The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-04
MARKED SUCCESS
SCORED BY OPERA
Local Talent Makes Strong
Appeal in Auditorium
Last Night
EXCELLENT WORK IN
MISS BOB WHITE
Big Company Makes. Hit and Audience
Accortls DemOnstrative Recognition
Another Large Audience TO Attend
T0night's Performance.


Another Large Audience to Attend
Tonight's Performance.
Conspicuous in Brattleboro's theatrical
hall of fame must be the position chosen
for the tablet commemorating the per-
formance of the musical comedy success,
Miss Bob White, given in the Auditorium
last night by company of between 200
and 800 local amateurs under, the direc-
ton of Miss Vivian Taylor for the John
B. Rogers Producing Co. and under the
auspices of the Brattleboro Woman's
club. 1t was one of the most pleasing
amateur performances ever seen here and
reflected great measure Of credit upon
the company and the director for intelil-
gent application to the task of prepara-
tiOn. The audience practically filled the
house and demonstrated its appreciation
by almost continuous laughter and ap-
plause. 1t was the first of two perform
anceS. the second of which will take place
tonight before another large audience.
The story of Miss Bob White is woven
around two young millionaires Artie Ire
Billion and Billy Van Million, who have
made and lost a freak election bet and as
consequence are compelled to masquer-
ade as tranps for two months and Incl
dentally to suffer all the hartlships which
the genuine hOboes usually encounter.
Il net take fRIuSe on the tdTln OF IN Oft
Quaker. who c0mpelS them to work for
their sustenance. The fance of one of the
disguised millionaires, learning of their
predicament, seeks employment as
milkmaid on the same farm. and herself
in disguise forces from her future husband
truthful declaration of his lovp. The
opera introduces various incidental scenes
which go to make up a very satisfying en-
tertainment, in fact the Rogers Producing
Co does not put out any other kind.
The roe of Artie Ire Billion was taken
| by Howard c. Rice, while Billy Van
Million was imperSonated by HaZen j..
Stockwell. These two comedy characters
| tthe publisher will not have an oppor-
tunity to blue pencil this1 were the
bright lights of the show, 50 far as direct
appeal to the audience went. and their
comedy stuff, including songs with a local
| twist, hardly could have been improved
| upon. They avoided the error which often
/ is made of OVERRIDING parts Of this nature.
| To Miss Ruth Hinckley was assigned
| the title role, she taking the part of Clair
| Livingston. known in disguise as Miss
| Bob White, the milkmaid She took the
| part in an efficient manner and in her
solo number, Bob White. with chorus.
| and in selections with others she revealed
| a pleasing soprano voice. The girls in
the Bob White chorus were D0rothea
| VandeFveer, Pauline Shaw. Dorothy
| Miller. Ruth Frederickson. Ruth Sander
son. Olive Capron. Dorcas Crumpler.
Alma Fleming. Mary PeIlerin. Hazel
| Exner. Marion Miles, Mildred Proctor,
Sigrid Swanson.
Some delightful singing and acting was
| done by Miss katherine Denning a.
| Phyllis. daughter of the proprietor Of the
! Quaker farm. her duet number with Bob
| White and Jack. the sailor, being espe-
cially pleasing.
| Mrs Frank f. Barber in the part Of
/ Miss Autumn was dignifeS. yet gracious,
as the central figure in a group of Colon
| ial Danes. and jler voieeDf excellent quail
| ity was used to good advantage in solo
work and in conjunction with others in
| of Mrs. +. ID. Whitney, Mrs. c. APel-
| lett. Mrs l. c. Bradley, Mrs William ].
| Kaine. Mrs. Z. Z. Lord. Edna Putnam.
Ruth Burlin. Marjorie Tanning. Beatrice
| Crawford, Ellen Frederickson, Dagma
Anderson and Olivette Buckley.
In the part of Jack Frederic c.
Adams as always drew enthusiastic rec
ognition by his fine rendering of the bari
solo, If You Would BE Jackie, with
| jackies in the chorus were Cecil Heus-
tis, Dorothy Martin, JuM Park, Mary
Rugg. Madeline Weaver EVELYN Mann,
| Eveline Winchester. Marjorie Bushnell.
/ Elsie Geger, Marjorie Allen, Ruth Dugan
and Blanche Barber.
| Clayton Piggott as the Duke of High
i Titles was a typical Englishman in
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