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Show MUSICAL COMEDY BY THE EAGLES AT THE ORPHEUM The annual charity fund benefit entertainment en-tertainment of the Ogden Aerie, No. 118, Fraternal Order of Eagles, was given last night at the Orpheum theatre the-atre and was much enjoyed by a large audience. The performance was an entlrelv local one, the sketches presented pre-sented being the works of Frederick Mo6s. an Ogden composer and writer. The scenery' was designed by Mr. Moss, painted by Amos Larsen and built by William lee, and the characters charac-ters were all taken by local amateurs As an entertainment, the program was a success, but as an opportunity for Mr. Moss to secure a fair criticism criti-cism of his work, It was not, as several sev-eral of the principals were ill. This fact affected the work of the others to some extent and the full value of the lyrics and some of the songs was not made apparent and the performance perform-ance wa6 not up to the expectation of the director. i tit un.ntsut.uuno ui llic UlliertNU numbers, however, were very favor ably commented on, and this may b- faken as a criterion of the musical value of the two tabloid musical com edles The solos, on the whole, ar pleasing and the chorus and ensembles ensem-bles have a good swing to them and contain some excellent harmonies The sketches presented were "The Year 2001." "The Love Token." and "The Show Boat." For the staging of the first and the last, special scenery scene-ry was prepared and this, with some unusually novel mechanical effects arranged ar-ranged by the author producer, created cre-ated considerable interest A mov- Ing trolley car in "The Year 2001" was the cause of a lot of amusement, as well as surprise The show boat, In the play of that name, was also a good piece of work. In the hands of amateurs. "The Year 2001" seemed quite impossible ns far as the lyrics are concerned, but It contains a sentimental ballad and a novelty song, which In words and music are of more than ordinary Interest In-terest These are "I Would Sing of the Love" and "Area-dee." and were ably sung by Miss Edna Luddlngton and Charles Blair Miss Luddlngton possesses a sweet soprano voice of considerable strength and her singing was much appreciated Mr Blair ! has a good high baritone voice and. In addition to his singing, he played .1 I Jl 1 Ih 1 I mm r. 1 ne ii.'inniit iui mi iuf rivcic;u in a most capable manner. "The Year 2001" is an unusually novel sketch and has enough merit to Insure Its success. Those In the cast were Charles Blair. V S. Raymond Ray-mond Edna Luddlngton, Dorothy Davis Da-vis and Earl Wheeler. Miss Davis j was at ;i disadvantage last night as she had been 111 for nearly a week prior pri-or to the performance, and the audi- ence was deprived of hearing her at her best. The members of the chor-u chor-u were Glen Stone, G E Dalton. W A. Hughes. E A Wheat. Dan R Davis, Hazel Hall Fleming. Inez Saunders, Saun-ders, Fern Wilson, Aramlnta Rhodes and June POrshfl The cast of "The Love Token' was as follows Lord Trim Breeze, Thomas S Shaiighnessy; Count D'Artols, Ben Crltchlow; Madge Warren, Inez Saunders; Frank Warren. Glen Stone. Miss Saunders was given the role she essayed Monday night at 10 o'clock, according to a curtain explanation made by Mr. Moss, and her excusable hesitation over some of the lines took away considerable of their foreeful-ness. foreeful-ness. The role was originally given to Miss Ellen Shaughnessy. hut she was unable to leave her home last night owing to lllneSS In spite of the handicap which she accepted. Miss Saunders showed con slderable ability and the lines she was familiar with were given with good effect. Messrs. Crltchlow and 8haughnes6 were well cast and read their UnCB in an approved manner. For Mr MOSS, It may be said, that the "Love Token" is well written, ha6 a good dramatic toueh to it and should find success in professional hands Unlike the other two. thouch both were entertaining, "The Show Bont" does not need professional handling to make it su . ui. pr. ially if the leading roles are filled by ama-leurs ama-leurs as talented as those who essayed them last night This fact was evidenced evi-denced b the appreciation of those present, who laughed and applauded almost continuous l Karl Peterson, with the experience of other years standing him in good stead, had the leading comedy role. Si Sauers a rube from Wayback. He got all that seemed possible out of his spoken lines, hut his singing voice was hardly strong enough for all present to hear the clever songs which the composer wrote into the role His comedy dancing danc-ing was good and his antics in a costume cos-tume of the Victorian era "brought down the house." Harry Heschalis was thoroughly at home In his part and Bob Hendershot j also did well. Fanny Hall Irvine, as the "Prima Donna." sang "You're th Boy T Met Last Night In Dreamland." I to an encore call and Bertha Roach gave an exhibition ballet dance. In addition to a capable rendition of "Don't You Think You Could Love Me Just a Little If You'd Try, Try, Try?" There are several good choruses in the comedy, the novelty "The Tick-tack Tick-tack Man" proving of special Interest. Inter-est. The members of the chorus were G. E. Dalton, Earl Wheeler, Glen Stone. E. A. Wheat. Dan R Davis, W. A Hughes. Hazel Hall Fleming. Dec Sellick, Verna Rhodes Aramlnta Rhodes. Fern Wilson, June Forsha. Inez Saunders and Edith Vendrll |
