Evening star., 1896-06-17

By the young ladies and little girls of the
school. and took particular delight In the
opportunity afforded of being with them
again. He occupied a box on the right
OF the stage. which was handsomely
ings Of bright crimson. With him were
Rev. DIR. Rocker. his secretary, and other
ciergymen Rev. Thos S Lee. rector Of
81: Matthew'S with Rev. Father Bart and
rev. Father Rennolds. his assistants. Or.
EarriGan. Fathers Dougherty, Gillespie.
Dolan ana McGee. DR. Pace and ether
ciergymen were also present
The Program.
From the entrance of the pupils to their
last appearance in the well varied program
the attention of all was riveted on the
stage The entrance march was played
by Misses Naomi Keleher. Mary O'DonneIl
and Mary and Agnes McGrath 1t was
the procession march from Gounods
"Reine de Saba. The procession. with SIS
series of graceful evolutions, made a pret-
ty scene. The vocal class. the Misses
Berberieh, Bland, Burnside, Collins,
Cooncy. Dolan. Evans, G. and L. Fowler.
Green b. and N. Keleher. Lee A. and NJ.
McSrath. MOreland. Pennell. l.. and NJ.
Small, and Widdecambe. sang the chorus
from "Lucrezia Borgia."
Miss Ethel Hendershott delivered the
sa!utatory in most pleasing style, and was
followed by piano duet by the Misses
May Holtzman and Ethel Howard A
semi-chorus by Misses Moreland, Berbericb.
q. and +. Fowler, E. and N Keleher,
Green and Evans vas then given. Miss
Helen Tourney had an enyiable part in her
charmingly worded and gracefully deliy-
cred address to Cardinal Satolli, who at
Its conclusion bowed his thanks to the
speaker. The rendition of pretty little
opefetta, 'The Forest Queen" particjpa 4 ed
In by the juniors and minims was nat
uraiiy the most attractive feature The
special parts were taken by Misses G. Do
ian, Tourney. Egan. Plant. Atchison, Davis
ana Berberich, with Miss f. Fowler as the
Forest Queen. Her subjects, the forest
ma>dens and the pretty little fairies and
angels. grouped about the queen In the
iast tsbieau, made charming picture of
youthful innocence and grace and re-
ceived rounds of applause. A violin and
piano duet by Misses Eva and Naomi KEEL
eher sleigh bell chorus by the Misses
howard. Walsh Ferry and Howison were
other pleasing selections. st. Angela g
Circle. mandolin and guitar performers,
COMPOSED Of the Misses l.. Duffy, r. Hem
dershott. Howard. Ferry, X. Tourney. Wild
decohbe. Walsh. A. Duffy. HowisoH, Plant,
Shea. l.. and N. Small, Woodburn. Eva
keleher. Aaads Davis, Tourney. Wilson
BLAND and Naomi Keleher. were heard to
exeeiieHt advantage. The closing number
was an overture from Fest" rendered by
Misses Misses Collins. Tourney. Moreland and Ber-
cempsnied by Father Dougherty Of St.
Augustinss. appeared on the stage. Fhe
latter. acting as Interpreter for the cardi-
nal made an address, which expressed his
saa,mcat.on snan at being present and his high
appreciation OF the work done by the SIS
.s13 q the Holy Cross in the cause Of edu-
cation In this country. He did not doubt
that the state did much for education. but
the BEST was attained when aided by relis-
lon and where religion had done her own
part He quoted on this point the recent
utterances Of President CleYeland as 10
the necessity Of Christian education. His
tnanks to the pupils for the pleasure given
pp their performance and his words of
farewell were gracefully expressad ~