The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-26
BAND BENEFIT
SHOW COMING
THE LAND or HAPPINESS, YEHICLh
Pythian Music Makers Will Present Cast
Of Great Excellence Show Will
Be Popular

Through some mistake in the press
the dates of the big musical comedy to
be staged under the auspices of the
X. P. band OF Hood River, entitled
The Land of Happiness, were
stated as being February q and 28,
but the play is TO be staged January 27
and % at the Rialto theatre. the cur
tam rising. both nights at 8.l5 sharp.
The cast has been selected and from
what the producers say, is far superior
tosany of the casts selected in the cit
les previous TO their engagement with
the n. Z. band of Hood River. The
| performance runs two hours and l6
minutes with constant fun and merri-
ment.
Prof. lillian, who is directing the
dancing, and also the play, is classed as
the best of his kind west of Chicago
| and hassdevoted his time to theatrical
productions of the musical comedy ma
ture through the entire United States.
Jack Alden. who is assistant dancing
ana production director. has had n
siderable experience on the stage as
well as appearing in several OF the
foremost pictures produced in the last
few years. He is very capable ari
promises ato give the theatre-g0e uf
Hood River some good. clean eote
tainment.
Prof. Stewart, who ia manager ol
the lillian Producing Company / oa
other clever eutertanei, and a ~
seeing his peri ma re- viii t.
well satisfied with us ".
Inc company earn .es IS 900 ~ I'd
beautiful costumes ol the t.ue most
popular with the Winter Gar8en ana
Zeigheld productions IN New York.
Several sets of very handsome and eX-
penslVe wardrobes will be used for the
first time IN the production in this city.
Special scenic effects are also carried
by the company.
The show is made up of two acts
the first act being a minstrel first part
and girl and song revue, the songs be-
ing direct from the publishers and
prlncipally5popuiar numbers The hrst
act will run approximately an hour aud
l5 minutes. The principal parts are
played by Paul Reed Fred T.. Reed,
Tom Lethlean, c. NJ. Mccormack, Ed
Brice. Jungle Land, the second act.
a musical comedy, is an act taken
from real life on any of the small
South Sea Islands. 1t is something
new IN the musical comedy line aui
different from anything ever
seenshere. This act is filled with com
edy and amusing situations through
out. 1t is delightfully."- wholesome and
pleasing to anyone with sense of
humOr. The principal parts in Jungle
Land are played by Miss Dorothy
Rand, Miss Gertrude Horne, Miss Bet
ty Staten, Paul Reed. Fred Reed,
Frank Morse, G. w. Mccormack, K.
w. Hillam. and A. w. Stewart. All
OF these characters have been we'll
trained.
The following are the laIies and
gentlemen of the chorus:
Alice Carson. Betty Staten. JefaIdine
Chenowerth, Helen Jones, Jane Car
son, Lucille Davis, Myrua Rogers.
Irene Fewell, Bernice McKowen, Emily
ElinOr Derby. Lucille Fer
guson. Geneva Nickelsen, Dorothy
Rand. Dorothy Garrabrant, Bernice
Campbell, Gladys Bright, Leona Van
Allen, Mildred Rogers, Henrietta Bra
,eau, Alberta Carson. Verlene Nickel
sen, ana O. M. Rogers, Paul Reed,
Alfred X. Neil, &. Russell VolstorfF.
}. A. Edward Volstorf. Fred c. Reed,
Mayhem NJ. Carson, Lloyd Loving,
Wayne Mendenhall, Carl Calandra,
ilenn Mendenhall. Carl Orians, Floyd
Dixon, II. f. Morse, c. NJ. McCof-
mack, Tom Lethlean. I'd Buce. Albert
caldwell, Kenneth Fisher, C.. G. Cud-
leford, Jack Alden