The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-20
THE BLIND PATRIOT"
STUDENTS WILL PRESENT AN IN
TERESTING DRAMA AT THE
GRAND

The Grand opera house this evening
will be turned over to the students of
the Cretn high school and those of the
Cathedral school for girls. While many
viii crowd to attend the graduation fea-
ture of the evening, yet not a few will
go to be entertained, for the students
have set themselves to work in order to
give their friends an evening as pleas
ant as it is in their power to make
it. The young ladies will present va
rious numbers, one being an operetta en-
titled The Secret" The young men,
launching into something more preten-
tious, will present Theodore Sydney
Vaughns THE Blind Patriot" This
play was written particularly for young
men and has never been staged in st.
Paul. In fact, it has been presented but
once before, and the applause it received
at that time renders those in charge sure
Of its success here. 1t is a simple story
beautifully worked about the incidents
connected with the plotting of Arnold and
Andre. An old blind man-fancy's fig
ment-suspects Arnold's purpose in Sc
curing the services of Joshua Smith to
bring Maj. Andre, from the Vulture,
ashore. He hides in the woods, over
hears the proposed treachery and, I'M
fortunately wounded by Andre, so alarms
the neighborhood that the British ship,
thus forced to return to New York by
land. The Blind Patriots son, John
Paulding, is sent on by his father to
intercept Andre before ne reaches the
English lines.
The news Of the latter's capture Is
brought in at the moment Gen. Washing
ton, whose life had been saved at Tren-
ton by the sacrifice of the old patriots
eyes, has stopped to visit the old man,
FDJ %l,oE ton
had given the old fellow after his ia
nous deed is again placed upon his head
The characters are all sustained by mem
bers of the Cretin high school graduating
class, and judging from their perform
ance at rehearsals, a more than ordin-
arily creditable evening may be assured
the public.
Following is tonight's programme:
Selection ..................St. Agatha's Club
Hymn to the Night" Glover
Fairy Song-"I'n Turn Every Thorn
to a Rose
Fairy--Miss A. Leiendecker.
Drili@'The Little Little; Patriots" Fifth Grade
Gruenwald
Misses M. Hayden, L. Snow.
THE BLIND PATRIOT"
A drama in three acts by Theodore Sid
ney Vaughn.
Bonnie Paaldihg, his SON, William POM
John Paulding, his son......Arthur Robert
BENJAMIN Chambers, neighbor Of
Joshua Smith, neighbor of Pauld-
Gen. Benedict Arnold, .. S. A.,
Commander at West Point. John Tfghe
Mai John John Andre adjutant general 49,.
Gen. George Washington, COM
mander-in-chief U. S. A. Julian Brown
Marquis de Lafayette. Julius Villaume
Scenes about West Point Time 49, .'0'
Act Act L. I:-Residence of the Blind Patriot;
Master j. Ahern.
Act II.-Scene 1, the heights overlooking
the Hudson river.
Andante from Hayden's Sixth Symphony.
Master NJ. Firestone.
Act II-Scene 2: Parlor in the resi-
dence of Mr.. Joshua Smith.
Musical Recitation-"The Story of
Misses Kisses a Grady A. Kelly NJ. Boyle 1ea'e
a. Maher, NJ. Dillon, K. Ryan,
M. Jenny, F. Waters, H
Act III.--Residence of the Blind Patriot.
Violin Solo-Hungarian Rhapsody
Master M. Firestone.
Girls Choir.
Voices From Flowerland" .......
Theodore Sydney Vaughn
Masters F. Fitzgerald, ]. Kasmirski. F..
O'Dea, S. Donnelly, ]. N. Donohue, D.
Grace, J. Grace, N. Malloy. F. FrenzeI
]. Concannon, ]. McKenna A. BiebeI
l.. Mccarthy L. Gallagher, J. McDon-
aid, l.. Damn, J. Cullen, w. Doherty, A
Stein, ]. OGrady, G. Crosby, H
Waters, R. Worden, A. Curtis
THE SECRET
Minnie Myrtle and Bessie Woodbine
boarding schools misses
Misses Julia OBrien and Mary Keegan
Lou Fairthorne 49,. Miss Evelyn Grady
Toby Skillet, a post boy ..........
Master ]. Downey
Chorus of Scholars.
Awarding of Diplomas.
Valedictory-Master William Caughlin
and Miss Agnes Grady.
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