AMUSEMENTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 February 1908, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

LIVrNG WHISI'AND B_n_MESS. THE .OPENING NIGHT.The Living WjMst and Kirmess Committee are toTJbe|"o6ngratulated on :• the success of the^opening performahfce- at the Theatre last evening, anil after tha season has . run its • course a substantial ' sum should be available for the Fund for a New Home for the Old People, a. highly v,deserving object, and one 'in ' yi' wkich the promoters of the entertain- y ment have the public with them. Liv- ' . ing Whist and Kirmess performances, under the tutelage of Sheets, of^Montreal, have rjpuved the most laudatory notices wheraiser .produced, but the audience, a fair one, were astonished at the novelty and. beauty of --last night's production. The dances wero executed with skill and XXiK Xi abandon, the marches being bright arid : ?$ sparkling,- and never /tediousi . 'Tne .'."...* perfbrmerjj* large and small, .wMe" &_£<• j", servedly applauded for . " ' each dance being vigorously eh;d.*_ l d. The first one; "The Rose Drill," was -C. splendidly done, and gave evidence of --X the good fare to follow.' Six sprightly "■•* young ladies in cap and jacket gave ' the Jockey Dance, and next the audience were captivated by the Japanese. Court Dance, performed by tiny girls j whose lack of inches was atoned for by the most innocent assurance imaginable. The Highland Fling was cleverly ' .'-' danced, and was followed by the Gipsy ■:-* Dance with realistic effects, introducing ="5 "' a capital duet, "The Gipsy Countess,":^.' by Miss Wanda Hanby. and - Mfc Me- • ' zies. The Cake Walk hroughtaback amusjng- memories of Ernest Hogan, - -i • and the little coops and their" iSwnite X" ladies well deserved cakes. .<?;£-•;**.-.■ ■;"$* The English military production 'of * : ; "Living Whist," played by 52 ladies . and gentlemen, was entirely successful, - and was responsible for some beautiful - ■ spectacular effects and striking -isb-. leaux. A new version of the Sailoirs' ; Hornpipe, introducing the song, "Hew ; Comes a Sailor," was well received* 1 and a graceful tambourine dance., by • Miss Elsie McDonald, .with limelight^: ,' : effects, followed, and .the cJevenVlantfjiSgS- • amusing Indian dance "Nayajoj&c'--'": brought the performance to a 'dtiseSy "' . c During the evening 'songs By'tAfr K. Taylor ("Doreen") and Miss Hanßy' ':';■■ ' ("The Dream Angel") were ehcojSoT, '.- ' and several selections were rendered- by ' the orchestra. -X,'-*. . Professor Sheets is to be. complimented upon his success with the performers, and the talent that he has developed during the few weelss\. that have been at his disposal, is .surprising. A somewhat quicker stage movement may be suggested, however, "■ and the disengaged little ones should; be . prevented from invading the frofftj"^^the house or peeping through the.WHigSi" ■'■ - after the dances. This destroys a J ,goodX' ■ deal of effect and causes some din also." • The following performers took, part' last evening: — Rose Drill.— Misses Elsie McDonald, Flo. Parsonage, Doris Parsonage, Lily McDonald, Ida Sullivan, Hilda" Edmondson, Grace Wells, Isabel Roper, Violet Mitchell, Grace Harling, ,Rene •Roughton, Vera Vining, Flo.