Evolution of Song, Dance

And Style Is Great Success.

——–

PRESENT PROGRAM

TWO MORE NIGHTS

——–

Local Merchants Sponsor Annual Event Which Draws Big Crowds.

——–

Turner Hall was crowded to capacity Tuesday evening at the first presentation of the annual New Ulm Style Show program entitled “Evolution of Song, Dance and Style.” The crowd gathered early and before eight o’clock it was necessary to turn people away. Packed houses are expected at the showings of this (Wednesday) evening and tomorrow night. (Thursday).

Bower Of Flowers

Thru out the entire presentation only one stage setting was used. A background fashioned of potted plants of every kind gave a colorful and picturesque effect. At either side of the bower of flowers, boxes were draped with blue curtains. All entrances were made thru these boxes which were electrically lighted. The draped curtains parted in the center and closed after the entrance had been made. Floral decorations by courtesy of the New Ulm Greenhouses and the radiola broadcasting equipment of the Ulrich Electric Company were used. M. J. Bieber arranged and directed the presentation and was assisted in instruction of the dancing by Thos. Pfaender. Mrs. A. H. Besmehn had charge of the models. Mrs. Joyce Alwin Siebenbrunner was the accompanist for special numbers and Fletcher’s Orient Orchestra furnished music before and after the program and during the time the garments were being displayed.

Evolution of Style

Mrs. T. O. Streissguth opened the program by giving the introduction,”Days Of Old” which told of the old days and the many changes which have come over the world since the time of the stone age.

As the first number in the Evolution of Song, Dance and Style Adam and Eve did the Cave Dance, wearing costumes appropriate for the Stone Age.

Ed A. Stoil, well known New Ulm tenor, opened the scene depicting the Egyptian period by singing “in the Shade of the Palms”‘. At the conclusion of the song, an Egyptian dancing chorus composed of Mrs. W. G. Fletcher, who did the solo dancing part, and the Misses Evelyn Schneider, Laura Oswald, Lydia Filzen, Vesta Muhs, Lorraine Spaeth and Hildegard Amann appeared in costume and danced a difficult and pleasing number.

The first appearance of the mannequins followed this period and the local models displayed coats and wraps for the spring season of 1926. The mannequins showing seasonable wraps were:

For Schalke’s-The Misses Mildred Fesenmaier, Mildred Meyer, Marguerite Vogel, Margaret Bentdahl and Erna Foerster, Mrs. R. R. Kemski, and Little Eilene, Dorothea and Marion Fabel, Marcella Ann Smith.

For J. A. Ochs & Son-The Misses Lillian Fehlhaber, Ellen Ochs, Angeline Eibner and Mildred Epple, and Mes-dames Linus C. Glotzbach and A. F. Anglemyer, and Little Katherine Hohn and Genevieve Hartman.

For Bieber’s-Mesdames H. H. Lang, and F. Edgecomb, the Misses Hilda Gieseke, Regina Esser, Ina Bentdahl and Esther Wiedenmann, Fred Leonard and Master Mero Bingham.

For Tauscheck & Green-Frank Taus-check and Master Richard Lindemann.For Crone Bros. Co.-Elmer Tappe and Master Carl Albert Crone.

For Fred Meine Clothing Co.-Robert Fenske and Master Grant Oswald.

The Puritan period of 1620 was pleasingly presented by Mrs. F. D. Minium who sang “Mary,” and a chorus of Puritan maids who danced with her. They were-Mae Jule Arbes, Marion Pfaender Ruth Wicherski, Peggy Swartz, Judith Bieber, Inez Swartz, Mildred Gulden and Alice Olson. Their costumes were characteristic of shy little maids of the sixteenth century.

Mrs. Herbert Schulke and a chorus of minuet dancers presented the song and dance and wore the costumes of the Colonial period of 1776. The solo sung by Mrs. Schulke was “Voices of the Woods.? Those taking part as lads and lassies were:-Harriet Fisher,Irma Dietz, Katherine Eichten, Helen Hagberg, Lillian Huelskamp, Elizabeth Scheman and Virginia Glaesmann.

The season showing by the mannequins displayed afternoon and street wear for the 1926 spring season.

Plantation Days of 1865 presented by Richard Lindemann singing “Lady Moon” and Miss Hazelle Macdonald singing “Virginia” were realistic and the group of shuffling and dancing piccaninies furnished plenty of amusement.The “color scheme” for this setting was black, and the costumes of the group carried out the scheme in red, yellow, white, etc.-Shufflers and dancers-Jos. Vogel, Henry Somsen, Jr., Jack Schoch, Harvey Haeberle, James Beecher, James Emmerich, Ferdinand Fritsche and Melvin Gebhard.

Charming damsels in evening dress and attentive, good looking youths in full dress suits with high silk hats, present the interpretation of the Gibson period of 1900 by singing the Floradora Sextette. Those taking part were: Mesdames, C. E. Poynter, T. B. Melzer and E. C. Veeck, the Misses Elsie Marti Gladys Grussendorf and Louise Winkelmann and Messrs Erwin McHale, Fred Leonard, Frank Schugel, Leo Keckstein, Raymond Amann and Elmer Tappe.

Dances of the century presented by Miss Thelma Rinke and Thomas Pfaender included the gavotte, fox trot, rye waltz and modern waltz, Miss Rinke appeared with her Charleston ‘doll in the opening of the Charlestoning back to Charleston, singing and dancing.Charles Veeck, Jerome Baer and Miss Minnie Radtke danced the Charleston to perfection, closing the program. The last showing of the models displayed party and evening wear for 1926.

Sponsors of Show

Sponsors of the show are well pleased with the first presentation and are looking forward to the remaining shows with interest. The local merchants who are sponsoring the style review are:Bieber’s, Bee Hive, Schulke & Sons, Meine, Crone Bros.,Tauscheck & Green, Rinke, Arndt and Korbel, Millinerys; Hackbarth, Eichten and Wicherski shoe stores, and the New Ulm Steam Laundry.

New Ulm Review,

March 3, 1926

————————