Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-16
LETTER FROM FAIRFAX.

Correspondence of Alexandria Gazette.
BUSH HILL, May l6.-On Thursday
and Friday evenings last the May can
tata or flower garden in the public
school building at Franconia, taken part
in by some eighteen or twenty young
ladies, was splendid affair, the large
audiences in attendance each even
ing assuring the success in financial
sense. The opening selection was a
well rendered chorus by the young la.
dies here named as also the flower each
represented: Rose, Miss Lena Piersor;
daisy, Miss Nellie Kerby; hyacinth,
Miss May Schurtzer; dahlia, Miss Mary
Broadus; heliatrope and mignonette,
Miss Katie Risdon ana Miss Katie
beavers; jeponica, Miss Edith III. Trip
lett; suntiower, Miss Phoebe Dillingham;;
violet and lily, Miss Emma Rogers and
Miss Osie Ktson; poppies, Miss Ann
Stouts and Miss Hattie Grehan; touch
me-not. Miss Lula Smith; magnolia, Miss
May Herst; sweet balsam, Miss kezie
Rogers. Flower bearers, Misses Mary
Lambert and Triplett. The well
arranged stage was a perfect bower OF
beauty and the fair faces that appeared
in the opening chorus made it appear
like fairy scene. This was followed
by song which was we'll rendered by
Miss Ellen Pierson as the recluse, o fair
representative of the Palmatto Sta:e,
as also her sister, Miss Lena, who was
chosen as Flower Queen. a number
OF solos, choruses and duets were very
sweetly sang by Misses Pierson, Trip
lett, Kerby, Broadus, Risdon, beavers,
Rogers, Kitson, Javins and Smith and
all came in for their just mead ofpraise.
A number of the young ladies were the
recipient of handsome bouquets from
appreciative friends. a tableau rep
resenting a night scene was very re-
alislic-Misses Lena Pierson, Katie
beavers, and Nellie Kerby as angels,
watching over two sleeping little girls,
Misses Mary Lambert and Triplett,
with Miss Ellen Pierson as Goddess OF
Night being the central figure, and
Others of this flower garden made it a
beautiful picture. The fairy dance,
with large wreath of evergreen
around Misses Lambert and Triplett,
was very pleasing and much enjoyed
by all. Then came the most pleasing
OF all--that being the crowning of the
queen-Miss Nellie Kerney placing a
lovely wreath of roses on Miss Persons
fair brow. The coronation was lovely
cantata, with an array of handsome
faces. The closing scene was the re-
turn of the recluse, Miss Ellen Pierson,
10 the world surrounded by the flower
garden who sang an exquisite parting
selection. Choice music during the
evening was dispensed by Mrs. F. A.
B. Galliard, on cabinet organ, as also
by Mr.. E. l. Tillett on a tenor violin,
harmonica and bells, which gave in
creased pleasure. Too much praise
cannot be awarded to Miss Sallie
Humphreys, the manager, who was
untiring in her efforts to make this
occasion what it proved to be, signal
success and pleasure to her friends.
The proceeds for both evenings will
reach the sum of S25, and will GO to
Olivet Church. Messrs. Owen and Geo
Triplett, Edmund Hurst, NJ. Mclean
and W. Harris did very graceful
action the first evening, which was quite
warm, by furnishing the young ladies
in the cantata at its close with choice
ice cream.
Miss Naomi Risdon, of Washington,
who came up on Thursday evening on
short visit to her sister Kate and also
to attend the cantata here mentioned,
will return 10 the national capital this
evening. All were glad to see her
again.