The sub-comnittée of the Amateur Dramatic Club respousioe for Sa turday night' vary concert at the Lyceum Tneatre in aid of the Siritish Red Cros: Fund 's heartily to be congratulated upon tie sue cess of tive entertainment, both from artistic and from a financial view, The house was crowded fom stalls to gallery, the programme was excellent through: out, and as a result of the sale of Lickel, programmes, ete., min addition to the now historical table ewer and a one dollar note paid by ohn Jordan for the embroider: ina of his autograph on the table cover, the British Hed Cross Find wal benefit to the extent of con siderably more than 84.000.
Whea Mr. John Inokay director) and the Astor House orchestra opened the programme with a live: y setting of "Tipperazy, the " standing room only" sign was already being exhibited, and thenceforward a most enthusiastic audi lence followed with marked approciation an excellent vaudeville en tertainment.
A tableau descriptive of Red Cross work was well portrayed by local Indies, and the following turn by the little dancer of the Russian ipatian Company—Miss Anastasia Parfenova—was doubly encored. Mr. J. H. Crocker gave a capital exhibition of club-swinging and was also recalled. Mr. H. Thompson is well known locally as a purveyor of "micalities and, needless to say, the audience was thoroughly amus: ed as long as he held the stage and was continual ug for more. Mr. G. 8. Scott was warmly applauded for his dramatic recitation The Last Shot," and Mine, Serebrianikoff, after rendering two pretty ballads in excellent voice, was enthusiastically encored. The burlesque trio, Messrs, Cochrane, Hayws and' Wilkinson gave a humorous skit. entitled' When Colds and Chills weaken the s: lead A course creas the disease resisting powers of the uiduces a feeling of good health and physical fitness, There is health and strength from every drop of genuine Richard T was King" and this was followed by an interesting fencing bout between M. Bouchara and M.
Parlani.
Mr. N.
Maitland made a wel-com reappearance on the boards of the Lyceum Theatre stage, and Take a Pair of was deservedly we. MIN. D. Silas was undoubtedly one of the "star" turns of the evening, Every one of an apparently inexhaustible stock of witty anecdotes made a "hit" and the audience was undoubtedly dis. appointed when he made the confession that he "did not know any more." Mrs. Gilbert's Irish dance was enthusiastically received and her encore number—" The High land Fling "—was equally lar. The programme was to a conclusion with a camp scene,
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