Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-16
TO HOLD XMAS
TREE BENEFIT
IN MATAMOROS
Young Ladies of City
Plan Big Show For
Monday Night in La
Reforma Theatre
By J. l.. SHEPPARD

bt . IL SnEf AMI
Santa Claus. that jcvial old gem
tleman who brings tears or Joy 10
the more fortunate children through
out the circumference Of this msch
over-worked sphere. has the city Of
Matamoros UNDERSIGNED on his call
ing card and not a child there will
have been forgotten when he gets
through showering down his gifts Of
toys, candies and what nots Christ
mas Eve.
The Rotary club of that city was
first 10 pledge that every little boy
and girl would be remembered and
then to make things doubly sure for
the little tots. a group Of Matamoros
young women have prepared "a spe-
cial entertainment program 70 raise
funds with which TO buy toys. candy
and fruit 10 augment the Rotary
supply.
This program, which is replete
with song and dances. will be held
IN the Teatro Reforma nj $3.50 =. m.
Monday and the people of both
Matamoros and Brownsville have
been extended an urgent invitation
10 attend and help swell the Christ
mas fund Golfers.
Last year the Matamoros Rotary
club held "A Christmas tree for the
boys and girls Of that city but be-
cause of the immense and unexpect-
ed turn out. some OF the little ones
were forced "a return u their homes
unremembered by old Kris Krirgle.
What more dire fate could have
befallen them?
They were Just n broken hearted.
disappointed lot whose faith in tho
beneficience Of St. Nick had been
shaken TO its very foundation.
But it's going TO be different this
year.
The Rotary club Is preparing for
a much larger crowd ana 20 make
sure that none will be forgotten,
this group Of young ladies' have rail-
lied 10 the cause and the result i'm
going to be that every child will
receive some remembrance from the
giant tree which IL to be erected
on the plaza where all may gather
round.
Every we'll known young lady in,
Matamoros has entered into the
spirit Of the thing and will actively
take part in the big benefit show.
Speaking OF talent. the program
contains nothing else but and how.
Dancers. singers, musicians and
actors-all have pledged their SER
vices and will do their share In put
ting the entertainment program ever
with n bang.
The programs opening number
will be an overture by an orchestra
composed of the finest musicians IN
the northern end Of Mexico and this
in turn will be followed by a group
of popular songs with guitar accom-
panimens by Francisco de z. Hermann
dez and Eugenio Cuellar.
Next on the program will come
the first act of a two act comedy,
"A Drama by Calderon." and the
personnel for this comedy includes
Miss Esther Salinas as Petra: Mrs.
Aurora Mordragon as Simona; Mrs.
Luisa Maria do Navarro ms Mary;
Manuel Colsa. Jr.. IS Calderon: Car
los Pena as Miguel; Eugenio Cuellar
as Jorge and Albert Garcia rs Luis-
At the close OF the first act. n
series Of Mexican national folk
dances will be presented by two tall
ented children, Cousuela Hernandez
Garcia and Arnoldo Barthel. The
second and final act of the play will
follow this number.
"A group Of Mexican songs will
then be sung by Miss Alicia Josefa
Gutierrez Campo. accompanied Dy
Miss Maria de los Dolores Cutter
rez Campo.
Miguel Soils will dance the
"Black Bottom" as the seventh num-
Der on the program and this in turn
vii! be followed by Mexican and
Spanish folk songs sung to a guitar
accompaniment by Manuel Colsa,
Eugenio Cuellar. Jr., and Tito Crix-
ell.
For the ninth number on tbs
program. Miss Carmen Gonzales and
Raul Weber will dance the Argen-
tine Tango.
a chorus. "El Preron de las
tertainment. Singing in this chorus
will be Misses Guadalupe Munoz,
Maria Justa and Alicia Josefa Gut
ierrez Campo, Maria Luisa Herman
dez Cavazos. Maria Rosa and Es-
Their Guerra. Guadalupe and Simora
Arzamendi, Orali Castro, Maria
Tulsa Hernandez Gamiz. Rebeca
Diaz del Guante. Gertrudis and
' Adela Soils. Amelia Berta BenneVen-
do and Maria Tulsa Villanueva.
Admission charges will be 50, .
and Is cents.