Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-06-02
The Way Festivals.

CLOSE OF aRAaE-rHE MAY PARTY Last
NIGHT OF THE SECOND BAPTIST = ST.
PAULs.
The strawberry festival of Grace nj. E
Sunday school at Masonic Temple closed
last night. Its finale was a brilliant one,
and witnessed by large audience, filling
up the seats in tire circle and the balcony.
The false floor was laid over the chairs in
the parquet, and upon this the May Party
was held.
Miss Saliie Conrad personated the Queen,
for winch her personal beauty and grace
well fitted her. Lille Capeile, sweet in
her chilalike simplicity, was the Flower
Queen, the other parts being taken as
follows; Flora, May Primrose Grown
er, Mamie Bratton; Sceptre Bearer, Annie
Metz Lady Hope, Matte Pickels Flower
Glrs, May Sparks and Lille Kendall; Co.
lumbia, appropriately robed, Fannie RU-
dolph. Ellie Pickels crowned the Flower
Queen. The seasons and months were per-
sonated by; Spring and months, Florie
Butler, Mamie Ellison, Anna Robinson,
Lucy Mitchell; Summer and months, Julia
Femming, Lidia Mccall, Fannie Rudolph,
Joanna Mclaughlin; Autumn and months,
Mary Downing, Mary Venn, Hattie Belt,
May Stotsenburg; Winter and months, Liz
Green, Florie Kendall. Besides these there
was a company of Floras and May Train,
the whole requiring something over fifty
children. The girls were all dressed in white
and carried evergreen Wreathe, while the
pages were attired as became their station.
In the rendition of their parts the chill
dren were remarkab y accurate, the result
of the painstaking labor of Mrs. ". II. Bill
lany, AIra. E. S. r. Butler, Mrs. Maria j.
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and choruses were most pleasing to the
audience, and their addresses were mostly
dietincC in their utterance. But that which
attracted the greatest attention was the
movements about the stage, and in the
evolutions OF the grand march admiration
was expressed in rounds of applause. The
two queens led this march without an err
ror, although to the locker on it seemed
like tangle maze at times. The plaitin 6
of the May pole was q very pretty exerc e
well performed After the May Party the
festival was opened. The hall was decora-
ted with the national colors and Sunday
school banners, and very pretty garden
scene was set upon the stage.
ct. PAUL's FESTIVAL AT THE INSTITUTE.
There was larger attendance at Insti-
tute Hall, last evening, and very pleasant
party of cOngenial spirits gathered there
The departments were all very we'll patron.
lied, These departments, by the way, are
all well supplied and very attractively al
ranged. In the centre of the hall is booth
for the sale of cut flowers, and ranged
eround the sides Of the room are the sew
eral tables, d l5Iacaale VEL, poht-Oilce
&c. Flags are hung about the hall, which
is quite pleasant in its modest decorations
THE SECOND BAPTIST CONCERT AND FESTIVAL
The Second Baptist church, last evening
was the scene of another happy and bril-
liant asaemblage, to which the enjoymen
of the night before proved to be only pre-
liminary. The concert opened with we'll
rendered piano duett by Misses Dure anC
Perkins. w. w. Lobdell followed with al
exceedingly well-sung solo, to which Brad
ley James played an appropriate accompani
ment on the piano. Owing to the illness o
DR.. MITCHELL the "ITio," announced to b.
fuag by Messrs Cameron, Danforth, AM
MITCHELL had to bs abandoned, and in it
stead Mr. Cameron sang comic solo, en-
titled I" Wish its Mither Would Come,
much to the amusement of the audience.
''Lord, thou knowest that ! love Thee,
was the subject of very beautiful duet
and quartette by Mrs. Cooling and Mia
LobiCll, Messrs. Lobdell, and Ogle. TIL
concert closed at 20 minutes after 8 O'Clock
after quite large number of ladies an
gentlemen had lndulged in 10 minutes
promenade, while Miss Dure admirabl
played a promenade march. Tables an
chairs appeared as If by magic, which wer
soon filled, and vigorous onslaught con
menced ON the ice cream, strawberries, an
other refreshments, for over an hour, whe
the cakes remaining were disposed of b
auction. The entertainment throughol
has been one of the most pleasant ever he
and netted handsome sum for the Sunds
School. On Monday June 18th the Sunds
School will make all excursion on IL
steamer Ariel to Windsor Park on the Del
aware above Philadelphia.