The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-09-14

y f..tnrFS. concerts anu enter
u Following out the pro-
fl'9 Tho week, the entertainment
Oh ef ~ lay opened with a con-
.l al.n by Max Gegna, 'cellist,
l ser@ Brookhurst contralto, and
s XII, pianist. This This, was as a
s s'ant collection of skilled mus
li sa1 tbey each and one stand
d. ~ in a class by themselves.
, e. we're warmly and en-
Jun l!a9lg received and many en-
s ..ars demanded. The closing
s'' aAt the End of a Perfect
!, las sung by Miss Brookhurst,
W. a'5 accompaniment of both the
and cello.
. aaa evening the big tent was
or,. filled when Miss Grace
W uilIs. a great favorite with
'.san people. and supported by
.ilent company Of players, pre-
the shakespearian play, Com
rrrors. or shall we say it could
|s,ly named The Two Sets of
This was one of the very
&c that has ever been brought
|@boqan by the Redpath system,
on \ par with anything that
nry presented to Skowhegan.
ky the players who were letter
in their rendition of lines and
and the eostuming itself went
L. up presentation that re-
|sDpreciatiye applause from first
lions to the play, Supt. Cook,
|her usual grace and charm,
! od Miss Mills, who gave a
Address and also an outline or
H. Of the play, and in her re
she laid especial stress on the
h people should live and cult
Lre good wholesome fun in all
klr life and she also told a good
the works of Shakespeare. She
u an ovation at the close OF
h lnformal address, as well
M high-class interpretive act
|Oughout the piece.
Two "Dromios," which was
everybody was mixed on the
hen by Edward Forbes and Al
Iirey, kept everybody in roars
ghter. while the other set of
The two leading men in the pre-
On Antipholus of Ephesus and
Olns of Syracuse, taken by
Hogarth and Leslie Cecil, also
} audience guessing most of the
nd the comedy of errors these
rsonages caused from the rise
fall of the curtain on the last
"a real acting. The same can
of each and every member of
81 and we have not the time
,ace to enumerate and detail
Ne would like about this play,
to say, people will have more
4 in William Shakespeare, both
Is PLAYS and his books than ever
By afternoon occurred the ma
rus and it proved to be real
his festival for hundreds of kid
thered under the big tent to
lir young friends perform. Miss
was introduced by Mrs. Cook
|ry graciously addressed the
Two prizes were offered for
h gotten up poster for the cir
h the first prize of a fountain
/ won by Lynette Mantor while
Frsharp pencil which was the
prize went to Elizabeth Brown
IA Washbnrn who had made a
together. The circus itself
aged under the direction of
= elle Kuhn, who acted as ring
and the way she put the To-
dren through their stunts, was
lie and made more fun and
ban anything else ever staged
fst the children since the Chau-
rst began to visit Skowhegan.
why, there were all kinds of
and then sOme-all taken by
bys and girls, consisting of
rs, rabbits. frogs, bears, box
ngaroes, CRATES elephants
etc. The ringmaster in cos
Explained the appearance of
fh lines and verses. The dances
Tarious nations were also in
X and were nicely done by each
ing the part.
ircus was made more complete
presence of four Highland
in costume, with their bag
ID drums and dancing which
long way in making the circus
Fess it proved to be.
along came "Humpty-Dnmp-
ost eomical clown in the per-
Kay Law. a child welfare and
orker in the schools of New
d in the process of his clown
rs he found time between
and stunts to give q very apt
stratife health talk. to not
children. but to the older
well. This certainly was
Of the closing of the after
riormance which ended with
irade around the interior of
led by the bagpipes and
PiFs. Kuhn were three moon
IS assistants to the Man il
whom the ringmaster repre-
They were Airline Fernald,
pre- and Lynette Mantor. The
ants, the ostrich and the Cir
lshed by Redpath delighted
rs with their antics. The
one of the Highland Lassies
Oh the leading features, while
ie prettiest numbers was the
&c of the flower girls who
cir queen in blossoms. The