The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-01-23
Twelfth Night at HandsIoro. I

\. o. Pieayune.
Our little village has been enliv-
ened by IA charming entertainment,
which merits more than the mere
mentien ot Il in the local paper.
Ii consisted IN the performance
of the beautiful cant'lta, New
Years Eve" gotten up by the Ia J.
dies of the Presbyterian aud Epis.
copal denominations, for the bene-
tit of their respective churches.
This was to have taken place on
New Years Eve, but tor g0Od cause
hal been postponed until Twelfth
Night.
The leading parts of the "Ol,l
Year and "Father Time were
excellently rendered by two gentle.
men OF the village. The rich, deep
bass of Father Time aud the fine
tenor, capital make-dp, aud admir-
able acting of the "Old Year
would have done credit to any anna
teur stage.
The -four seasons, by four young
ladies', with their respective attend
ants, were delightful panorama :
"Spring," attended by Zephyr aud
De'edrop; "Summer," with Sun.
shine aud Raiaboc Autumn y
with Cloud aud Jack Frost; "Win-
ter,' accompanied by SaoW aud
Sleet. sang themselves into the
hearts of the audience until one
was bewildered to decide which
season was the most charming.
shall not venture To express an
opinion upon that delicate question.
The tableaux were very beautiful,
the embleInalic makeup of some
of the drdmatis persona was strik-
iugly tasteful and effective, aud
the music, considering the circum-
stances. was simply wonderful. As
| was not in the east | have no hes.
itation in saying that even YOU city
people would have enjoyed it, il
you conld have given us the pleas.
me of Your attendance.
do not know how to describe
the effect more fly than by repeat
ing the words (as well as | can re-
collect them of gentleman in the
audience Major Walthall) who was
called on at the close OF the per
formance for an implomptu speech
He said that We had just learned
what We had lost in losing the old
year. We had learned e, en- to ap
preciate tile merits of that much
undervalued parsonage, Old Father
Time. We had seen exhibited III
SUCCESSION, "lhe freshness aud
fragrance ut spring; the radiant
glories of summer, the mellow rich.
ness of autumn, the ovy splen.
dor of winter-all heightened by
the accessory charms of sweet
melody aud wuman's loveliuess.n
After this, he said it would be
presumption to hope To add any.
thing to the entertainment OF tn.
evening. He quoted the proverb
that "when the eaghns are abroad
the owls aud the bats should retire
to their resting places,' aud applied
it to the occasion by saying that
" the common birds of the field
should keep silence after listening
to the sweet songsters Of the piny
wooIls,n which of course brought
down the house. He closed by an
Illusion whicl | am inable to re-.
peat, to the beautiful winter tab
leau of the Star of Bethlehem, Will
the kneeling shepherds, and lh,
angelic hymn, "Glory to God in
highest, on earth peace, good will
to men,
lam strongly tempted to mention
the names and specify the merits
of some of the performers, but il
would be dangerous. 1t is not
amiss, however, to express the gen
eral appreciation of the skill and
taste exhibited by the lady mana
gers, Mrs. Myers, who superintend'
ed all the business arrangements
ably assisted by Mr.. }. b. Leger
and Mrs. Judge Henderson, who
conducted the reh~arsals aud pre-
sided over the music and the acting
iu general.
Upon the whole, it was most
successful and delightful affair, aud
this Twelfth Night will he long and
lovingly remembered by us "piny
woodsn people. speak very pos
itively for one ofihem. DOLLY.
Handsboro. January II, 1850.