Osceola Pooler: reader and impersonator

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Osceola Pooler

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Reader and Impersonator
PRESENTING
If I Were King

BY JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY
and varied programs from the best authors

Personal Address:
OSCEOLA POOLER
Burr Oak, Michigan




Introductorp
IN PRESENTING Mrs. Pooler to the entertainment-loving public, we do so with the utmost confidence.  She is a woman of unusual culture and thorough college training, and in graduating from the Soper School of Oratory and Dramatic Art, of Chicago, was the winner of the George P. Bent grand Diamond Medal, in the contest of 1906.  Her voice is truly marvelous in flexibility, range and power.  Her every appearance upon the public platform has been a signal triumph.  Her repertoire is neither shop-worn nor stale, but new, sparkling, complete, with a greater versatility, perhaps, than that of any other artist in her class.  In social life Mrs. Pooler is a woman of most charming personality, prepossessing in address, bright, vivacious, intellectual.  She will please you.

THE MANAGEMENT.



If I Were King

PROGRAM

Scene 1—Fircone Tavern.  The Introduction to Villon.  If Villon were the King of France.
Scene 2—The coming of Katherine.  Fight between Villon and Thibaut d'Aussigny.  God Save the King.
Scene 3—In the rose garden.  Am I awake or dreaming?  Garden love.  Oh! that a man would come to court!
Scene 4—The answer to Burgundy.  A man has come to court.
Scene 5—We speak to men.  Love conquers.



A Large Selection for Discellaneous Programs Consisting of

CLASSIC INTERPRETATIONS
DIALECTS
CHILD IMPERSONATIONS
MONOLOGUES
ORIGINAL SKETCHES
PANTOMIMES AND POSES
SACRED READINGS







God and St. Denis, for the King of France
IF I WERE KING.  Scene IV.


To the Public:

Having employed Mrs. Osceola Pooler as reader and impersonator at the concert of the Handel Club recently, it gives me great pleasure to say that I was greatly pleased with her work, and consider her an artist of the first class.

CLEMENT B. SHAW, Pres. Handel Music Club and Teacher Oratorio, Chicago.


Letters of Commendation
CHICAGO, June 19, 1906.

Mrs. Osceola Pooler graduated from our school, June eighth, nineteen hundred six, winning a diamond-gold medal which speaks for itself; and perhaps any word from me could add but little to this fact, that she possesses extra ability to impart knowledge to others, and her success as a teacher is assured.  She has unusual range, resonance and power of voice.  She has a special gift as an impersonator, which, combined with her rich, flexible intonation, places her work far above the average reader.  She has great range and versatility in her readings.

SOPER SCHOOL OF ORATORY AND DRAMATIC ART. H. M. SOPER, President.


You may kiss me once if you like
IF I WERE KING.  Scene II.


It has been my good fortune to hear Osceola Pooler several times in her professional work.  In my opinion she is in a class all her own, unapproached by any I have heard for holding an audience spellbound throughout an entire evening, not only delighting, but uplifting and benefiting her hearers with interpretations of fine literature, all given with a refinement of bearing and naturalness of manner, refreshingly free from affectation.  This accounts for the many return dates she is booking.  She is a thoroughly conscientious Christian woman.

HON. COMFORT A. TYLER, Michigan State Official.

It is with great pleasure that I speak in the highest terms of Mrs. Osceola Pooler as a public reader.

Her stage work is superior in every respect, and her personality charming.  Her appearance in connection with our conservatory programs has always delighted our audiences and given entire satisfaction.

E. H. SCOTT, Pres. Western Conservatory of Music, Chicago.


By my word as a king, you shall swing for it
IF I WERE KING.  Scene III






Dress Notices

At the recital given in the Congregational Church last Tuesday evening, Mrs. Pooler, a reader of Chicago, favored the audience with pretty readings which were given in a delightful manner.—
Kendall County News (Ill.).


At the recital given at the Baptist Church Monday evening, Mrs. Pooler, of Chicago, made a fine impression with her recitations, which were varied and showed her rare ability as an entertainer.—
Plano News (Ill.).


The entertainment at the Congregational Church Tuesday evening was exceptionally good, and was greatly enjoyed by the large number present.  Mrs. Osceola Pooler, reader, of Chicago, rendered fine selections during the evening in a program so varied and uniformly well selected that it is impossible to make any distinctions.—
Sandwich Free Press (Ill.).


