Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
BLACK HILLS COLLEGE NOTES.
Laurels for the Girls.

Laurels for the Girls. g
The deep mud of last week did not
prevent a large and appreciative audi
ence from assembling in the college
chapel on Saturday evening to enjoy
the program which the Philomathean
young ladies had prepared for the &C.
casion. The entertainment was opened
by Misses Mcdonald and Stanley with
a piano duet, "March Triumphale,'
and it was truly a triumph for the per-
formers. This was followed by a we'll
written paper. read by it's author, Miss
Carter, who showed much originality
in this production. Then came one of
the most pleasing features of the
ing, the pantomime in which the sing
ing of "Jesus Lover of My Soul" be-
hind the scenes IA accompanied by
the gracefully rhythmic movements of
Miss Fuhlbrugge, which of course
added much expression and charm to
the words. After this Misses Stanley
and Mcdonald appeared again and on
~clusively proved that they could pro-
duce vocal as we'll as instrumental
music in their singing of 1.-TWO Merry
Girls" The singers responded to an
enthusiastic encore by singing a few
lines of the same song. If they are 60
ing to sing their songs SO we'll they
must prepare some responses for they
are certain to be called back. Miss
Taylor is generally fortunate in her Sc
lection of declarations and the one
she gave last Saturday evening was no
exception. Her performance was en-
cellent. 1.-THE Spanish Girls as rem
dered by the chorus was we'll done and
deserved the applause it received.
The tableau entitled sSThe Mouse,' was
we'll planned and executed though it
seemed to us that the girls were alb
normally silent for such n momen-
tous occasion,b but perhaps it would not
have been a tableau had they
screamed. Immediately after this
came IL tableau that was extremely fine,
1.-THE Sweetest Story Ever Told" In
this q fair maiden was seen seated i'll a
high-backed chair while over the back
of that chair leaned a remarkably fine
looking "boy'-and you know
the rest. They did ltexceedingly we'll.
The stage was then cleared for the
"Arrival of the Witches and when
they came we were pleased to find that
we could recognize the Misses Smith
son, Carter, Wademan and Fuhlbrugge
in spite of their Fantastic costumes and
crooked noses. Ali familiar with
Shakespeare's play will remember that
Macbeth appears in thisscene with the
witches and so did he Saturday night,
and a noble Scot he was too. The
young ladies are deserving of high
praise far the manner in which they
presented this difficult scene from
Macbeth and the hearty applause of
those present showedthat their success
was admitted and appreciated. The en-
t%ertainment was closed by Il song from
the chorus and it was a fitting ending
of a program of which every Philoma
thean. whether boy or girl, should be
proud.s
There were two numbers that did
not appear on the program, though the
girls were responsible for them. They
should know that IA small, tightly
stretched wire will not support a hun.
dred and twenty pound girl, no matter
how fair she may be, also that the
manipulation of lights and curtains
should be SO instructed that they will
need no audible directions during the
performance. They should remember
also that when nine girls and a hot
radiator are cooped up in a three by
eight space the temperature is bound
to rise. However, the breaking of the
curtain wire and all the rest of these
little things only added to the fun anG
profit of the evening and we can truly
say that the entertainment wasa splen
did one: All honor to those who
planned and gave it.