The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-10-10
a,rnlng Star and Catholic Messenger.
NEW ORLEANS. SUNDAY OCTOBER 10 1875.
rxhibition and Distribution Of Premiums at St.
Mays School (Female) Carrollton.
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Marys School defer their annual exhibition
and distribution of prizes until the 30th Sept,
when the heat of summer had departed.
Bryant speaks of the autumn season as "the
saddest of the year." bnt to me it has ever been
the most enchanting. Spring has its glories in
the opening of buds and flowers, which the
summer sun brightens into maturity, but
autumn seems to blend the two seasons into
one, gathering into her lap the now fulfilled
promises of her earlier sisters. Spring bursts
upon us after the winter-sleep of nature, and
most grateful is the change from dreary cold
to the balmy air and genial warmth of an April
morning; summer opens the bosom of mother
Earth, and ripening harvests gladden. the
farmers heart with anticipated abundance
but in autumn, when the leaves on the trees
darken into brown, when the tints of the
flowers soften into a deeper hue, when the
lingering warmth of summer tempers the winds
that begin to blow cool, when ali nature
seems to have become ripe and mellow, it 10
then that the beauties of nature fill our hearts
with keener pleasure; We feel more sensibly
the impress of the Deity, and more grateful to
our Creator for the inestimabls boon of living.
Such were the thoughts that allied my mind,
after listening to the exquisite essay o, b, ~
Marie Mandin, on this favored season OF a.
year. This composition, in French, was read
by Miss Matilda Zimmerman, and do not de-
tract from its merits in saying that much Of
of the pleasure with which it was received was
due to the graceful and easy manner in which
it was rendered.
1t is not my intention to follow the order of
the exercises, nor is it possible to make
special mention of all who took part therein {:
these remarks shall be confined to the most
salient features of the entertainment, and to
the names of those who seemed the most
prominent. Among the sixty four scholars of
st. Msry's School, those whose names were SO
often called out to receive premiums that they
became familiar to the ear, were Misses Josie
Peters, Matilda Zimmerman, Maggie Cleary,
Kate Brady, Lizzie Reilly. To which of these
young ladies might be awarded the palm, par
excellence, is more than can say, but from the
number of testimonials that burdened their
fair hands, and their frequent appearance on
the stage, one would infer that they had been
as Industrious behind as they were prominent
before the scenes.
A prettier sight was never seen than that
which greeted the eyes of the audience when
the pupils, dressed in white and blue, marched
in and took their places in the tastefully
decorated hall. The dresses looked so white
and the ribbons SO Blue; and eyes were SO
bright, and faces all aglow with delight and
eager expectation! and then the morning
sunlight came streaming through doors and
windows, making brighter what was bright
already. When the last notes of the opening
march had died away, Miss Alice Cleary
stepped upon the stage, and in short, but
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friends and patrons of the school.
Neither time nor space permit full account
of the exercises, and where all is good it is
difficult to make selections. What seemed to
please the audience most were little drama
entitled, "There's no Place Like Home "A
School Girls soliloquy,' and what We Know
dialogue by the pupils of the primary depart
ment.
This is what saw and thought of the drama.
Ten fair daughters of as many lands, beginning
with "Merrie England" and ending with "The
home of the free," ETC., assemble and begin to
descant upon the merits of their respective
countries, each claiming precedence over
her other sisters 1 forgot to state that the
representatives of the different countries weES
distinguished from each other by soarfs COM
posed of their national oolors.
Now, Mr.. Editor, I was sorely puzzled to de-
eide to which of those countries 1 had rather
belong, and didn't decide it either; in fact, the
only conclusion 1 could como to was cosmo-
politan: was perfectly willing to belong to
all of them.
The nationalities were represented: England,
by Miss Mary Finnegan; Ireland, by Miss
Maggie Cleary; France, by Miss Mary Mandin
Germany, by Miss Matilda Zimmerman switz-
eriand, by Miss Louisa Heuchert; Italy, by
Miss Annie Gambia; Venice, by Miss Lizzie
Kelly; Lapland, by Miss Frances Lanvair
ESquimaux, by Miss Georgia Trohaut; America,
by Miss Peters.
MISS Josie Peters rendering of "a School
WITS sollloquy" was capital, and did hear
some one say it was "jolly." At any rate, it
put MS all in jolly good humor, and stretched
sne mouth and shook the sides of every men,
Der of the audience.
In What We Know the wee, little ones