Smyrna times., 1878-03-06

u =, y 0chool Union, Friday evening
,r March 10, at y o'clock Speakers Rev
Dr. Vincent and Rev. r. w. Todd.
temperance, Saturday evening, March
e 10th, at It o'clock. Speakers Rev. w. B.
i walton, A. Stengle and G. w. Townsend.
Missionary Sermon, Monday afternoon.
It March 18th, 3 o'clock: Rev. w. |. Balm,
Alternate, Rev. A. w. Milby.
Missionary Anniversary, Monday even.
ing' March Is, y o'clock. President, F.
a. Ellis, Esq; Speakers, Rev. DR.. Reid,
Rev. R. II. Adams.
r Freedman's Aid Society, Tuesday after.
noon, March 10, 3 o'clock. Speakers, Rev.
DR.. Rust and Rev. DR.. Matlack.
Notices.-Memorial Service, Saturday after.
, noon, March II, at o'clock.
Prayer meeting every morning at o'clock
IN the audience room.
Conference and general Love Feast, Sun.
day morning at o'clock.
Sacrament of the Lords Supper at n time
during the session to be fixed by the pre-.
siding Bishop.
Adjacent charges desiring to have their
pulplts filled on Sunday, March 18th. will
notify Rev. w. II. Hutchin.
IHEl Il. LIS. ANNIvERSARY.-The twenty.
fourth anniversary of the l. r. s. of
Wesleyan Female College came off in the
College oratory, last Thursday evening, and
as usual, was attended by large and
fashionable audience.
At o'clock President Wilson arose and |
apologized for the delay in commencinc |
the exercises, which was due to the time |
consumed in seating the audience. He
was about to say he was sorry so many
came, but withheld the thought and said
he was sorry the room was not larger The
exercises then commenced under the charce
OF the President of the Society, Miss Hattie
Dyson, of Norristown, Pa.
The programme opened with an instru.
mental duet, "Gazzl Ladra," Rossini. bv
Miss II. May Bennett, of Washington. D.
C., and Miss NJ. Taylor, of Wilmington.
The Secretary report by Miss Caddie A.
foder, of Mahanoy City. Pa, was more in
the nature of a carefully written essay.
The past rank and present condition of the
|. r. IS.-with its 700 volumes and greatly
improved society rSom-were referred to
with commendable pride.
A charming little solo, Welcome, Pretty
Prmrose,' was as charmingly redered bv
Miss Annie ). Stokes of Wilmington. {
Miss Emma Lyman, of Wilmington. fol-
lowed with a select reading-Bret Harta,s ,
:" Scene in the Balusters "-delivered with
most excellent effect, and Miss Alice A
Stotssnburg, of New Albany, Indiana, gave I
a brilliant instrumental solo, "Dinorab." !" '
from VOss. 9
"The Polish Mother" by Mrs. Ann s {
Stephens, was most excellently declaimed S
by Miss A. May Metz, of Wilmington. ,
A vocal duet, Cheerfulness," Gumbert d
by Misses E. and NJ. Taylor, Wilmington. i
was so delightfully."- rendered that an encore S
was enthusiastically demanded. t
A "Society Prophecy" by Miss Maggie
;. Hammersley of Kent Island, Md. was a
IN amusing glance into the future, in which p
The Wesleyan College of 1898 was pictured Il
Is an imposing edifice on Delaware Avenue d
The future destiny of the worthy President y
If the College, and also of number of Ii
members of the society, was a quantity and fc
lumorously portrayed.
An instrumental duet, "Un Voeu In .,
merge" Battman, was excellently perform te
ID by Misses E. Taylar and Bessie p ~
dcCarter, the former at the piano and the w
ater at the organ. 70
An essay, Dreamland," by Miss Alice >,
referred with poetic thought o,
nd expression to that pleasant daily epoch w
Ihen weary mortals lie down "to slesp. r.
erchance to dream" h,
Miss Bessie B. McCarter, of Norristown. on
a., followed with a song, " Deep in NV hi
Ieart Birding Dwells," by Abt, which NJ
as most charmingly rendered in a rich 70
voice. :,
Next came a recitation of that most a.,
.irring and dramatic of the poems of N. 90
. Willis, Parrhasus and His Captiyen =,
Y Annie S. Stokes.
An instrumental colo, Lazngara.m th
scher, was brilliantly rendered by Miss %
- 10y DShhO1tt VI w IL ".
The budget" was read by Miss NJ. j. wi
arrigan of Wilmington. 1t was filed ex
ith an interesting original miscellany, of
'mprising literary productions, bits of %,
ersonal history, social bon nlots, and other M,
teresting items. 1t occasioned much ne
easure and merriment. =.
The grand finale was character pressn. he
tion of Tennysons beautiful dramatic no
'em, "Dream Of Fair Women" which 70,
as compile success. n,
" The Kiss IN the Dark was played as a -.
rec by amateurs in Mount Sterling, KY, r. T..
} to the point where the young man "a.
sses the pretty girl. Then it was turned
to tragedy. The girls real lover, jealous e.,
her stage lover, and discerning that the "' W
ssing was genuine and much relished, ~
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