Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-06-08
BRoADHURsr rNsTrrUTE.

BROADHURST INSTITUTE.
We recorded our impressions of
the examinations at this excellent
establishment last week. We have
but short space in this issue for the
entertainments given by the socie-
ties on the Thursday and Friday
nights of last week. Suffice it to
say, that the first night gave the
little people their inning, whose
enjoyment was enjoyed by large
assemblage of grown people. The
principal attraction was the per-
formance of the dear old fairy tale
of Little Red Riding Hood. All the
points of the story are realized ac-
cording to the child ideal; the wolf
practices his Establishments on
little Red even as the serpent did
on Mother Eve; the Grandmother
is eaten (behind the scenes), and
little Red escapes by the interven-
ton of a valiant woodman; the
wolf crawls off dead, and we are
left to infer that everybody else
lives happily forever afterwards.
All this is enlivened by a chorus of
the smallest elves who ever sung in
public. While all concerned in this
delightful spectacle entered thor
oughly into the spirit of it, we can
not refrain from recording thespecial
merits Of two performers. Jimmie
Hamlet doubled the parts of Robin
and the wolf, and really astonished
us by his acting and singing. Some |
of the recitatives were by no means
easy for a young singer, but all were
executed with an ease and precision
which promise highly for him as a
musician should his talent be culti-
waited. The other character was a
delightful old woman, the mother |
of Red Riding Hood, played with
remarkable spirit and perception of
character by one of Mr.. Lieber's
little girls. We cannot here refrain
from saying that, throughout both
the examinations and the perform
ances, Mr.. Lieber's children evinced
anatural talent, combined with care
full training, highly creditable not
only to their teachers but their pa
rents, for such complete success is
only attainable by the cooperation
of home influences combined with
those of school.
We find it hard to get away from
these little people, but we must
spare a few words for their older
brothers and sisters who, as men,
bers of the Excelsior Society, under
took to amuse us on Friday, the
last day of May. We had the usual
relieved by occasional
instrumental and vocal music, of
the latter not near enough. Among
the speakers we must mention the
reading of Miss Fowlkes.
This young lady's voice has some
hing peculiarly attractive in its
zones, and her beautifully clear ar
,iculation renders it delight to
listen to her, whatever the subject :
Of her recitations. In vocal music
Miss Beulah Settle is the unques-
Toned prima donna, her beautiful
voice and facile execution giving t
promise of forming a vocalist of the
highest order. We would here Sug-
rest word to her teachers-she
needs care in the development of I
he middle notes of her voice, with
)ut which it will separate into
nigh soprano and a low alto, with i
10 middle notes to unite them. We .
venture this criticism because the
FOCAL powers of Miss S. are well
worth the highest culture that can
)e bestowed upon them.
We must not omit the very anus
ng charade (the solution Of which
We have never learned) in which
Miss Halter, as a rustic old lady
lot used to railways, and Elisha
Beach, as a very nobby conductor,
made plenty of fun.
The company were marched out
O the tune of Memberships wedding
march, played with spirit and skill
~ Miss NOrah Baker.