St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-02


posed Of by the passage of the following
resolution, introduced by Stilman H.
Kent:
Resolved, That there be. and is hereby,
appropriated the sum Of $500 for the purpose
of summer night concerts by the st. Johns
bury band.
Mr.. Mcdonald favored referring the
whole matter to the trustees, and Mr..
Montgomery did not think the village
had legal right to appropriate money
for band concerts. But the resolution
was passed, after which the meeting
adjourned.
Beautiful Zephra.-On next Tuesday
night at o'clock, Zephra, the beautiful
mystic queen, whose coronation has
been proclaimed loudly throughout this
entire locality for the past fortnight, will
begin her brief buteventful reign over the
good people Of St. Johnsbury.
To the lovers OF the beautiful, Zephra
is an ideal queen, for her entire reign is
one grand pageant of poetry, chivalry
and song, and she gathers to her splen-
did court nearly all the nations of the
earth to bow in meek submission to her
royal will and humbly obey her slightest
wish. Here, as in the reign of King
Comus, intermingling and joining with
zest in the royal fete in honor of the
Queen, we find beautiful houris from the
Sultan's home; fair-haired daughters of
classic Greece; dark-eyed senoritas
from the sunny hills of Spain; stately
danes from still more stately Britain
and merry lassies from our ain countrie,"
joining blithely in the merry dance or
joyous song with the courtly cavaliers,
brawny yeomen or careless peasants,
whose unique garb carry the beholder
back to feudal days.
The chorus both male and mixed in
Zephra have been carefully trained and
sing the bright and catchy music of the
Spectacle with zest that cannot fail to
be inspiring.
The dances are particularly pleasing
both in figures and costuming and the
Royal Guard drill, perhaps the strongest
feature of Zephra, is rapidly developing
degree oi perfection that to the unin-
itiated would scarcely seem possible.
Zephra requires strong cast and
under the instruction of Director Averill,
who assumes the part OF Juna, the par
ticipants who will portray the different
characters are rapidly acquiring pro-
fciency compatible with the final artistic
and financial success OF the Spectacle,
which will be given Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday nights, and Saturday matt
nee of next week.
Reserved sea S for all four performances
go on sale at Randall's and Bingham's
drug stores next Saturday morning, July
3, at o'clock.
THE CAST.
Zephra. the Queen of Norseland,
Anna Spencer Frost.
Neyera, Daughter of Decius, Alice Browne.
Flora, A friend of Neyera. Florence Russell
Anta Anna Somerville.
Decius. King Njord, Frank Brazier.
Juna, Prince OF Thornwald. X. w. Averill
Alexis, Minister OF State. Paul S. Carter.
Solon, Captain of Decius Guard,
Walter Husband.
Olaf | Attendants IT. N. Shufelt
Hendrix, OF Decius. (G. II. Frost
Clarence o. Toole McFadden.
Captain of The Squad" Frank French.
Nita, Dancing Girl, Kittie Straub
CAvALIEPs-Tenors, w. B. Atwood. ]. B.
Tousant, Bert Dean, Ralph Bennett, Harry
Harvey, p. E. Pope, Charles Peck, Harry
Webb, Perry Brown, Harry Lovejoy. Bassos,
s. D. Atwood, T. N; Shufelt, Frank French,
George Frost, c. A. Eldridge, Frank Tinker
Fred Taylor. L. H. Carpenter. c. H. Forrest,
Z. Ayers, Charles Steele.
ROYAL GUARD-Josephine Simpson, Carrie
Drew, Gertrude Rickaby, Mary Robie Fannie
PatteI son, Mary Moulton. Mrs. Charles
Peck, Mrs. Corriveau, Mrs. Smith, Helen
Abee, Bertha E. Hovey, Miss Patterson,
Sharotte steele Emma s+ warner Jenete
Cheney, Mrs. w. A. Taplin, Mrs. 6. W. Cree,
Mrs Miner.
NAIAps-winnifred Allen. Maude Daniels.
Anna Somerville, May Goodall, Leomicle
Gagnon, Marion Moore, Ellen Abbott, Car
oline Weeks.
LA CIoALE-Elsinore Brock. Freda Good
rich, Sadie Goss, Pearl Davis, Clara Long
more, Gladys Hooker, Blanche Smith. Miss
Peck Blanche Thomas, Myra Nolan, Pearl
Underwood, Eva French, Laura Roberts,
Julia Estabrooks, Cleora Harris, Fannie
Smith.
McFADDEN's POLICE SouAp-Clarence
o. oole. Frank o. French. W. w. Husband
Carl Turner, Sam Moore Clarence Forresx
NEW WoMEN-C. ]. Green. W. A. Moulton,
s. A. Moore, F. P. Howe, E. w. Gaskell.
MERRY. .Go-RouND-Lilli Stebbns, Nellie
Astle, Alice Daniels. Edna Moulton, Blanche
Miles. Edna Scott, Josephine Peck. Esinore
Brock, Agnes Flint, Bessie Fox, Alice Bur-
bank, Fannie Chesley, Grace Hovey, Mary
Mitchell. Esther Morrill, Olive Spaulding,
Anna Dubray. Annie Peck.
DANsE PATRIoTIouE-Nelie Chase, Anna
Somerville, Jennie Poole, Maude Daniels,
Marion Moore.
NBws BoYs-Rex Turner. Lindol Scott,
Robert Piper. Roy Galderwood, Calvin
Brown, Ralph Hooker, Albert Clark, James
| Miner .. n#Ht
| BRowNIRs--Frank Taplin, Claude Good
rich, John Todd, Albert Kicker, Edward
Smythe. Earl Evans, Harry Underwood,
| Warren Peck. Leigh Noyes, Harold Burbank,
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