The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-11
In MERCY'S. SACRED Babe
cH1IDREN's CHORUS CLUSTERS
IN A LIVING RED CROSS

songs OF Feace Omm1ngle With the
Memories Of War-LiittIe Patriots
Sing "God Save the Queen With
the Same Heart they Do "Colum-
bia," Knitting Closer u Bond of
Union for Future Generations.
Two thousand children lifted up their
fresh young voices last night In the
Auditorium, and, in the presence Of
some 1900 or so sgrown up Americans,
who have spent most of their lives,
hitherto. in uttero disFegard of the well
fare OF her majestyaor England, sang
God Save the Queen" They were wild
ly applauded at the end Of the song by
| the American scvereigns present-go-
| ing to show that the time that has
elapsed since the beginning of the
spanish war has been pregnant In his
tory making.
The singing of5s.God Save the Queen :"
by these thousands of little. ones was
not the most remarkable of the things
that occurred last night The old rock
cry that is so dismal a sight to look
upon ordinarily was for four hours
really place of beauty. Its sordld
walls were hidden by bunting: the
glmy chairs that are usually a menace
I 10 the clothes and the comfort Of any
pooy VINO ventures to sit down in them,
were filled by thousands Of the school
children Of st. Paul in testal ARRAY; it's
o!d rafters rUng with the music Of
cnlidish voices and it's floors: ratified
! unuer the stamping of other thousands
| OF boys. who e were glad they were
| there. glad they were alive, anyway,
ana VINO took advantage of the oppor-
tunlty to let go Of some Of the pent-up
enthusiasm that has been breaking out
IN vacant lots and school house yards
| foI these three months back.
And the ladiessof the Red Cross who
| were there almost to woman, must
/ nave fe!t that their efforts to raise
| money to promote the welfare Of the
boys who have gone to. the front were
| triumph, must have felt that there
| was compensation for their endeavors.
anything of the kind ever attempted
mere. 1t was success from every
POINT or view; as a thing Of beauty
and delight to the eye; as lesson in
patriotism for the little ones: as
| source of pleasure for. the parents and
! spectators, and lastly in a pecuniary
sense The amoant realized was &C
tually substantial sum, though Mr..
| Gcodk1nd, who acted as trea surer, could
not tell last night just what it would
be. nyF
The affair wasNgotten up under the
direction of Mrs. GoQdkind, as chair
man, Mesdames. I'm. Newport, A.
Gulterman, D.. Hughson, B. thinner
mann, 5. Sternberg and Miss Caroline
beaumont, and eyeryfkchool officer and
teacher in the city seemed to have gone
! IN to help the matter but From Super
lntendent Smith down to the littlest tot
In the. kindergarten every one connect
i ed with the institution seemed to have
interested himself or herself, and the
l Nnrfr~ ~
ers and directors must have been
tremendous. Everything was so thor
oughly we'll done that one could not
conceive that 1t was all thought of and
! put together, and 1.-The little sones drilled
| IN the course of a few weeks.
AT 3 o'clock there were more people
in the Auditorium than have gathered
| there since the G. A. r. encampment
EIhe front Of the building, the gallery
over the platform and those on the
SIDES were filled with children dressed
In fancy. costumes. making really
beautiful effect. Over the Stage some
TWO thousand children were grouped,
arrayed in red ana white, forming
living red cross. 1Fffffe emblem of the
society was conspicuous in the bunting
everywhere, fairly dividing the honors
with the American colors, which SEEM
ed to. CLEAN all over the place. Every
young one seemed to have something
| concealed about himself or herself
Which might on signal be resolved into
an American flag, and a couple Of great
standards were grouped on the stage
around large floral piece composed of
thousand red roses, presented by L.
L. May. Down in front, between the
platform and the auditorium Seibert's
band was grouped, and most effective
! work did the musicians do in keeping
| up the enthusiasm. Along the front
row was Acker Post, G. A. R., under
Capt. Patrick Henry, senior vice com
| mander.
The actual work of putting on the
many tableaux and spectacles and the
| direction of the choruses was. done by
Prof. Congdon, who was assisted gen.
1 orally by j. G. HERMANN and, as ac-
companist. by Hans, Schmidt The
thoroughness Of their, supervision was
! attested to the limit in the last num-
Der on the progra mrne,; when there were
not less than 800 children on the stage
1 in one magnificent effect, the troopiny
! Of the colors, an idea borrowed from
Sousa, and most beautifully carried out,
| the drilling of the children and the
combinations Of color were as near per
lection as one Isl likely to see.
The first chorus in two parts, "Bat-
| tie On" and Anchored" was beauti-
fully rendered by selected chorus of
fifty girls from the high schools d.
rected by Prof Congdon.
Then Hail to the Land" the music
| adapted from Faust" was sung with
much precision and with magnificent
effect by the 1000 children in the large
| chorus. -
Fifteen little chaps in white sailor
| costumes trotted on the stage, execu-
ted very handsomely some traditional
| sailor maneuvers and sang a sailors
| medley. The little fellows were drilled
| by Miss. H. E. Rudy, assisted by the
| Misses Nicoll, Giffen and Holland The
| little fellows were from the John Eric
ssson school and included Masters
Fred Knapp. Willie Tkufnquist Harry Rem
strum, Frank Abel. Ernest Peyre, Clarence
| Ostrum. Henry Works, Oscar Severance.
| Harry Donaldson, Joe Harff, Andrew Munson
| Arthur Sundholm, JaImer Bergman. Harry
| Erickson.
The Tinkers' chorus, from Robin
| Hood, was given by number of bows
in costume, under the direction Of Miss
Julia Schwartz, Miss Mary Ward being
the accompanist. The youngsters in the
chorus later on in the programme gave
'tthe Jolly Walters" also in costume,
from the Smith school and included.
Patrick Griffin. Willie Coughlin, John Deg
nan. Emil Peterson, Willie Rosness, Alfred
| Bossard. George Sullivan, George Shauer.
Louis , Lemire. John King, Ernest Carlson,
Emil Anderson, Robert Corrigan, Willie
Then followed another number by the
selected chorus, ,And the military wand
drill by boys of the Hancock school
followed. The little fellows were un-
| der the directioH or Miss Hattie r.
Garvin. Without a word Of command
they went through exercises that were
not only difficult but pleasing to the