Not for many moons has Masonic Temple been graced with the presence of so many fair women as were present in that place last evening as the invited guests of the Sorosis Club. * * * * Mrs. Osceola Pooler, who is a dramatic reader of recognized ability, gave Justin Huntley McCarthy's composition entitled, If I Were King, in four acts, extending over one hour and fifteen minutes.  During the entire evening Mrs. Pooler held the strict attention of her audience, who followed her closely as she depicted the several characters assembled at the French Court at that period.  Calling for a wide range of expression and flexibility of voice, Mrs. Pooler proved herself a masterful reader, painting a word picture of various scenes of this great masterpiece upon the minds of her audience, leaving with them a canvas which time and tide washeth and fadeth not.  The rendition was a gem in the dramatic firmament.  Mrs. Pooler was hand-somely gowned in the costume of Katherine in Louis XV's reign.  * * * * Of winning personality, naturally graceful and fine stage appearance, her future in the lyceum field is indeed bright.—
Sturgis Journal (Mich.).


MRS. POOLER WINS DIAMOND MEDAL IN ORATORY CONTEST

Commencement exercises at the Soper School enlivens competition for prizes.  Award of the George P. Bent Diamond Medal was made to Mrs. Osceola Weisar Pooler last night at the twenty-ninth annual commencement of the Soper School of Oratory.  * * * * Mrs. Pooler recited Jim's Choice.—
Chicago Inter-Ocean, June 9.



MRS. POOLER PAR-EXCELLENT

The people who availed themselves of the opportunity to hear Mrs. Osceola Pooler last Tuesday evening at the Opera House, enjoyed a rare treat.  Mrs. Pooler gave If I Were King, and held her audience in perfect silence through the entire evening.  Her manner is strong and impressive; her gestures graceful and commanding; her voice distinct and authoritative, as well as low and pleasing, and coupled with these is a free sweet and strong musical quality of voice which adds much to the strength of her productions.—
Lake Odessa Wave (Mich.).


Mrs. Osceola Pooler, dramatic reader, gave one of the finest entertainments here last evening to which the people of Three Oaks have ever been privileged to listen.  Her ability in the line of dramatic art was beautifully shown in the presentation of If I Were King.  More than an hour was devoted to Justin Huntley McCarthy's four-act composition, and during the while Mrs. Pooler's audience was held almost spell-bound by the soul-stirring manner in which she represented the characters.
In the second part of her performance Mrs. Pooler showed marked ability in the line of child dialect, as well as in depicting the ludicrous in adult life.  She gave a pleasing variety of short readings, and sent her audience away with many expressions commendable of her efforts on their lips.—

Three Oaks Acorn (Mich.).



SOROSIS ENTERTAINS

Sorosis entered the Rural Club, the Woman's Club, and the Daughters' Auxiliary with the gentleman or guest of each club member at Masonic Temple, Wednesday evening.  The entertainment consisted of readings by Mrs. Osceola Pooler, of Burr Oak, and was most enjoyable in every respect.  The reading by Mrs. Pooler was the story of the drama, If I Were King, and was exceptionally fine.  The reader appeared in the costume of Katherine, the heroine of the play.  The lines of the several characters were given with a distinctive expression, voice and gesture of each with such vividness that very little effort was required to picture the entire scenes of the drama as taking place upon the stage.  Mrs. Pooler also gave several humorous selections in response to the hearty encores.  These were very happily rendered.  Mrs. Pooler has exceptional dramatic talent, and won the favor of the entire audience.—
Sturgis Democrat (Mich.).



WAS A SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY

Tuesday night's entertainment was a double success—not only did it net the Presbyterian Aid Society a neat little sum, but it was a glowing tribute to genius.
The reserve seat sale was the largest on record, and every regular seat in the house was filled, besides many others brought in for the occasion.
While perhaps every person expected to hear a first-class entertainment, owing to the fact that Mrs. Pooler has many times in the past appeared before a Burr Oak audience, yet when the end of the first scene was reached people began to look at one another and say, Is this Mrs. Pooler?  Can it be our towns-woman?  And at the end of Jim's Choice, scores were heard to remark, No wonder Mrs. Pooler won the Diamond Medal, etc.
A pleasant little incident that was known and enjoyed by but few was the presence of President Soper, of Chicago, who came in very quietly, unbeknown at the time to Mrs. Pooler.  President Soper came solely to see the work of his ex-student, which is in itself a glowing tribute.
If I Were King is a heavy piece of work, but Mrs. Pooler held the audience almost breathless through the entire five acts, and at the end of the fifth act relieved the tension by presenting Jim's Choice, which certainly took the house by storm.  From every standpoint it was a grand success.—

Burr Oak Acorn (Mich.).


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