The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-22
wAsH1NaToNs BIRTHDAY.

WASHINGTON , BlRI Ii DA1s
To-Day is Washingtons birthday and
this evening there Will be number
of places where an evenings enjoy
ment in keeping with the occasion Is
offered. The Canadian Jubilee singers
will be at the Jackson Street Baptist
church. The announcement in itself Is
sufficient to assure a first-class enter
tainment. The Jubilee singers are fam
Gus the country over and 1t is seldom
that they visit this part of earth. Tick
cts are 80 cents.
A Martha Washington entertainment
and social will be held at the Plymouth
Congregational church. A feature of
the affair Will be an impersonation by
ladies of the church of the wives of all
the presidents from Washington to Nc
Kinley. ..
|, Enterprise lodge, Loyal Knights of
America will hold a smoker in Red
Mems hail. corner of Main avenue ana
jackson street.
At the Scranton Street Baptist church
a Patriotic festival will be held. The
programme for the entertainment is:
Grand march .......,..,...By Young Gltls
Chorus, Columbia. ..B. Y. Z. U. choir
Tableau, columbia"
Duet and chorus, "Star-Spangled Ban
ner.'
Recitation, "Barbaret Fritchie,"
Miss Anna Thomas
Tableau, "Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground"
Solo, chorus, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp"
Tableau, Poor Old slave"
Quartette, male, Marching Through
Georgia.
Fancy Bar Bell drill ..."By Young Girls
War Incidents,
BY Comrade Fern, Griffin post
No. 139. G.. a. r.
Chorus, Battle Cry of Freedom"
BY b. Y. Z. U. choir
Tableau, "The Goodbye"
Solo and chorus, when Johnny Comes
Marching"
Duet and chorus, Brave Boys Are
They"
Tableau, "The Return
Solo and chorus, "Glory, Glory Halle
lujah."
Tableau, Peace
Supper served from to 8. Enter
tainment at 8 o'clock. Ice cream for
sale after entertainment
"Our Country" patriotic drama,
will be given in Mears' hall by Camp
80, Patriotic Order of True Americans,
assisted by Bauer's orchestra and Mrs
Mary Williams, soloist; Miss
Marian Hutchinson, pianist, and Jacob
| Pfeiffer prompter. The cast of char
acters for the drama is:
| Pioneer Charles Bennett
| Pioneers wife ...............Anna Bennett
! John Bull ..................A. L. BluuleiilaN
! Pioneers brother .......William CadWSan
| British soldiers,
Thomas Sweet Fred Kulp
| ,,l,,, cell
| Virginia .......................Ma Mabel Brown
| General Washington Charles smith
! General Marion ..,.,..Charles Moredock
| Mrs. Marion .......... t..... Anna Behhett
! Brother Jonathan ....... Charles CadwSdh
! Quakeress ......, ..Gertie Hughes
| Rosin, a negro servant ....,....Fred kulp
French officer .......... Charles CadWSaN
/ British officer and sentinel.
! Charles Bennett
| officer and guard ......Charles Moredock
! Angels. May Dorsey, Pearl KresSo
| Young ladies', guests, and young ladies
representing the thirteen original states.
PART I-Scene-Cabin of a pioneer dis
covered; Pioneer, wife and child.
Enter pioneer and brother. Tableau-
! Indian Massacre"
| PART II.-Scene IA street; Brother
Jonathan and John Bull; enter young Ia
| dies representing Massachusetts, and Nir-
ginia. .,
I -Tableau--Burnlng OF . stamp. Act !,
| Scene 2-Valley Forge Sentence of officer
and guard. Tabeau, angels of Peace
| Scene 3-Room in the house of a citizen
! of Philadelphia of the better class. Two
! British soldiers in possession. Enter
! Quakers.
Scene i-Rude hut in the forest discov.
cred. General Marion and British officers
| in conversation. Enter Jacques Bon
homme, a French official, Enter Rosin, q
| negro servant.
PART III.-General Washingtons visit
to General Marion. Home parlor of Gen.
! eral Marion Howe with hostess anG
| guests. Enter General Washington witt
| General Marion. Solo, Mrs. Mary Boston
| Williams; recitation, Charles Cadwgan
! duet, Mrs. Randolph Jones and Mrs Mary
| Boston-Williams.
PART IV.-Scene, A street. Enter
Brother Jonathan. Enter John Bull. Of.
I fering Emblem of Peace
A social hop will follow the enter.
tainment. Admission to both 25 cents