Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-06

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for his money and other valuables
Plump loses his former courage and dis
sorges his ill-gotten gain, when the
play winds up by Garrick restoring to
young Wilde all his late fathers money
and effects, and administers Just and
scathing rebuke to Plump and Blind,
leaving them in future to beware of
ghosts.
1t would be invidious to particuIarize
where all did so well, but l may be'per-
mitted to say that Masters Bradley and
Whclan carried off the palm.
"The Harp Of Tara's Hail." one of
Moore's most beautiful melodies, sung
by Miss j. A. Hade, was well received
and deservedly encored.
"I'm lonely since my mother died,
was sung as solo and chorus by the or
phans, some sixteen in number, varying
in size and age from twelve years down
to two and half, who are kindly cared
for at the Institute by the good Sisters
of Charity.
The appearance of the orphans cans
ed at first suppressed feeling of SYM
pathy, which burst out into torrent of
applause which shook the benches be-
meath the audience, in welcoming the
little wanderers 20 their hospitable
home. The neat and clean attire of the
orphans, as also the manner in which
they conducted themselves during their
appearance on the stage, gives sufficient
proof of the kind and good care that is
taken of them by those who have them
in charge.
! The browning act of the whole was
the address on the part of the pupils,
by Miss Kate Hughes. To be properly
appreciated, it requires to be seen. [
will, however, endeavor to give de-
scription, in order to it's being the bet
ter understood.
| On the stage in regular graduation
stands tableaux Of three angels-the
one holding boquet of rare flowers,
one holding cross, one next to the
All Powerful and Just One holding the
crown Of immortality, 50 beautifully
referred to in the closing part of the
address,:
Reverend Dear Father, loved Parents
| and Friends:
Please accept our most sincere thanks
for your kind attendance here this eve
ming. I assure you it is very gratifying
to our hearts to know you all feel so
deeply interested in our childish amuse-
ments-an interest clearly Indicated by
the approving smile with which You
greeted each exercise specified in our
simple programme, which gave us re-
newed courage in its performance.
We have longed most anxiously for
the coming of this evening, as we no
ped during it to be able to give you
some little pleasure in return for all
your kindness to us. We came here
with the full determination of perform
ing our parts to the best of our ability,
and we feel confident that you, Rev.
Father, loved parents and friends, en-
tered the Institute this evening with no
other resolution than to be pleased with
our proceedings, no matter how per
| formed therefore we know you will
excuse any defects you may have per-
ceived, feeling that you view us with
the kind and loving eyes of parents.
But before closing my addresr, /
must refer to the real delight we take
in giving these exhibitions in our own
Institute. We should feel truly thank.
full for our grand church, which is each
day being more beautifed and will,
ere our good pastor ceases adjoining it,
be superb.
Dear Rev. Father, how faithfully the
angels have treasured up the actions of
your life. See yon bright spirit with
what care he has oulled the many hued
virtues that daily shed their perfume
around your pathway, that he may pre-
sent them as sweet boquetof heavens
perfumed flowers. Yet well we know
your path through life has not been
free from trials Your heart has often
been wounded by the cruel thorns that
lie concealed beneath the sunny flow
ers. But look A bright spirit has
left his Eden home to linger awhile on
earth to pluck each cruelthorn. Thorns