The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-20
AT ST. pArRIcK's SCHOOL.
Entertainment which Was interesting z
and Thoroughly Enjoyed.

Butte. June lg.-The annual enter
tainment In connection with the clos
Ing exercises OF ~. Patrich's Parochlal
school was given at Magulres opera
house tonight. and was. as usual. most
interesting and meritorious The house
was packed, and hundreds who held
tickets could not gain admittancc, and
for this reason the entertainment VIII
be repeated tomorrow night. The pro-
eramme was long-perhaps too long
as II was nearly IL o'clock when the
last number was finished, but at no
time was IL tIresome. on the contrary.
the programme contained many really
good things. and the big audience was
handsomely entertained The enter-
lainment opened with chorus, wei
come" accompanied by the plano. Nio-
lin. mandolin guitars and banjo
Master Mcmahon delivered the salut-
a,ory In very credltable manner, and
was followed by a trio composed OF
the Misses Conlon. Evans and Sullivan,
j. II. Curtis. jr. won new laurels
with his recitation OF "Caoch the
Piper" One % the first of many OK
oellcnt musical numbers on the nr'-
gramme was the Gipsies' Schotti-chc.
| in which Miss Baker at the plano. Mas
ter Laird with the violin, the Misses
Robinson and Innes on mandolins.
Misses Lloyd. Langiots and Wett7sh
| on guitars, and Miss +. Dillon on a
banjo. took part.
A beautiful cantata entitled The Ivy
| Queen was performed by number or
handsome and graceful girls, with MISS
| Courtney representing the queen upon
a throne and surrounded by courtiors
and pages.
n kras
beautiful blind girl and Miss Belle
| Robinson. came next, and was follow ~
By a fairy drill In which Miss Jett
I.avcll told the fable ot the rainbow.
There wer- several amusing things on
| the programme, one OF which was a
short comic opera In which the Misss
I.afalllc, kellogg. Kelly and Kcppelcr
| took part They were 50 funny thnt
the audience insisted on having more
| OF II and recalled them.
The tambOurinc march. In which
there was music from plano organ.
mandolin. guitars. banJos. tambour-
| inc. triangles. castanets and violin pre-
ceded an earnest recitation by MISS
| Lettle Coleman entitled our Record
| i'm which she rccountcd a few Of the
glories Of the sons ~ Erin. A vocal
| quartette by the Misses Lafallle. kel-
| logg, Page and Courtney, with piano
accompaniment. was also well received
but the dude drill by IL boys In dress
suits. silk hats. canes and whiskers
brought down the house Hester Court
| ney. a charming little miss OF about .
| or 6 summers. swcctly sang that plnint-
/ i've song Walt Mr. Postman.' for
which she received a hearty round Of
| applause and a basket OF flowers. The
| MexIc drill and pantomime by the
| Misses Robinson. Langlois. Page, Nc
| Glynn. Courtney. Baker. Coleman.
| Uar,iiman and Lloyd. consisted of a
| number of graceful movements and at
| titudes by number of handsome girls.
| with plano accompaniment by Miss
| Witty.
IA Pollard delivered a stirring ora
! tlon on the Necessity OF Union" In
| which he reviewed the political his
| tory of America and spoke with feel
ings of patriotism about the glorics ot
the country It's politics, corruption In
politics and the hope for free silver. A
! cumlcal production was the experience
| of Or. Cureal which was related In
a dialogue between two boys and sin
girls. who kept the audience laughing
| \ pantomime entitled In Rome" was
participated in by the Misses Dillon,
Grace. Lachapelle. Driscoll, Stack