Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-02-09
THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE SEA-
SON.

NOVELTIES IN sTAUNTON-A PACKED
AND PLEASED HOUSE.
&C., &C., sc.
The entertainment last night for the
benefit Of the Y. M. q. A. passed Of de
Iightfully, and a packed house testified thu
interest felt by the people of Staunton il
the success of this Association. The fame
of the tastefully fitted up stsge had gont
before, and very many were anxious to SET
just schat the enterprise of the ladies had
gotten up. At u O'Clock the orchestra
from the D. d. & B. I. discoursed sweet
music, after which came a piano solo.
The curtain rose upon a new and beau.
tiful Tableau called the Wreath of Ro.
ses," wherein nine young ladies leach one
wearing her respective aower,) and three
little girls formed such a garland of flow
ers as one sees but seldom. In the cen
tire Of the wreath stood a child bearing the
banner OF the Y. M. G. A. which as it slowly
expanded showed a beautiful winged child
dressed in green, and at the front of the
wreath reposed two other little ones. These
young ladies and children were: Miss M.
Elder, Red Flower; Miss R. Tams, Flu
chsia: Miss K. Smith, Pink and White
rose Miss L. Mcclure, Scarlet Geranium !;
Miss K. Scott, Pink Rose ; Miss A. Reese,
Blue Morning Glory Miss S. Frazier, Red
Rose; Miss l.. McCue, Ivy ; Miss K. Ba-
ker, autumn Leaves; Mamie Lee. Shield ;
Julia Haines and Fanny McChesney
Flower Girls.
Again the curtain rose, and on a piece
of statuary. never before exhibited in
Staunton, called Glide and Seek" It was
a garden scene, where three little children
were playing hide and seek among the
flowers. They were Lottie Rutherford,
Kenneth Mccoy and Allie Hamilton.
The next rising of the curtain was upon
scene 1st of the charade called 'Fairy
Freaks where Oberon and Titania. King
and Queen of the Fairies, were surround
ed oy little fairies, and all were Sos
TUNED in light spangled dresses. They
were giving the little ones power to
play freaks upon mortals, and putting
them, the fairies, under the authority Of
the hobgoblin Puck, who has power, by his
wonderful cap, of making himself invisi-
BILE at will. The mortal they chose for
their victim, was a querulous man named
a~nything-they, being invisible, tickle him
with straws which he takes for flies, and
trouble him continually. Puck finally leads
him into a miry place, and then assuming
his boyish form, leads him out Of it and to
his home, and after his manifold trials he
concludes to give up grumbling and be a
pleasanter man in the future. The follow
ing was the cast:
Titania, Miss Annie Nelson; Oberon,
Eddie Hopkins; Puck, Arthur Morton;
MI. Grumps, Mr. W. B. McChesney. Fairies
IF. Asst, B. Young, V. Hoge, j. Asst, E.
Berkeley, A. McCue, V. Brennan, H. Hun
ter.
Then came a pretty operetta called
tsThe Hunters Daughter" was announced
as the concluding piece of the evening
The opening scene showed a party of young
men and maidens, in the costume OF Swiss
peasants. Albert, the hero of the cperetta
comes among them, and Joyfully announces
the coming of his ladylove, Lucille. The
peasants sing a chorus and the curtain
falls. The story runs through several acts.
Albert's mother opposes his choice, but he
finally wins Lucille by proving himself the
best deer hunter Of the village, and in the
last scene the peasants gather around the
happy pair and sing them many happy
wishes. The operetta is full of beautiful
solos and choruses. which were rendered
with great spirit and accuracy. The anna
teurs in this operetta are deserving Of
much praise for the ease and skill with
which they acted their parts, and we hope
soon to have the pleasure of seeing and
hearing them again. The cast was:
Lucille, Miss M. Crawford; Mary, Miss
Annie Hotchkiss: Mother of Albert, Miss
Sallie Hartman; Albert, Mr.. c. M. Whittle;
Peasants, Misses N. Hotchkiss, Q. Hotch-
kiss, F. Tams, n. Tams, A. Beard, A.
Smith, M. Harris, J. Fletcher, L. Fletcher,
G.. Baldwin, and Messrs. McChesney,
Brown, Jordan, Robertson, Cooke. Rich
ardson, Tams, Shirley and McGufin.
Then came a rush for the refreshment
room, where were served most delicious
oysters and coffee, under the superinten-
dence of Mrs. Hawkins assisted by Mrs.
Hoge; also, ice-creams, cakes, salads NC
at the table presided over by Mrs. Addison
Waddell and Mrs. Hunter.
We must not forget to mention the table
of fancy articles, where Mrs. Erwin and
Mrs. strath were happy to dispose of many
beautiful little articles to willing purchas
erS.
The ballads sob sing again the Auld
Scotch Sangs," by Mrs. Frank Berkeley
and ssThe Flower Girl" by Miss Mary
Crawford received hearty applause.
Taken as a whole this entertainment
which, we understand, is the first of
number to be given monthly, was adecidet
success, and we hope each month to see thu
house well filed. Much praise is due Mr.
A. Y. Lee (late Of Riehmond), to who's
great energy, untiring efforts and wonder
ful skill. both as designer of the stage, orr
e~inator of the tableaux and stage manage
much of the success of the enterprise is tt
be attributed.
The entertainments are given under The
patronage of Mrs. Holmes Erwin, Mrs
Strath, Mis-. Jed. Hotchkiss. Mrs. A. H
Fultz, Mrs. B. Hawkins, Mrs. Addison
Waddell, Mrs. H. d. Peck, Mrs. G. w
Hunter and Mrs. Jno. B. Hoge, and TIN
extraordinary triumph of the first on
promises a successful run.
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TRAGIC END OF A WANDERING LIFE
Hon. john r. Kittrell, Attorney Gener.
al of Nevada, has written letter to a lad.
in Staunton giving some information
about DR.. VIM. Fl. James, who went from