The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-02-02
X. P. BAND SHOW
SCORES Big HIT

II it had been dull the 1000 anc
, more Hood River men and women anC
children who were at the Rialto the
atre last Friday and Saturday nights
to see the talent and beauty of the
city in 1.-The Land of Happiness
might have complained at the length
of the show. But 1t was interesting
from rising curtain until the choru:
participated in the finale. Considering
the limited time of rehearsals the am.
ateur show was remarkably good. II
was riot of action, some songs ano
much nonsense, which is a good thing
for the best of men now and then, and
the stage settings and cOstuming could
not be bettered by the best trained
professional players, whose hackers
would be liberal in expenditures. The
applause was generous and the laugh
ter on an occasion or two was uproari-
GUS. The show was produced for the
Knights of Pythias band, who will
utilize their portion of the proceeds in
the purchase of new uniforms, by the
Stewart lillian Co. Art Stewart, r.
W. lillian and Jack Alden, who
drilled the players, took leading parts,
but their appearance was far less in
teresting than that Of local boys and
girls.
Paul and Fred Reed, end men in the
minstrel show of the first act, gave the
show more laugh kicks than all of the
others put together. These brothers
also were chief participants in the last
act, wherein the musical comedy sketch
embodying ludicrous incidents of the
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| songs of Misses Dorothy Rand, Betty
| Staten and Alberta Carson were ap-
pealing. The grace and beauty of
Misses Leona Van Allen and Dorothy
Garrabrant in "The Spring Dance"
won applause and encores. No num-
ber. however, presented a picture of
greater sweetness than that of tiny lit
tie Misses Henrietta Brazeau and Yer
Lene Nickelsen in Dance of the Mari
onettes."
In the "Jungle Land" part of the
program r. W. lillian took the part of
Chief Kookoo, king of a cannIbal isle.
His makeup was the most fantastic
ever seen in Hood River. He was an
animated totem pole, whose facial con-
tortions were nightmarish. Other par
tlcipants of the first act not already
mentioned were: Tom Lethlean, C.
W. Mccormack, Mayhem Carson and
Alfred +. Neal, who won applause in
a solo. Miss Irene Fewel executed
one of the prettiest Of the solo dances
of the first act, giving "The Incense
Dance"
During the intermission Walter
Wells pleased the audience with a vi
olln solo. He was accompanied bV
Mrs. Meade.
The cast of characters in "Jungle
Land" included:
Me Likumblood. secretary to king, |
Fred Reed Guardo, who protects the |
chief, G. W. Mccormack; Me Katch- |
umskull, chief executioner, Frank |
Morse; Mrs. Moneybags, with ambl-
tlons for title, Gertrude Horne; Peg
gy Moneybags, her daughter, Miss
Dorothy Rand.
Mickey, One Round Flynn. the tough
valet, Paul Reed Jack Weatherby, in
quest of Peggy, Art Stewart; Princess
Geegee Feegee Prettyface, Miss Betty
Staten The Six Little Wives-Leona
Van Allen, Dorothy Garrabrant, Jana
Carson, GLADYS Bright, Geraldine
Jhenewick. Eleanor Derby.
The X. of F. Band orchestra, C.. ID.
Nickelsen, director, was Miss Opal
Walker, piano; Walter Wells, violin;
ieo. Zolls, clarinet; Ed Poyer, clari-
let; Harry Connaway, cornet; Harold
detcalf, cornet; A. /. Page, French
lorn; l.. F. Brazeau, trombone Milton
Forbes, trap drums.
Ladies of the chorus were: Alice
larson. Betty Staten, Geraldine Chen
with, Helen Jones, Jane Carson, Lu-
lille Davis, Myrna Rogers, Irene
'ewell, Bernice McKowen, Emily Me
,owen, Eleanor Derby. Lucille Fer
uson. Genevra Nickelsen. Dorothy
land, Dorothy Garrabrant, Bernice
campbell, Gladys Bright, Leona Van
.llen, Mildred Rogers, Henrietta Bra
eau, Alberta Carson, Verlene Nickel
en-.
Gentlemen of the chorus: o. M.
.ogers, Paul Reed, Alfred r. Neal, G.
useel VOlstorff, G. A. Edward Vol
Lorff. Fred c. Reed. Mayhem Carson,
lloyd Loving, Wayne Mendenhall, Carl
alandra, Glenn Mendenhail, Carl Ori-
rs. Floyd Dickson, II. F. Morse, C.
Z. Mccormack, Tom Lethlean. Ed
rice. Albert Caldwell, Kenneth Fish
+, c. c. Cuddeford, Jack Alden.