Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-20
silver JUBILEE
OF MOTHER RITA, OF ST.
JOSEPHS CONVENT,
Celebrated in Fitting Style at
Academy Hall Lest Night
An Excellent Entertain
ment Given BY the
Young Ladies.

Mother NJ. Rita. formerly Miss Ben
son of Barrie. Lake SimoOe, ontario
and Sister NJ. Aloysius, formerly Miss
Annie Lynch. of ST. GATHERINGS, On
tario. celebrated their silver jubilee
last evening. They entered st. 90
seph's Convent Of this city in septem-
her 1867. The ceremony OF reception
took place in St. Joseph's Cathedrai
on February 16, 1868. the Rt. heN. H.
Y Whelan. first bishop OF the diocese
being celebrant. Having been oa!ieG
10 Rome to attend the Eouihe tiiC"l
Council. he from thence delegated nus
authority 10 Rev. r. Kcleher, Wao pre-
sided at the profession OF the hO'IOe9
on March 10. 1870.
ST. NJ. Rita being SuporylsoresS OF
the Sisters of ST. JOsep1 nj Naee'iu7
since 1856. makes the celebration q par
ticularly happy one, of which ample le9-
timony was given by the numbers pres
ont in the Academy Hall. The assem-
bly was hOnored by the presence u
Most Rev. J. j. Kahn, ID. d., CoaoJu1O
o. ST. Louis; RI Rev. Z. >. DOIaAue
d D.. Bishop of Wheeling skew Joseph
Mullen. of the Immaculate Conception
Rev. II. p. McMenamin. Of BenWoou'
Rev. John McEIigott. Of Grafton; Rev.
Robert O'Kaue. Rev. o. y. Move ReN.
p. McDermott and Rev. q. harris Vi
the Cathedral
The fective decorations under tne
direction of 3ir. jos. Weirlel. ably sec
onded by Miss Mary NSeitzel, We're
charming. The handsome scroll with
it's white and silver trimmings was
highly eulogized. The designer OF tne
letters. Mr.. John O'COuneiL OF this
city. is a promising young man OF
great artistic ability I'm the rear OF
the stage there were haugings or black
ornamented with silver and crimson
holdings. fringes and rOsettes. when
background cast out i'm striking re-
lief the young ladies' VINO took part IN
The programme given below.
Large plants adorned the scene and
when the lights were on. the tesJooued
hall appeared transformed into q Ialfy
bower. At intervals the mandolin
and guitar club gave evidence OF their
power of entertaining by rendering
some choice music which was mighty
appreciated by the select audience.
The programme which was rendered
was as follows:
MYSTICAL GIFTS.
Dramats Personae.
Spirit of Music. Miss Gertrude Reister
Spirit of Flowers. Miss Anna Gribben
Spirit of Gratitude. ...-.....
.........M Miss Margaret McFddden
Spirit Of Prayer ..-.................
...........liiss Catherine Hughes
Spirit of Poetry Miss Mary Carney
Guardian Angels. .................
Misses Maggie Jones and Nellie Black
SONG FOR SILVER JUBILEE.
SOlo............NIiss Gertrude Reister
Chorus. .......P Pupils of the Academy
Poem for Silver Jubilee.
.........N Miss Margaret McFaGden
PLAN-LOST AMONG THE FAIRIES.
Characters.
Nellie. the disobedicnt little girl.
Little LorettO Greene
Fairy Queer. .......Diiss Anna JepsOn
Fairies
Silver Star. Agnes Smith
Rose Leaf........1iiss Bessie Welry
Blue Bell.........Niss Stella Welty
Lily Bell. Miss Gertrude HasenaUer
Dove Wing.Niss Genevievc Campbell
Fern Feather. Miss JUlia Lotus
Fairy AttendanJs-Little Genevieve
Welty, Little Stella D0nOhOe, Little
Katie Gribben, Little Helen Reilly.
Little Mary Gavs, Little Frederick
Genther Little Matilda Jamison.
Misses Martha Arthur. Ada Gaus,
Sadie Doyle Blanche Gilho0ly, Sadie
Barrett LOrettO Ovens. Bertha FOOse.
Nellie WeitZell. Lizzie Lawther, Katie
McAllistar Margaret Finnesan, Loret-
10 TrUschol
Paut0mime-Jcsus, Lover OF Ny Soul
Misses Nellie Black. Anna Gribben,
Catherine Hughes Mary Carney. Mar
garet McFadieD. EleHora Loecher.
Rose LOTUS. Gertrude Biester. Maggie
Jones. LuCie Cameron, BcUlah Smith,
Nettie Barclay Gertrude Schaub,
Helen Farley, Gertrude LOeCher.
SOiO...............3Iiss Katie Gather
Greek Tab.6GU. .............Ibe Glass
Reader-lIiss Retta Woods.
Tableau T.. Home Scene. Ta6'eau
H. The Niobe Group Tableau H.,
The Toilet of the Bride Tableau ",
The Sacrifice Of lpbigcnia. Tableau
v, Apollo and the Muses.. T9bleau
VI, The Tribute TO the Ninotaur
TableaU VII. Bacch-s and the Dac-
chantes. Tableau VIII, The Fates
Group to right Parting OF Orpheus
and Eurydice Group TO LETT. Tab
le3u IN, The CaUls Last Straits.
Tableau X. Night and the Fates.
Roman TableauN-Scencs from
Virginia -........ ........ Class
Reader-Miss Lizzie Gundliue.
Tableau l.. Home Scene Tableau
H.. Virginia Gyects Her Father Tab
leau Ill. The Farewell Embrace. Tab
leau ~, The Death OF Virginia. Tab
leau v, Virginia NoUrned and the
Vengeance of the Gods Invoked.
Biblical T0ble8U-The Five Wise
and Five Foolish Virgins
Misses Anna Gribbeu. Della McFad-
den. Margaret NcFaGjen, Mary Car
ney. Gertrude Riester. Annie Belt1.
Nellie Black. Mary DonahUe, Beulab
Smith, Catherine Hughes.
Hymn of Praise. Observation-Disclosures.
.......... Pupils of the Academy
Piano, Mandolin and Guitar Acompan-
lmeut
The programme was excellent, and
each number was warmly applauded.
1t was in charge Of the pupils of 30 OF
ST. Joseph Academy.
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