Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-11-23
"JOLL|ES OF l92O'
GOT 'EM ALL
ELKS' MINSTREL COMEDY
DRAWS FULL HOUSE
TWO NIGHTS

J
"The Jollies of 1920" a minstrel
musical comedy, was presented to ca
pacity audiences on Thursday and
Friday evenings of last week by the
Wausau Lodge, No. 24S, B. P. o. Elks,
at the Grand opera house, under the
| direction of the Jos. Bren Production
company of Chicago. A more success
| full local production has never been
given. Everyone who attended de-
clared it to be "the best ever,' es-
| pecially as the cast consisted with the
exception of one person, of Wausau
men and women.
Credit to Local Talent
The entire show was presented with
| zest and enthusiasm, the characters
adapted themselves to their parts with
ability, the costumes were pretty and
apprOpriate-those in the audience
who knew that only ten days had
been spent in preparation, added so
much more credit to local talent The
producers declared they had never
put on the comedy with greater sue
cess and credit
Act one of "The Jollies or 1920"
opened in the conservatory of the
winter home of Harry Kiefer, at Palm
Beach, Fla, where Mr. Kiefer was
entertaining few of his WauSau
friends, who were spending the winter
there. The setting was artistically
arranged, the guests being seated at
tables mounted on rostrums to the
right and left. The guests were the
Misses Lily La Grande, Lila La
Grande, Marcy La Grande, Mona
Becker, Gertrude Ostring, Esther Els
enman, Mildred Hayden, Margaret
Kiely, Lenore Krohn, Myra Lincoln,
Adelaide De Voc, Lorraine Kuester,
Elsie Newman, Myrtle Irving, Mar
garet Fiege, Jean Whitman, Nirena
Hussong, Marguerite O'Toole, Clara
Wightman, Rose Pleier, Messrs. Carl
Helke, Almon Pepper, Elmer Gritz-
macher, Harry Anderson, Norman Fo-
ley, Barney Dehn, ]. l.. Raduechel,
Walter H. Voigt.
La Grande Sisters
The three La Grande sisters sang
the first number on the program, and
the tremendous applause they re-
celved made necessary several en-
cores. ''The Merry Minstrels" was
the first number by the entire COM
pany, after which the minstrels en-
tered including:
AS Interlocutor-Harry Kiefer.
AS Comedians Litz Schroeder,
c. A. Piper, Harold Ingraham, Ell
mer Merklein, E. P. Oertel, Chas.
Meyer, Jr, Harold Skinner, Alex.
Robb (of the Bren Company.
AS Balladists-W. Del Curtis, Clyde
Hayden.
AS Harmonists-A. HI. Kiefer, Harry
C. Schwarz, r. NJ Uhen, G. w.
Lane, VIM. Leistikow, A. G. Bred
low, Knox KreutZer, Arnold Bluhm
SIS Everybody Happy" was the min
strel overture in which all particle
pated, following which Harold Skin.
ner sang Emma Lee. 'AThe Moon
Shines on the Moonshine," by Chas.
B. Mayer; "Your Eyes Told Me So,"
by Clyde Hayden; 81 Gave Her That"
by G.. A. Piper; Don't Be Cross
With Me-" by w. Del Curtis, and
Sweet Mamma" by Alex. Robb, fol-
lowed. All the numbers were ap-
plauded and appreciated. Mr. Robb
was the one person of the cast from
out of the city. The minstrel was
made more interesting by the jokes
presented when a little local color
color was applied. Each remark
caused good hearty laugh on some
well known person in the audience
none of whom seemed to mind.
Characters
The second act, scene one, was "The
Inside Inn, an hotel. The part of
Trixie, the stenographer, was taken
by Marcy La Grande; Buttons, the
bell boy, by Harold Skinner; Sylvia
Madeline Ripley, the village gossip,
by Lila LIE Grande, Archibald Doolit-
tie, the gentle hotel clerk, by Harold
Ingraham; Will B. Dunn, a theatri-
cal manager, by Del Curtis; Jazz
Johnson, the porter, by Litz Schroe-
der; Billie Barton, young lady of
wealth, by Lily LIE Grande, and WV
cite, her maid, by Mona Becker. The
characters were exceptionally good
in their parts. Harold Skinner and
Harold Ingraham, participating in a
sketch with Miss Marcy LIE Grande,
caused much laughter when the diff
ference in treatment of passengers
on a modern street car and an old
fashioned one was portrayed. Miss
Lila LIE Grande, as Sylvia Ripley,
looked the part of a village gossip.
The members of the Dunn theatrical
troupe were the Misses Elsie New
man, Myrtle Irving, Margaret Fiege,
Jean Whitman, Nirena Hussong, Mar
guerite O'Toole, Clara Wrightman,
and Rose Pleier, and the Messrs. Carl
Helke, Almon Pepper, Elmer Gritz-
macher, Harry Anderson, Norman Fo-
ley, Barney Dehn, J. L. Raduechel
and Walter Voight.
Musical Numbers
The musical numbers, "Man, Man.
Man," by Miss Lila La Grande; "Hes
Me Kiddo," by Harold Skinner and
Miss Mona Becker, and when Grand
ma Was Girl" were features of this
scene.
Scene two opened with a song and
dance, "Peachie," by Miss Lily La
Grande. who was assisted by the Miss
es Gertrude Ostring, Esther Eisen-
man, Mildred Hayden, Margaret Kiely.
Lenore Krohn, Myra Lincoln, Adelaide
De Voc, Lorraine Kuester: At the end
of the song. the audience was much
surprised to hear the pretty voice
of child from the balcony 1t prov
ed to be little Ruth Hussong, who
sang the song through once and was
obliged to respond with an encore
During this scene novelty intro
duced was the bowery dance. Sew
eral couples danced across the stage
in every conceivable kind of a way,
causing much amusement The third
scene was This and That" by Alex.
Robh- whose jokes and songs con-
vulsed the house.
Kingdom of Gazook
Scene four opened in the palace
of the king of Gazook That magnif-
Gently robed Bolshevik was attired in
red, and the part was well taken by
Elmer Merklein. The queen. who