The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-05-06
FLORAL CONCERT. |.

'LORAL CONCERT.
 |ral Concert and Mytho.
 libition, at Schieffelin hall
 ay night, for the benefit of
 terian church, was most hy affair, and reflects
 lit upon the management.
 ste was displayed in the
 ls and in the grouping of
 Ees. The. dresses also were
 50 that the contrast was most
 Eul, the collection of children
 enting the appearance of an ar Dtistic arrangement of flowers against agreen bank. The participants in the exhibition were excellently trained, and the self-possession of some of the little girls was comically marvel lous. Mrs. A. NJ. Robertson looked charming in the role of the Queen of Arcadia, and her answering song of greeting during the "ooronation ser. vices" @ssrnoSt exquisitely rendered. Mrs. Mabel McCoy,S ,Sss-the Gipsy Queen, represented the duskS for tune.te!ler perfectly, and her dress not only fitted the character, but was most lovely. Mrs. McCoy's acting, also, deserved the applause it gained, her attitudes being pie turesquely graceful and her gestures always in good taste. The opening scene, representing Flora's sacred grove, astonished the audience by its artistic beauty, and prepared it for the rapid surprises that followed. The choruses were sung with fine effect, and the move. ments of the performers in the differ lazy marches were timed in ': e(@6nt harmony with the music. < pgie Stewart, as Cupid, was the g5a 46115ok image of the little darling, J pked as though he might shoot o3pw of love into young girls :of capture her affections by the dol{S6fy of an irresistible valentine,
 $be slightest proyocation.
 LIZ May Stewart, as Bopeep, looked like fairy born in the hollow of honey-suckle, and nurtured among the petals of rose. Every lady in the house felt like kissing and every man like kidnapping her. She was too sweet for any. thing.
 Bessie Brown looked exactly like Maud Muller ought to have looked, and one almost expected to see the rich man of the poem drive up to ,,uu,1hsxas Maud .swss ::ssxskipg hsy,''' poIseal l1Iike, ' ,isnaS6Ape brought the house down. She sang AS sweetly as bird in spring time, and her face and manner was full of sympathetic innocence and wipsome purity.
 "Buy my fowers," duet by Fannie Healy and Clara Fulker- son, was sweetly sung and acted, and, - hSdrthere~been an opportunity to buy, the flowers in the~basket would have brought small fortune for the 4 Presbyterian cffusnh. The costumes fsS of the two little rose wonders were esy pretty.
 sz Nettie Rafferty made a charming bkpom seller," and her attendants sFept heap of applause into every pfher of the house.
 M nlda Jones, as the ''liftle 6ar girl" leading 8 younger f6ther, acted the character to pef5ection. Although very young $ $ 1k sang with affecting pathos, and |ae pleading tremor of her voice as ssEse begged for "bread for her nother," went to ones heart with the force of prayer. The storm of applause that greeted the close of her song never ceased until she ap- peared again, when the refrain "look in those fearful eyes" was rendered by the entire company. Flora's at. tendants sang the duet "Come Tell Us Blue-eyed Stranger" sweetly and plaintively.
 Little Annie English rendered ''the serenade" most wonderfnl- ly for a child of her age. Her voice has remarkable compass, and she sang with the precision of pri madonna and the sweetness of s uiuhtin0ale Ii was truly astonishiDo