The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-04-28
oh! OH! CINDY
DELIGHTFUL
Barre Amateurs Put On
a Pleasing Per-
formance
UNDER AUSPICES
OF WoMAN's CLUB
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Second Perform 2 e Will
Be Given : is
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| The Barre Woma 8 lub, which has
been the means g wing to Barre
many delightful = > of entertain
ment in the years pat, scored another
| hit last night in the local talent play,
I-Oh. OH Cindy," a large audience be-
ing present and all being enthusiastic
in their praise Of the production, the
| director and the participants. More
than H5 persons had been drilled In
i the past few weeks by Russell i. Row.
land, under the management of the
John B. Rogers Producing company.
and much OF the success OF the under
/ taking il attributed to his untiripg
energy. as well as to the interest
shown by the participants themselves.
Anyway, it was a very finished pro-
/ duetion last night which the audience
was permitted to enjoy.
/ The theme OF the play is that Gin.
derclla Van Alstync Of the Ziegfeld
Follies. known as "Cindy,r becomes
tired of her surroundings OF the thea
tire and desires to try the life of Rob
inson Crusoe for a time to learn his
secret OF contentment. Through the Sc
crecy of the fairy godmother, who j.
Terence O'Hooligan, stage director OF
the show, in disguise, her wish comes
true, and she finds herself and the
members of the company on the island.
Immediately business begins to pick
| up and the cannibals prepare for q great
| barbecue. selecting for their choice
morse Santa Claus, the promoter of
| the show. Crusoe comes to the front
and reveals the fact that his life as
a castaway has not been entirely with
out interest. But he isn't contentcd.
| Neither arc Friday and Saturday. who
are rivals for the affection of Miss
Lily White, the cannibal queen. Final
" all decide that contentmept is not 10
be found on the island and they fv
back by aeroplane to the Land Of
Hearts Desire.
In the Land of Hearts Desire new
troubles reveal themselves. Cindy be-
comes angry because it is unnecessary
for her to go down town to do her
own shopping, and Friday protests be-
cause he is not given a chance to re-
veal his artistry on the bass drum.
There is no telling what will happen,
but at this juncture someone smashes
the magical apparatus and the spell is
.,roken. Cindy awakens in her dress
ing room at the theatre; the evening
performance Of the sFollies" begins
and everything ends happily.
Perhaps the most versatile Of the
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who seemed perfectly at home, whether
as Terence o'Hooligan, director of the
"Follies," or as the fairy godmother-
He was "some" fairy. If you didn't see
him last night you viii want to to-
night Cindy herself, Miss Madeline
Gladding, was thoroughly enjoyed.
Charming in appearance. easy in stage
manner and thoroughly natural in her
part, she left nothing to be desired in
interpretat tion. Then there was Leone
Reynolds, as Blanche BlondiDa. Cindy's
chum. who both sang and acted in
way that won and merited hearty ap.
plause.
James Ingram. as Robinson Crusoc,
had a difficult part but made the most
of it and the realistic portrayal of his
first evening at movie brought down
the house. Miss Margaret Roberts ms
Lily White, Cindy's maid and later
cannibal queen, was at her best and
brought a laugh in the latter character
depletion whenever she appeared. The
way she marched the black men Of The
island about, n. Maurice Bouve and
Paul Giacherie, Friday and Saturday,
was caution. Just To
know that Ralph Oliver was TO take
the part of Ferdinand Gotrox, promoter
II the "Folliess and later Santa Claus,
was sufficient to warrant the skilful
portrayal of that character. and his
work was no disappointment TO shc
audience
Then there were the "hie four" Mil
ircd L. Lander, Mary Hoban. Dorothy
I. Perry and Catherine C. Brown;
Hap" Watkins as Jim. the stage
,and: Billy Howic, Nafne n. Perry
md James L. Biegs, az vaudeville
cam, known a "the three bears
Herbert MacNcely, Stephen Craig. "ths
,rince,s Cleora Reynolds as le crier and
Elsie Bruya, Dorothy Boycc and Hayel
;authier, as messengers. These assist
d materially in their saappy songs,
Iances and acting.
The ~Soncs Of Yesterday and To.
Iay." toward the end Of the perform
Ince was s pretty innovation. Miss
,leora Reynolds As le crier bringing
'aek the spirits of former songs. Ths
came in response TO her cali;
After the Ball. Dot Page. Max Ma.H,
diiton Bradley; ~Two Little Girls IN
tue" Lena Danziro and Phyllis Ham
lton: Indians. Alene Walker. Bertha
.iorn. Doris Ahern, Salvina Puec.:
rish girls. Gina Tosi. Violet Milne;
lnaker girls. Mary Clubh. Elsie Bruya,
1izabeth BECK. Ellen Sullivan; NV
fothers Rosary" Leone Reynolds.
apanese girls, Ina Mcdonald, Clara
Iennett. Eleanor Lcbourvesu. Doris
lewton; Hula girls. June Tassis and
ouine Coffin: ~Smiles,r soloist. Mar
,rie Worcester: Oriental girls, Doris
gvlie. Fiorcpce Scott. Alice Bradfora,
erna Sarteil: starlight girls, frcm
ckle toe chorus
Besides these special characters there
ere the Police girls. the cannibais,
viatisn corps. kiddics. kidicts hail.
ains. drummcrs and ;icklc-tocs. wha
numbers made up ~ evenings pro-
rsrf 81 great merit. Miss Beatrice T.