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Show OPERETTA IS " PLEASING' SUCCESS ITho production of "Tho Princess Chrysanlheiuum," a Japanese operetta operet-ta directed, .stagqd and produced Monday Mon-day afternoon and evening on tbe Or-puoum Or-puoum stage by Miss Marllla Hunter, supervisor of music In tho public schools, drew 3,000 people, played to standing room both afternoon and evening, and scored a triumph that Miss Hunter had hardly dared to hope for. it was a tremendous success suc-cess Irom a dramatic and picturesque standpoint, and too much credit cannot can-not be given to the director who worked fourteen weeks under the most unfavorable, conditions in order to produce the entertainment for the bpnefit or the board of education. It I is understood that the expenses of I the production were guaiantoed by tho : board and not one cent of the pro-ceeds pro-ceeds will be received by tho talented woman who used her spare time so unselfishly for over three months in creating the production From beginning to end, the operetta operet-ta was a verj tuneful thing. Six hundred hun-dred schoo) children, all sig&t readers read-ers from the music classes, from the si,K.th grade' down, too"k part In the entertainment. The majority of tho children ranged from 6 to li years of age, but' there were about 20 who were only three years of age. Little tots, baiely able to cross the stage without a holplng hand, stood in the front row and sang a lullaby song that was one of the big hits o'f the performance. per-formance. There were times when the GOO children crowded -the stage to its limit, and the optical effect of that number of Oriental costumes was Indeed In-deed pleasing. The costuming of the production was superb, and it reflects much credit upon the children's mothers moth-ers who plied the needle in making the bright hued dresses for the little tots Although the director labored for "tens uuuer me most unfavorable conditions and had to contend with cramped quarters for rehearsals, the little operotta was whipped into beautiful beau-tiful shape b a few rehearsals on tho theater stnge, and tho production was handled without a hitch. In making it the triumphant success that It was. MIsg Hunter was ably assisted bv the Misses Seaman, Fitzgerald, Spurgeon, Pierce, Craven, Pohlzon, Smith, L. Pierce, C. Knapp, Van Naraee, Burke, Tavey, Breech, Bohn, Crompton. O. Shaw, Marsh, Harmon, Grey, DoUglas, Browning, Bell, Hayes, Skecn, Lucas, Williams, Watson, Winter, Shurtliff, Staloy, McCicady; Mesdnmcs Marriott, Mar-riott, Xcal and Blackham. Messrs Barker, Marriott and Underwood. Joseph Fife, as tho emperor of Japan, had the biggest role in tho play, and he handled it admirably. Nono the less pleasing was Josephine Shorten's interpretation of the character char-acter of the Princess Chrysanthemum, who was hidnaped by an ungallant prince. Armond Tribe, as tho Prince So-Slj So-Slj and Earl Taylor as the Priuco So-True, handled the other two heavy roles. The attendant maidens were Rhoda Junk,; Thelma Thaun, JSllza-rbcth JSllza-rbcth Sepplch and Marjorio Gownns. All of the solo parts in the production uero well handled by tho principals "Lullaby Land" by Marjorle Cowans Cow-ans with kindergarten chorus. "The Goldon Butterfly" Master Vivian Pickett, Pick-ett, 'Which Shall It Bo" and "Home of My Childhood.'- by Josophine Shorten. "I Am tho Emperor," Joseph Jo-seph Fife, "A KJttea's Tale" Claude Llndsley, "The PaUi of Love," Ruth inters, "Lovo's Kingdom" Earl Taylor, Tay-lor, "Jolly Llttlo Japanese Sailorman,'' Annond Trlbo. "Sailor Hornpipe" by Ruth Osborn and the duet, "Tho Dawn of Loyp" by Josephine Shorten and Earl Taylor, each and all received especial commendation by all who heard them. A long line or peopio stood at tho box office throughout the dav and up to 9 o'qlpck in the evening, clamoring for tickets. The house at each performance per-formance could not have accommodated accommo-dated another person, and nearly 500 disappointed peopio were turned away. It is safe to predict that tho performance per-formance could be profitably repeated The program was similar to that which was published In the Standard on Monday evening. Following is a li3t of those who made up the chorus: Members of Chorus. Maude Farley, Helen Shupe, Win-rred Win-rred Ohlson, Phylis Hanks, Olive Childs, Ruth