Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-19
THE 0. c. |. ENTERTAINMENT

Notwithst nding the inclemency Of
tie We ther Friday evening, Columbia
Hall WAS very comfortably filled, the
!.ccssi being the entertainment Civ
en- by the scholars of tn Olympia Col
legiate Insti ute.
Promptl at o'clock Profe sor Fol-
lansber, who acted as mas er of cere.
moni s, assembled the stage and an
nounc, the opening of the evenings
ente rtaiament wi h an overture by the
boys orchestra Of the school. The
lads comprising it, one of whom ap
p-ared over Is years of age, rendered
several very difficult and highly credit
able selections and at the conclusion
they were vociferously applauded and
responded with an encore.
"The Greeting song" rendered by
Misses Trewick, Addie and Cl,ra Byrd
B cklin, and Mr. Erickson, followed
the overture and was more than
,r d. ably performed. The voices of
the singers harmonizing in every par
ticular and rem ering the piece one of
he gems OF the evening
Master Rufus Hcny Y, born mimic
and actor, next favored the audience
with recitation which was, without
doubt, one of the best ever listened to
in the hall. At the conclusion of his
first little piece he was encored again
land again, and on coming before the
foot lights r, cited IL piece, in tw" voices,
entitled " The Gossips Of the Village"
in a manner that won the applause of
all.
A solo by Miss Amy Bucklen was
rext in order AMI the young lady &C
| Quittei h, rself in a manner that was
gratifying to her fri nds. The first
81 MIA of the solo was rather weak
oving, no doubt, to sage fright, but
she owe came this in the sc ond an
ihird and retired from the stage amid
the, plau tits Of tie entire house. An
encore was called for and she respond
ed with the fam liar scotch ballad
c. ming thro' the Rye" most diff
ficuIs s,leclion, but one that she mas
terecl with the utmost ease.
A very laughable dialogue on
Woman Rights was given by w.
C. Hazard, and Agnes Peck rs the
main characters, and w. II. Forbes,
c. B. Sc ly AMI Mlss Zettie Snow 1t
was fl II OF striking and lauguable stu
ations that brought down the house.
Hazart' mani, ulating red fanne
shirt ir. n wash tub and Miss Snow
bcseing the job, at the same time she
being a candidate for congress, pre-
sented q. side of he question that is
rarely seen and Il Was duly appreci-
ated.
zone Thousand Years." beautiful
sang, war rendered by a quartette con-
sis'ing o. the siisses Byrd and Mr..
Leach and Ericsson.
Anothe. overture by the orchestra
and the eses,t of the evening took
place. 1t was entitled "The Admis-
sion If Warrington" and number OF
ladies an gentlemen took part.
"Columbia" rep 'esented by Miss
Peck and b o her Jonathan personi-
fed by E. e. shisld,, had spirited
di cussion ~ 10 ths admission OF Miss
Washington, represented by Miss
Nellie Tieeick, into their circle.
10 athan arg ued hard and Columbia
finally agreed if there was sufficient
rea. ons produced why it should be so
On his repr. se nation The young lady
was asked in to be tested as TO heI
| qualifications. To the ques ion "What
do you product 7" with a wave of her
hand she ushesed in long ne of
,oung Ia, les q d beariog in their hand
sheaf of graias or some of the pro-
ducts OF each C. urty, which, with ap-
propriate verses of rhyme they de-
posted at her feet. Satisfied on thi-
score the demanded to know "What
products of mine and forest have
youf" This was An opportunity for
Miss Washington 20 show the products
Of Puget Sound in all their splendor.
Gold, silver. iron, IN fact, all minerals
were displayed, syd several of the
la.iies ir their hands carried small fir
and cedar trees.
"What have you in cities and where
do you reside?" brought forth RESPONSES
for Spokane Falls, from Ollie Parker
Walla Wsila, Ruth Arnold; Seattle,
Lem Lacey Taco ma, Addie Byrd
and Port Townsend. Susie Currier.
"Oh, but who viii take care OF all
these places when you are lead aud
gomez" was the next question and iu
response, Frof. Venan dressed i'll typi- |
cal pedagogue style, old fashioned cali
CO house coat, skull cap aud feet
adorned with clippers, entered the
circle at the head Of class of small
ch.liren. In his hands be carried an |
atlAs, the pages Of which he contin-
uously perused and he looked for all
the worli like the olt-time school |
master we now read about and whom |
We dreaded when bore.
Al this time q murn,er Of discomfort
seemed to pervade tire whole audience
notwithstanding the beauty OF the
scene before. Olympia was not
represented and many thought it an
oversight, the scribe among them. 1t
was but part Of the plaj and when |
Columbia remark. d "Thera is some |
thing wanted. keystone for all this
immense aIcu, VAlSb Aiuuc pai bCe |
handsomely arrayed and bearing a |
large basket OF flowers stepped in up |
O, the merry scene and as "Olymp-a,
the City Of the Gods" greeted her pso-
tector with an appropriate poetieai
speech. q. "s..Hf
This was the missing link and upon |
the conclusion of her remarks the |
audience went wild with al plause,
plainly indicating that their disap- |
pointment h d given way to JOY.
"The Protector of ALL" the o. CT.
was represented by Mss Phoebe Benn
and the young lady Gid herself rnd the
institution she represented great credit. !
The OLyMPIAN il sorry that it could |
not give the verse eacE lady cited |
when ex olling the virtues and claims |
of each particular Sec ion, but will on
Monday publish it al in full in these
columns.
At the conclusion of the play the
audience adjourned, all satisfied with
the evenings entertainment. with !
many we'll wi-hes Tor the future pres
perity Of the o. C. I.
WorLp,en e,,uaUed in DIGGING, a