The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-22
A BIG SUCCESS.
Recital of the Pupils Of Miss Jennie
Frances Mccarthy.
Large Audience Listened to an Excellent
Program In Talma Theater.

The friends and relatives Of the..pupils
Of Miss Jennie Frances Mccarthy nearly
filled the Talma Theater last evening To
listen to the efforts of the students at the
fifth annual elocutionary recital. IL was
very satisfactory exhibition and those
who saw it were well repaid for facing the
danpness of the evening. The program
was as follows: Selection by orchestra;
"Matinal, Young Lady, Miss Ella Green
halgh; Maid, Miss Sweet; reading, The
Eli Child, James Whitcomb Riley. Little
Mabel Cosgrove; reading, Tho Sisters,
Whittier, Martha Travis; reading, Court
ing Under Difficulties, Zilla Everson:
soprano solo, Miss Alberta Small; violin
-ebiigato Mr.-Jesephr Lewis; reading;
Prince, Clara Walmsley; reading, The
May Bug translated from the French,
.Iessamine MAY Sweet; reading, (a),
Trials of Twin" Oh, The Little
Peach" Master Eddy Rosenthal; reading,
Tho Sign Board" Maggie Lonergan; !;
reading, kentucky Philosophy " Mabel
Cleasby reading, THE Water Mill,
Hattie Jones; reading, 1.-THE Telltale, :"
IudIvine Horton; reading, Ramon,
Bret Harte, Margaret Durrigan; reading,
"Our Railroads. " Hattie Jameson; duct,
banjo and mandolin, Anna Campbell and
Prof. j. IL. jennings; dialogue, THE
Election of the Future" Detroit FREQ
Press; Saidce Lewis; Irene Gialligan;
Bessie Fields, Mollie Howson; (;
reading, "Panchita, Grace T.. Baker;
reading, "Her Names" Master George
Campbell; reading, 1.-The Price of
Peace, Jennie Frances Mccarthy; violin
solo, Mr.. Joseph Lewis; drama "A
Thorn Among the Roses; Mrs. Candor,
Miss Sweet, Patience Plunkett, Miss
Durrigan; pupils, Lucy Woods, Bessie
1ravers Jane Turner, Augusta stephens,
Maria Melish, Grace Baker, Ludivine
Horton, Clara Walmsley Iilla Everson,
Hattie Jameson; Bridget Mahoney, Miss
Grcenhalgh; All Sid, Little Gertle Green
halgh Tom Candor. Mr.. J.. III. Miller;
job Seedling Elliott Matthews Dance
pas de seul, - Florrie Pratt Allen;
Delsarte drill by class, leader Miss
.Jessamine May Sweet who recited Poe's
"Annabcl Lee" mcmbers of drill. Mamie
Wood, Xllla Everson, Nollie a. Stone,
Lena knight, Mabel Howarth, Lucy Bird,
Minnie Shepard, Ludivine Horton, Hattie
NJ. stone, Ella Greenhalgh, Florence
Carrie Turner, Agnes Ricketts,, Grace
Baker, Annie Pierce, Lula knight.
Ada Sayles, Hattie Jameson; tab.
loau, "lhc Bouquet" Red Rose, Miss
Mamie Sprague; Blue Bclls, Miss Esther
Hindlcy. Miss Isabel Mckee; Yellow
Roses, Miss Nottie Walmslev, Miss Minnie
shepard. Miss Irene Galligan; White
Hattie jameson, Miss Nellie Hughes,
Miss Lillian Patterson; Green Leaves,
Miss Mollie Howson, Miss ldella Kemp,
Miss Ludivinc Horton, Miss Mile
Thayer, Miss Gertie Grecnhalgh, Miss
Martha Travis
Besides the regular pupils Of Miss Nc
Carthy, all Of whom had parts assigned
for tho recital, the management had se-
lected the following outside talent: Miss
Alberta Small, soprano: solo dancers,
Fiorrie P Allen and Il. Greenlaigh ;banjo
and mandolin, Il. Campbell ana Prof.
j II. Jennings, Joseph Lewis, violinist.
Bakers orchestra furnished the music
throughout the evening.
The hit of the evening was made by
Miss j. NJ. Sweet in the reading of the
May Bug.
Tho other principal feature Of the
evening was the rendering by Miss Me-
Carthy herself of the poem, THE Price
of Peace.
Tho drama, "A Thorn Among tho
Roses, " was prettily rendered. " was
light comedy illustrating the wild ways
of youths and maidens at tho ideal board
ing school
Flowers were I'm profusion, nearly ovory
person participating being presented with
bouquet. Owing to the length of the
program there were no cncorcs delivered.