The herald., 1897-03-22
LONG BE ACH

Correspondence.) The Juveniles OF the
Congregational Sunday school scored
another triumph in their cute little i'm
presentations of the characters portrayed
in the cantata of Mother Goose" given
at that church on Thursday evening.
This cantata was given here last month.
The children were dressed in costumes
to represent the different characters in
the we'll known Mother Goose melodies
The cantata has plea for temperance
running ali through ii and the procia-
nation banishing all alcoholic beyer-
ages from our land announced by Uncle
Sam and Miss Columbia upon the invi-
tation of Mother Goose brought to
happy close this really excellent little
entertainment. The prelude to the can
tata would of itself have served to fill
the house for its four different numbers
had for interpreters five of as able and
talented ladies as we have at the beach
The prelude was as follows: Piano duet,
Mrs. M. W. Brown and Miss Lavergne
Lowe; vocal solo, Miss Maud Healey;
dialect sketch, Dot Little German
Baby" Mrs. c. r. A. Johnson; song
with guitar accompaniment, Miss Myr-
tie Mcmahon. The cast in cantata was:
Yankee Doodle. Master Harry Barn
dollar Miss Columbia, Evangeiine Ken
uall as master ana MISTRESS Oh coIe-
monies; Mother Goose, Norah Harnett;
Red Riding Hood. Margaret Tutt; old
woman who lived in the shoe, Memo
Brown; her children, Finny Hand,
Freta Hand, Muriel Chaplin, Caroline
Harnett, Myrtel Kneeland, Russell
Goucher. Guy Barton; Goody Two
Shoes. Edith Wood Mother Hubbard.
Scherin Sorabjee; Bo Peep. Gladys
Barndollar; Jack Horner, Henley Mar
tin; Blue Beard. Nanny Harnett King
Cole, Steve Hust; Jack Eddie Goucher;
jill, Beryl Bryson; Jack the Giant Xii
Ter, Helen Harnett; Humpty Dumpty,
Harold Rae; Little Boy Blue, Arthur
Craig. Miss Ethel Harnett, who was
the piano accompanist, filled her posi-
tion with admirable tact and discretion.
The Baptist church was prettily deco
rated with flowers and plants Friday
evening, the particular occasion being on
account of the charming social the la
dies of that little ediflce were holding
therein that evening. A fine little pro-
gram had been provided and the very
nice audience which had gathered lis
tened with pleasure. The program en-
braced the best of our Long Beach tai
ent and was as follows
Duet, guitar and mandolin, DR.. A. 4.
Covert and Milo Smith; vocal solo.
Thomas Williams; piano duet, Mrs.
Nealon and Miss Martin; recitation Q),
That Lovely Science; encore, (2),
1.-The Last Hymn" Miss Nina Clarice
Cuthbert; quartet. Miss Ruth Brown
Mrs. C. c. Lynn, DR.. A. T. Covert and
r. M. Lynn; vocal solo, Clifford Smith;
vocal solo, Miss Ruth Brown.
B. c. Kenyon, assemblyman from the
Seventy-second district has been at
home here since last Monday evening
He speaks in most complimentary
terms Of the Democratic and fusion
member from the city Of Los Angeles,
Billy Mead, claiming him to be the
brainiest and smartest member in the
Los Angeles county delegation. Mr.
Kenyon leaves for Washington today,
where he goes to further his interests
in the Hawaiian consulship business.
The second Of the series of socials
given under the auspices Of Miss l.. M.
Cummings. the lecturer, was given at
Sanitarium hall Friday evening. The
program was musical and literary in
character and was succeeded by So
cial dance in which all who chose Of the
audience participated.
number Of large new buildings are
going up and number more are in con-
temptation.
The executive board of the Chautau-
qua association of Southern California
will meet in the rooms of the Y M. c. A.
building, Los Angeles, to consider the
proposition Of enlarging the auditorium
Of the Chautauqua summer school
building now being built so as to hold
5000 people.
The exercises at the High school Fri
day afternoon consisted mainly Of prac-
tice In oratory, the pupils displaying
high state of efficiency under the ad-
miral instructions of the supervising
principal. Prof. HI. L. Lunt.
The long train on the Terminal which
took the Long Beach contingent over
to the barbecue de San Pedro Friday
had all the people on it and in 1t that'it
csuld hold. The steamers Warrior and
Falcon made several trips to get them
from the wharf at East San Pedro to
the other side, while Duffy's gasoline
launch was kept busy plying continual
ly back and forth loaded to the gun
wales The Long Beach band was along
and helped swell the jubilee that San
Pedro put UP in celebrating the harbor
victory. The following gentlemen acted
as the Long Beach committee on ar
rangements and assisted their San Pc
dro brethren materially in the splendid
success which attended their efforts In
the celebration: q. C. Dsnle. James G.
Dunn. Q. L Goucher and Charles H.
Thornburg.