The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-13
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TAPPED 4W0 BARRELS,
And the Tabernacle Found
No End Of Free Will
Thank Offerings.
Mr.. scUDDER IN CORDUROY
Maironly Ladies in Bibs and
Tuckers-Decstrict Skule and
Other Surprises.
Mr.. scUDDER IN CORDUROY

Other Surprises.
Two large barrels were placed at the en-
trance OF the Tabernacle last night to hold
the freewill thank offerings which served in
the place of entrance tickets. Slots had been
made in the barrel heads, and each person
upon entering dropped in a sealed envelope
containing his donation.
The entertainment which was given justi
fed the reputation of the Tabernacle OF Civ
ing enough for one's money. Mr.. Scudder
announced that until recently it was not
known that Bob Noonan, a jovial carpenter
in the congregation, had developed a talent
for the organ. He is now considered lutte a
musician and has been engaged as assistant
organist. He had said he would be willing
to give an organ recital and would do it then.
To everyone's astonishment and the deligho
of the innumerable small boy, Bob then
walked on the stage carrying a hand organ,
from which he proceeded to grind out
s'Dixie.n
The Lyric Male Quartette sang several
songs and BERTHE Turner, boy soprano of the
Church of the Heavenly Rest, sang. Another
humorous feature of the programme was a
Musical Surprise" 1t was acted and sung
by Miss Eta Anness, Miss Elizabeth Speers,
Messrs. Frank Hall. Wesley Negus and John
Gillies. A manager (Mr. Hall advertizes
for one singer. He is beseiged with appli-
cants They are all more or less bad. They
all insist upon being heard at once and the
four solos, instead of making discord, har-
monize.
ANOTHER SURPRISE.
Elnora Stockton Rousseau next gave an
exhibition of artistic posing called the "Am-
azon,n and then Miss Norma Anness and
Miss Alkaline Clerihew assembled the plat
form carrying an enormous envelope with
the words Junior Free-Will Offering"
printed on it. Miss Norma then made a
lit lie speech, saying the Junior Endeavor
Society had worked hard for the money and
wished to do their share toward the fund.
The little girls presented the envelope to Mr..
S udder, who opened it and drew forth
twenty-five new one dollar bills. Six little
BOYS and girls from the Primary Glass then
sang a hymn and at the close gave Mr..
Scudder ten one dollar bills as the Primary
offering.
DEESTRICK SKULE.
Then followed the "Destrick Skule,'
which almost beggars description. Mr.
Scudder was 'sskulemarster," and was
dressed in corduroy knee-breeches and coat
with leggins and a lowered white waistcoat.
Mr.. Scudder was the typical "skule-mar-
ster'' of the typical country "skule" and was
heartily applauded during the entire even
ing.
He Owed in among the scholars when they
were particularly uproarious and brought
one boy out holding him by the ear, and
placed him among the girls until he dis
covered the boy liked it too much, when he
sent the boy back again; he had a horse
whip which he flourished among tie unruly
scholars and a ruler which he used upspar-
ingly. AS he rang the bell for the scholars
they trooped III one by one, SO that the audi
ence might the more easily take IN the out
landish costumes. and after a curtsey from
Il e GIRLS and a bow from the boys to the
s>ulemarster, took their seats. There were
pinafores and pigtails galore among the
girls, with a few stray pantalets.
HONEYSUCKLE TWINS.
Just as roll call was about to
the HoneysuckIe Twins, Matilda and Isa-
bella, created a diversion by entering with
their little brother, Jedediah. Mrs. w. j.
Hunt and MIS-. G. w. Clerihew were the
twins. and were dressed alike with white
pinafores and huge sunbonnets on their red
wigs. Two of the boys also came late, and
wandered up n down the aisles trying to
reach the skule house. After the arrival of
the committeeman the exhibition usual on
examination day took place. There were
the A, B, G class, the spelling class, the
arithmetic class and the general questions
class, in all of which the scholars endeavored
to show the amount of knowledge they didn't
H. mr. ~, fho cohO Il rr fhapa yxyara fho
giggling girl, the smart Aleck, the chewing
gum girl, the Irish boy, the Hengllsh boy,
the prize girl, the Ounce and the usual set of
mischievous children.
Mrs. Scudder as Mrs. Honeysuckle, mother
of the twins, came to skule aud read a piece
of s.po'try'' eulogistic of the 'skulemarster"
in which she endeayored to express the sor-
row the scholars felt at leaving him. Mrs.
Scudder wore a vivid green silk dress with a
great many furbelows and an immense green
calash.
At this point an usher presented Mr..
Scudder with a large basket of roses and
maiden hair fern as a reward of merit. The
flowers were the gift of Mrs. John Griffith.
DECLARATIONS GIVEN.
After the classes several determinations
were heard from the scholars. The younger
scholars, supposed to be four or five years of
age, were represented by the older people of
the church. Mr.. Sidney Gould and Mr.. w.
j. Hunt were the Honeysuckle boy twins,
four years old.
During the evening the scholars sung,
ga, B, G, D, e, +, G." "Twice one are two,n
and closed by singing the old round "scot-
lands Burning after which Mr.. Scudder
announced, 'Skule's out, and SO is the en-
tertainment.1
WHO THE SCHOLARS WERE.
Those taking part were:-Rey. and Mrs.
Scudder, Mrs. w. j. Hunt, Mrs. G.. w.
Clerihew, Mrs. Higginbotham, Miss Amelia
b. Myers, Miss Lily Dance, Miss Jessie Par
ker, Miss Hattie Parker, Mrs. George w.
Anness, Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. Powles. Mrs. q.
Ii. Farrier, Mrs. j. L.. Wells, Mrs. j. C.
Parsons, Miss Marie Bunce, Messrs. L. T..
Dougherty, Renwick, Speers, Higginbotham,
Parsons, Ryer, w. j. Hunt, Sidney Gould,
Conger, Fetzer, Merrill, Ware, and Hill.
WHAT THE BARRELS CONTAINED,
When the barrels were opened at Mr..
Turner's store this morning it was found that
the largest amount in any envelope was $50,
the next, the Junior. S25. Following came
tens, fives, twos and ones. The smallest
amount was one cent. One envelope con
tanned nothing, one a cough drop and one a
French Exposition coin.
The total amount collected was SILL