Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1895-11-08
Comus School.

Comus school held its second monthly
reception on Friday afternoon last, and il
was quite entertaining. AS usual we opened
with quotations by the school; Rotations
by LIST, End and Bird grades; music, To Our
Friends, by the Aloha Glee Club; recita-
tons by 4th and 9th grades; music, Boys
Wanted by the Aloha Glee Club; recitations
by 9th and 7th grades; music, Clap, Clap at
Play, by Glee Club. Part of the 7th, Sth
and 9th grades were excused from the after.
noon exercise on account of the Glee Club
giving an entertainment that night. Those
worthy of special mention were Frank
Maxwell, Ella Cecil, Mary Emmert, Mag
gle Price, Minnie johnson and Maurice
Maxwell. A sixth grade pupil surprised
all present by his almost masterful delivery
OF a comical recitation called The Patter
of the Shng.e," and Alice Cecil recited
Baby Bell" by L. b. Aldrch, in manner
that was worthy OF commendaton.
Friday evening (25th) at $50 z. M. the
door to Mt. Vernon Hall, of this place, was
thrown open to the public, and at 1880 when
the curtains were drawn they revealed to
the Club the expectant, anxious faces OF
our friends who had come from many di
rections to witness the first entertainment
given by the Aloha Gee Club of this place.
The Club at this time consists OF the follow
ing ten members: Misses Lizzie Hodges,
Pearl A. johnson, Vergie Maxwell, Edna
Maxwell, Bessie p. Luhn, Frances Wolfe,
and Messrs. r. Cooke Harley, John A Luhn,
Cnaries Mainhart, Fred Jones.
The entertainment opened with music,
1--WE love To make sweet music" by Club !;
opening address, by Prof A. G. Harley I;
music, Be thinker not dreamer, by Club /;
recitation, Wooing by proxy, Fred Jones ;
recitation, Lucy Grey, Pearl Johnson; dia
logue, Hope and Memory, Poet, John Luhn /;
Hope, Lizzie Hodges; Memory, Bessie Luhn.
Music, Use a gwine back Soui, by Club ;
Prophecy by the prophet, Il. q, Harley T;
recitation, The Lord makes the weather,
Frank Maxwell; recitation, Try Shaffer,
Ella Cecil; recitation, A child and the sun
shine, Mary Emmert, music, Sweet sum
mers Gone Away, by Club. Farce, DR..
Bakers Great Invention, or Youth Re
stored by Electricity, or Old Maids Made
Young; characters, Dr. Baxter, Cooke Har
ley; Peter Crawford, Charles Mainhart /;
Samuel Woolley, John Luhn; Roxanna
Tucker, France Wolfe; Dorothy Tucker,
Edna Mainhart; Mary Ann O'Flynn, Yer.
gle Maxwell. Music, Good Night, by Club /;
recitation, A Lament, Minnie johnson (;
recitation, Only what she heard, Maggie
Price; recitation, The patter OF the shingle,
Maurice Maxwell; closing address, X. O..
Harley; music, Good bye, by the Club.
Miss Myra Wolfe, a former pupil OF the
school, officiated at the organ and was
heartily thanked by the Club for her earn
est efforts in helping Misses Bessie Luhn,
the leader, and France Wolfe, asst leader
of the music, in presenting such fine col,
lection of music.
1t took the six members of the farce over
an hour to carry out their consecutive parts
The different members received congratula-
tions from all present, and all unite in
prophesyiDg brilliant entertainment when
the Nile Green and Salmon of the Aloha
Glee Club are again presented to the public.
Comus, Oct. 20, '95. X. q. ii.