Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-02-15
PLAYS TO THREE HOUSES


past. but the whole community is still
smiling, and the three packed houses
which greeted the performance not
only netted the local Legion Post a
tidv sum, but made certain that the
pleasing affair viii be made an annual
event to be staged as near Lincoln's
birthday as possible. Concerning the
general merit of the show, il is enough
to say that it is the first home talent
production ever exhibited in Niroqua
for three successive nights.
The program opened with a poppy
and classic overture. In fact, many
remarked that the music by the or
chestra throughout the show was alone
worth the price Of admission. Director
c. G.. Culver and the orchestra donated
their services. and are entitled to
much credit for their efficient work.
Louise Mcintosh, Blair R. Snerrick,
Kenneth McMasters, Bernard Curtis,
Emmanuel Felix, E. p Kuehn. Sever
Larson, Russell Brewer, George Grit
fin and Fred Longworth composed the
orchestra.
AS the curtain rose with the double
circle standingand singing that catchy
song, @Ain't You Coming Out Malin-
da, a wave of applause greeted them.
The darky faces. the white trousers
and dark coats and red fezes, the gro
tesque costumes of tire end men. and
the portly interlocutor in full dress
surely made a pleasing sight. Attor-
ney Harold Proctor as lnterlocutOr
and @. G. Brown, f. NJ. Nye, T. NJ.
Brewer and Amund Tuhus as endmen
surely did their part of the show up
brown The crop of jokes kept the
audience in continual howl of delight
one man in particular having to be
removed from the hall each night by
Officer Berlie Morse because of I'M
usual merriment. Friday night John
Gorsline went to assist Berlie nj TAX
ing him out. The joke went across
big each night, thanks to Ray Verge
ront's lung power. Otto Brown with
his hat trick and the couple of bushels
of truck he got out of it, was a per-
| feet scream, especially when he de-
stroyed the hats borrowed from the
audience and the owners arose in pro-
test, to the great delight of the crowd
jerry Dawson threw in an unexpect-
ed feature the second night when he
ATTACHED the box Office receipts to pay
! for the hat which Ralph Nuzum had
borrowed of him.
f. NJ Nye and son Robert, Kenneth
| Brewer, II. f. Goldsmith and Gerald
! Anderson rendered solos in pleasing
manner and were accorded generous
applause. Kurt Doering with his "Ten
Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
made the big hit of the musical end
of the program, with Messrs. Zell-
mer, Nye, Brewer and Goldsmith a
close second with their quartette, 81
Amt Nobody's Darling" The singing
of the chorus of Mr.. Nye's song from
the balcony by his son Robert was a
novel feature. Able vocal work was
done by the chorus: Lou Potts, Ed
Stroup, Herbert Hartie, Leland Bar
clay, VIII Schrode, Norman Larson,
G.. A. Cutter, ID. E. Slack, Neil Nell
Ison, DIR. A. ID. Fortney, John Schmidt,
John Bann, S. ]. Paulsen, Chester
Paulsen.
Mr.. Nye and Mr.. Goldsmith are
deeply grateful for the bouquet hand
ed them the last night.
Part Two opened with a sketch BY
Wood Brothers entitled 1.-THE Dough-
boys Barage." 1t was the hit of the
evening. Henry has poise and fine
stage presence while Losey is as fine
a natural negro comedian as could be
ina gined. Their act was perfect
scream, Losey has pulled it many
times while with the army IN France
and Germany, and he sure is there.
The manuel of arms by Sergeant
Drank J. Bammert and the rifle squad
Paul Garin, Ernest Stout, Ray WEIGH,
Cyrus Frohock, Clarence Hoff, Eddie
Anderson, John Bann and Otto Wroble,
was a fine piece Of work and reflected
much practice to acquire the degree of
precision they exhibited
Next came Mademoiselle Highkick-
ski in the latest song and dance inter-
pretations. This famous Russian bal
let dancer had been imported at enor-
nous expense for this occasion, and
she sure was worth the price, being
called back by the audience three
times. We don't see why Ray YER
geront persists in wasting his time on
the farm when he could make a mil
lion dollars as a dancer They don't
make 'en any better.
"The Awkward Squad" pretty near
" put the audience on the floor. Such
collection of non-de-script uniforms
and equipment reminded one of the
Russian Soviet. Tom Garin and his
old Civil War cavalry SAILOR were in
command, with Whitney Morrison as
corporal. Privates Losey Wood
"Swede" Anderson, Fred Rhodes, Har-
ry Fehlberg, Gene Hall, Joe Wemette,
Dan Carr and Jitley Norris each had
his little joke or stunt that brought
down the house.
Kenneth Brewer with his banjo and
collection of "awfulest" songs ever
composed, was a real treat and en-
core getter.
The program closed with most
impressive tableaux-Mrs. Whitney
Morrison as Red Cross nurse, e. c.
Helgeson as color guard, J.W Schmidt
as a marine and Harold Stoll as a
sailor, and the rifle squad, grouped
around Old Glory, the rifles at present
and the audience standing while the
orchestra played "The Star Spanglec
Banner" II was a fitting close to a