The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-05-31
A FITTING Gloss
To MEMORIAL; DAY.
Fine Patriotic Entertainment al Fishers
opera House

age In the make up OF program sad rea
dition OF selections by those taking part
was given at Fishers opera house lssl
evening, The afiair was under the aus
plees Of Gushing Reief Corps No, 3 as,
Il was compliment In every way /,
the ladies OF the Corps So great wa,
the Attendance that every seat was oc
lcupied, as also every Dit OF standing
room. while many were unable TO gain
access to the building. The stage Na'
ldraped with flags, and members Of the
Grand AruS occupied the rear OF II rs
guests Of honor. With them was Charles
A. Clase. the hero OF Manila. 4 le,ach-
ment Of naval reserves. under the csm-
mand " Hnsign Abercomblc. occupied
front seats in the parquei, The usheSs
were members OF the naval reserve
The assemblage was called TO order
! promptly at the hour Of opening by sam.
Vel Elmcre. chairman. and after a So
lection had been rendered by the or
chestrO. an Invocation very suitable TO
! the occasion was delivered by Rev. VIM.
Seymour Short. Hon. {. W. Fulton was
then introduced. aud In a clear and force
fsi manner gave splendid sketch OF the
growth Of the United States Each war
that this nation had waged had brought
to the people broader ideas and nobler
purposes. and stronger sense OF JUS
yica aud right. both among ourselves and
with our dealings with other nations
Our late war with Spain had been far
reaching in its effects. In addition 70
giving liberty TO a people long oppressed
by foreign power the war had brought
about the complete reunion OF our coun.
try. and now there was no Mason and
Dlxon's line TO separate the American
people. He felt. as with all other Amer.
leans, thEt now when Memorial day Is
being observed shat he could with equal
respect srew flowers on the graves OF
Lee, Jackson and other confederate dead
as upon the graves OF Grant and the
dead o. the union armies While the
speaker was paying a glowing tribute 70
Admiral Dewey and his brave men the
audience recognized young Clase. 50
persistent was their calls that the young
man had to come forward and bow his
acknowledgements. Mr.. Fulton closed his
address with a fine tribute TO the mem
ory OF Edward c. Young. the young SOL
der whose fuaerll took place on Sunday.
A solo entitled Keep a Place In Your
Heart For Me" was sung by Mrs W. S.
Stone, in a voice that was very pleasing.
THE Ind spenden>e Bell" was recited by
Dorothy Thompson in a manner that
brought from the audience hearty ap-
plause for the little miss One OF the
most effective pieces Of The evening was
a tribute to the unkn Own dead given by
the members OF the Relief Corps. A gu.
tar solo was the next on the program.
and was finely rendered by Eta Strauss
Eighteen little girls from ne shively
school then marrned on the stage In the
most perfect order and after singing
The Red White and Blue" gave
bunting drill that was greeted with !
hearty applause from the audience. The
girls had been drilled by Mrs. Busey. and |
he perfect evolutions made by them |
was a compliment to their teacher. A !
Iuartette was sung by Samuel Elmore. |
Henry Thompson. J. T. Ross and Prof. |
Thornton, and was finely given. Then FOL- /
owed a pleasing recitation by Myrtle
ireen. A song entitled "Our Soldiers"
vas sung by eight little boys and girls
rom Miss Miss Carriers room OF the
shiveiy school, II was one OF the pret-
lest pieceg NJ the evenInp
In response to repeated calls for Gun
'aptain clase. Chairman Elmore brought
he hero Of Manila to the front Of the
tage, where he thanked mis- friends for
he honor they had shown him. but II
vas evident the young man was a better
ghter than talker and was more at
ONE behind the 5-inch guns he handled
n the Olympia than on a stage
Prof. ]. McCue principal Of the Alder
rock school. followed witL an address
patriotic nature, that was finished
fort and a compliment 10 the young :
ian. America Forever was the title q,
song given by Miss Kate Rousselo. In
IIss Kathryn shively recited 1.-THE Ride I
Jennie McNier' in a style that greatly 4
eased the audience. Recitations by r
ay Ball and Mabel Larsen were well n
ven, as was also recftations by Lena q
annon. Martha Padamno and Minnie h
oneka. A recitation and song by five h
tile girls Of Miss Garner's room in the
lively school was given with splrlt and #
feet. Eleven little boys Of Miss Nick
sons room, Shively school. gave
citation on "Our Flag that was nicely 7
ecuted. The Grand Army men now n
included they would take hand in the 4,
Ogram and they rose up and sang f.
larching Through Georgia." It was h,
ident that the song brought back fond a,
collections Of sweet potatoes and fried a
lcken had on that memorable march. N
; the old soldiers sang like a band Of w
lege boys on lark A chorus by 20 a
le girls from the Mcclure school y,
sed the program. Their singing was bo
perfect trim and their voices showed q,
careful training Of their teacher. th
IS frankie Holden. 80,
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