Craft, Cleono Lindsay, Helen Mills, Roma Williams. Edna Hanson, Myrtle Wood, Arvilla Gardner, Gard-ner, Ray LlndBoy, Ilav Adams, Norman Nor-man Barry, Oriel Blackburn, Georgo McClure. Russell Petty, McLaren Shupe, Harry Barrows, Haro'ld Franberg, Ivy Thoma3, Lester Brown, Leonard Stone, Lois Richardson, Lewis Wal lace, Lorna Garner, Maxan Leltjan. Mary Malan.Max Elliott, NolHe Drlggs. Nellie Storey, Phillis Whlttlor, Roland Solbold, Roscoe Reedcr, Trilby Anderson, An-derson, Zola McBrlde. Yotta Carstcnson, Bernard Robinson, Robin-son, Ellwood Barker, Ruth Nelson, Hazel Douplas, Clarence Guthrie, La-voro La-voro Larklna, Gladys Burns, MInne Neuelman, Verne Farr, Orval Car-tonson, Car-tonson, Earl Taylor, Elma Hanson, Ellis Barkor, Pearl Wood, George Myers, My-ers, Vernal Dean, Grant Morris, Earl Paulson, Ethel Lalson, Thelma Kihl-strom, Kihl-strom, Armanda Nolsou, Eva Cand-land, Cand-land, Lillian Kremes. Leland Johnson, Theo Wilson, Joyce Harris, Hensloy Cortez, Leonard Hlg-gans, Hlg-gans, Gleuno Douglass, Clarence Barker, Bar-ker, Roy Mooro, Ruth Nelson, Vera Lamater, Joaule Simmous, Edward Randall. Thelma Wright, Clifford Holt, John Ferguson, Mabel Gars-ford, Gars-ford, Marguerite Mohlmnn, Leslie Draper, Albert Edralson. Hazel Ew-ing, Ew-ing, Forest Mohlraan, Leroy 'Anderson, 'Ander-son, Lucia Blackham. Gladys Munday, Scott Rockcy, Vio-lette Vio-lette Borkett, Maggie Baker, Thelma Stlmle, Bonna Browning, Alice Mc-Beth, Mc-Beth, Sammio Plerco, Bllllo Gllbralth, Gertrude Allen, Luolla Nicholas, Ruth Stark. Herman Denlk. La Vcrn Owens, Marion Newman, Garfey Ballentlne, Alfred Crosbic, Anafred Banford, Wol-tha Wol-tha Bramwell, Ellis Crompton, Cora Stoddard, Viola McKnlght, Josephine Boyle, William Stewart. Eliza Royal, Viola McCarty, Thcra Cordon, Gladys Granquist, Mary Stevens. Cecil Bramwell, Blair Watkins, Ruth Junk, Whitney Eusign, Walter Wright. Lowell Rldgs, Yvetta Raymond, Ray-mond, Phplllfl Wood, Lena Wright, Vassala Tubbs, Dorothy Woods. Hazol Moycs, Nelba Bramwell, Emmett O'NollI, Leslio Collins, Mildred Blixt, Marguerite Fowler, Harry Barrows. Alack Boyd, Flora Cheney, Phyllis IHodson, Josephine Ferraro, Paulino Mark, Phyllis Edgley, Florence Tur- wr' k0'8 Henderson, Paul McFarland, anda Henderson, -Edna Jones, Edwin Ed-win Gardrrer; Hazel Ford, Helon Bingham, Bing-ham, Dorothy Collins, Ethel Dateman, t, valentine Lluderman, Jacob Tellcson. Leonel Cordan. Georgo Flygarc. , Helen Staufor, Blaine Glasmann. Florence Flor-ence West, Aaron Rich, Elizabeth Oborn, Erma Cre7eo, Erflo Casslus, Emanuel Wood. "Myron Runyon. Lester Les-ter Edwards, Tlome'r Eccles, Donald McFarland, Jack-Lynch. Rose Bowqn, Vernon Arbon. Victoria GranohaW, May Jensen, Edith Andrews, Daniel Rolands, Walter Wal-ter Wall, Loraino Minter, Lilla SlmB. Beatrice Smurthwalte, Kenneth Weaver. Weav-er. Lawrence RuBhmer, Waldron Knight, Verna Stewart, Iarjorio Thomas, Rose Foley, Edna Cohn, Vincent Vin-cent Conroy, Lucllc Thomas. Lester Faulkner, Henry De Haan, Fred Reeves, Marcolla Dinsdale, Arvilla Ar-villa Parry, Winifred Grlx, William Blackmnn, Vera Wright, Fontella Carver, Car-ver, Eva Malan, Loraine Favey, Earnest Earn-est Balch, Leroy Krnmpleman, Mar-jorie Mar-jorie Turner, Berctta Scott, Christina Jensen, Isaboll Burnath, Norman Rouse,' Leona Johnson, Angler, An-gler, Lowther, Victor Stanger, Samuel Liirscn. EIrlne Parry, Victor Thonras, Alta Parry, Erma Reeves. Gertrude Bremer. i'larie Nalsbett, Flora Isak-son, Isak-son, Grace Hancock, "Lucllo ICimz, June Bigelow, yeslie Higginbotham. May Morris, Le Vern Monroe, Viola Shlplej-. Ester Fife, Beulah Slater, Gladys Draney. Winona BJorkman, Calve Berry, Kathleen Conroy, HS1-ma HS1-ma Lyon. Takeo Ono, Evada Ohlson, Charley Forina, Margaret Schaub, Lola Lo-la Richardson, Dorothy King, Leah Coates, Lucile Sessions Calvin Little, Alex Clark, Hugh Moyes, GIbb Stewart, Nellie Downs, Bessie Dudman, Mabel Sparks, Viola Vio-la Allen, Eugene Hayes, John Little, lone Paine, Natalie Baglcy, Afton Avinot, Cornelia De Groot, Fran); Llnslej. Helen Wilson, Ester Jordon, Francis Pedlcr, Marion Carter, Ida Young, Frank Emmett, Rose Ellis, Mildred Wright, Loretta Stuart, Henry Hoff, Lawrence Bingham, Esther Doty, Walter Stil-well, Stil-well, Lewis Blake, Howard Pedler, Lawrence Plngree, larotta Greenwcll, Cleoda Young, George Snlvely, Loretta Loret-ta Longham, Eva Dllson. nrv |