The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-10
THE NEWS OF BAYONNE.
A Beautiful Series of Tableaux-Prizes
at a Fair.

A eauti Series of Tableaux-Prizes
at a Fair.
The young people connected with
the First Presbyterian Church at
Bergen Point, a~greeably entertained
about two hundred guests last even
ing in the lecture room of the edifice,
by producing a series of magnificent,
artistic tableaux, and rendering a pro-
graInme of delightful music. Elmer
E. Westervelt, a talented young mu-
stefan, who has considerable mastery
of the piano, opened the programme
with a rendition of "Recollections
of Home,n by Mills, upon the piano.
He also played The Polish Dance
and acted as accompanies to the other
participants.
George s. Ninder, of Bergen Point,
executed 1.-THE Dream on the Ocean
Waltz and "La Reve'' with consider
able skill upon the violin. Miss Maud
S%turdevant sang "Florian's Song, and
the audience were so pleased with her
fine, strong voice that she sang ''Take
Care; Beware" as an encore. Miss
Aida d. Voorhees, sang ACROSS the
Dee" with much pathos and was
heartily encored. In response she
sang very sweetly Sweetheart, Sweet
heart" afterwards" and MADE
line" were sung by Charles s. Jones,
who possesses a bass voice of rare
sweetness and compass.
The first set of tableaux comprised
three scenes from 1.-THE Sacrifice, y rep
resenting 1.-The Temptation of Abra-
ham," 1.-THE Offering of Isaac" and
1.-THE Appearance of the Angel"
The characters were:-Abraham, A.
P. Vredenburgh, Jr.; Isaac,
Bonnie" Conover; the angel,
Miss Hannah E. Wilson; seven
scenes from Antony and Cleopatra
were also given, and each was recalled
from three to five times by the en-
chanted spectators. The scenes repre-
sented "Cleopatra's Barge" THE
Revels in Honor of Antony" 1.-THE
Messenger Cleopatra Striking the
Messenger 'Antony After His De
feat, " 1.-The Resolve and 1.-THE Death"
Miss Cora E. Green posed as Cleo
patra, and EdwardL. Vredenburgh i'm
personated Antony. The other par
Elephants were:-Ladies in waiting,
Misses Marion Jones and Anna Vreden-
burgh; dancing girl, Miss Lillian p.
Ward; female attendants, Misses
Winnie Van Wrinkle, Ella Smart, Aida
COllONCI dLlO lAdpliC DACy VI h1SoSOi1SOA
A. P. Vredenburgh, Jr.; ETH
opian galley slaves, George W. Van
| Wrinkle, Jr., Frederick NJ. Brush,
Charles E. Steele, Charles Green and
William w. Hubbard. Following the
last tableaux the guests We're served
with refreshments. The affair was
under the direction of A. P. Vreden-
burgh, Jr., DR.. William H. Mitchell
and George Purdey. 1t will be re-
peated this evening.
An Oil Still Wrecked by Gas.
Crude oil still L, in yard No. 2 of
the Tidewater Oil Company's estab-
lishment at Constable Hook, was COM
pletely wrecked just before four
o'clock yesterday afternoon by an ex-
plosion of gas. At the time the
| explosion occurred the still was being
| charged with oil under the direction
/ of Superintendent Edwards.
A fire had been built at the same
| time and it caused the concentration
| of gas. The force of the explosion
| blew the heavy half-inch iron root of
| the still about fifty feet into the air.
| The roof collapsed in mid-air. folded
up like a piece of soft metal and fell