The mirror., 1923-12-27
CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT

Through the courtesy of Messrs Finkel-
stein and Ruben, Mr.. Burton Meyer, Man
aging Director of the New Empress
theatre, St. Paul, and the New Palace
theatre, Minneapolis presented Frank L.
Wakefeld's Winter Garden Revue "King
Strutt' in the prison auditorium on Christ
mas Day.
Fortunately and unfortunately (para-
doxical as the statement may seem) we
have had the pleasure of seeing several
holiday performances given by outside
talent in our auditorium. But never have
we seen a show that gave such universal
satisfaction to our inmates nor one that
was received with such acclaim as was
the one given here on Christmas morning
by the players of the above theatres.
Billy Moosey and Nat Fields proved
their right to the position they have at
tanned in the armament as stars of the first
magnitude. AS to the other members of
the company it would be difficult to select
any one of them as deserving of more
mention than the others as they were all
SO good that we shall merely class them
as whole and say that they were so per-
feet in their parts and rendered them in
so credible a manner that one instantly
recognized them as members of the dram
attic profession who had climbed so high
on the ladder of fame, in their chosen
field, as to be within reach of the top
Most rungs.
AS for the CHORUS" remark made by
a local baseball fan seemed apropos when
he said 81 thought Ny, our speed King
cut quite a figure with his curves but he
is not in it when it comes to figures and
eurvcs with the chorus in the Winter
Garden Revue" One thing is positive
and that is that the w. @. r. Chorus is
as classy bunch of feminine loveliness
as one could wish to see in-well-the
M. S. P. auditorium.
eyes! we have no 'bald-head row, girls,
as in our playhouse all patrons are seated
in the order in which they arrive, without
preference being shown to anyone. You
see we live in city that you could term
the Socialists "dream-city" realised, or,
the socialists Utopia" as there is no diff
ference depicted between the social strata
of our inhabitants, all being on a parity.
1t matters not whether one be rich or poor,
educated or uneducated, intelligent or ig-
norant, as there is no class distinction, and,
consequently. all are treated alike.
The Pacific Four Harmony Singers was
as fine quartette as ever appeared in our
play house.
The New Palace Theatre orchestra,
whose personnel consists of the following
players; Louis Hurt, Director, O. Teschion,
H. Stein, F. Beer, Frank Hren, Randy
Erlitz and Roy Schweiger, accompanied
the Winter Garden Revue and discoursed
music of the most delightful character,
and in such manner as to proclaim the
members thereof to be artists far superior
to those ordinarily found in theatrical
orchestras.
The Property men and those assisting
on the stage were: Jake Haesly, George
LeClair, Bert Wheeler, Frank Barnacle,
Jake Perlman.
To say that we are thankful to the own
ers and the management of the New En-
press and New Palace theatres and the
players and chorus and orchestra for the
great treat accorded us in the presentation
of King Strut would fall far short of
expressing ,the real gratitude we feel.
However, we do appreciate what it meant
for them to come over here and give an
early morning performance after having
been up late the night before giving their
regular performance and we assure them