The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-12
THE FLOWER QUEEN.
A bright Amateur Entertainment
SuceessfuIIv Given.

] IN spite or the excessively lnclelltllt
Z weather. the performer were greeted '.lth
I a iair audience, and one that was enlh1-
I thiastic and generous in the way OF ap-
I pause The entertainment was given lot
I the benefit Of Catholic orphan boys and
| girls, and the proceeds are TO be divided
/ between the ST. Mary's Orphanage Tor
girls here, and the male orphanage at
! Washington, Ca.
As a prelude TO the entertainment and a
/ very interesting one 30 was, the Delsarte
I arm was given for The first time ia Sa-
/ Vannah by Miss Austin and her class in
I physical culture. This drill was an enter
tanning feature and was well received.
me prologue 10 the play was very pref
/ THY recited by Miss Mabel Ware. The
scene opens with a representation OF the
! flowers called forth by spring, imperso-
I mated by Miss Lila kciffer, who executed
( a bright and pretty solo dance. The
/ flowers then appeared and a chorus and
! May pole dance followed. The flowers
/ were represented by Misses Cora john
| son, Sadie Watson, Elsie Ely, Susie
/ brooks, May Hogan. jamie Shuptrine. An
/ ME Alillard, Maggie Gleason. Hattie Guer-
/ ara, Agnes Golden, Ethel Fretwell, Mar
/ garet Charlton, Helen Cherry, Clara
] Gnosspelius, Edith Cotchett. Claire Open
/ heimer. Mamie Trezevant ana Gladys
1 Girardeau.
I The flower dance. by Misses Margaret
! son, and chorus and dance of peoples
/ by Misses Cecile Rosssnol and Rebecca
I Fry, We're very pretty features. Miss
/ CecIle RossignOl delighted the audience
/ with her La Espar0ia and rope and
I skirt dances. After the awakening Of
/ the flowers by the butterfly. imperson-
( ated by Miss Carrie Bohrman the rose
/ represented by Miss Marie Blois was
/ chosen queen, and Miss Bohrman eX-
! ecuted one of her brightest ana prettiest
/ dances. The act then closed with a
/ beautiful tableau with colored light eff
/ fects.
/ The second act opened with the cho-
/ rus and dance of the Gypsies. by Misses
/ Phoebe Gibbes May Richmond. BeDecca
/ Fry, Myra Wilcox, Ada Robertson, Lila
/ keimer. Pauline Chapeau. Cecile Ros-
| signol, Viva Gaudry Maggie Lou Har-
4 ris, Helen Thompson Mary Ryals. Ka-
! tie McDonough. Helen Geflcken. Deb
4 bic Tageart. Maggie Reilly, Lucille Silva.
Miss Marie Lesesne's voice was heard
/ to advantage in the song Of the Gypsy
/ queen.
MISS Cecile Ressignois dance La Espa-
/ nola came in here, and she was warmly
| applauded. Then entered the spirit of
Love- represented by A'iss Mabel Free
1 man, and Moonlight by Miss Flossie
/ Roche, two of the leading characters
I whose parts were well acted. A very
I pretty duet by the gypsy queen, Miss
/ Lesesne, and fairy queen Miss Annie
/ Nalleau, was followed by the entrance OF
/ the fairies, represented by Misses AIabe 1
/ Ware, Alma Lindsay, Ina Mcleod Stella
/ Bailey. Elise Swinton. Annie Kelly
Blanche CavanGugh. Julia Irrelevant
/ Alma Besseleu and Hlalelaine Dub with
I the bright little fairy page to Titania
/ Master Charles Walker Schley
I -Four Of the little fairies Mabel Ware,
/ Alma Lindsay Ina Mel .4qd GtaIf1 Iaf1aX
/ describe their homes I'm very pretty rec
/ itauons which caught The audience and
( they were followed by the gypsy speakers,
/ Misses Phoebe Gibbes. Viva Gaudry.
/ Debbie Taggart. Ate" the appear
+ ance OF bright Aurora represented
/ by Miss Mary Valleau the second act
I was closed with a beautiful tableau.
The third act opened with a very pretty
/ duet. called Come With the Gypsy
/ Queen" by the gypsy queen, Miss Lesesne.
and Mr. Percy Lynwood Then followed
/ the pretty chorus and dance of the Hea-
Z Their Bells, by Misses Bertha Arden. Stella
] Gallagher, Ethel Chisholm, Claire Huger.
/ Helena kaufman, Viva Sullivan, May
Solomon, Julie Hunter, Maggie Thomp,
son, Amelia Adams Then came the coro>
/ nation March O. Leather Bells and Her.
aids with the heralds represented by
/ Messrs. Jimmie Cleveland, Willie Lind
/ say, Gordon Hanes. Hugh AIcKeown.
{ NrtIIdIN names Julian solomon. EDWARD
( Berg, Frank McCaffrey. Leonard Cleve-
! land and John s. Kiefer
pretty scene was the calling cut of the
fairies by the fairy page, Master Charley
Schley, following which came the corona
I ton procession as follows:
Heather Bells as Flower Escort Butter
/ fly in front; maids of honor, Lily. Miss
/ Charlton, and Rosebud Miss Johnson:
pages. Masters Charlie Brooks and Alex
/ MacDonel; crowner Miss Mabel Free
man. the queen Of the Flowers the rose.
/ Miss Marie Blois; coronation Of the rose;
/ chorus, Long Live our Queen, and Echo:
! presentation of sceptre: chorus Long Live
/ Our Queen and Echo
/ Graceful little Sadie Watson in her solo
/ dance, La Zingara, completely captivated
( her audience and won much deserved APP
/ plause. After the dialogue gypsy and
/ fairy, by Misses Richmond and Mcleod.
| and the browning of Titiania by the flower
/ queen, there appeared one of the brightest
( little dancers on the stage, Miss Stella
/ Bailey, whose fairy dance was a feature
( of the evening Miss Gladys Girardeau
was another little dancer whose execu-
ton was graceful and much
admired in her Scotch reel and tho
last was Miss Rossignors rope dance. al
ready mentioned. After the queens adj
dress to her subjects the act and play
closed with a magnificent tableau
3 Int eli NCI ldAAlilltul WAS unQeF the 0lreC-
ton of Prof f. N. Agostini, who has
given much time and attention to the
training Of the children for their parts.
Some of the dancers were pupils of Prof.
J. Nj. Black. Mrs. Chapeau and Mrs. Clark
aided greatly in making the presentation
a success, and the following ladies and
gentlemen kindly and efficiently aided the
! choruses:
Mrs. Gaudry, Misses Pritchard, Colding,
Caruthers, L. Kenney A. Kenney and
Garden. sopranos; Mrs. Park, Mrs. Bailey.
Miss Chapman, Miss Mallory altos:
Messrs Wood, Hatch. Gibbons and Gnoss-
pelius, tenorsi and Messrs. Duggan, Car
ruthers and Nicholson, bassos.
The entertainment viii be repeated at
the matinee this afternoon, and all who
can attend will miss treat if they do not
see it.
Rose Coghlan win be seen tomorrow at
two performances, at a matinee in 'Di-
plomacy. and at night in "a Woman Of
No Importance" the latter Oscar Wilde's
play. 1t has been received with much
/ attention Miss Coghlan in the leading
part, gives a portrayal of a woman with
history and who has suffered. People.
especially in America, are not inclined
to take Mr.. Wilde seriously. but "A Wo-
man of No Importance is regarded as