The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-23
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS.
THEJUYENILEo PERETT4 4 SPLEEN
DID SUCCESS.

An Enthusiastic Audience Prescnt-Cast
of Charaoters-New Post oface Opened
Boys Brigade onicers.
For over three weeks sixty children
of the Grand avenue Baptist church,
with the assistance of several adults,
have been rehearsing the pretty juve-
nile operetta of Jack and the Bean
stalk" and their hard work was crown
ed with success at the presentation of
the piece in Polar Star hall on Monday
evening. The hall was packed with
people, and the enthusiastic applause
| evidenced that the faithful work of the
juveniles and their older friends was
! appreciated. The fairy story opens
with the chorus represented as urging
Jack to go to the woods with them and
| play, but, preferring to sleep, he re-
fuses. His mother reproaches him, but
the re-entrance of the children encour-
ages her to believe that there may be
happier days In store for her yet. The
| fairies return, encourage Jack to climb
to the castle, the abode of the Giant,
and secure the hen of priceless worth
which once belonged to his father.
The third act Is a scene in the Giants
castle, The Giant determines to van
quish Jack, but the entrance of the
fairies charms the Giant into oblivion
Jack secures the much coveted prize,
escapes down the beanstalk and is con-
graduated.
The operetta is interspersed with va
rious drills, marches and dancing, and
with effective costuming and group
ings, the whole making up panorama
which is very pleasing to behold. Har-
old Butler takes the part of Jack, rep
resenting the lazy boy in an effective
manner. Miss Nellie Keyes, Jacks
mother, who possesses voice of much
volume and sweetness, rendered her So
los in an artistic manner, Robert G.
Hart and Miss Pearl A. Taft, as the
Giant and Giants wife, successfully
carried out the scene in the castle, the
Interpretation of their parts being par
ticularly pleasing. Florence Strong
made an excellent fairy, her lines hav
ing been particularly well spoken. Her
attendants, the little twins. Margaret
Bone Booth and Marion Beuhler Booth
of Bridgeport, gave two fairy dances.
! They were in white, with dresses dec
rated in spangles, and carried white
wands, while the fairy, Florence Strong,
was entirely in blue. The little per-
formers were enthusiastically applaud
ed, and they responded to the encore
with a tambourine dance The butcher
was excellently represented by Emory
L. Smith lone Hart clever five
year-old, made great hit in her sing
ing and dancing in the chicken chorus.
There We're six wee girls in this chorus
and they were obliged to respond to
double encore The flower drill, the
/ baked bean boys drill, the scarf drill
| and the minuet were finely executed,
| and received liberal applause. The
| whole chorus work was we'll rendered,
and the pretty music was very pleas
ing The instrumental music and ac-
| compartments We're furnished by At
waters orchestra.
Mrs. E. l.. Allen, who has had charge
of drilling the children and cast
throughout. was the director, and to
her much credit is due for the excel
lent presentation. She was ably as
sisted by Nelson A. Beebe, the business
manager, and Mrs William Sheffield,
Mrs. Charles C. French, Miss Lillian
Amann and Mrs. Robert c. Hart. Re-
quests have been made that the oper-
4 eta be repeated at Warner hail and in
West Haven.
Station A, as the new sub-postal sta
ton is to be known was opened yes
terday morning at GAS O'Clock, when
Carriers Maurice j. and John II. Cain,
William NJ Hyde, jr.. Francis Carroll.
Patrick McCartin, Ralph II. Downes
and E. r. Coogan reported for duty.
Bernard J. Mulvey is the clerk in
charge, and should the Office ever have
| twenty employees it will be entitled to
the office of superintendent Edward
K. Mullen is the stamper and will act
as clerk in charge in the absence OF Mr..
Mulvey There are to be five mails re-
ceived and five dispatched daily. as for
merly. but the principal benefits to be
derived under the new system will be
one more delivery by carriers each day
and the money order office. During the
holidays, owing to the rush of business.
there will be no Encouragement of car
rier deliveries, but this will be attended
to by Postmaster Beach right after
New Years. Money orders can be pur
chased, and they will also be cashed at
the new station. Another benefit is the
bringing of the station nearer to the
center of population in the Eleventh
and Twelfth wards. There are two
hundred new lock boxes to be rented to
customers. There are a few furnish
ings to, be added to the new station,
but business went on very expeditions
ly for thea opening day. Postmaster
Beach was over in the morning looking
after the details. The clerk in charge
has been in the mailing department Of
the New Haven postoffice since 1887
Postmaster Beach says that it will be
we'll to mail letters for the Fair Haven
district to Station A, New Haven
Conn" # directed to New Haven"
letters will be sent to the new station
but might possibly lie over one mail at
the central Office.
officers of Company b, Second regi-
ment, Boys brigade, are as follows:
Captain, Ernest Goodyear; first lieu
tenant. Frank Burnham; second lieu
tenant Walter Sanford; first sergeant,
Stacy Floyd; second sergeant, William
Oldershaw third sergeant Frank Rev
eley; corporals, George Stevenson and
Harry Bigelow.
A Want Unified Pecksniff-Well.
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