The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-01
arE OLD DEBsTRIcK sKULE."
So Pronounced a success That 1t VIII
BE Repeated Tonight.

BE Repeated Tonight.
aye Old Deestrick Skule' was given az
the theater last night before one of the
largest audiences of the season Not only
was the performance a success from
financial standpoint. but was so enjoyed
by the audience that by request 1t will
be repeated tonight.
The performance consisted of various
scenes from and phases of school life
when the "deestrick skule" was a stand
ard and f1ourishing institution. These
scenes for the sake of variety were in
terspersed with acrobatic performances
by Messrs. S. House and ]. H. Elton,
both exceptionally clever in this work.
and with songs by Mr.. Dietz Clark, who
BACKED up and sang rag-time songs to
most appreciative audience.
The "skule" scenes began with view
of the boys and girls on the big road to
books" hearing the primer class than
the reading and the geography class s;
and the grammar and the. dictiona-y
classes. The boys and girls" filed in
the ''skule', room with the usual pre-
sents for the teacher, Mr.. A. B. Green,
some bringing vegetables, and other farm
produce. After these had been received
and acknowledged fittingly, preparations
for the "skule" day were b gun. The re-
cital of the lessons was the clevere-t part
of the proceedings, and though SIM cf
the jokes were in their full maturity at
the time the "deestl lex skule," t-elf was
in its prime, they fitted in well and were
as heartily enjoyed by the audience as
though they were brand new.
Each class was made up of the charac-
teristic children, the smart but effemin.t tie
boy, Buddie Hon, ysu kle (Mr A. B.
Brooks his devoted sister Sis lie, (M $.
HATCHERY. bad boy, Teddie (Mr. E. K.
Demmond), the good little boy that T d.
die leases, c. H. Cars9n, the timid girl
that cries on every occa<i and her ant
type, the girl that is always giggling.
Many local illusions were made in the
answers to the questions propounded by
the dignihed schoolmaster, and amused
the audience very much. One of the
brilliant youngsters informed his teacher
that the largest river of the world was
Bilbo canal, and another said that If the
head of the Mississippi was in Minnesota
the mouth must be there also. because
"a mouth is always in a head" The
grammar class furnished, if possible. the
parts of speech giving the opportunity
for the most of the fun. A pronoun was
defined as something that stood for some
thing else, and illustrated in the sem
tence MARY milks the cow" The COW
is a pronoun because it stands for Mary"
AT the conclusion of the recitations
the children were put on their good be-
haviour, and the school committeeman in
the persons of Col. ]. H. Estill, Capt.
st,-a
ceived" They sat in solemn dignity
while for their dedication the clever chill
d-en of the "skule" recited classic fav-
orites for such occasions, such as Mary
Had Little Lamb" and "the Boy and
the Burning Deck" and also read original
compositions on subjects selected from
natural history. In this line Nick IN.
j. Ackermann), made quite a hit with a
pathetic account of squirrels particularly
one that was owned by Fleming duBignon.
but which was made robert tailed by
mischievous Willie Osborne. Mike &C. v
Snedeker), also read a much appreciated
essay on horses, and Miss Edith Goette
contributed some valuable inforTna ton on
Files" Jasper and Ben, q. n. Nc
ellis and Benjamin Heriot), gave classis
duet on harmoniea and Jews harp, and
Billie and Ted, (Messrs. Reaves and Dem
nnnd), did shuttle and breakdown.
Tue most humorous part OF the show
was contributed by Buddie and Sis
Honeysuckle. and Sis became such a fav.
orite that after she had sung her piece
for the committeeman the audience wouli
not let her go until she had given
Dixie" and even then insisted ON en-
core after encore, although Sis naively
informed them that her mother hadn't
taught her no more"
Other boys who distinguished them
selves are Wylie Doty, p. F. Brown and
R B. Reppard. Among the ladies' that
contributed to the general fun were
"Sallie Shaw Mary Scott CMiss Debo-
rah TaggarD and NJ Bessie Floyd, who
sang with humorous exaggerati ton DO
They Miss Me at Homer"
Others that contributed their efforts to
The programme are Mr. Harry Raskin and
a number of musicians. The performance
closed with the singing of Aud Lang
Sype" by the school,