Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-02-23
MALCONTA CABARET MINSTREL
POINTERS FOR GAY PAREE

The Malconta Cabaret Minstrel
performance at the opera house
Thursday night exceeded the antici-
patiOns of the large audience that
assembled to enjoy it, The enter
tainment was given for the benefit
of the Americon Legion home fund,
and this object together with the
fact that it was to be home talent
card for the occasion.
The orchestra was one of the fin
est we have had here for many a
day. 1t was composed of eight in
struments: Violins. Mr.. James for
merly of the Hartman theatre or
chestra, Columbus, Mr.. Ballenger, of
the Weller theatre orchestra, Zanes-
Vile; cornet, Harold Savage; from
bone, Carl Ross; baritone, Chas.
White, clarinet, Albert Miller;
drums, John Stahl pianist, DR..
Fayen. They played for their open
. ing number march, "My Gay Hus-
sar, by Mayer, and after the play
by the Rocky Glen boys, they play
ed the beautiful overture "Mari-
tana" by Wallace. These were both
very delightful numbers. The other
selections were popular airs-but
the entire musical program was so
pleasing as to evoke the most pleas
ing comment from all who heard.
The brilliant playing by the orches-
ira had no little to do with the
splendid success of the program.
"The Editor-in-Chief" short
play put on by the Rocky Glen sana-
torium boys was graphic picture
of a newspaper office. H. A. Phil
lips had the part of James Haw-
thorne, the editor-in-chief of the
Yorkville Scream; Elmer Thornton
as William Withrow was the sport
ing editor; Russell Kennerdell was
Charles Jenkins the political editor; !;
w. Walters had the part of James
Johnson the police reporter; Ivan
Allbery did Stephen Jones the So
ciety editor; Ed Tyler was Bill Cut
ter the copy reader; Eugene Donnel-
ly was truly the foreman Of the COM
posing room as Hank Sampson;
John Goodall depicted Sam Buckley
a political boss Walter Nichols the
splurging pugilist Jack Bottles, and
John Goodall was Sam Harrison the
office boy. The boys put on the
play for the most part as realistical-
ly as if each of them had served a
term as "devil" in a printing office
in other words they did it like
veterans in the newspaper game.
When the press broke down for the
twenty-third time in month, when
the pugilist arrived to "clean up
the office. the office force from the
- Def hnx
up the press, mend the machinery,
lick the pugilist, tell the political
boss where to head in, all just as
matter of everyday occurrence. And
when in the midst of all these events
the editor-in-ch chief finds time while
eating a sandwich to propose to his
sweetheart by telephone and is ac-
cepted, the climax comes with the
news that the owner of the Scream
has transferred the paper, its liabil-
tiles and his daughter over to the
persistent and pauent-or impatient
editor-in-chief. There is wild de-
light in the office. The press breaks
down again--it always does just
when YOU think things are going all
right-but where happiness comes
to the print shop as it did to the Of
fee of the yorktown Scream, why
who minds such a trifie! The
force didn't mind it and the audi
ence surely enjoyed 1t.
The next feature was a Court Mar
tial scene in the A. E. F., depicting
the trials and tribulations of buck
private accused of stealing French
mans wine and an officers girl.
This was good. The charming little
French girl Lisette who had stolen
both the officers and the private's
heart was "Bebe" White-and her
part in the performance was indeed
captivating. The court martial
scene was staged with Clarence Har-
kins as Judge; Harry Phillips, clerk
of court; Justus Alderman as Slim,
the buck P. v. T.; Victor Jaynes as
Pierre the Frenchman; George Ar
cher, the General; Lee Spung, the
Colonel; Myron King, the Major;
Ken Longley, the Captain; Howard
Deedrick, 1st lieutenant; Lawrence
Geddes, second lieut.; Pearl Say
age. sergeant; Bernard Spung, first
M. p; Raymond Finley, second M.
p. This was all done in verse-in
ragtime-and was spicy and clever.
The Barnyard Quartet composed
of Jonathan Perkins, Ivan Pennell,
Lawrence Geddes and Dale Perkins,
needs no words here to tell how
their part was enjoyed. They sang
several minstrel numbers and We'll.
Doris Mitchell and Robert King, the
banjo artists, were indeed clever
and delightful in the numbers they
put on. A melodrama followed
ga Shot in the Arm" The scene
was "the Muskingum Club" the
black face artists being Myron King
and George Archer and this gave op-
portunity to spring jokes on local
characters.
"The Malconta Cabaret" furnished
the climax of the program. 1t was
announced as "true picture of
Malconta night life at it's widest at
the Malconta Cabaret and at any
night before curfew." Tom Allen
was the proprietor" of the Cabaret,
his walters, Scalp Eczema, Ring
bone Leftleg, SPAWN Rightleg, Mid
night Express, Raspberry Bush and
Crow Dust, were Glenn Pennell,
Dale Perkins, B. F. Fulks, Robert
King, Ivan Pennell and Jonathan
Perkins, respectively, and what they
did not do is easier told than what
they did.
The scene where the patrons and
patronesses entererd was gay one
as they thronged in - Kenneth
Longley and Miss Donna Dan
ford; Clarence Harkins and Miss
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