Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-04-21
School Entertainment,

tainments, no IN who was fortunate
enough to have been present at the
court house on Saturday evening can for
a moment doubt. We have rarely, if
ever witnessed u school exhibition so
free from the common faults incident &c
entertainments of this character. We
lo not remember having previously
witnessed a performance SO largely
made up Of the juvenile class, where
such perfect familiarity with the lines
was shown, or where a higher degree of
talent was evinced by the performers
and much credit is due the little folks
for their excellent entertainment, which
could only have been produced by pro-
tracted study, and earnest effort on their
part. We are therefore pleased to note
the fact of there being a very large
number of persons in attendance, and
that the object for which the perfor-
nance was given, by reason Of the very
liberal patronage extended by the pub
lie, was rendered easily attainable.
The opening speech of welcome, by
Master Emmett McKirahan, who was
barely six years of age, was we'll chosen,
!, and delivered in q manner that would
have reflected credit upon a much older
: head.
:. REGULATIONS by Maggie Degnan, Lew is
Wells. and May Barnhart, are deserving
F6f especial mention for the able manner
in which they were rendered. The reci-
tation of May Barnhart, a little girl five
or six years of age, was simply remark
able for a child of her years, and We can
not better describe 1t, than to quote an
expression made by a lady within easy
ear shot, who said lit was just too aw-
fully cute for anything"
The %pantomine of the "Mistletoe
bough" was satisfactorily presented, and
roundly applauded the tableaux were
vivid and impressive.
The Quaker song, do you love me
Sister Ruth,"a Duet, warbled or this
occasion by Miss Mary Akers and Master
Willie Nelson, was in good hands,
brought down the house, and should
have been encored.
/ The society dialogue, "Just al our
Mothers do" rendered by the Misses
Weir, Akers, and Dickson, very forcibly
/ illustrated a too common female foible,
, and With the exception of the female
portion of the audience, who thought it
sadly overdrawn, was pronounced an
excellent piece of acting, and exception
ally true to life.
A %pantomine, so suggestive in it char
acter as to require no title, where four
Of the lords of creation were engaged in
the ordinary household pursuits, wash.
ing, churning, rocking the cradle, &C.,
and a number Of the weaker sex were
earnestly engaged at the card table, and
IL other masculine pastimes was ex.
csedingly amusing, and brought out a
full measure of laughter, especially from
the ladies.
The concluding play of"Cinderilla, or
the Glass Slipper" was the browning
success of the occasion, and would have
done credit to the best travelling troupe
that has ever visited the Hills. The
acting was far above the average OF
amateurs, and the make-ups surprising
ly rich and appropriate. Jessie Wier
was every inch a king. Maggie Degnan
was the very personification Of the
queen. Mark Booth fairly spanked in
his pril.cely costume, with side arm &C.
compartments. Dollie Maple Carrigan
as Cinderella, was fully equal to the
occasion and acquitted herself finely
while Bessie Allen, as the fairy, was
simply irresistible III her ethereal cos
tune.
We have not space to enumerate al
of the excellent features Of this enter
tainment suffice it to saw that every
part was we'll sustained, and that al
I deserve the highest encomiums for the
, rare success attained whether then
names appear in this report OF not
F., The music kindly furnished by The
Custer Cornet band was of that char
acter that could not fail to please, and
, was, of course, duly appreciated by all
Much credit is due to the teachers in
the public school for their persistsn,
! Efforts which resulted in an entertain.
ment. which for perfection in all it's ap,
pointments has never heretofore been
approached in this city.
In company with DR.. J. II. Long OF
this city, who had been called to visit a
patient at Hill City, this reporter visited
the, at present not extensive, but pros
pectively important tin camp above
named. We found the good people of
: that place full Of confidence in the final
success of their mining ventures in that
promising, but long neglected district,
and with a settled determination to stay
with it and snare the reward, which
2 they, by their remarkable perseverance,
) and earnest effort i'm the matter Of its
| development, so richly deserve. That
a prosperous future awaits this locality
is fairly attested by the phenomenal
richness, and extensive character Of the
tin deposits, for which the region is
especially noted.
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