The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
How the Young Folks Played
and Sang to Swell the
Clock Fund.
GRAND PATRIOTIC TABLEAUx.
The Assembly Hall Was Crowded
With Delighted Spectators of
Memorable Event.

REDWOOD CITY. CAL, April 81
San Mateo County is proud of her school
children, proud of their handsome new
Grammar School building at Redwood
City, proud of the big town clock that sur
mounts it, and prouder still of the 200 or
more children and their teachers who gave
the big entertainment at Assembly Hall
tonight to swell the fund that is being
raised to pay for that clock
On a clear day-ot which there are an
abundance in San Mateo County-that big
clock under the cupola of the Grammar
School is visible for miles around, and at
quite long range-from every point in
Redwood City at least-the hands of the
big clock are plainly seen as they mark off
the hours.
OF course, that clock cost lot of money
over $1,000, it is said-and it surmounts
as fine a schoolhouse as there is any,
where, one, indeed, that cost cool $40, ,000
The building was erected at public ex-
pense and was finished some time ago.
But the clock is not quite month old. 1t
was added by the school children aud by
private donations of the citizens of Red
wood and vicinity.
1t is too early to say just how nearly
complete that clock fund is just now, but
it is generally believed that the money
realized by the school childrens grand
entertainment tonight will almost, if not
quite supply the last dollar needed to pay
for the clock. And it is for this reason
that San Mateo County is Just now so
proud of those 200 children and their
teachers, who played and sang and posed
and drilled with such great success.
Assembly ball is in the school building,
and so were great many more people
than could possibly crowd into the hall,
albeit the hall is very spacious on ordinary
occasions. But this was no ordinary occa-
sion. For weeks the big event has been
in the process of incubation. Principal
G. P. Hartley and his corps of nine eff
cient assistants have worked hard and are
given much credit for the success of the
entertainment. But this credit bestowed
does not detract from the even create
credit and esteem with which the
children who really gave the performance
are regarded.
Mr.. Hartley's assistants are Miss Mary
Stewart, Miss Lizzie Halt, Miss Mary
Hanly, Miss Nellie Cloud, Miss Ida
Martin, Mrs. j. Il. Hartley, Miss Josie
Finger and Miss Sallie Nelson. In the
same building the Sequoia High School is
also quartered. This is led by Professor
David A. Curry, assisted by Miss Meyer,
and, of course, both of these were enthu-
siastic aids in to-night's big event.
Assembly Hall was beautifully decor
ated by natural green things and flowers,
contributed by the children. When the
curtain rang up on the first scene there
was great floral shoe filled with children
of all ages and sizes, but all of them grim
ming and happy. 1t was the tableau of
1.-THE Old Woman Who Lived in Shoe"
and pretty Jennie Winnie, as the owner of
the shoe and all those babes in it, tried
to look old and sour, but made most
agreeable failure of it. The names of the
little ones who posed as the children with
which the old woman 'didn't know what
to do'' are as follows: