s
: full. round soprano tones blended charm
ingIy with those of Mr., Lucies. making
| Il pleasing effect.
Six girls Misses Leila Barber, Minnie
Cooper. Anna Curtin, Mildred Green
wood, Ruth Iammar}und and Charlena
/ Thomas, gave a Dutch act Echoes OF
Holland. which was a dance in typical
Dutch costumes and wooden shoes. II
was pretty number, executed with pre-
| cisi0n Of movement.
The real scream Of tho show wa
| called \ Farmyard Fusillade Ding Toes
| by Hugh IIarwood and five ding-to girls
| Misses Katherine Dcnning. Julia FihOn
! Aleverettc Hamilton. Florence AIcGar
rgle and Irma Rate. Mr.. HarwoOd in
rube costume had the solo part and put
! over a brand of comedy that was an in.
| Simultaneous success. The girls in way
| back rigs of ancient vintage executed q
dance with an abandon that was side
tsplittng
\ ballet advertisement in three parts
was another conspicuous feature of the
olio. The first was a Folly dance by 16
young women in striped costumes and
SNORT SkITlS, some III DiacK ana WhlIe ana
some in old rose and white. They went
through various formations of an intri-
cate manoeuvers without fault, to the
pleasure of the spectators. Those taking
part were Misses Mary Baker. OIivpttc
buckley. Lena Burr, Mary Curry. Edith
IIammar]und. Elsie Hammarlund. Ellen
TIertzbcrg, Laura Hoadley. Margaret
King. Evelyn Metcalf Mary Pellerin.
Mildred Proctor, Katherine Stocllwell.
Hazel Wentworth and Mrs. Alexander
EXner.
Part two of the ballet feature was a
duo terpsichorc by Misses Evelyn Fisher
and Christine CrOll. They were in fancy
dress costumes. Grace of action and
pleasing presence were characteristics Of
this number.
The final ballet number was The Royal
Ballet by Charles Booker, DeWeese w
Dewitt and y. Frank Shea. which kept
: the house in an uproad. The smalness
Of stature of Mr.. Booker, Mr.. Dewitt
l. IL Y