Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-04-08
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A Pleasant Entertainment.
A MUSICAL AND DRAMATICAL EVENING AT THE
Fs AUGUSTA FEMALE SEMINARY.

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as AUGUSTA FEMALE SEMINARY.
The auditorium at the Augusta Female Sem
mary was well filled on last Friday night to
witness and enjoy the entertainment given by
the pupils in the schools of Elocution and Vocal
music. And they were not disappointed, for
the entertainment was well conceived and car
ried out in manner which met with the
hearty appreciation of all present.
Tennyson's Dream of Fair Woman was pre-
scented in a most unique and charming manner.
The costuming of the young ladies was very eff
fective and well in keeping with the characters
they represented, which were as follows:
The Dreamer Miss NJ. Fentress.
Helen Miss NJ. Alert.
Iphigenfa Miss G. Butler.
Cleopatra, Miss L. Baylor
Jepthah's Daughter. Miss J. Baird.
RosamOnd Miss l.. Mallory.
Then followed the prison scene from Shakes
peares play of King John, in which Miss I.
Holt took the character of Hubert and Miss G.
Ballagh that of Arthur. This scene, barring
the fact that it was ena cted by young girls, was
very effective, and the eyes of many were suf-
fused with tears as Arthur made his final touch
ing appeal to gentle Hubert.
In the trial of Joan of Arc Miss 1. Holt dis
played much hstrionic talent and met with
the hearty applause of an appreciative audi
ence. The judges were represented by Misses
NJ Fentress, NJ. Russell and n. Buttermore,
who, in their red gowns and enormous wigs
highly be-powdered, sat the approximation
of the outraged majesty of superstitious and
fanatical law.
The comedy "a Precious Pickle was high
ly amusing and being an illustration of school
girl life was acted with much naturalness and
vivacity, and was greatly enjoyed by all. The
characters in this play were represented by
Miss L. Ripley as the housekeeper, Miss c. But
Ter, the principal of the school, Misses Z. Bay
less, G. Gum and A. Wood, the school girls
Miss S. Spears, a gossiping country woman and
Miss A. Raphael, her little daughter. We con-
slider this the best acted scene of the evening
and where all acted their parts SO well it is hard
to discriminate, but we cannot hesitate to give
our need of appreciation to the acting of Misses
G. Gum, S. Spears and Annie Raphael, which
was exceptionally good.
In the burlesque from Shakespeare entitled
"The Ladies Speak at Last the characters of
Juliet. Portia, Ophelia and Lady Macbeth, were
excellently represented by Misses g. Gum, N.
Tate, c. Ballagh and I. Holt. The costuming
and acting in this peice were remarkably good
and the actors were frequently greeted with
bursts of applause.
During the intermission between the plays
the audience were entertained with several
songs. Miss Jennie Baird captured the ear of
her audience in the singing the last Rose of
Summer but when she sang the nursery song
"Bless your little heart, love you she entire
ly captivated them, and was compelled to re-
spond, which she did by singing most charm
ingly, Coming thro' the Rye" Rocked in the
Cradle of the Deep was well rendered by Miss
s. Hallonquist in deep full and strong con-
tralto voice and well under the control of the
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