The morning call., 1893-05-26
SANG " "GOOD=BY." :"
Last Day at the Buford
Kindergarten.
Proud Parents and Happy Children
in South San Francisco-A
Pretty Entertainment.

Fifty bright-faced little boys and girls
sang their good by" song at the Buford
Kindergarten in South San Francisco
yesterday. The hall was filed with the
parents of the little ones. 1t was no won-
der they were proud of them. The chill
dren, without exception. sang with vigor
and sweetness that not only showed that
they could sing. bat wanted to.
The exercises were conducted by the
principal of the school. Miss Alice Cullen.
She was forced TO take entire charge of
the school, owing to the Illness of her as
sistant, Miss Zobrieski.
Though some of the little tots were
mere babies, they all performed their parts
well. In the motion songs the unanmity
of action and confidence dispayed by the
wee singers was most striking eViden ce
of the labor that must have been exI ended
by the teachers
The entertainment opened with a hvmn.
1t was very prettily rendered. With
clasped hands and eyes closed the Chill
dren sang, standing in a circle.
Then the teacher at the piano began q
liyelier piece. and the little ones sang a
good ornlng" song.
which the woes of the bad little fingers
| were bemoaned, and the virtues of the
| good ones extoied.
Two little boys, Joe Silva and Peter
Muller, next appeared. One was laden
! with umbrellas and the other with old
clothes. They sang of the tribulations OF
| their particular trades. Their voices were
very good and they sang with 4 precision
and vim that made all the papas and
mammas nod in approval.
Then followed "sheep song" and a
song in which the work Of the cobber was
described.
A "Bee-hive Song was given. in which
four little girls formed hive by joining
hands in the center of the circle of chill
dren. From this hive four little bees ran
out in time to the music and stopped to get
some honey from each of the forty odd
little flowers left IN The ring 1t was well
acted and sung.
Their wheel Song" was immensely en-
joyed by the little ones. But the song they
entered into with the greatest fervor was
the Railroad Song" The clatter of the
enginr, its ''choo-ehooing" and the hurry
OF not getting left was especially delight
tul to the childish mind:
Then by twos the little ones exemplified
how polite little men and women met and
saluted each other. OF course the bows
were more elaborate and the ''curtsies"
moro sweeping than they would be if II
were not done to music. But to the boys
aud girls it was as full of Importance as
the momenIOuS meetings OF society leaders
could be.
In the Blacksmith Song" a horse was
driven up to be shod. The bellows we're
blown violently against chair forge, and
little Joe Silva pounded musicaly on a
real horseshoe. lie kept in perfect time
with the accnmpanist. The operation was
watched with great interest by the spec
| tators and won much applause for the
| performers.
Then the "Good-by Song" was given
and the pretty teacher distributed big
| basket OF candy to the little fellows, anu
! school was over for the year.
After the exhibition the parents and
little ones crowded about Miss Cullen to
say good by. They all seemed verv
happy and proud of their teacher
The Buford School is the only kinder.
garlen in South San Francisco. Il is a
free kindergarten and has been of great
value. Some of the children live a long
way from their school, but they would
consider it a great punishment If they had
to stay home.
The pretty dresses land dainty WAYS
OF the little ones we're noticeable. The
parents are poor. hard-wOrking people.
The Deatness with which the little bows
and girls were attred and the bright, in
telligent faces of the little ones would have
been revelation to visitors from some of
the large Eastern cities.