The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-29
LORETTO ACADEMY,
THE ENTERTAINMENT YESTER.
DAY AFTERNOON.
A HOUSE FULL OF FRIENDS AND
A GOOD PEKfOKMAN

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day afternoon 10y the young ladies of the
school, was 10 every respect decided sue.
cess The weather was cool and pleasant.
the concert room was full, but not up-
comfortably so, Of the parents of the
scholars and the misses were a up in
their parts and earned well-merited CONF
mendations from every person who wit
messed their performances.
TuE PROGRAMME.
The entertainment was opened by Miss
Mary Mccarthy on the piano. She
rendered the Return Of Spring Polka"
cxcellrntiy.
Then .salutatory in rhyme, by little
jessie Tayl supported by two little gill.
If her own age, WAS listened to with
pleasure.
court Wait Ball, on the piano, by
Anna Meyer. aud EI,th oberly, was, con-
.idering the age, Of the little gir,., well
Executed
And then all the little girls Of the
-chool-au army of lttls beauties-sung.
with much spirit, The Spider and the
Fly, with an accompaniment on the
piano by Nellie King.
"THE DREAM.
Tui. was a little drama, In which the
little actors, acquitted Themselves finely
The argument of the play is, that
FiIiola, u little girl, who take with the
wisdom Of person over whose head had
passed at least a couple Of scores Of year.
and who defeats her mother in argu-
ment, tires of her dolls and wishe. herself
older and her own mistress. She sleeps
and dream. that her wish has been graft.
ded-that she is Old and experiences aII
the vexations Of life, seeing herself vexed
by its cares and trials Laura De Baum.
As the actual FilOla, acted her part well.
ana Mary Mccarthy sho persuuated the
FlIlola Of ilialhs dream was good. Mrs
Harvey, FilOla's mother, by G MA VII
lett, and Mrs. Harvey, the mother Of Fill
ola's dream, Ella Rodney, were both
well rendered, a also was Mrs. Hastings.
hy Mary LtHur, AMI Hlda and Fanny,
FIIIOlAs dream children, by HATTIE Rear.
den aud MOlhe German. Mrs. Contra
iictory, by Miss Carrie Hill, was u char.
acter persouaIed with much Listrionlc
,kIll. Nett- Hall and L len Cannon. us
the maids Rachel and Bsrths, also de.
serve mention.
The music Of this drama, by Nellie
tsrker, Autelia Cary, Della Gordon,
Annie White, Nina JJrgenson, Gem.
WIllett, Julia " hise Mary Linehan
and Augusta Schulz, sh wed t1at the pu-
pills Of L"retto academy have skiuful /
teachers and are becoming very proficient
IA this branch OF their studies.
"FERNcLIFF HALL"
This Is an interesting IiItly play, and
was cast rs follows:
COUNTESS. '....... ........,... Helena Pyatt
VI u.s. hrI'lr .............. Aurrlp, Cary
Mss HnmIlt" -. ........... lors M,nf.rd |
. phlt'.'''... .............. Ellen Mtrnell |
Anhette......,.............. Mary Bruwner
All the character. were skillfuly per-
'onatei, but little Mary Browner acted
Annette, the hou,emaiJ to the lfe-very
iuely indeed
Daring the drama, Jennie SusqBka and
Mary Nolan play "a on the piano r. ,b.rt
b Lees March, and Laura DrBtnn and
Flora Munford Sunshine aud L We,
Scatter the Gems of the B.aulifu."a vocal
iuArte,te by Addie Feith, Julia White.
Cenis WIllett and Augusta Schuch. and
May Biossoms, poem tor little chill
iren from the "GItrd.n Angel by
Clara Bell Susanka, were listened to with
pleasure.
THE WORTHY NAY QUEEN
with Mary Llnvhsn Mamie Taylor.
Josie Glynn, Katie IIealy. Nellie Park-,
Mary Sweeney, Maggis White, Nellie
Antrim, Mary lyrr., Augusta Schuh and
Addie Felth IN the cast, was very b,.,uti-
.1l, srd the German longs by .ugu.ta
ochuh aud Add,e Fyiln par.icuinry
Interesting.
ever Of Thee Played by Helena
Pyaui silver Wave. by Mary Nj
earthly and Juia White; "scb,o,
G'ris Waltz by Phigss Howard mud
josie Taylor, were eAcrIlgrlIy played. and
the songs Putting on Airs and "sSe.,
Vesper DeIls Of Ancans, were sung wi,b /
much spirit, and closed the Performance. I
I"aylng the audience pleased aud ever, dc. ,
lighted with the sk'il OF tho little grl,
VINO had pf rd'd them a couple Of hour. d
pleasant amusement