Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-13
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The Concert and Tableaux Of Friday Night
Undoubtedly the Luther Aid and Won
Bora Societies of the Lutheran church kept
their word Friday night in offering fine
entertainment to the public and the public
kept faith with them i'll filling the house.
The management also was excellent AND
there were no yexatiouS delays, though
many ofthe tableaux were not easy to ''set'
as the stage people term it. The orchestra
which was led by Prof. Ide fully answered
the expectations Of its excellence which
had been aroused; nothing could have
been better than the Leinatasklaenge
Waltz The vocal music we need hardly
say was good, when We say that the singers
were the best in the city, but we must add
that with the exception Of the song by
Mrs. w. L. Bumgardner, the selections
were not in a single instance suited to
bring out the best voice of the singer, a
misfortune that was peculiarly prominent
in the selection for Miss Effie Stiff, the ad-
mirable contralto.
The portrait gallery was, as every one
who recollected the exhibition of this
kind by these societies expected,
great success. Staunton has not up
to this date produced anything to
excel the ''Vestal Virgin as por-
trait of exceeding beauty. Miss Mag
gle Wig bit sat for LADY Duer'' and a
Swiss Peasant; Miss Lizzie lesser as Mrs.
Sedgwick' and a Vestal Virgin; Miss Ella
Black as "Lady Washington;" Miss Mol
lie Foster as sMrs. Lawrence Lewis and
an English Peasant; Miss Nettie Ide as
MRS. John Jay" Miss Ella Brown as
LADY Alexander Hamilton and Scotch /
Peasant, and Miss Annie Slower as MRS. /
VIM Smith, The male portraits were
given by Messrs. Eugene Lushbaugh. NJ. |
A. Trenary and VIM. hardwood and there /
were some Of the cutest little medallion
pictures of children filled little tots who [
were in truth ''as pretty as picture"
Mr.. David Drake kept the portrait exhi-
billions very lively, as the artist.
The tableaux brought the pretty chill /
dren QUO strong. That of Spring was \
made by Miss Mollie Foster and the fol-
lowing children-Ettie Foster. Mollie Jes-
ser, Ed. Butcher, May lde and Cora Funk I
houser; that of Summer was harvest |
scene, in which Misses Maggie Wright and |
Annie Grubert appeared with Mr.. M. A. !
Trenary; Autumn was cosy house scene, /
in which the figures were 1t. Jas. A. |
Shewey and Miss Mary Graves, with
Mollie lesser. May Ide, Minnie Riley, |
Willie lesser and Ed. Butcher, and Win
ter was portrayed by Messrs. j. A. Shewey |
and Julius Prufer.
The tableau vivante from MarmiOn was |
well set, and the text of Constances |
speech was delivered with remarkable &C /
curacy by Miss Lucy Brown, something
not easy to do in a first appearance before
a crowded audience. 1t closed with the |
burial alive of the monk, a proceeding |
which the executioners set about with the
most cruel violence, and an earnestGess
that warranted the apprehension that the
unhappy victim would be dead before he
touched the ground. The cast of this
Hableau was-C Constance de Beverly, Miss
Lucy Brown; Abbess of st. Hide, Miss
Trenary: Prioress of Tynemouth, Miss |
Nettie Ide: Abbott of St. Cuthbert, David |
Drake; Monk, Scott Funkhouser; Execu-
TONERS, Eugene Lushbaugh, Geo. Valen- |
tine Ruhle, VIM. Mark wood and Alonzo
Trenary. Another tabieau vivante was
.@Love on and in tub, which was very
:asa using.
During the evening flower boutonalres |
were sold from stand by Misses Mary |
Craig and Nealie Myers, and handsome
wm taken in by the attractive young sales
W. ,uaen.
\ Ne whole entertainment was under tile
mana cement of Mr.. Geo. P. Baker, who
was a, visited by Mr.. Chas. Burschell, as
stage III snager, and these gentlemen de-
serve the shanks of the audience for
mos: deligi. ,tful evening.
Tie rece V,ts of the entertainment
amounted to S1S.