Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-06-27

large and appreciative audience gathered
in the commoGious pavilion al Chapel Ponit on
Monday night to witness the closing exercises
OF the Misses Neale's Academy. From IN early
hour in the evening the crowd began to assem-
bic and by the sppoiu;ed time for the exercises
ro-begin fully 300 people had gathered to enjoy
the treat which, from previous experiences of a
similar kind, all felt con6deut was in store for
them neat and tasteful stage had been
erected, which was beautifully decorated by
dsft and tasteful female hands, and the faces Of
the eager crowd and the surroundings all bore
holiday look. The chief attraction presented
was the dEamutized play OF Buiwer's strong
and beautiful work Of The Last Day f
Pompeii." The characters, although requiring
a strong ami determined effort in their person
i6caton, were ably sustained by the young
ladies, and won the warmest praise md encoIn-
iums from the assembled audience, and indeed
not expecting SO much We were most agres,by
disappointed by the manner in which many OF
the ladies perSonifei the vigorous Characters
tics Of the aucients. The character of Arbaces,
the morose and taciturn Egyptian, which all
who have read the work will appreciate it as a
most difficult role assume by even a gifted and
self controlled artist most ably taken by
Miss Emily Hamilton, and was decidedly the
hit Of the evening The manner il which this
young Lady sustained this character in all the
subtle schemes Of this willy and selfish sophist,
would have done credit TO one more experience
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stage. Miss Mary Diggss, who assumed the
role Of the effrminate but determined GlaucuS.
the Athenian, also deserves much credit for the
mastery manner in which she sustained the
character. Her love making TO the fair lon.
Was perfect, aud half he male audience were
green with jealousy TO think that they could be
so oudone in that line OF business by female
The character of lone was assumed by Miss
Lulie Murphy in most happy and graceful
manner and Nyde, the unssfsh and devoted
blind flower girl, had ft representative in Miss
Noma Thompson. Her misfortune was so ap-
parent that much commiseration as awaken
ed among the sudience by the feeling manner
in which this young lady presented the part.
The other characters were taken by the scholars
OF Tie Academy in such skillful way as TO
prev emf the interest of the audience from flag
ging throughout the entire play. At the con
cluson of This the younger scholars of the
school beautifully rendered rs thmicnl charade
EMIT ed '.Fary land, !" which Was much en- oyed
by the audience. After some vocal selections
by the scholars, the distribution Of premiums
gaiuel by tie young ladies for proficiency in
studies AMI department during the year, WAS
made by the Rev. James P,e Neale, who pre-
faced the distribution BY few happy and
graceful remarks, in which he greatly CEN
mended the young ladies for the mastery man
ner in which they acquitted themselves and told
them how tireess must have been the efforts OF
the il structors under whose care they had been
| trained. The Misses Neale, indeed, deserve
much credit for the excellent showing their
choars made and it proves how capable and
earnt st they as teachers.