Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-12-20
SUClAL REVIEW.
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sclioOls, but such a school has tStn
conducted by Mrs. Padyhem, Mt the
Presbyterian church for some time
past aud their first public appearance
tpok place in the suuituiIu Iuin of that
church Un Thursday aftcrnoon. A
gWd large number of persons had
availed themselves Of the opportun-
ity to zee how such school was con.
duc,ed IA Salem. Rev. X. W. Whit
aker gave short address To the
children after which the exercises ui
the school were taken up, The tirsi
WAS biAcktsard exercises In which
the instructor would write short
sentences for the children to rea,i
which they did very sptly. The
smaller class went through IL cours,
of drill on the chart work. TneiI
marching and singing were pr,spf nj
y tbUr"ugh Training. Some of their
exercises were difficult, yet they wen'
through with them without one,
departing from the line of their
raining. The last of their exercier'
We're recitations, dialns sut.s and s"nY'
rum the little folks which were Tea
.ntertainiuing. The part the chill
irep took would have T, d, cted cre,ii'
VA much older children. Kinder
urteu work Is comparatively ne~
IA salem. The pareuts Of cliildrel
.hould Encourage such work, for
5 certainly n grand work. Their
we're about twenty-five of tiI,se wir
t,~,k mart in the exercises Thursda.
Afternoon,
To.NIGHT's TREAT.
Miss Lucia B. Griffin, of Iowa.
sill give feast tonight ut III,
University chapel In the way al
ninicry and representation. Hei
,ea,iimg will De decidedly novel /,
salem, and she will doubtless Civ,
more than satisfaction for that L.
tile report which Comes from all Tn,
cities where she has read. Thuse IL,
,ur city whe have heard her III,
she Is the best reader they have hat
the pleasure oil hearing.-N. y.
duaIe journal: When liiIle Mis-.
Griffin appeared. l""kimg 8" youth
fIl and pretty, in her many clever
limitations, the success of the evtn-
ins was complete. The reckless
little "Innocent Zell' aroused mucii
uerri,nent.-N. y. Voice Magazine;
Her personal stories aud reini.
niscences would fill volume, and
yet she has but just started in tn.
twenties. Is II because Western
life like the Western prairie-, is
much broader than the East.
& .rtainly the spirit of self reliance !,
we'll developed in the Western girl
She has studied with the Us
teachers of this country. Her honi,
Is in Abba, Ia, " such bird %
passage eau be said to iiave home
RE: RIDING HOOD.
A large and appreciative audienc'
greeted the prosecutors of the can
tata, "Red Riding Hood" at Reed
opera house last Saturday night
This noted can,ala WAS given b.,
Mis- Lulu NJ. Smith and her pupils
assisted by Saieni's best nIusira
aud literary talent. Miss Grac,
Scr,ber tuok the task Of nIanagin:
the entertainment, and To her cffi
cient and genial work is largely du,
the great SUCCESS Of the occasion
She also acted to- perfection the par
Of "Grandma," with Miss Edltl
Farrar as "Mamn,a." Misses Mag
gle Alderson and Mabel Hutton
appeared respectively a. Red Rid
ing HoOd" and "Buttercup," an.
sustained their parts well. Mis-
Myra Albert presented Rose" Will
exc-ilent grace. Mr. Ross and Mr.
Kundret won loud applause an'
many high compliments AS "Wolf
and "WOodniaE." The chorus b,
nearly half a hundred voices, anc
the "Blue Bell" chorus by dnzei
little girls were simply inmense
Nothing was lacking in the whul,
program, and it can well I've saif
that the affair was a grand success
aud one that Salem's people can b,
proud to remember, for it WAS givei
by home talent, By our own people
THE BOOK CLUB
met at Mrs. VIM. England's last
Wednesday eve. A number oI
Volumes of 81 pages each were dis
cussed for several hours by aboul
twenty friends. One gentleman,
WAS almost utterly unable to control
his mind he became 80 engro-s
ed with the subject before him. Tie
iIGsiess serv. d lunch which sur
passed the limits Of club hospitality
~ far that size was fined heavily bI
UNANIMOUS vote. After this un
grateful conduct by people who ate
and drank right n'errily, report on
the application Of q gentleman who
seeks to join the club was read. II
Is seldom ones ambition OF social
honors is sat upon ~ harshiy, aud
all ielt glad he was not present
The club has adjourned until after
the holidays.
AN APcLOGY.-The editor owner.
p,rbtishsr aud urn,.viafnr ..f tn.