Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-25
FO[L|ES GREAT
HIT At KEYP0RT
Given by Employees of Aero
marine Co. for Benefit of 2
Fire Companies

KEYPORT, April 25:-Every seat
in the Surf theatre was sold for the
performance of the "Follies," given
by the employees of the Aeromarine
Company Monday night. Camp stools
were used and standing room was
also in vogue. The entertainment
a staged by the employees OF the
company as a benefit for the Hook &
Ladder Company and Liberty Hose
Company.
The director was J. Bullwinkle
and the committee included c. r.
Mullen chairman, Edward Smith, F.
H. VanRiper. The committee will
be able TO report the proceeds within
a few days.
The "Follies'' included a two-aet
musical comedy with a program of
four attractive numbers between the
acts. The cast included the following:
Glenn Hardy, A. Shumacher: Cyrus
Wilcox, w. f. Rothermund; Ann
Wilcox. his daughter. Miss Gladys
Croes; Mr.. Berrie, a real estate brok-
er, W. r. Provost; Reuben Hardy,
son of Glenn Hardy, William Smith;
Jimmie Murphy. Daniel Harris;
Name Sweeney, Miss Genevieve Calf;
Mr.. Smith, another broker, Albert
Raven; Dopey Murphy, a snowbird,
Eddie Lund; Constable Murphy, a
tin star cop, Eddie Lund; Sweeney, a
bootlegge-'s victim, w. Breingan:
Hank, w. Breingen; A stick-up guy,
nuf sed, Harry Lund; Sally Brown,
breezed out of town to see Broadway,
Mrs. Schumacher: Officer Kelley, a
typical cop, Richard Deveney; the
Major, a confidence man. j. Thomp-
son; Dial Hawkins, a town busybody,
William Donovan; Miss Purt, she
wouldn't say darn" Miss Marvel
Raven; Miss Pain, guaranteed pain
less, Miss Josephine Calf; Deaf,
Harry Lund; Dumb, Albert Raven;
F'atima, Jack Sullivan.
Musical numbers were: Act, 1:
Opening, chorus girls and kids;
Nellie Kelly, Officer Kelly and kids;
you're a Pain in the Neck to Me-"
Jimmie, Name and chorus: Don't
Forget" Ann and Reuben; Down
by the Old Apple Tree" Sally, Jim
mic, Name and kids; closing num-
bers, entire company. Between the
Ago" Love Sends a Little Gift of
Roses" Louis Van Erman; novelty,
William Egan; Rotations, Harry
Aail0 ALdAA COlO1 1AG fOOutH
Soldier" Elmer Davis.
Act 2: Opening, chorus girls;
limbo, Jambo," Constable, Lady
Fatlma, Misses Hohenstein and
Kelly; Thine Will TELL" Ann and
Reuben; Much Nicer" Constable,
Major and chorus; ;"Somebody Stole
My Girl" Sally and Reuben: "In Our
Parlor," Jimmie and Name; az Can't
Help Loving Every Girl I See," Major
and chorus; finale, entire company.
The personnel of the chorus in
cluded Misses Eleanor Dey, Carolyn
Dey, Valerie Wethered, Florence
Croes, Marjorie Hardy, Thelma Ray
mond, Dorothy Ashby, Louis Cor
ham, Mae Hohenstein. Rose Kelly,
Anna Janeskie, Leonia Martin and
Gladys DuFour.
Kids: Edward Kelly. Raymond
Dane, Charles Hall, Joseph Marine,
Austin. Finger and James Wallace.
Personnel of orchestra: Conduc-
tor, Carl A. Gloss. violinist; piano,
William Bullwinkle; cornet, Willis
Bovine; trombone, Harold Hollowell;
bass viol, Justus r. Camp; clarinet,
Thomas Davern; traps, Elmer Davis.
Prior to the closing number Miss
Genevieve Calf, Miss May Hohenstein
and Miss Rose Kelly we're presented
with handsome flowers in a%pprecia-
ton of their efforts to make the
"Follie5' a success.