The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-13

not be said OF course She did not have
the opportunity to play and toy viii
her notes rs she did in the opera, but she
sung her part (and played it, too,) t,
perfection, each note sounding rs clean
and true as the bells Of Saint Anne.
II was a pity that no encores were re-
spondGd to- otherwise Miss Petty would
have been recalled d dozen times or more
ON each Of her solos The strength and
purity Of her voice brought burst after
burst Of applause.
Mr. II. T. Hall as Abner. more than
sustained the reputation Of his ability to
sway in Orphean similitude each and
every auditor.
1t were impossible to give due credit
to each Of the east in an allotted space,
but the characterization of Saul by Mr..
Will Cooper can not go without notice.
II was a decided feature of the evening,
MS was also the orchestra.
The following is the full east of char,
acters:
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Abigail ....... Misses Minnie Tucker
Attendants, Misses Duncan and Simpson
Mlchal ......,..........
Miss Cornelia Petty, of Carthage
David. ............M Mr.. James Reed
Jonathan. ...,. Mr.. Chas. Newcomb
Jesse. .,.... Mr. Walters Durham
Samuel. ....M Mr.. w s. Primrose
Saul. Observation-Disclosures. Mr. VIII Cooper
Abner. ..............Mr Mr.. Il. Z. Han
Elder (who crowns David. 800.
..... Mr.. Jim. Edwards
Double Quartette of Shepherds
Messrs. Norwood, Tom Reed, Baker,
Baumann, VIM. Reed, Edwards, Myers
and Newcomb.
Shepherdesses.- Misses Fannie Hoke,
Susie Marshall, Mary and Lula Woodell.
Maggie Moring, Jessamine Higgst Addie
Balm, Mamie McMackin, Lena and Maud
Latta, Hal. Morson, Frances Cameron,
Lizzie Holman, Daisy Watson, Blanche
Blake, Mary Mackay, Kate Skinner,
Amy Butler, Mary Hanff. Mary Jones,
Mary Seaton Hay, Wyndham Trapier,
Bessie Roberts, olivia Barley Truletta
kreth, Ina and Julia Horton. Bessie
Bates, Mary Andrews, Carey Wimbish,
L0llie Williams, Kate and Ethel Stro-
mach, Jessie Carroll, Lucie West, Ger
trude Bush, Mary Bryan, and Mrs. Ba
ker and Mrs. Crimson
Three Men of War.-Wm. Royal,
Clarence Johnson and John Royal.
Shepherds and Warriors. -Messrs.
Haywood, Bah, Young, Hanff, Wells, J.
Briggs, Dalen Stronach Barnes Simp-
son, Ill. Primrose, Dennis Heartt, Fai-
son, Edwards, Swift, Boykn, Hall, Roy
ALL G. Johnson, J. Royal, VIII Jones
and Bagley.
Sentinels.-Mr. VIM. Royal and Mr.
Tom Simpson.
Boy hepherds.-Gilbcrt Crabtrte, Tu-
dor Hardy, Henry Primrose, Eugene
Bagley, George Holman, Chas. Briggs,
Albert Betsch, Howard Kleuppelburg,
James HiggS, Ed. Stamps, Charlie
Lnmsden and Clarence Utley.
Little Girls-Isabella Simmons Lee
Faulkner. Louise Gresham. L.tDuncan.
Bessie Powell, Alethea McGee, Villa
Norris, Fannie Johnson, Emily Walker.
Pearl Heck, Mary Chavasse, Gertrude
Lands, Estelle Ennis, Lollie Watson.
Emily Higgs Bessie Law, Pattie Car
roll, Eliza Brown, Cammie Jones. Mag
gle, Trapier, Ethel Young, n Rogers,
ELLA Durham, Miriam Allen. Alinc
Young. Ella Roberts, Etty Haywood
LeGrande Cameron, Margaret McPhee-
tiers, Try Roberts, Margaret BOylan.
Belle Hay, Mary Kinsey Boylan, Ellen
West, Jennie Trapier, Annie Root and
Annie Cheshire.
The musical features Of the perform-
ance were under the direction of Prof.
q. w. Bryant, of Peace Institute
Orchestra-Miss Florence Boylan.
Professor While, Miss Belle PescHd and