The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11
TEXAS Is HERE FOR THE
AUTOM0TNE SHOW
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that another act will be given in his
place Saturday afternoon and night,
which they hope will prove as enter
tanning.
Thursday was Oklahoma city day
and Tulsa day and like those two
cities ii was fair TO look upon. There
was not cloud to darken the sky
there was a smile and a word of
cheer at every turn. 1t was a day
OF supreme triumph for the automobile
men and Ardmore is prouder of the
fraternity today than ii ever was
before.
But it was sadly different this
morning. As the day broke clouds
came with it., fierce lightning flashed
across the heavens dome, the ele-
ments We're disturbed and the roar
like an angry lion was interspersed by
peals of thunder that frightened the
nervous and timid. Torrents of rain
fell, the streets were flooded during
the early morning hours and Texas
Day at the show did not look very
promising.
The Convention Hall doors We're
thrown open again at 2;3O this after
noon and viii open again this evening
at 1880.
The crowd that assembled last night
was the greatest that ever assembled
in the hall. The main building was
full to running over and the annex
built especially for the occasion with
as much floor space as the main build
ing was taxed to take care Of the over
flow crowd.
The great crowds were well enter
tained there was clever stunts and
laughter for every minute and so well
were the stage folk received that the
hundreds who were forced to stand
scarcely moved from their places while
the entertainment was in progress.
There was never a prettier feature
introduced anywhere than Frank Dob
son and his Sirens. Dobson himself
was the feature of his own show. He
sings beautifully, his fine voice filled
the entire automobile arena and his
dancing was superb. The Sirens made
up of a bevy of beautiful clever girls,
presented a high class act 1t was
Just as clean and wholesome as it was
| laugh provoking and this company
made many friends for Ardmore and
| for the automobile fraternity. Ardmore
/ fell in love with Dodson and his COM
pany and we would like to have MIN
/ here oftener.
Another most pleasing feature of the
evening with the automobile people
was Mary Melville and Georgia Rule.
Miss Melville is clever in all that
word means. Her work was especially
| adapted TO the situation last night.
| With the immense crowd and with
! the necessity Of hundreds to stand
there was more or less noise that made
| it tedious to listen 10 those of Annie
Laurie" voices, but Miss Melville pos
sesses a sweet toned voice that carried
10 every part of the great crowd and
her jokes and quips were listened TO
and heard and enjoyed. Every period
provoked hearty laugh and the little
lady had to wait until the noise abated
before she came with a new angle
that provoked a scream. George Rule
played his part we'll as he had to suf-
fer the unrelenting satire Of a wo-
man.
Francis Yates appeared with Gus
/ Reed in a feature that was clever TO
| the last word. Mr.. Yates was in feini-
nine apparel, he sang with feminine
voice and looked the part of the wo-
man until the act reached its climax
of fun when he removed his wig and
/ stood before the auditors a fine speci-
man of young manhood.
Miss Jeanette Childs, known to stage
dom as the 10y girl proved TO be
an impersonator of rare ability. She
mimced n popular screen artist ex-
ceptionally well that each one was
recognized and she held the closest at
tention until the close of her act.
John and Mile Olms appeared in
an act that excited the credulity OF
the crowd Their stunts were so clever
that the crowd wondered II they were
looking at real people performing the
unbelievable things. The act con-
sisted of series of clever illusions
What you saw you did not see. The
eyes of the crowd were made toys
to be played with. The sense Of sight
was led astray at every turn as from
an empty hand one handkerchief after
another was drawn until there were
plenty for milady's wardrobe. No Hin
doc ever played with his crowd with
more unbelievable illusions than these
clever people did last night.
The finale was O canine scene put
on by Charles Henry with his trained
dogs. That was a feature filled with
delights as the little animals acted
with human ingenuity in appearing
as statues. Youngberg's orchestra COW
cred itself with glory and Kept every
dull moment away from the evening
This aggregation of musicians were
well acquainted with the acts and
played with them in a harmonious
way that made the evening delightful
The program Us announced was car
ried out in It's entirety with the eN-
ception of June Elvidge, the motion
picture actress. who did not put on
her sketch "The Crystal Gazer."