Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-06
Sandy Hill Entertainment.

The night of March 26th was one long to
be remembered by the people OF Sandy
Hill and vicinity. On the evening men
toned the scholars gave their annual en-
tertsinment. The house was finely decor
ated with pine, artificial flowers and wax
tapers,
In addition to previous years they had a
fine stage.
The house was filled to oyerhowing by
o'clock From 7:30 until 1l:3O the audience
was highly entertained by q lengthy pro-
gramme, finely rendered. With many
thanks to the scholars who manifested such
an interest in the entertainment and at the
same time attended strictly TO the regular
daily duties of their school work, and
who send greetings and thanks to MISS
Eva Fair for the able assistance rendered
us by you and yours, We need not give
any words of praise, but the way in which
your performances were rendered was sui
ficienI proof of your being master OF your
undertaking.
The following programme was rendered;
Overture by the school, SOM" Little spring
beside my cabin home; this was followed
by an address of welcome by Della Moore,
which was well rendered and very appo-
pirate tor the occasion; next on the pro-
gramme was q song by seven little girls,
IlIl6y AL Olu llulc SOhE
Knoch, Tressie Grieshaber, Nettie and
Annie Snyder, Pearl and Inza Peace and
LYDIA Snyder; music by Miss Vida Mah"n,
Me ssrs Robert Marks, Cunningham, Trim
BILE, James and Clarence Shepherd, many
thanks from the audience for the fine mu-
sic rendered by the above orchestra.
Song of the States" by fourteen girls,
thirteen representing the Colonies and one
the Goddess of Liberty, characters. Rachel
Baker, Rachel Mowery, Lizzie Johnston,
Flora and Della Moore, Tern Gallagher,
Annie, Nettie and LYDIA Snyder, Tressie
and Lizzie Grieshaber, Emma Knoch, Pearl
and Emma Peaco. Tableau, "Tne
Thirteen Colonies" defamation, Mothers s
fool"by Bennle Bowman; dialogue" outh.
tul dissipation" by Misses Della Moore and
Olive Bowman; song "Stop that knocking
| at my door" by ] p. aud R. R. Whitesioe;
dialogue "Bridget's Investment" charac-
ters. Rachel Baker, Rachel Mower, Aessrs
R. r. Whiteside, Manten Glasgow and
| Ross Kennedy; defamation "a httle>boys 8
| troubles" by Melvin Harbinson; music;
dialogue, "Keeping house" by Miss Vida
| Mahan and 10 small boys; defamation "a
| little girls joy" by Tressie Grieshaber;
dialogue italian from Cork characters,
). T. Johnston, Frank n Flick, Luther
Flick and Manten Glasgow. Music; dia-
logue 1.-THE new boy at school, characters
Rachel Baker, Joseph Rainey, r. K:
| Whiteside and school of ten boys and
| girls; dialogue "New Baber clerk" charact
ers, Ira Baker, Harry Flick, r. R. White
/ side and Frank Flick. Music, song "My
fate with six sweetheart" David Dodds,
AIR. Dodds' singing so greatly pleased the
vast audience that he was again called to
the stage aud sang 1.-The Bowery"; dec
lamation REST for the weary feet" by
| Willie Bowman; song Exhibition song
| by Melvin Harbinson; composition "Our
ANIMALS" by Luther Flick. Music; dia-
logue "The illustrated story" characters,
Harry A. Flick and r R. WhitesIde; dia-
logue 1.-THE barber shop" characters, FRANK
Flick and S. +. Johnston; dialogue "The
wrangling pair" characters, Robert Waite
side and Rachel Baker; song "Miss Elan
negan's buscuit" by J. p. Whiteside; dia
logue doctor and his patients" characters
Ross Kennedy, Flora Moore, Georgis
Burns and Beatrice Belle; song Drunken
Charlie" by Emma Knoch; dialogue "The
darkey photographer" characters. Harry
Flick. r. r. Whitesiue and Frank Flick
defamation "Why he wouldn't sell the
farm" by Miss Eva Fair; followed by an.
other entitled Don't count your chickens
before they are hatched"; music; dialogue
"Gone with handsomer man" characters,
Carry Flick, Robert Whltesldc and Rache
Baker," defamation "What boy can do
by Joseph Rainey; music; dialogue "Ghos
of the crooked lane" characters, Mary Bow
man, Della Moore, Harry A. Flick, Irt
Baker and Oscar Glasgow; tableau, ''Fret
smoke, Harry Flick, R. R, Whiteside ant
R. Glasgow; music; song, They pulled MI
back again" by j. p. and r. r. Whiteside
defamation 'sGrover and Queen LilP' by
Victor Hugo Peacoe; dialogue THE bee
drinkers conrtship" in two scenes, wa
,, most ably rendered by the following char
acters: Miss Eva Fair, Messrs Harry Flici
and j. p. and K. r. Whiteside.
Among the highly appreciated perform
snces of the evening We must mention th'
parts played by BeDnie and Willie Bow
man. Bennie, the younger of the two
spoke "Mother's Foop which so mucf
pleased the audience that he was callet
back, h. then gave defamation entitled
Cock Robin. Willie declaimed on thu
subject of "Rest for the weary ieet, which
was very ably and manfully spoken. -h'
work done by the scholars was all th'
praise We can bestow on the teacher, J, Z.
Whiteside, which went to show what al
earnest worker they had in the school thi
winter. and many are the regrets which
will follow him on Monday of this weel
when he leaves for Volsnt to attend school
Ii. E. J.