Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-08
SOME SOCIAL EVENTS.
SOCIETY NOTES ON THE GATHER
INGS OF THE WEEK.
Preparations for the Flower Festival-Art
Entertainment-The Illinois Associa-
tion--Hanna College Entertainment

Entertainment-The Illinois Associa-
tion-Hanna College Entertainment
The board of managers OF the Flower
Festival society have arranged the skel-
eton of a plan for their seventh flower
festival, which will be held in April
next. This year the festival will be
combined with an authors carnival, to
make an added attraction for the public,
that has so generously aided the society
in years past, and to add little variety
for the kindly participants, many of
whom, in response to the first call OF the
managers, have already volunteered
their services in taking booths and char
acters.
In accordance with the custom Of the
flower festival board of managers in
their preparations for all their festivals,
a public meeting will be called, that the
members of the society at large, and all
interested friends, may assist in per-
fecting the plans. The meeting will be
held at the home, 125 East Fourth
street, on Tuesday, March 10th, at 2:S0
pm.
ART ENTERTAINMENT.
The Sketch club of the School of Art
and Design held its usual monthly meet
ing of students and friends on Tuesday
evening The address was delivered by
Mrs. McComas, on Art and Artists. The
trials and triumphs of the old masters
was given as guide and encouragement
to struggling students. The students
e. l. 4,
the excellent and able paper. The
petitive sketch, and the principal, Mr..
this month to Miss King. The company
then viewed the work Of the students in
drawing, oil and water colors, etc., and
music and social entertainment con-
cluded the proceedings.
THE ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION.
large audience, as usual, attended
the Illinois social Tuesday evening, and
greatly enjoyed the exercises. After a
brief musical programme and very fine
exhibition of Indian club exercises by
A. V. Barber, the Hough amateurs
played Poor Pillicoddy in a manner that
kept the audience in convulsions of ap-
plause and laughter. Every member Of
the cast did well, but the acting of
Pearlie Gleason deserves special praise,
because she came into the cast on twen-
ty-four hours notice to fill vacancy.
Her work was superb, and would have
done her credit even had she been ac-
corded the usual time for rehearsals.
She was the universal favorite of the
evening.
Next Tuesday evening, after fine
musical and literary programme by
Ethel Stuart and other popular artists,
the Houghs will play the roaring come
,dietta Caught IN the Rain.
HANNA COLLEGE ENTERTAINMENT.
The entertainment at the Hanna col
lege on last Friday evening was very
we'll attended, and much interest dis
played by the audience. While the
whole programme of vocal and instru-
mental music, recitations and selections
was we'll presented, some renditions
should be specially mentioned as nearly
artistic in finish. Professor Willhartitz
was not in his best on this occasion, he
having displayed rather more of the
teacher than the popular speaker on this
evening. The manual training just in
troduced into the curriculum of learning
Ill bllG COllCSC bCCluo W OC llidLy
friends in this part of the world. Pro-
fessor Swafford, one of the best educa-
tors in that branch, is ut the head of the
department in the college, and to Judge
from the display made on Friday even
ing, is fully at work in making success
OF manual training in our city and part
OF the state.
ROBERT EMMETT KNIGHTS.
The entertainment given by the
Knights of Robert Emmett on the 4th
inst. was a very creditable affair in
deed. The speech of Judge w. A. Ryan
on the life of Emmett was glowing
tribute to that immortal hero, and re-
fleets great credit on the speaker for the
eloauence and patriotism displayed in
rendering the same. The court scene.
together with the speech of Robert En-
NETT, rendered by Mr.. Joseph McGar-
nv. was admirably done, and shows that
the Young man is possessed OF no ordi-
nary degree of talent as an elocutionist.
The vocal part of the programme was OF
a high order. Miss Cowper sang She's
Far from the Land, and Killarney's
Lakes and Fells, in exquisite style.
Mr.. Marten sang The Bells of Shandon
in his usual happy mood, and seemed
as much at home as if sauntering along
the banks of the river Lee. Shamus
O'Brien was most admirably rendered
by Mr.. W. Fitzgerald, the audience fire.
quently applauding during the rendi-
ton. The address of F. d. Curran on
the Irish peasantry was very instruct
i've, and shows that he is perfectly ia
miliar with the character, habits and
customs of his countrymen, and was as
follows:
The Irish people have been as little
known as they have been grossly de-
famed to the rest of the world. The
lengths to which English writers have
proceeded in pursuit of this object would
surpass all belief, were not the facts
proved by histories written under the
immediate eye and sanction of Irish
governments-hist replete with
falsehood, which, combined with still
more malicious representations OF mod
ern writer's, form all together mass of
the most damnable calumnies that ever
weighed down the character of mer-
itorious people. This system, however,
was not without its meaning. From the
reign of Elizabeth the policy of England
has been to keep Ireland in state Of
division. Perfect unanimity among her
inhabitants has been considered as likely
to give her a population and q power
sncom natihla with SllbiectiCn: and am