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“THE NEW MINISTER” 
Musical CoMEDY IN MANCHESTER 
Town Hatt GREAT SUCCESS. 
“The New Minister,’ which was 
given at Town hall, Manchester, last 
evening under the auspices of the 
Ladies’ Social Circle was such a 
splendid success that the committee, 
Mrs: Frederick J. Merrill, Mrs. L. W. 
Floyd, Miss Etta Rabardy, Mrs. 
Annie Woodbury and Mrs. Frank P. 
Knight, have decided to repeat the 
performance at Town hall Monday 
MISS FLORENCE LEACH 
evening, Feb. 1. Nearly forty Man- 
chester people took part in the 
comedy, which was of a musical na- 
ture, with excellent music, too. Fol- 
lowing is the cast of characters: 
SETH PERKINS, a joke, John Carter 
HeEnrretta Suarp, Mrs. Ethel Hoare 
Raipoy BuNTER, home from 
college, Roland Knight 
OpeLiA HaAssin, soloist in 
choir, Mrs. Carrie-Allen 
Prorressor Topnorve, leader of 
choir, Alfred L. Saben 
PATIENCE PICKLES, organizer 
of Old Maid’s club, 
Mrs. Flora Hersey 
Petunia Pimptes, the milliner, 
Mrs. Bertha Knoerr 
Datsy Lovejoy, the new school 
teacher, Miss Florence Leach 
UncieE ALEC, the sexton, 
Abbott Hoare 
Crescenpo B. Fiat, 
Harry W. Purington 
HEZEKIAH F. SHARP, 
Frederick J. Merrill 
Docror Hoosick, Gustave Knoerr 
Mrs. Aucusta WIND, 
Mrs. Marianna Cheever 
Mrs. De Lancy, president of 
the Ladies’ Aid, 
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The choruses were exceptionally 
good and were as follows: 
The Old Maid’s club—Mrs. Flora 
Hersey, Mrs. Ethel Hoare, Mrs. 
Carolyn Allen, Miss Mabelle Lodge, 
Miss Hester Rust, Mrs. Ellen Dahl, 
Mrs. Eva Rand and Mrs. Maude 
Carter. 
The Ladies’ Aid  society—Mrs. 
Susan Andrews, Mrs. Harriet Baker, 
Mrs. Elizabeth Sinnicks, Mrs. Editn 
Roberts, Mrs. Ruth Blaisdell Hoare, 
Mrs. Bertha Knoerr, Mrs. Audrey 
Purington and Mrs. Marianna 
Cheever. 
The Male Chorus—Allen McKin- 
non, Thomas P. Andrews, Alfred 
Hersey, George Rust, Abbott Hoare, 
Roland Knight, John Carter and 
Stephen Hoare. 
Miss Florence Leach, as Daisy 
Lovejoy, was a delight to behold and 
to hear, for her singing was the hit 
of the evening. Perhaps, her most 
successful song from a musical stand- 
point was “Let Me Sing,” which she 
gave with the “first, fine, careless 
rapture” of a thrush and she quite 
won the hearts of her audience in “A 
Pretty Little Flower is the Daisy.” 
Other song hits were “Nature’s 
Voices Sing’ by Mr. Saben and choir ; 
“When I Shovel in the Coal,’ Abbott 
Hoare and chorus; “The Music Cim- 
mittee, Mr, Merrill, Mry | Knoerr; 
and Mr. Purington; “Ladies’ Aid,” 
the chorus of the Ladies’ Aid society ; 
“The Kind of\.a¥\Preacher Ty) Tike?’ 
Roland Knight as Ralphy; “The Old 
Maids’ Lament,” the Old Maids’ club; 
“Hurrah for the Minister New,” en- 
tire chorus; “How do you Think 
You'll Like the Man?” chorus by 
the Ladies’ Aid society; “What Will 
the Poor Preacher Do?” Miss Leach, 
Mrs. Ethel Hoare, Mr. Merrill and 
Mr. Needham; “Who Tolled the 
Bell?” Abbott Hoare and the Old 
Maids’ club; ‘Tickets for the Pot-Pie 
Supper," the Ladies) Aid:1 Haven't 
Made Up My Mind,” by Mr. Need- 
ham and chorus; “The New. Minis- 
tery) Finale) “Alls they characters 
scored hits. 
Much of the credit for the per- 
formance must be given to Mrs. Geo. 
C. Leach, who, as. stage . director, 
brought the music and the acting up 
to the top-notch mark of amateur 
shows. To Mrs. J. W. Marshall, who 
furnished the hats for the occasion, 
and to all others who contributed in 
any way towards the success of the 
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