Evening star., 1920-01-08
COMMUNITY OPERA HAS
SUCCESS IN :'P|NAFORE'
Peoples National Society of D. c.
Will Repeat Last Nights
Performance Tonight.

Community opera at popular prices
received another Endorsement from the
Washington public at Central High
School last night. where Gilbert and
Sullivan'S celebrated comic opera,
H. NJ. S. Pinafore," was repeated by
the Peoples National Opera Society
of Washington. Another performance
will be given at the same place this
evening.
Two names appeared in the east last
night that were not in the December
production. John T. Elliott taking the
part of Sir Joseph Porter first lord of
the admiralty, and Miss Genevieve Far
nell appearing as Hebe, Sir Joseph :
cousin.
The solo numbers We're well received
by the audience. which practically
filled the large auditorium, and the
large chorus showed the result of COM
petent drilling. No musical feature
was so we'll received. however. as the
trio by Mr.. Elliott, NJ. II. Stevens as
Capt Corcoran and Miss EStelle Muir
ray in the leading feminine part of
Josephine the captains daughter. 4
dainty dance by Miss Murray at the
conclusion of the trio was most heart
lily encored.
Others Make Hits"
NJ. Millner, as Ralph Rackstraw.
able seaman. who eventually proves to
be the rightful commander of the
Plnafore. won new laurelS last
night. when he proved a most convinc-
ing wooer. His fellow sailor, Dick
Deadeye. was again portrayed by Fred
erick Miller, while Bill Bobstay. the
ubiquitous bo'sun. was impersona ted
by Stephen o. Ford. The part of Bob
stay will be taken tonight by Edwin
Ward. and Miss Agnes Charnstrom.
seen last month as Hebe, will fill that
role again at tonight's performance.
Miss Elaine Sebring Ford deserves
special mention as Little Buttercup
her voice being one of the best in the
cast.
The Mikado" and other light opera
classics are now in course of prepara-
tion by the same group
Chorus and Orchestra.
The members of the chorus that
added much to the life of last nights
performance are Helen Marston, Jes-
sic Townsend. Ruth Peter. Bertha
Wev. Pearle Shreye. Brycie Bayies.
Florence Hulse, Mrs. c. l.. Maxwell
Francis Jackson. Emily Carr. Flor
ence c. Winters. Gertrude Huntington.
Esther Foulke, Arianne Wood. Irene
Warren, Anne DeNaney Marie Col
Inns. Maude T. Shreve. cleo Scanland.
Margaret Carr Margaret Callahan.
Mrs. S. b. Taylor. Sadie Collins. Mary
T.. Leland, Gayle Hunt, Virginia Rep
pert, Ethel n. Perone. Mary K. Bow
FiS- bIduNS I1unt. ITace DaNeN, BAD
Doran. Minnie Reddick. Hilda Acker-
man, Blanch c. Odell, Evelyn l.. Fitz-
gerald, Isabel Font. Cecil Nj. Sale,
Alice Deleslyne, Mrs. c. c. Pidgeon.
Catherine Crook. Margaret Jones.
Hazel Hartman, Mrs. Genevievc +.
Bond. Ray a. Jackaman. j. T. Pardee.
9. l.. Maxwell. 5. t. Covert, r. 7.
Rorke. Harry Meigs. A. j. Gravelle,
Andrew Wollersheim. l.. b. Pool, A.
Abendsheim, r. H. Dalgleish. jr.; S. o.
Ford Frank Boyer, Cleon Throckmor-
ton, w. II. Preston. Harold G. Con-
molly, +. Miller, NJ. Miner.
The orchestra members are: Joseph
L. Aronoff, James a. Brearly. A. L..
Bodwell, Paul Finckel, Melville d..
Lindsay, Louis E. Bradford. Edward
Roger. w. n. Stockett. jr.: Bruce l..
Taylor. c. f. Alden. Mr.. Grove. George
Kramer. Charles A. Appel. W. f. Col
Inns. 7. 3. Amiss. H. c. Black w. F.
Doyle, r. H. Featherstone, George d.
Mitchell. Henry J. Doolan, Daniel II.
Simpson. Robert c. Stearns. E. Earl
Wagner. Edward Matteosian, E. p.
Collins, Harry Rose. Z. Youngs and
Willie y. Pope. accompanist.