Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-04-13

INSTITUTE, STAUNTON FEMALE SEMI
NARY AND THE D., D. & B. ASYLUM-NICE
ACTING, NICE TABLEAUX AND NICE
MUs1C-A OUT OF TOWN.
&C. &C., &C.
With the apple blossoms and peach
blooms the ''ancient and fsh-like smell" OF
Lenten shad has disappeared and the town
is alive again. Last week entertainments
came to the front to stay until after June.
The nights were not bright, but with the
Stanton public, free admission is always a
good substitute for moonlight and tilt
fair Sex who are next OF Kin to the angels.
and of whom it may be said that they arc
last at the looking glass and first in tie
best seats were out en- masse. FIida!
night there were two soirees, one, both dra-
matte and musical, being given at the
VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTED
The hall was uncomfortably crowded
with an audience of whom the majority
seemed to know that it wasn't precisely
the thing to talk during an overture, and
WHO bore with patience the shortcomings
Of respectable minority not so fortunate
in having the same education. The piece
de resistance of the evening was sprightly
and charming dialogue" in French, writ
ten by Mad Julie Richard, on Victor HUI
COS entreaty to be charitable. 1t is that
young girl who intended to give her
grandmother birthday present was temp
ted after the manner of girls in Sunday
school books-but we regret to say, no
where else in human experience, to give
her money to a poor person. So delight
full an act is rewarded by a bouquet ofgreat
splendor icing supplied from an unexpec-
ted source. The dialogue which well
deserved to be called comedietta from
the clever situations introduced in it, was
rendered with this cast
Madame de Valney,.... Grand Maman.
Miss Nj. Furman.
Madame d'Arcourt. ..... ..............Sa File,
Miss W Bogart.
Berthe d'Arcourt, ....."..;.. ...................
Miss Il. Miller.
Marie d'Arcourt, .......... :. ...."....... 1900.
Miss V. Joynes.
Alice, $3.50. Niece de Madame d'Arcourt,
Miss A. Weed.
Louison, ............ Veille Domestique,
Miss Mary Moore.
Jeanette. .Paysanne,
Miss A. Hamer.
OF the acting of the piece some was very
striking, that FOR instance of Miss Moore
as Louison the old servant. In the dress,
the manner, the posing, and in the appreci-
alton Of the text this young lady's perform
ance was exceptionally good. And SO, al
though, in an entirely different style was
that Of Miss w. Bogart as Madame D'Ar-
court, who also made a secoud triumph
during the evening in a reading called we
think 1.-THE wedding,'' than which nothing
could be better, measured by any standard.
Just as we think of it Miss Bogart's call
ing of "Louison'' in the dialogue WAS in
Irritable. The acting of the other charac-
tiers was good pGr acces, one occasion be-
ing the dispute between Berthe and Marie
which was very life-like.
The rest of the evening was filed with
the following pro gramme:
Overture,-'GaZZa Ladra,' -......, Rossini.
Misses l. Bradford, F. Hendricks, 5.
DeValcou.t, NJ. Young.
Reading Miss A, Metcalfe
Aprile, .....--. --.--....J. Conconne
Misses $. DeValcourt and l.. Huffman.
Iarche de Concert, e, Richard
Miss Geo. Porter, Prof. e. Richard.
'horus-"L' Val d'Andorre, "..... Halevs
)verture-''M asani#llo," .....F. Auber
Miss A. We, d. K. Crafts, G. VaIette,
Mary Moore.
Reading. ...... Miss. A. Hendren
Electric Polka, ....... HI Sanders IN
Misses A. Ham'r, G. Miller, Minnie
Moore, E. Ford.
}ecitation-''Le P tit Savoyard. "...........
Miss K. Crafts.
Fantasia organ ami piano.. &C. Seems
Miss NJ. Harmansou, F. of. b. Richard.
/ have Sighed to R+st-"T rnvatore Verdi
Miss L. Scherer.
|. )verture-'Si Petals Roi, '......A. Adam
Misses ). DIV lcnurt, e. Opperman,
L. Withsrs, B. Hurst.
5eading. Miss l.. Day
)verture-Oberon, ...,.........C. NJ. Weber
Misses Geo. Porter, l.. Bradford, NJ.
Harmans"n, 4. Weed.
Chorus Flowers, -. j. Conconne
Solos-Misses l.. Scheer, Minnie More
Both the vocal and instrumental music
was excellent and noticeably SO was the
and l.. Hoffman, the 'sAh que la morte,' y
by Miss Lena Scherer, and the fantasia fol
organ aud piano, in which Miss M. Har
manson, at the latter, was accompanied
by Professor Richard.
The ether soiree was at
THE sTAUNTON FEMALE SEMINARY.
By s o'clock, April 9th, the chapel Of
this seminary was filled by fine audience
to witness the performance of the follow
ing programmes:
Chorus, Hunter Sound" by Kucken
sung by the whole vocal class. This is
sprightly piece in the genuine German
style, and was done as well as could be
The voices sounded well together, and the
time was admirable. Next came the Seer
mans Triumphal March," by Kunkel, per
formed by Miss NJ. Zirkle It abounds
not only in brilliant passages, but also in
difficult ones, but the performer got over
all these with remarkable ease. A duet by
Miss Coiner and A. Miller, son of the
Principal, was loudly applauded, and well
deserved to be. Miss B. Schaeffer perform
ed the sparkling polka, La Califcrnienne,s
with much gracefulness, and for one Sc
young in years, this performance gives
hopes of Miss S. becoming fine performer.
Another chorus, sour way across the
sea- by the entire vocal class. showed, as
did all the others, that the teacher under
stands the training of that noblest of all
instruments-the human voice. A Snyder
son of Rev. J. A. Snyder, Of New Market
boy of - or Is years, played fantasia