Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-07
American Legion Perform.
ance At Met Entertains
81 Large Crowd
tBy GEORGE 4. BENSON.

will be that the fiEtIt&. lnESthe Met Will
80 out again andNthe door will be
barred till some entcrprisinE local
folks, hungry for entertainment,
come along and crackNt open for an
amateur performances 'olN twp.
1t is 4 long time since l have sat
in judgment with the gods, and 1t wal
a pleasure to renew the happy task,
although It Is the last hercabouts. 1t,
those upon the boards wero young
men and women OF our own town, and
that among them were the friends
and comrades of many happy adven-
lures OF mine. They were excellent
in their roles; and happy in their VI
forts, even though they.were singing
a farewell to me. Tecming memoir
les of the past-memories Of many
plays and many songs and many
.stars-came to ME as the melodies of
'yesteryear were called back. And as
the wistful strains came from the pi-
n and violin during a pause in the
performances thought again Of the
happy people behind the curtain and
Of the old days, 10 writ in a chap
ter that Is closed. I am leaving them
behind, the old friends too" but 1t
was a happy adventure to ait with
them and play. with then, again be-
fore the new adventure dawns.
But I outstay my time Cindy waits
In the wings, ana with her are the
Prince and Robinson Crusoe and San
ia Claus and the Fairy Godm other
and Blanche. sand there.FwaiG too,
Friday and Saturday and LILY White,
that irreprcssible trio, and all the
make things merry. ] must join them
In the Land of Hearts Desire, for
there we may find Peter Pan, too,
Like all the comedy operas and all
revues, the Judges need not consider
plot. There never is a plot, except,
perhaps, In an Irene or a. Blossom
1t starts out like an old per-
Torrance Of the. FoIlies, to give a
brief glimpse Of life behind the foot
lights. and it wanders far afield to
deserted isles and fairyland, only to
full. smile o N its face to BRING batk
the olden, golden days. In it's ira
wells, it has. some very fine moments,
and, again like all revues, it. has, some
that are not so fine. -. 49, \.
:. From the moment when 81 Poppler,
business man Of much success and In
terpreter extraordinary Of the joys
and foibles of life, stepped down to
the orchestra. pit to begin the rehoar-
sal Of his show, till atho final ensemble
the audience enjoyed the whole per-
.formance. They enjoyed it because.
they saw the talented young people
Of their own town giving Other best
and happiest, and today they will see
that friends and neighbors hurry. to
tbs Met and bay tickets for tonight's
performance. !, ~
All Of those who took part did adj
mirable work. There was Miss Mabel
Stem. who possesses an excellent So
prano voice which has gwen me
pleasure on many other occasions.
Here h was in a new role. and
one that she did we'll by. She sans
exce!Iently, as always, and she acted
Just as finely IS she SANG. t
have known ST Poppler MS AN,
entertainer. for mahy moons, but ,uh.
til last night l did know him as such
la fine actor. His stage director was
the right amount of nonchalance and
penetrating sercasrnt.to make II h
typical stage director, His burlesquing
in the dream scenes vas OF the kind
that only 81 can do I
And there was Hebe Edwards, too.
He. was cast as an impressario,. q
role very familiar to him, for. he has
life. He is the local Pagliacci, as
Anna Cases accompanist once called
him. but l saw in hkn, too, 4 trace OF
the Will Rogers Of droll repaytee.
Howard belong who can both act
and sing, was very good as the prime.
He made a capital lover, a role, one
suspects, familiar to him. His fine
There was che Sig four" twere
they thinking Of the immortal sextet
when they so designated theral; Vera
Disbrow, Mrs. Ransom Barnes, Sadye
Carney n Jean Dreeland, four
younk ladies who were visions for ex-
sctins yes and exeellsnt in their
played Cindy's chum, was unusually
good in song and dance. and with
her were the three bears: Sam. De-
Renler, Frank LaBins and Joe Rablr-
ovich. Need say that thsy were
bears? Their roles We're familiar to
them. too. evensto Joseph. wearsr Of
the m~any:eolored coat ,that N excel
ers. (
opening scenes, md aid Ans work.
They came ana went upon Crysos''e
Island ana in the Land Of Hearts
Desire, but they mad otheys to Ass.st
ent in the haBilinpents Of RohinsoH
Crusoe.. But when he started his
song and whom he called attention
to8the wild women that alYays are
was one. Of the. bright lights 81 the
2~srfermancs; chiefly becaIgs he re-
Then. too. came vioisV LtEspefance.
aadelightfIl vii i-o'-the-Eisp. when she
liz entertaining folk, and Rilly Watson
and Paul Danforth. They were ths