The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-23
school entertainment and dance at
FairYiew Friday night
FAIRVIEW.
THE SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.

stretching her limbs, as it we're,
resolved to have a few hours enjoyment.
Like the Jolly Old Pedagogue. she sang. "Let
us be happy down here below" and so.
primped up in her best, she called up the
school children and a few privileged out.
siders, and proceeded TO make a night of It.
That size found a powerful auxiliary IN the
Professor, no one, we think, viii attempt to
dispute; and If her step that night was
lighter and her eyes brighter than his, it
was only because Care and Worry had Of
late been claiming him for their own In
deed, we have been told-quite confidential.
ly, of course, else why this publicityi-that
the Professor, tor the past ten days, has not
been giving that regular attention to his
meals which the best authorities on health
advise. And. truly, the problem which he
had to solve must a hanished, for the
time, all other considerations How to
stretch the available material into the pro-
portions of an entertainment might well
have puzzled older and wiser h~eads-and
that there are such heads the Professor
cheerfully admits. From the hearty con.
CALCULATIONS which have poured in upon
him, there seems to be no doubt of the pro-
blem's successful solution; and no parent,
Friday evening, we feel assured, felt proud
er of his or her child's individual eff fort,
than did the Professor of his entire school.
We give below the programme in full, with
such comments-ahem las our critioalfacul
ty suggests.
The hall was comfortably packed, when,
about s O'Clock the curtain rose upon a pref.
ty scene of happy faces and lights and fow-
ers, and, after a short prelude on the organ,
the school rendered, with u brisk movement,
the song Marching On" the piano effects,
indicative Of receding marchers, being well
carried out. A salutatory, in happy style,
by Master Walter Clauser, followed. "The
Better Way" Mrs Kidder's ~wellknown poem,
was appropriately Iecited by Genie Le-
phiew. after which Efie Cook gave "a Les
son to Lovers" in a truly bashful manner.
Walter Lephiew spoke feelingly of IA Eel.
lows GRANDMOTHER and Daisy Hearn scor-
ed some points for 1.-THE Girls of '94." The
street phase "Don't Give it Away pointed
many an excellent moral under the skilled
handling of edna Lephiew. A picturesque
tableau Lord Ullin's Daughter represent.
ed the chief of Ulva's isle (Walter Hear1) and
Lord Ullin's daughter (Madaline Lephiew)
in a boat, crossing the (not very) dark and
stormy water. Unfortunately, the water in
Loeb. Gyle was low, and the boat, weight.
ed with its precious freight, after abound
forward ran aground. This, however, did
not prevent the noble chief from plying the
oar diligently, although the would-be fleeing
and bashful pair were still hopelessly
stranded when the curtain descended.
"Dolly's Invitation to Tea by Lollv Clauser,
was a rare bit of Juvenile acting, being per,
lection itself. Madaline Lephiew's solo,
"The Lights Far Out at Sea- with organ &C.
compartment by the Professor, was pleas
ingly rendered. Miss Madaline, later on,
again favored the audience with a song.
AFTER" one of Millard's gems. "An Idyll'
by Ernest Lephiew and Because" by zuleiu-
ne Lephiew we're well received the latter's
recitation meriting especial mention. "Gra-
datim," that noble poem by Holland, fell to
Jessie Hearn and received noble treatment.
"Love tlying In At the Window" the title
of Eliza Lephiew's reading, kept the audi
/ ence in a constant title. "a Little Peach"
by Henry Collins. told of the sad tate of
Johnny Jones and his sister sue, who IN an
evil hour, tasted "the peach of emerald hue"
giving rise to "the trouble the doctors
couldn't subdue." A spirited dialogue, "The
House That Jack Built" by Zuleinne L.
phiew and Walter Clauser, came in for a
good snare of applause. Tableau No, 2,
AFTER The Ball." the ball being a bass
ball, showed the alarming effects of Il vic.
lent contact between IL and the uninitiated,
and, as depicted on the mutilated counte-
nance and the crippled hand of Walter
Hearn did not lack expression. at the
Ferry" Milton Welling's sadly sweet song,
was Effectively rendered by Mrs. Harry
Reilly, who added fresh laurels to her repu-
tation as a singer. Andrew Hearn gave 1.-THE
Nine Suitors' with telling effect. The
exquisitely beautiful lines of Byron on
"Greece' were charmingly given by Eliza
Lephiew, Not a syllable OF it could have
been dispensed with. ITO Those About to
Marry" a humorous recitative selection by
Johnnie Dimes, demonstrated the wiles to
which lovely woman will resort to capture q
man, and preached caution before making q
matrimonial leap. Johnnie did the subject
full Justice. "Clara's Idea,' an original
seflo comic dialogue written LOT the ScnOOl
before the entertainment took its later and
greater proportions, was well received. The
"idea," i'll brief. was the effort, on the part Of
Clara Hastings ELIZA Lephiew) to put some.
thing more improving in the place of the
gossip which ragged in her little town. Will
this end in view, she gets her girl friends tC
form a literary club, and, inspired with the
purest motives for their good, arranges Q
program for their first meeting. The non
admission CT boy members proves a sore
trial to most of the glrls and to Jennie june
Jessie Hearn) in particular, who manage:
to bring her two little brothers to the meet
ing as a compromise. The utter lack O.
comprehension on the girls parts as to thu
requirements of a literary; the absurd
selections made by them, notably in the
quotations they give; the d behavior o
the "kids." Lemmy and Sammy June (Hen.
ry Collins and Walter Lephiew) who presis
in displaying their gaudy handkerchief
most prominently; tie anxiety of the girl
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