Helen Lewis: reader and impersonator

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MISS HELEN LEWIS
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Reader and Impersonator


Press Comments on Miss Lewis' Readings
WAUSAU—M. E. CHURCH


The dramatic recital given by Miss Helen Lewis of Rhinelander at the Methodist church last evening was an exceptionally pleasing entertainment.  Miss Lewis showed great ability and a charming personality in her program, which was unusually varied and strong.  Her dialect work as shown in The Littlest Rebel, a group of Scotch selections and The Ruggleses was very pleasing.  Her opening selection, A Chapter of Revelations, was cleverly given.  Perhaps her strongest number was Justin M'Carthy's The Burgundian Defiance.—
Wausau Record-Herald.

WAUSAU—


A most enjoyable dramatic reading was that given on Friday evening at the Methodist church by Miss Helen Lewis of Rhinelander.  Miss Lewis' reading shows unusual talent and her varied repertoire delighted her audience, each number receiving a round of applause.  Her enunciation is clear, her voice and personality are most pleasing and we predict for the young artist great success in the field of work she has chosen.—
Wausau Pilot.

TOMAHAWK CHAUTAUQUA:—


Miss Helen Lewis of this city gave reading at the Tomahawk Chautauqua
 before a large audience.  The Tomahawk Leader printed the following:
In the recital Thursday evening Miss Helen Lewis gave evidence of unusual ability.  She possesses a pleasing voice and is of delightful personality.  Her character interpretations are exceptionally fine, and only words of praise have been heard of her work.—

Rhinelander News.

ANTIGO—WOMAN'S CLUB.


A program which gave a very high degree of pleasure to the hearers, marked the observance last evening at the Elks' hall, of Founder's Day by the Woman's Club of Antigo.  By a change in the constitution of that organization Fete Day was changed to Founders' Day, the most important meeting of the year for the club, and practically the only day during the year which the club celebrates.
The principal entertainment of the evening was given by Miss Helen Lewis of Rhinelander, a dramatic reader, a niece of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lewis, at whose home she is a guest.  Miss Lewis presents a most pleasing appearance, and with wonderful power of expression, combined with charming personality and natural grace of word and gesture, she won her audience completely.  Her voice is clear and the enunciation excellent, so that it was possible to distinctly hear every word in any part of the room.  Her interpretation is unhampered by any hesitancy, and her hearers forgot the speaker and lived, for the moment, with the characters in the selections she was giving.
Miss Lewis is a graduate of the Cumnock School of Oratory at Evanston, Illinois.—

Antigo Journal.




PORTAGE—LADIES' AID SOCIETY

A most delightful entertainment was furnished by the March committee of the Ladies' Aid Society Tuesday evening at the Methodist church in the recital of Miss Helen Lewis of Rhinelander, assisted by Stanley Shanks of Caledonia.  This was a very happy combination of talent as the program rendered was well balanced in variety and was thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish.  Miss Lewis has a personality, charm of manner and poise that captivates the moment she steps on the platform.  Her interpretation of both tragic and humorous situations is true to life and her characterization shows much thought and study of human nature and human types.  Her best work of a serious nature was shown in the rendition of The Littlest Rebel which is a heart gripping story of the Civil war, giving occasion for the widest scope of historical ability to which Miss Lewis arose with true dramatic instinct, making her characters stand out clearly from the little girl, Virginia, to the gruff yankee captain, so that, for the moment the reader was lost sight of and the scene truly lived before the hearers.  Miss Lewis' versatility was demonstrated in her lighter numbers, particularly Mon Pierre a charming monologue in French dialect, and also her last number from the well known The Birds Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin, in which she delighted the audience with its keen Irish humor and childish propensities.  The poems in the Scottish dialect were also well received and the encores to the various numbers were well chosen and received with merited applause.  What Miss Lewis lacks in volume she makes up in dynamic force, power of expression and suggestion and a season of conscientious platform work will give her the full requisites of a finished artist.



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