The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-04-29
AN IMMENSE SUCCESS.
The Entertainment at the Academy
Chapel Last Week

The entertainment given last week
In the Academy chapel for the
benefit of the Alumna Society Schol-
| arship fund was an immense success
| in every way.
The company was very large, the
receipts being s55, which is very good
considering the fact that the admis-
sion price is only 25 cents for adults
and only half that price for children
The Alumn8 FUND, for which this con-
cert was given, has now reached al
2losJ So, 500, which is very creditable
showing for the efforts put forth.
Concerning the entertainment of
the evening we will say tits some
thiDgentirely new in the enter
tain ment line, and is study as
we'll as an enjoyment. The underly-
ing thought or rather plan of the even
ing was the famous Delsarte move
ments. These movements are a part
really OF system OF gymnastic
studies, but they place grace and
beauty of movement and position first
and foremost. The positions taken
In some OF the tableaux are very diff
cult but in every instance grace and
beauty are first in the plan.
The costumes used were the socalied
Greek dress, that is the dress as
worn by the Greeks two thousand
years and more ago. 1t is acknowl-
edged that this style of dress is the
most beautiful and graceful ever de-
vised, and we may add, in parenthesis,
that it is directly in the line OF bealth
aud common sense.
A sketch like this cannot possibly
convey to the reader the beauty of
the figures and movements. In the
'Scarf Drill" for example, several
times the visitors broke out into ap-
plause to express their pleasure at
the grace, symmetry and beauty of
the figure formed in the drill. 1t was
the same with the various other Del
sarte figures Of the programme.
The last, nun Der was the Sword
Drill" taken by Miss Scriber herself
For accuracy of position, for correct
inter pretation OF the thought con-
tained in the drill, not one in ten
thousand could approach her in the
effort. A strong colOred light was
thrown on each one of these figures,
and also on the tableaux which fol-
lowed. These tableauX also were
faultless in their effect, and altogether
the evening was a grand success.
Many persons remarked on leaving
the Hall that twice the sum ought to
be charged for the tickets.
Miss Scriber was ably assisted by
Miss Richardson, and these two, as
well as the pupils, deserve very great
credit.
THE Six Little Grandmas, was a
very pleasing number. Six little girls
of very tender years. captured the
audience, with their excellent drill.
The following is the programme in
full:
Fast Friends. ...... .R4zHenry
Laura Latlmer -. Bertha Shelton
Mabel Hamilton. Alice Adamson
Scarf Drill.
Misses Virginia Synor, Addie Brown,
Agnes Siewers, Bessie RiGdick,
Annie Saterfield, Ethel Edwards,
Mary Williford, Ethel Thomas,
Elizabeth Bill.
Grandma at the Masqerade,
Vandemark
Miss Susie Richardson.
The Lotos casters. Alfred Tennyson
Pantomimic Action by Misses
Chaf1n, Conrad and Whitaker.
Read by Miss Jennie Richardson.
Chorus. Louisiana Lou.
Delsarte Movements.
Misses Scriber, Kellett and Erwin.
Six Little Grandmas. ........ Bordman
Misses Louise Bahnson, Mary
Keehln, Maud Giersh, Bessie Har
ris, Bertha Lineback, Florence
Stockton.
Pantomime. Jesus Lover of My Soul.
Misses Whitaker, Conrad, Erwin,
Richardson, Adamson, Kellett,
Garland, Crutchfeld, Chaff1n,
Scales, Allen.
Studies with Sword.
Miss Scriber.
The Challenge. The Side Cut. The
Thrust. The Advantage. The
Head Cut. The Overthrow. The
Oath.
Tableaux.
1. Sirens and Waking Psyche. 2
The Gaul's Last Straits. 3. Fate
of Virginia. 4. Republic. 5. The
Leper. g. Dance Of the MUSES..
I. Niobe.