The Green Forest tribune., 1894-02-22
STILL IN TIE LEAD.
THE GREEN FOREST LITERARY SOCIETY
SCORES ANOTHER TELLING VICTORY
And Takes its Third Medal in Demorest Decama
tory Contest Miss Eva Buell. the Winner,

Last Friday evening the Green For
est Literary Society scored another
brilliant victory. AS before announced
sively, the Society held is monthly
con test for a Demorest silver medal.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather and the very disagreeable fact
that the mud was both deep and cold,
the large hall of the Society was filed
to overtlowing long before the hour for
the exercises to begin. Having attend
ed two similar contests our people had
learned the full force of the proverb
"The early goer catches the seat
Promptly at I o'clock the Green
Forest String Band opened the exercises
with delightful music which was fol-
lowed by appreciative applause.
| George Tabor then came forward and
with good style and voice delivered
"Young Americas War Cry" George
is himself fine specimen of our mobile
young America. This was his first
effort at declaiming, but he spoke with
the ease, grace, and force Of IL ptactlced
declaimer.
Ivy Dooling came next with GA Con-
test for Truth" So nicely and forci-
bly, did he portray the hunger ofttimes
felt by the drunkard's children that
many of the audience realized for the
first time that they had come without
supper His rendition was fine from
start to finish and won much applause
and favorable comment from his hear
ers
"The Martyred Mother" was render
ed in charming and graceful manner
by Edna Wise. The appreciation of
the entire house was shown by its
breathless silence from her first to her
last sentence. She surprised even those
who knew her best and expected most
from her. The judges and large part
of the audience felt that she had the
medal.
"a Voice from the Poorhousee was
splendidly executed by Daisy McMorris.
1t needed only the tattered garments
and the emaciated face of this rum
cursed" mother and widow to give life
to the picture As far as words can
portray so sad scene, she did it, The
continued applause when she left the
stage bespoke the admiration OF her
auditors.
"The Martyred Mother" was again
brought forward. This time by Lille
Bailey, whose fine position, clear voice
and graceful gesture bespake at once
complete mastery of the situation. Re-
alizing that to win she must get very
close to perfection, she threw her whole
soul into the execution and spoke with
e force and pathos that is rarely excel
led
The clear warning notes Of "The Bu-
gle is Calling" were rung out by Ethel
Walker, the youngest contestant
l1cr voice WAS liHciy aoaPloo w VIM
piece, being itself suggestive of a bnele
note, forceful and strong, yet we'll mod
ulated and musical. Like her predeces-
sors, she had the entire attention OF
every one in the house, and when she
closed all wished thev had six medals
to give.
The last contestant was Eva Buell.
who delighted the audience and captur-
the Judges by an elegant rendition of
1.-The Rumseller's Legal Rights" No
one would expect perfection Of recits-
ton in girl only fourteen years old,
vet the general verdict was that Eva
appro ached it closely. While some
would. perhaps, have given the medal
elsewhere, all agreed that it was exceed
ingly close between several and that no
one could Justly condemn the decision
of the judges.
At the close Of the contest the audi
ence was addressed by Mr.. j. A. King
of Berryville, who spoke in flattering
terms of the Literary Society, the
school, and of our town and county. We
can say that it WAS Interesting, appro-
pirate. and instructive and highly en-
loved by his auditors. We wish every
citizen of Carroll county could have
heard it. especially all of our boys aud
girls.