The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-18
EMBARRASSMENT Al PARAMOUNT.

A large audience attended the exercises
at Paramount institute Friday evening.
The opening program was announced by
President Tunnel. After this the program
was left to announce itself. The Wichita
Musical club opened the program with the
rendition of Summer Fame" III style
most charming and were loudly applauded.
Miss Mathis gave a recitation in French
which was most effectively rendered. This
lady lis an accomplished French teacher
and in her recitation showed by gesture,
facial expression and enunciation the full
force and beauty of this language OF love
and passion.
The Musical club again sang, to the de-
light of the audience, and chose The
Happy Miller"
Miss Minerva Hart recited THE Tree
Toad" and did it in fine style, showing
we'll in voice and gesture, and was withal
very graceful.
Little Miss Opa, Street then recited
Naughty Zell,' and SO perfectly natural
and expressive did she make this character
that new laurels were added to the fame
of this little lady as an elocotionist.
The audience was so pleased with Miss
| MARY Had Little LAMB in her in
imitab!e manner.
The Musical club then rendered REST
Thee On The Messy Pillow" in a way so
entrancingly sweet aud perfect, that the
audience applauded and encored until the
ladies responded with ''Angelus." This
master piece of beauty and worship was
given all the force and sacredness that
human voice is capable of expressing in
song
This was followed by the comedy farce,
''The Mouse Trap" The characters
were represented by Mr. Corn,
Mrs. Tanner, Miss Sullivan, Miss
Wilson, Miss Corwin, Miss Ina Cor
win, Miss Bump. This farce was played
to perfection and the ladies. when they
discovered mouse in the room made more
real noise and exhibited more fright than
though "A cyclone had been announced
/ was amusing to see all of them perched
upon chairs, tucking their skirts about
them and calling for relief.
NOTES.
The second verse of The Happy Miller"
was composed by Mrs. II. q. Knapp and are
as follows:
Brisk the south wind blows:
Round and round he windmill goes.
Miller dear, never fear:
Fields OF waving grain are near.
Hear the cleaners merry voice;
Oh let your heart rejoice.
For the grain is ripening fast, ripening fast.
There is no form so pleasing to the miller 5
eye,
As the stately windmill outlined against the
sky,
As round and round it whirls. Oh how his
pulses thrill,
At the glad music of the mill.
Tick, tack, sounds the music of the MILL.
Tick, tack, there's no music so sweet the
grinding of the mill.
Miss Mathis first recital was from
Racine's drama entitled "Athalie." This
is a Bible story and is a history of crime.
Athalie being the daugher of Jezebel she
undertook the determination of the royal
house of DayM. The second recital was a
poem, one of Faanzais Colfu's bright in
spirations. A description of twilight
hours as often seen in June in the suburbs
Of Paris, and how two lovers exchanged
their VOWS in this perfect hour of bar
monv in sentiment and environments.
The recitations in French which were
given by Miss Marie Mathis clearly proved
two things: First, the strength and rich
ness of the French language. as we'll as its
easy, musical flow; second, the perfect
mastery of those qualities OF the language
by the speaker. Thi, is in part accounted
for by the fact that Miss Mathis is of
French birth One might add with al
most equal truth that she is also of Ger
man birth, tor Alsace has been BOTH Miss
Mathis is. therefore, at home IN her de-
partment of modern languages in the
institute She has, moreover, the rare
faculty of initiating others into the mys-
teries of these tongues. 1t is one thing to
know language-quite another to teach
it to others.
Ice cream and cakes were served after
the program, and good social time was
enjoyed by all
The crowd had lots of fun coming
home and there was many wise sugges-
lions and proverbs spoken. One lady said
The Mouse Trap" comedy was funny but
not very classical but after one revels in
the classics few months something real
and farciai is necessary to counter balance
the haayv work of months