The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-12-23
TIE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMIL.
BGTFON.
A TRIUMPH FOR THE LITTLE BOYS
AND GIRLS.
A CROWDED IoUsEASDA DEIJGnTED
AUDIENCE.


The first night Of the third animal ex.
hibition of the Cairo public school has
passed, and we are called upon to compile
ment tho pupils upon another grand sue
cess. In doing this, IL we should fail to
mention the names OF all who partici.
pated, II will not be 30 because any were
unworthy, but because our space forbids.
The greeting song WAS well sung; but we
observed the fault common to children,
and one Of which we have before spoken.
We refer to the extreme solemnity Of
countenance prese rived. A bright, cheer.
ful look was all that was needed to make
this part Of the performance as perfect as
il could be made.
The curtain descending upon this group,
was soon drawn up TO reveal the presence
Of Frankly Hartman, Paul Crawley, Philly
Green, Johnnie Cash, Willie Winans,
Eugene Ellis, Willie Fraser, Eddie
James, Elmer Hunter, Willie Black,
frankie earle and Jimmie Sandusky-
twelve very small boys who desired to
tell what they We're going TO be when
they became men. When II eume to
Frankly Hatman TO tell what he was going
to be, he declared his purpose to be Pres-
dent; :" II ! cam" says he. land / cam
aud will have all my aunts and unclss
In my cabinet Va palpable but unin-
tended hit at an administration we wot
OF, that brought down the house"
Master Henry Vincent, quantity cos,
tuned, sought the position OF teacher"
and was APPALLED, ut the idea that he
should be required TO know something
about his business The colloquy be-
tween him and master VIM MCGEE was
humorous, and well received ....
"The Gifts OF the Fairy Queen" by
twenty pupils. was one OF the prettiest
things ever put upon the Cairo stage. In
this scene was shown the liberality Of
our parents Ia the matter Of preparing
their children. The costumes were
dazzling IN their wealth Of gold and gilt.
ter-made Of the brightest and most
ethereal fabrics. and presenting COM
binations OF color that we're very bril-.
liant and beautiful AS a spectacular
presentation, the "Gifts OF the Fairy
Queen" has never been surpassed in
our school exhibitions. = 81 'l'' J.'.''
Miss Josie Phillis' piano solo was fine
ly executed. The studied eject Of the
more difficult measures, showed excel.
lent training, and a full comprehension
Of the nature Of the composition In hand.
The little comedetta entitled "What
comes Of loose tongue was ren dercd In
excellent vein by tho following pupils:
SylyiatJohnson, Louisa Vincent. Eddie
Walker. Robt. Devore, WIN. Cundiff,
Walter Cundin, VIM. NeH, Richard
knight, et ais. The boys were well at
home In their parts; but in this, as in
many other things, the girls surpassed
them. hiss Sylvia johnson, as the home
like mother, had an excellent conception
Of her part, and Miss Louisa Vincent
as Miss Loquacity, was exceedingly hap.
py. The acting of this young lady has
not been surpassed by one out Of ten OF
the lady professionals that have appear
ed on the same boards. Her voice was
natural, her gestures and movements
easy and unstudied-her tout ensemble
admitted, In fact, ofno improvement.
playing School, was very appropri.
ate little farce, into which group Of lit.
tie girls and boys entered with consider.
able spirit. Little May Hartman. equip.
ped In frilled cap, long apron and spec
tacles, was the"marm, !" and Cora Arick,
Lily Jones, Laura Chrisman, Kate Har.
rell, Eddie Hely, George Chrisma en-, John
Lane and Carson Martin were pupils
mischievous little romps, all of them,
who took to their respective parts quite
naturally. .f5 .. 40 I.-'.l oI
"Santa Claus, a recitation by Minnie
Powers. was one OF the best things Of the
evening, and deserved the applause that
followed IL.
Nicholas Hackers declamation-"Th
flight OF Years''-did him credit; being
quite as good, lbut no better rs zelda
Powers recitation Of the same name.
Then came little Mollie Lavender In
her little song Of Jessie Cook. or this we
speak elsewhere. It..I.ri' '.ir
"Beyond the River'' Is q beautiful COM
position that was we'll recited by Eva
Ventriss. g.. ii.Hr
"The Maiden's Psalm OF Lifsp was then
recited by Cora Stratton, and like Eva,
she did very well, and looked very pref
ty indeed. .rf...,-,
Master Charles Carpenter pronounced
a PHILIPPE against profanity, in good
style, when the stage was prepared for
PHYSICAL EXERCISES"