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tainments at the Chautauqua
grounds was given in the new aud
itorium glastevening, where a mid
summer Nights Dream was pre-
sented by a cast composed of the
most talented young lady graduates
of the Manning School of Ora
tory, and those who had the pleas
ure Of witnessing the production
spent a most delightful evening
despite the fact that the atmos-
phere was disagreeably chilly.
The exercises on the stage be-
gan at about 8 O'Clock, when the
Indian Band gave concert, con
sisting Of, several selections that
were finely rendered and loudly
applauded by the appreciative au-
dience. This fine musical organi-
zation is a great favorite with the
general public and the ~Chautau-
qua management must be regard
ed as fortunate in having secured
it's service.
The next number on the pro-
gram consisted Of piano solo by
Miss Florence Dziewanowski, one
of the Manning players. The
young lady is a skilled artist and
every lover of refined music pres
ent greatly enjoyed her contribu-
tion to the opening exercises.
Next to be introduced from the
stage was Miss Sarah Wilmer, who
is certainly entitled to rank as the
star of the aggregation. She is an
elocutionist of rare talent and her
recital of the gliding ghost scene
from Robespierre was thrilling in
the extreme. The young lady is
the equal of far more pretentious
elocutionists than herself, and the
Inter-Ocean predicts that if life
and health are spared her, she will
achieve great fame in her chosen
vocation. No newspaper descrip-
ton can do her justice, but to be
fully appreciated she must be
heard in her readings.
Miss Hazel Runge next appear
ed in a song and dance that prov
ed one Of the most interesting of
the special features. The song
"You Said You Had Money in the
Bank y in fine voice and her dan
cling was the very embodiment Of
ease and grace.
Miss Runge was followed by
Miss Lillian Malcolm who gave a
pleasing exhibition of skipping
rope dancing that won for he1
an encore to which she responded
by doing merry step that still
further increased her popularity
with those who admire terpsichor.
can art and artists.
These preliminaries to the main
performance of the evening we're
all enjoyable and deserving of
praise, but of course to see "Mid-
summer Nights Dream" acted by
exclusively girl talent was what
the people had assembled for, and
they were pleased when the pre-
sentation began. Naturally the
first nights performance was not
as perfect as the second one will
be, but it was all that could have
been expected. In fact the play
was great success and the youth
full actors deserve much credit for
the earnestness and effectiveness
with which they performed their
several parts. Miss Sarah Will
mer as Nick Bottom proved a
strong character and strengthened
the favorable impression she had
previously made by her splendid
recitation. Fern Brewing made q
delightful Puck and she would in
deed be an accomplished actor who
could surpass the young lady in
this roll, while as Titania, Milli-
cent Evans came pretty near per-
fection. Anna Carr, as Oberon,
acted her part with enthusiasm;
Gretel1 Lowe made a good Ounce,
and Alvira Sale as Thisbe was ad-