The herald., 1897-04-05
REDLANDs

REDLANDS, April 4.-(Regular Cor
respondence) A Demorest oratorical
contest was held last evening at the Y.
M. C. A. auditorium. These contests are
held for the Education of youth in the
principles of temperance and prohibi-
ton of the liquor traffic." and are COM
petitions in recitation and defamation,
the prizes being silver and gold medals
awarded by w. Jennings Demorest. 1t
may be that in some cases the subjects
being confined to temperance work, are
hackneyed and uninteresting, but, IL so,
this contest was an exception to the rule,
for it showed a great deal of talent on
the part of the participants and most
excellent training, which was given the
young contestants by Miss Sarah Stoli-
ker of Cotton. The contest was under the
general direction of Mrs. Nj. l.. Lum.
Following was the program:
Music, Misses Fackler and Van Dyke.
1.-THE New-Fashioned Man-Lawrence
Underwood.
an the Keg"-Grace Payton.
"The Cry OF Today"-Leroy Childs.
"The Cry From the Poorhouse"-Jes-
sic Shepard.
1.-THE Barrel of fWhisky'-Vesta Gates.
"a Plea for the Fatherland'-F'loyd
Brown.
I'm the Bushel or In the Jug"-Maud
O'Kelley.
Song-Miss O'Kelley.
Recitation, 1.-THE Tell Tale"-Miss
Hanna.
Delsarte drill-Misses Pearl Wash
burne, Grace Alder, Lois Jones, Gladys
Andrews, Mariette Lum. Kate Tisdale
and Mabel Lum.
J. Stanley Brown presided. The
judges, Messrs. C. F. Bailey, L. B. Avery
and VIM. M. Tisdale, awarded the prize.
by unanimous decision, to Vesta Gates,
although, as 1t happened the markings
of others were only shade lower. Miss
Hanna of Cotton was not a contestant
for the prize, but rendered her recita-
tion, difficult descriptive selection. in
a way that called for an enthusiastic
encore. to which she responded with Eu-
gene Fields Seeing Things at Night"
The entertainment was worthy of
much better patronage than 1t received.
Rev. ]. X. Fowler DID,, of Los An
geles, preached at the Presbyterian
church in this city today.
James Mckenzie and VIM. Price be-
came involved in a row Friday afternoon
over a horse trade, which finally ended
in blows. They were placed under ar
rest and tried yesterday before Judge
Camp for disturbing the peace. Nc
Kenzie was acquitted and Price was
fined $40.
Frank T.. Hubert and Miss Mabel
Russell. both of this city were married
yesterday by Rev. ]. c. Crissman. They
are in San Diego today on their wedding
tour, but will reside in Redlands.
In addition to the other Improvements
now under way. Redlands will soon see
several new and very handsome resi-
dences In the most beautiful portion of
the city, that known as the Residence
tract, near and adjoining Canyon Crest
park. Henry Fisher, who is making
large investments in this section, will
build a $4,000 mansion. Mrs. Hill. re-
Gently from New York, and Mrs. Horn
by, who has spent two or three winters
here, will also build handsome homes.
Mrs. Sarah S. Carnahan. a wealthy lady
from the east, has been quietly invest
ing in some of the most desirable pieces
of real estate on the market, which she
will improve in the near future.
Mrs. Mary Riggs Jennings. mother of
Mrs. I. N. Hoag died in this city yester-
day at the age of SS years and months.
The funeral will occur tomorrow after
noon at 2:30 from Mr.. Hoag's residence
on High street.