The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-06-29
ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF st
JOHNS ACADEMY AND ST.
ANTHONY'S SCHOOL,

On Wednesday night with the me
.ow rays Of the squire moonlight
flooding in upon the scene. toe AZ
Gtoriun was crowded to its utmcs
capacity bv an ad!niring crowd 0
friends and relatives Of the pupil, Q
81. Johns Academy and s.. AZ
thongs School.
Little Miss Margaret StirIi@!
greeted the audience Oh behalf o
| her school-mates very gracefully an,
distinctly.
The play entitled ''Costunza' va:
! beautifully rendered by ;hc girls o
tie first class. Their acting wa
superb Miss Alberta Lawiess wiz
| impersonatcl the leading character
well deserves praises for her iint
delivery anai elocltlon.
Stately Countess Adriana i'll the
person of Miss Rosie Eiscle WAS per
lection. In hex long purple robe OF
state she looked like one Of The old
Venetian tatics stepping from the
pages Of some Old Italian romance
Miss In,z CrasE1 played the part
of Erncs.a Orso and Marie in :,
| manner which left no room for crili-
| cism. But it was in the character
| Of Marie that she for the space of
about an hour E."Ii the audience
spell bouEd.
Miss Amelia Drury, in the CHAR
! actcr Of Antonia. niece t. The Coun-
tess, displayed great arts genius
and deserves great praise, which WAS
heartily given her by the thunherous
applause which followed her act.
We hardly krow how t. describe
the acting of Miss E.iennc Drummer
The highest tribute tina; can pc paid
to her is to say that we do not think
in all tilat vast assemb!aee, in al!
that bevy' Of Young maidens there
WAS one who could have played the
part Of poor heart-byoHen M,rica to
Il higher degree OF perfection than
she did. Her singing brought tears
to many an eye and impressed the
people in Il manner they vii! not
soon forget.
Misses Alice Carson and Linda
BrcauX in the characters of refl.
gious were fac. So close were there
resemblance that few reccgniz d
them.
Miss Katie Smith looked magnItl-
cent in the roll of Corlclto X.nO.
Her costume vas magnificent.
The plot was laid in Venice, and
was strictly distingue. 1t is per-
fectly useless for u, to try and de-
scribe the play. 1t would take the
fiery e!oquence Of a Dcmosthenes,
tie sonl stirring touch of 4 Cecilia
or the brush of Il Rsphaei 10 de
scribe the scenes. One after al otht r
they presented themselves each riv-
al n in beauty the one that PIE
ceded il. As for the costumes we
will not say word about them as
every one saw what they were for
themselves.
One more word in honor OF the
one who taught this play. She
must. undoubtedly be a woman Of
brilliant INTELLECT to select Il play SO
spiritual and Instructive, and an
eiocu.inpist If rare ability 10 teach
il in way ,htt WAS "a positive to
insure success.
Miss Inez CrasN. rc,,;l,:H With great
ability "Curfcw Shall Not Ring 10
Night" The best part of it was
that she had in the previous play
left TO be a nun and Immediately re-
turned and said in a pleading voice:
w've lover in that prison
The "Fairy School played by the
tots WAS fla An extract Of the
| cake walk which they danced was
we'll appreciated Miss Nocm lie
Fal.erman as the dancing master was
received with applause from all
| corners Of the house.
In "Tiie Spirit Of '76' Master
Vernon Thiel acquitted himself will
marked success, as we'll as the others
The dying scene was perfect.
The dramatic exercises Of the eX
hibition concluded with the "F"lry
Of the Fountain" The young girl:
we're at their best and taken alto
gether the play was something to b
long remembered.
The musical program more thar
delighted the fortunate hearers.
| Miss Nina Sigur was the able plan
list Of this display and her playing
was, as il always is, sweet aua sou!
stirring.
| The principal event of the occa
sion was the graduation OF two Q
| St. Johns oldest scholars, Misses A
berta Lawless and Amelia Drury
For tie first time since the classi
nil,ars of the dear old academy wa