Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-03-09
School Entertainment,

Saturday evening, March 9TH, witnessed one of
lhe nnest entertainments ever held Ia Audubon.
| saturday morning the reserved seats were MI
| sold, And o'clock ~ the evening saw u well
packed house, crowded aiSlos and an overflow
| Ing gallery.
| The opening song, "rhe School Room.u was
rendered by live little girls from room g. aud was
well dono, without mistakes or embarrassment.
Room 2, then gave military drill, consisting
OF eighteen little boys armed with bran new guns,
with shining bayonets and commanded by their
elllcient teacher, Miss Green. The drlll lasted
| about ten minutes and was u decided success
The training Of these children certainly required
ihucll Time hhd PATIENCE and rs the little fellows
marched around and recovered arms we hoped
| they would never In reality march to the sound
| OF nfe ana drum.
Arlie Vail, from Mrs Brownc's room, reeiteJ
| "The Little Quaker Maiden =" aud with her sober
dress and bonnet ana her prim white kerchIef
made pretty picture Leroy Smith, also from
of the baby" and tho public are in favor OF
awarding the medal TO him. iii, voice made
ne eo9wses " the gallery tremble and the way
was good TO behold,
Mrs. Fnnk's little folks then sang song, "wo.
man Rights which was accompanied by much
bowling ANA quaint bobbing, the result OF patient
A dialogue from Miss Baxters room wos fol-
lowed bya quartette, who sang "a Dream OF
Home, and as the young ladies possess good
voices II was enjoyed.
Another song by Mrs Funks room was en-
| cOred and the little ones came back and sang
| town, etc. w
A dialogue from room ., consisting Of Floyd
| Browne, Willie Baker and Lena Eyer was noSt'
ana tho little folks did well exceedingly well
counting the elaborate bow with which Master
Floyd saiuted the audience at the close.
A class of boys from rooms and sang 'Tha
| Boy on Horseback" and their happy faces and
vigorous lungs made this picture OF boy life seem
| very real,
Julia Wilson reeitcd Jimmie Butler and tbe
Owl" which excited much laughter, w VIZ
A recitation by Mildred Smith. entitled uA,v
| Dolly Is Dead. any one by Floyd Browne, ".JiIst
Miss Norris Of roam3. They were well prepared
That familiar selection, 1.-THE New Church OR.
gam was well spoken by Ruby Harper.
Lowcnc van G9rder In a costume of gold aud
green Song sweetly and correctly solo, kiss
INV Let MAKE up, followed by u duet by Susie
Musson and Floyd Browne, entitled "The New
niooh. Ihey sang very sweetly and their ges>
lures were easy and charming
| Grace Benton Of room 4, In q gown of paTe
pink, reel ted Going 10 Bed" and with MANY
Jerks ana petulant stamps, represented Il naugli-
| ty child very naturally.
Room furnished double quartetto, four girls
| and four boys The girls were Ia costumes OF
pale pink with crowns of roses, aud the BOYS i'm
blue with DuttonhOle bouquets. The song was
entitled Grown them with Roses" and II rang
OUT nnely win courage born of numbers and
strength,
Miss Turner furnished the wand drill-one of
the hits Of the evening Six young ladies' cos
TUNED alike were In the drill, the Misses Llse,
Drury, Musson, Larson and two others whose
names we did not learn. They did well and tho
motions were pretty and accurate.
A decided hit was the dumb-bel dyill OF room
Z, and from an artistic as well as other views ID
was nne. Beatrice Nash, Geneyieye Mccarthy,
Helen Myers, Ned Curtis, Bert Cross and Carl
Farmer were We actors. The girls wore pink
wool gowns with sashes, the boys In blue With
pink sashes. This drll consisted az dImb.bell
motions In connection with the graceful figures
swaylng In such perfect harmony to the beat OF
the music that u was an Inspiring sight, and one
to be remembered
Ihe last on the program was n soag uShin
Ah0y," by Virgie aud Julia Wilson ami Grace
Mem. IL was sung well and was vol rece we'd.
but every one was tired, the babies cried and
everybody went home happy. III
The receipts Of the evening were $50 TO be an
prlated TO the library fund. Altogether II was a
hIgnly cfedltable concert, especially to Prof.
locker, whose good generalship was apparent
throughout, REpoRTER.