The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-15
THE Y. NJ. G. A. ENTERTAINMENT

| the Y. NJ. C.. A. came of in one OF the large
rooms OF the Grange fall on last Thursday
night. The stage had beea beautifully ar
ranged under the supervision Of Mr.. A Y.
Lee, whose taste IN designing was only
| equaled by his skill in executing. and his
efforts, combined with the assistance OF the
| ladies, resulted ir one OF the ncatcs, and
Coolest little theatrical halls in tine State.
rhe only objection that could be raised was
| the want of accommodation for the large au-
dience which, long before the hour of COM
mencement. had assembled. By eight clock
| numbers had been turned away, and from
stage to entrance. every available foot OF
space was occupied Near the door the Jam
| was fearful. Ladies were compelled to stand
OIL chairs, small boys were sandwiched be-
| tween fat men and filters. and all who were
not elevated to the height Of the benches had
their horizon bounded by the back of their
nearest neighbours head. From this com
| fortabiv situated portion Of The audience the
applause which greeted the different scenes
| was literally inters ,ersed with chorus Of
| "Down in 'front.'" supplemented by the de-
livery of individual and collective opinions
as to the right of those who occupied front
seats to absorb the whole Of the view.
The entertainment consisted Of tablcaux,
a little fairy drama. an opere;ta, and two
exquisite solos By Mrs. VIM. L. Bnmgardnei
and Mrs. Frank Berkeley, interluded with
splendid music by the institution orchestra.
The sableaux were unusually beautiful,
the first representing q - Wreath OF Roses,
in which, nine young ladies and three chill
dren were the figures. EACH represented
some bright. particular flower. blended with
raress taste INTO a bouquet OF beauty, from
the centre OF which rose the banner OF the
Y. N. G.. A., which, slowly unfolding, dis
closed beautiful child in fairy costume.
The young ladies au3 children were: Miss
Kate Smith. pirS and white rose; Miss Eo-
sale Tams, fuehsa; Miss May Elder, red
slower; Miss Linda Mcclure. scarlet Sera
MUM; Miss Ada Reese. blue morning glory;
Miss X. Scott. pink, rose; Miss Susie Fra
zier, red rose; Miss Lima McC,c. ivy; Miss
Kate Baker. autumn leaves; Mamie Lee,
shield Fanny McChesney and Julia.Hanes,
flower girla. The second tabieau was from
slie famous sta.uary of Hide and Seek
and was splendidly illustrated by little Lot
tie Rutherford, Kenneth Mccoy and Allie
Hamilton.
In the drama OF FAIRY Freaks some
dozen fair-liaired little beauties, dressed in
the ARREST costumes and winged. with all the
varied hues OF butterflies, glided and fiut-
tered around the stage rs il, indeed, they
were the cunning ministers OF Puck and
Oberon, Of fairy legend. The scene was
dazzling, and as the calcium flashed on tin
seled costumes, 1t showed q spectacular
triumph never equaled in Stanton before.
Old Grump:, upon whom the fairies be
slowed their miscl.ieyous attentions. was ad
mirably represented by Mr.. WIN. Il. Nc
Chesney. whilst Puck. as rendered by Mas
ter Arthur Morton, elected and deserved
many flatrering compliments. Titania and
Oberon, by Miss Annie Nelson and Master
Ed. Hopkins, were scarcely less conspicuous
for their excellence. The .aries, which were
the observed Of all observers, were Bessie
Young, Florence Asst. Ina Asst, Y. Hoge. E.
Berkeley, A. McCue Y. Brennan and H.
!; Hunter.
The principal characters In the operet "a OF
the ''Hunter's Daughter were taken by
Miss Mary Crawford as 6 Lucille" and Mr..
C. NJ. Whittle as ALBERT, both Of whom,
as well as the entire support, performed
their parts with q success which far exceeded
anticipation. 1t was field altogether I'M
explored by Staunton talent, but the yield
was so gratifying that we may expect this
character of the drama to form no unimport-
ant part in the entertainments to be given.
During the rendition Of The operetta, several
ford and Hotchkiss and Messrs. McChesney
and White, and a specimen OF very ami
mated acting in the scene which occurred
between the mother and father Of Albert re-
lative To the matrimonial prospects Of their
son. TIE cast was az follows: Lucille. Miss
VI. Crawford; Mary, Miss Annie Hotchkiss
Mother of Albert, Miss Sallie Hartman; AL
bert, Mr.. C. N. Whittle; Peasants, Misses
n. Hotchkiss, @. Hotchkiss, F. Tams, N.
Tams, A. Beard. A. Smith, NJ. Harris, j.
Fletcher, L. Fletcher, C. Baldwin, and
Messrs. McChesney, Brown, jordan. Rob- |
ertson, Cooke. Richardson. Tams. Shirley !
and McGuffin.
After the entertainment there was rush |
to the supper-room, where the ladies. as |
usual, had provided everything nice i'll the
eatable line, and after that the crowd re-
paired to the main hall and induged In
roller skating for an hour Oh SO.
On Saturday night the entertainment was
repeated, with the addition Of a quartette
burlesquc by Misses Crawford and Hotchkiss
aud Messrs. McChesney aud Shirley, under
the leadership Of Mr.. A. Y. Lee. 1t was a |
rich per ormance, and wound up one Of the |
most successful entertainments ever given in |
the city.
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