The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-04-20
AUXILIARY SHOW
WAS PLEASANT
VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS SCORE A HIT
City and Valley Talent Participates in
Vaudeville Children Win PlauditS
in PenrOd Show

| If any scouts for the Orpheum cir.
cut were here last Friday it may re-
suit in grief for families whose young
sons participated in the Penrod show
of the Women's Auxiliary of the Amer
| ican Legion. The scouts are liable tC
kidnap Jamie Pierson, Bobby Perigo,
Ronald Ingalls,, Kelsay Slocom, Gler
| Abraham and Leonard Slocom and pre-
sent them as the modern Juvenile stage
wonders.
These boys, in an adaptation Of
Booth Tarkington's kid stories, played
with naturalness. They went through
their parts as though the stage were a
real backyard. Self consciousness
seemed lacking, and the audience was
delighted. Kelsay Slocom played the
little darky boy Herman, and jamie
Pierson was that modern Huck Finn,
Penrod Scoield. But for the fact that
it would be a repetition, a sketch OF
the action would be in order. The Ri
alto had every seat taken, however,
every part of the valley being repre-
sented. The tricks of the boys have
already been we'll recounted by word
of mouth.
The well acted parts of the adult
participants carried off the Harrington
sketch to the pleasure of the audience.
z. e Lage played the Rev. Mr.. Kinos-
ling. Mrs. A. G. Lewis and Mrs. c.
II. jenkins were gossiping spinsters,
calling at the home of George Bassett.
who was Leonard Slocom, the sanity
child. When George used the word
hell, it caused Mrs. Jenkins to faint.
upset the minister and left his mother,
part admirably played by Mrs. A. S.
Keir, in state of collapse.
Except for "Dear Old Yale" seri-
GUS skit, with some moments of COM
edy interrupting tragedy, the show
was musical. The cast was:
Father Astador, c. N. Clarke; Prof.
Lathrop Peabody, Of Yale University,
Geo. r. Wilbur; Eli Morris, protege
of Peabody, Harold Hershner; Mr..
Hurst, F. A. Cram; Edith Hurst, Ger
trude Horne; Mr.. Scranton, Hugh G..
Ball; Marjory Scranton, Mrs. c. N.
Clarke.
A party of Yale archaeologists. one
of whose members has killed a Xeri-
beck barbarian, is stopping at Syrian
mission house when the nomads send
word that the mission will be wiped
out unless one of the men is turned
over to pay the death debt for the
killed Xeribeck. The choice of a sac
rifice is made by lot-a game of draw
poker, in which all of the men partici-
pate. One by one the players drop out
until Mr.. Hershner. who play the part
of rich mans son prodigal, out on
| the scientific expedition as the protege
| of the professor, and Mr.. Wilbur alone
are left. The cards are dealt Mr.. Will
bur announces his hand and then Mr..
Hershner dropping his cards, says:
al drew for a flush and didn't get it.
Fate is playing as she should. 1t is
right that this should fall on me.
He then asks to be left alone for a
time. and when the others have filed
out he takes from his pocket the pic
ture of girl, bending over it at a
table uttering like prayer the follow
ing:
wonder if have"
In the morning, the women still in
ignorance of the approach of tragedy,
the barbarians come and make their
demands. Mr.. Hershner. before going
forth to his doom, asks twice for the
song, Good Old Yale" As he leaves
Mrs. Clarke notes the card hands and
while looking at them expresses aston
ishment at one. Mr.. Wilbur seizes it,
finds a royal flush, sinks to the table
in anguish, crying:
"That was Morris hand ]"
The Legion double male quartet.
dressed Immediately and with dignity
in dress suits, were encored following
two numbers. The singers were:
Allyn Button. Verne Horne, Earl
Fleischman, E. K. Goodwin, John Car
son, Toivo Annala, Don Metzgus, Will
lam Bryan, Hans Hoerlein, director.
In solo and chorus singing and in
pleasing dances the participants in
"Madamoiselle Paree," sketch with
out plot but characterized by action
and music. were very pleasing. Co.'S
tuning was elaborate. The remarks
on the Penrod boys, relative to scouts,
might apply to the chorus and princi
pals in this little musical sketch, a
presentation of beauty, rhythm and
pleasant songs. Miss Dorothy Rand.
recently heard here in the X. of z.
show, took a lead in the "Paree"
show. Miss Rand sings with an en-
thusiasm that is good to listen to, and
her voice indicates that her songs will
be demanded by many more audiences
far and near.
The acts of this sketch, the final
number of the evening. included:
CASTOR, Don Metzgus; Fleurette,
Mrs. Frank Gilbert; Pierre, W. j. Col
lier: Marie, Dorothy Rand. Chorus,
from Follies Begere, Mrs. Chas. N.
Clarke. Mrs. Floyd L. French. Kath-
ryn Baker, Mrs. Edgar Franz, Mrs.
Corbett Alexander, Harriet Hamann.
The Gypsy Rovefs Of the high school,
with Mrs. c. H. Henney directing,
whose operetta won them an ovation
the week before, were just as good in
selections for the Auxiliary show.
Mrs. l.. L. Murphy, who directed
the show, gave two reading numbers.
She followed an overture By Kolstad s
orchestra, which by the way. play with
a technique and abandon that no met
ropolitan aggregation can excel, with
little greeting, and later gave a
Second Hand Rose" which won her a
long round Of applause and required
an encore number before the audience
would desist.
The show was good and the audience
left in rare good kgmOr, all ready to
say:
."HellO, Mrs. Murphy. Good Bye. 1t
was fine"
The American Legion Auxiliary
wishes to thank all who took part in,
or in other ways contributed to the
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