Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1923-12-13
THE ELKS SHOW
GOES OVER BIG
First Performance Of Minstrel Mus
icaI Comedy Revue Is Given
At Al. Ringing Theater

"The Jollies of 1924" as presented
by the Baraboo B. P. 0. Elks at the
AL Ringing theater on Monday even
ing was enthusiastically received by
an audience which filled the house
almost to capacity. The show, which
consisted of two acts and several
scenes, was put on under the direc-
ton Of the Joe Bren Production CO.
and costumes and scenery lent much
Act one, minstrel Land" had u
cast Of about thirty and dialogue and
musical numbers by the 'Fcol0red"
entertainers kept the audience in an
uproar Of mirth. With w. e. Rowland
as interlocutor to keep the ball of
conversation rolling, the colored
comedians furnished many laugh and
several of the solos received a num-
Der of encores. Harry Tudor in Lay
Low, Lizzie" made great hit with
the audience and had there been more
verses to his song, he would doubt
less be singing still.
"No, No. Nora by Ray Cooper;
"Annabelle" by Walter Kier; Mag
gle, Yes Nam" by Louis Romelfanger;
and louisville Lou" by Cecil Kincaid
were the minstrel's songs and the
harmonists furnished their share of
the music in solos by Daniel Rob-
erts and DiehI Snyder, while the sing
ing by the entire company was ex-
ceptionally good. Those who took
part in this act were:
Interlocutor -------- w. E. Rowland
The comedians: Tom Henry Tudor,
F. A. Kellogg, L. J. Romelfanger, c..
w. Kincaid, Waller Kier, Ray Cooper.
John Ketchum, Deane Marriott
The balladists: Danny Roberts and
Diehl Snyder.
The harmonists: R. A. McHugh, H.
J. Sleeps, Charles CoughHn, r. w.
Prothero, Jerry Taborsky, r. Vethe,
H. Haycock Ora Cahoon, Bud Cahoon,
Harold Mash, K. Weber, L. Wyatt,
Morey Pierce, B. Mcmahon, A. Kunzel
man, r. w Hughes, H. e. French and
J. f. Luther.
The Inside Inn
Designated on the program as a
tabloid musical comedy, "The Inside
Inn" proved to be both musical and
humorous. The first scene is laid III
the lobby of the Inside Inn and
among those who help to develop the
plot are Anna Johnson as the hotel
stenographerg Owen Smith as the
fresh young bell-hop, Mildred War
ner as the side-splitting village COS
sip with her badly twisted proverbs
and her girlish hop, H. J. Sleeps as
the theatrical manager, L. J. RomeI-
fanger as the colored porter, Mrs.
L. J. Pierson, and Miss Marguerite
Goude.
Perhaps the most amusing char
acter in the play was Diehl Snyder
who took the role Of Archibald Doc
little, "the human lily-of-the-valley'.
Others who took part in the first
scene were:
Members of the Dunn theatrical troupe
Misses Loretta Foley, Elsbeth
Thuerer, Marie Foley, Ida Mae
Farnsworth, Helen Koppke, Jane
Acott, Marjorie Dillenbeck, Phyl-
lis Jacquith. Messrs. Lloyd Wyatt,
Arthur Kunzeiman. Fred Luther,
Harold Mash, Bud MCGEE, r. A.
McHugh, Bernard Mcmahon, Morey
Pierce.
The Bowery Dance by the troupe
was something new in the line Oh
dancing and brought down the house.
Scene Two
Having sold the hotel, the cast of
the first act takes an airship ride to
the Isle of Gazook There they are
royalty entertained by the king and
queen; His Royal Highness played by
L. j. Pierson and Her Royal Highness
by Ray Cooper. The Royal Fan Bear
or was Charles Coughlin and the
court attendant, Robert McFugh.
A Chinese lantern dance by Miss
Barbara Hall, daughter of DR.. and
Mrs. C. NJ Hall was one of the rret.
test parts Of the scene.
Song and Dance Numbers
Various song and dance numbers
were interspersed throughout the
second part of the. program, as fol-
lows: ~
Longing sung by Margaret Snea-
then. assisted by the Misses Audrey