The Marguerite Smith Company

              The Marguerite Smith Company

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ASSOCIATE MEMBER AMERICAN LYCEUM UNION S. B. Hershey Pres't & Gen't Mgr. ROCHESTER N. Y.




Exclusive Direction 
CENTRAL LYCEUM BUREAU
 616 Traction-Terminal Bldg. Indianapolis, Ind. W. H. STOUT, Manager.




The M
ARGUERITE SMITH COMPANY



M
ARGUERITE SMITH for several years headed a compan
y
 of her own sisters, known as the 
Famous Smith Sisters.
  For the past three years she has been associated with the Mendelssohn Quartet.  She is the originator of the famous child impersonations, and is, without question, the greatest living exponent of that art.  The best art is that which best interprets nature, and the climax of naturalism is childhood itself.  The mimicr
y
 of children which requires the most consummate histrionic art, which, when well portrayed, appeals to ever
y
 audience and to ever
y
 individual, the interpretation of the wondrous and quaint thoughts and quainter speeches of childhood; these are the unique invention of Miss Smith's wonderful genius, and in these — her own creations, she stands without a challenge for rivalry.  From the toddling three-year-old, lisping its childish song, to the stubborn, pompous, or whimpering lad of twelve, Miss Smith is equall
y
 faithful in delineation; and the effect is not only exhilarating to the artistic sense, but intoxicating in its broad sweep of humor, as well as tender and touching in its pathos.  Although capable of the more dramatic roles, the demands of the public for her own specialt
y
 are so insistent that she confines herself to the children, whom Riley and Field have made so much beloved, clothing these child-classics with a life, 
motif
 and beauty, which even the most intelligent perusal does not disclose.




COMMENTS OF THE PRESS



Trenton, (N. J.) Daily American


Miss Smith has a charming stage presence, and immediately on her appearance engrosses the close attention of her audience.  The change in her voice from the natural to the affected, in her selections, is most wonderful, and at first almost startling.  In range her voice is unsurpassed.




Philadelphia Times


The impersonations of Miss Smith were the work of a sympathetic and rarely gifted person.  In intonation, manner and expression, it is impossible to conceive of a more accurate and charming rendition of child character.




Brooklyn Standard Union


She went through and through the very child gamut.  She gave flawlessly the characterizations of the four-year-old as well as the awkward fourteen-year-old.  Boys and girls seem to stand out in their naturalness and delightfulness.  In each word that she uttered she simply swayed the audience, and when she had concluded the people longed for more and yet more.




Boston Journal of Education


As a reciter, Miss Smith is matchless in the delicacy of art and the touch of heart-power which she has cultivated in her renderings.



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MISS EDITH RHETTS, PIANIST


MISS EDITH RHETTS, the pianist of the Marguerite Smith Company, is a young lady of ambition and ability.  She comes directly from one of the best musical schools in the middle west, where she has worked hard and successfully.  She has had careful attention given her.  We are glad to be of service to Miss Rhetts in placing her in a company of such class as The Marguerite Smith Company, and confidently believe that our judgment will be borne out by the result.



THE MANAGEMENT.



TESTIMONIALS



Fred. Emerson Brooks




The best child impersonator on the American platform.




Col. George W. Bain




Her imitation of child-singing surpasses anything I have ever heard.




Roll O. Gable, Hartford City, Ind.




Entertainment last night by Marguerite Smith Company was fine.  Our patrons were delighted.




E. P. Trueblood, Richmond




Entertainment fine.  Well balanced.  All of them good.  Marguerite Smith not equaled in America in child dialect.




J. V. Fradenburg, Madison, Ind.




The following is our report on Marguerite Smith Company which appeared in our course on the 19th inst.:  The above company gave great satisfaction.




A. A. Willits, D.D., LL.D.




Never has James Whitcomb Riley had a more gifted interpreter of his childhood pictures than Marguerite Smith.  Familiar with the American platform for half a century, I have never heard her equal.




Gray Gorham, Adairville, Ky.




Last night I had the privilege of hearing the Marguerite Smith Company, and I wish to say that during the five years that I have been connected with Lyceum work I have never heard their equal.




Rev. G. J. Whalen, Carbondale, Pa.




I am more than grateful to you for the splendid talent you gave us in The Marguerite Company.  Their programs are acknowledged on every side to be of the most uniformly superior quality ever offered to the people of this city.  We will certainly want the same company for next year's festival.




William H. cord, Mt. Sterling, Ky.




The following is our report on Marguerite Smith Company, which appeared in our course on the 5th inst.:  Our expectations were high — the company surpassed them.  Our audience was large for this city, and made up of the best people.  I have talked to a number of persons who heard the company, and all are pleased and delighted.  Our opening number could hardly be surpassed.  No committee will make any mistake by engaging the Marguerite Smith Company.  Each is certainly an artist, and we are glad we had them.






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ISS OLIVE SMITH is the possessor of a rich, full contralto voice.  After completing her musical education, she appeared for five consecutive seasons as principal soloist with the 
Famous Smith Sisters,
 whose almost unprecedented popularity carried them from Lakes to Gulf, and from Coast to Coast.  Her natural beauty of tone, easy and fluent delivery, and charming simplicity of manner, combine to make a most delightful and popular artist.


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MISS OLIVE SMITH, CONTRALTO


COMMENTS OF THE PRESS



Ohio State Journal


Miss Olive Smith, the soloist of the evening, left a most pleasing impression with her audience.  She has a beautiful contralto voice, remarkable for its purity of tone and excellence of quality, and her natural modesty of manner added no small effect to her artistic singing.




Trenton (N. J.) Daily American


Deserving of special mention were the contralto solos by Miss Olive Smith.  All her numbers were rendered with telling effect.  She has a voice beyond the ordinary in register, most pleasing in quality, and of unusually good volume and resonance.




Spracuse (N. Y.) Evening Herald


Miss Olive Smith, the soloist of this most unique combination, won the audience at her first appearance.  Her voice is rich and mellow, and particularly sweet in the middle and lower registers.  She was enthusiastically encored after each number.




Wilkesbarre (Pa.) Record.


Her voice is a rich, deep contralto, of great range and splendid musical quality.  The half dozen numbers rendered showed the singer to be equally at home in almost any style of composition.  Her work is decidedly finished and pleasing.




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