The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-20
ROTARY SHOW At
SUGG PROVES To
Be BIC SUCCESS
Minstrel Revue Is Real Performances
From start to Finish; Gorgeous
Settings and Costumes
Are Features.
LAST PERFORMANCE IS
TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT
New. snappy Songs, Plenty Of Ac-
tion, Screaming Comedy Lines
Go 10 Make up Six Episodes
Of Mrth and Melody.

For finish. smoothness and profes.
sional appearance, perhaps no
amateur show ever staged In Chick
asha can surpass the Minstrel Re.
vue of the Chickasha Rotary club.
staged last night at the Sugg theatre
under the direction OF Jack Mock OF
the Rogers Producing company.
Two more performances are booked.
One was 10 be a matinee this after
noon at $3.50. given free to the pupils
In the city ward schools. and the
final performance is billed for THIS
evening at S:l5.
That the show was a success was
evidenced from the generous ap-
plause given throughout the entire
piece. There was not a dull moment
from the opening Of the minstrel
first part, through the six episodes
ending with the tingling. jingling
miniature musical comedy, "Nothin
but Rice"
The minstrel men received n re-
sounding storm of applause as the
curtain rose, due perhaps TO the
gorgeous setting and costuming. This
opening of the show. paved the way
for nearly two hours OF mirth and
melody and proved to be in every
sense of the word a real minstrel
first part, a la AL G. Fields or Honey
Boy Evans of old. The soloists
worked like veterans and the COM
edians put over clever, sparkling
lines.
The first part was followed by a
number of. selections by quartet
composed of Rev. Clifford i. James,
Roy Cornwall, Harry Goes, and G. II.
Newell That this organization scored
a decided hit, was evidenced by the
storms of applause after every num-
Der.
Paul Griffith and Ira Baldwin fur
nished, in the third episode, some
ten minutes of slap-stick comedy
that went over with a bang. The
skit lived entirely up to its program
name of "Just Nonsense" but was
all that it was intended to be-
screamingly funny. Weird negro cos
tunes added much to the piece.
One of the most attractive num-
bers of the entire program, was the
of the sextette from the
opera Floradora. In this, some of
the best voices to be found in the
city were assembled. The Floradora
girls were: Gertrude Hart, Faye
Luginbyhl, Mabel Butler, Anna Lee
Marsh, Euta Clarkson and Evelyn
Mallory. The Floradora men were:
Kenneth Watkins, w. A. Grady, John
Martin, Earl Coffey, T. Norris West
and Nelson Malone
The songs and dances Of Miss Nita
Bassett in episode five, proved one
of the highlights of the revue. 1t
was a novelty act of singing, dancing
and piano numbers in which Mrs.
A. G. McKain, Miss Bassett and Jack
Mock, the director, appeared. Withal,
it was one of the distinct features
Of the show.
In "Nothin' but Rice" the final
episode, the house, which was crowd
ed to the doors, saw one Of the
daintiest, pleasing pieces ever
staged in Chickasha. Special scenery
with gorgeous costumes gave per-
feet Chinese effect. If the star cpl
sode of the program could be picked,
perhaps the honors would go to
"Nothin' but Rice"
Arthur Kinds as philip" the negro
valet of Henry Hunter (Jeff Will
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