„ l&tobre, Mabel Langlands, - v Alice Langlands,. Myrtle Burn. Jockey Dance. — Misses Quinney, E» Naylor, Smith, Ladley, A. Hanron, N. Hanron. / Japanese Court Dance. — Olive Leigk, ' Ida Eyles, Rita Morley, Gladys Baxter, Doris Witten, Dorothy Baxter, Lucy Wit ten, Eileen Kyle, Marjorie Roughton. Mabel Millar, Lily Carlson, Eunice Eades, Madeline Wilson, Miriam Pal h-idge, Netta Millar, Beatrice Aydon, Ena McLennan, Bernice Sheets, . Mabel Aydon. Highland Fling.^Girls : Flo. Parson- "-. age, Elsie McDonald, D. Parsonage, - . ; Elsie McDonald; L. McDonald," Hilda 1 i Edmondson, Grace Wells, Eileen Calf . der, Mabel Langlands, Rene Roughton, i Alice Langlands, Vera Vining, Ruby ' . | Burns, Ruby Eades, Nettie Gardiner, '- , I Violet Mitchell. Boys : Keith Rough- , ton, Jack Smith, F. Fedderson, Bert , J Brusewitz, V. Chapman, Douglas Cook. t Gipsy Dance.— Misses W. ; Hanby - (Oipsy Queen), Smith, Ladley, Hanron, s Richardson, Nora Hanron, Elsie Mc- • . Donald, OJsen, Stewart, Naylor, Par- : sonage, Quinney,' A. Ladley', G. Wells. Cake Walk.— Girls: Bernice Sheeta, Ruby Harling, Dorothy Moore, Amy Pahl, Ruby Henman, Clarice Hockey, Nellie Gorman, Rene Johnston, - Lily '.'■ ■ Bums. Boys: Noel Jones, Louis .Ben- . nett-, G. Hart, Claude Atkinson, F.-:' ■ Eades, A. Kitching, Rex Jones, ?H. ' Whiting, K. Jennens. '.v. Living WMist.T-Diamonds : Ace, Mr Ward ; King, Mr Hamilton ; Queen,' 1 Miss Reeves; Knave, Mr Claude Ha'mil- ~. ton ; Misses Kelling, N. and A. Hanron, Low, Stewart, Olsen, ,Vickerman, ' Edmondson, Thomas. Hearts : ' Ace, Mr Hart ; King, Mr Mills ; Queen, Mrs Topliss; Knave, Mr Roughton,- , Misses Flett, E. Ladley, Smith, A. / Ladley, McDonald, Parsonage, , Vera * " Vining, Sullivan, Q. Wells. Spades:'.' Ace, Hr Bunny j King, Mr Harley; Queep, Mrs- Ward; KnaVe, Mr Chapman; Misses W. Hanby, Richardson, - Everett, S. Flett, Watson, Simpson, E. Trott, Louisson, Harling.-. Clubs: Ace,~ Mr Levien; King,- Mr Hamilton; Queen: Mrs Derrick; Knave, Mr E. Jackson ; Misses Mcßae, Quinney, Parsonage, McDonald, E. Naylor, Seldoh, * ' Millar, Muncaster, V. Mitchell. Pages. Diamonds., Bernice Sheets; 'Hearts, Miss Watson; Spades, — 'Ward; Clubs, Phil. Vining. . "The Joker> > Mr F. McCabe. Sailors' Hornpipe. — Girls : F. Parsonage, Elsie McDonald, Doris Parsonage, Hilda Edmondson, Rene Roughton, Vera Vining, Mabel Langlands, Alice Langlands, Ida Sullivan, Ruby. * Harling, Huby Burn, Myrtle' Barn, ''ossie Moore, Nettie Gardiner, Graca Wells. Boys : Keith Roughton, Bert. Brusewitz, F. Chapman, Jack SmHh, - F. Fedderson, D. .Cook. f'v '■•-.--.■TV. Tambourine Dance: Miss Elsie -Mc-. Donald. ~ • v,- . Navajo (Indian Dance).— Girls V Lily • McDonald, Doris Parsonage, Flo.- Par- '" sonage, Vera Vining, Hilda Edmondson, Ida Sullivan, Elsie McDonald, Rene Roughton. Boys: Keith Rough- - ton, B. Brusewitz, Fred. Chapman, J. Smith. F. Fedderson, D. Cook." - - • . Orchestra.— Misses Coote, Shone, and Roue, Messrs Berryman, Louisson; and McDonald. There will be additional attractions this evening, including a cornet solo by Mr Berryman, and a duet by Miss and Mr Stewart. •.•'.-.-'