Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-06-13
EMANCIPATION ACADEMY
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL C0MMECE-
 MENT EXECIsEs
4 Unique Entertainment of Musical
 and Spectacular Features.

Ofcourse everybody was there. That Is everybody that could get in the house, and it was packed
 Pine Bluffs riekety temple of amuse- mrnt could hold no more. From pit tod0memen women and children sat stood and hung themselves on the gas fixtures and rough corners. When the curtain was run up on the opening chorus the $. E. Q. sign had been out sometime The commence meat Of the Annnnciation Academy WIS the heattraction. Thisinstirution conductd so ably under the direction of the Sisters of Charity, has always been popular in Pine Bluff, and the loyal friends of broad education were more than pleased with the display of grace and musical skill, last night
 A programme arranged with iniin- ite tact was presented in q most commendablc manner. Oi course itI is impossible to mention all OF even give an adequate idea of the excel lenee of each number
 The instrumental duo with guitars deserves especial mention. It was texcellently well done" and one felt thankful that it is permitted oman kind to look and listen at the same time for that eoneourse of school girls was well worth Joking at.
 Way back in one of the readers there is a poem which has for it's central idea ''Give the little boys q chance. Lust night they got it.
 The mamas and papas were all proud and it was right that they should be, for the little fellows did well in their Washington Drill, and N hat a crowd of them! They carri- ed hatchets enough to sanctify every fib for many a year, and their terrible zeal in cutting mp thefamous cherry tree was laudable in the ex treme.
 -Four Days in the Life of Mary Queen of Scotts" an historical drama in four acts and three tableaux next followed.
 The characters were wellsustained and the ever interesting subject dealt with in a careful and pains-t taking manner. The tableauX were cleverly managed and showed q delicaey of conception and execution, prais- worthy in every sense.
 "Sequidella" of Hoist and the waltz of Zikoff caused great ap- plause and properly so too.
 The statnesque posing by the sen for class can not be too highly prais- ed. The pictures were well formed and the very embodiment of grace. The light effects skillfuny handled added greatly to the beauty of the sight
 After this the pupils seemed to fill the stage From the front rank stepped the three sweet girl grad uates, Misses Ella Kaufman, May Mooney and Birdie Fox.
 Graduation in a mans life is an event. In woman's it is an epoch. 1t means so much more to her. Girlhood left behind, upon the thres hold of womanhood she feels all the more her responsibility, and fortu- nate are they who can claim as theirs the tender love and sympathy of kind and competent teachers.
 Miss Birdie Fox delivered the val edictory in n feeling and impressive manner. She dwelt upon the fact that hitherto their lots had been cast pleasantly. Their lives were spent among friends whose guiding hand had led item through child hoods ways. She spoke ofthe future, its indefinite nature and ofthe thorns and weeds that beset iife's roadway. She urged the necessity for the cheer ful and careful performance of any duty however trivial, and in bidding farewell, paid q glowing and touch- ing tribute to her pastor. teachers and friends.
 Medals were then awarded to the graduates after which the closing chorus was sung.
 Altogether the entertainment was most meritorious and convinced all that the academey deserves thoroughly its signal success.