Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-06-27
DarnestoWn District Items.

| omaii hCaueny ~ DarneSIOWn tOOk place
on Thursday, June 10Th, at 8 P. M. and they
were attended by the largest crowd ever
seen in the building. The curtain rose
promptly at 8 o'clock, displaying a stage
decorated in the most artistic manner, rep.
resenting handsomely arranged drawing
room, with pictures beautifully placed upon
its walls, gracefully draped porteres, brio.
brac, handsome lamps, with the walls deco
rated with ferns, cut flowers and potted
plants.
The program was well and wisely ar.
ranged, dispensing with the usual tresome
essays and Rotations. The junior class ap.
peared in the first part-the exercises being
divided into three parts, also the musical
part of the program. The little children
and the young ladies who played acquitted
themselves admirably, rejecting much credit
upon their talented instructress, Miss Lora
b. Friday, who arranged the numbers, and
upon Mrs. Robert Andrews, who faithfully
drilled the little ones.
The play, "Fhs District School at Blue.
berry Corners" was admirably acted and
greeted by the audience with roars OF laugh.
ter, Mr.. James Nourse made an inimta.
BILE Hezekiah Pendegrass, his get up being
unique, and perfectly effectual disguise.
The children all seemed to enjoy the per
Torrance immensely and their acting was
perfect. The eightsweet young Quakeresses
in "The Quizotic Quakers" took their parts
with ease and grace and sang their songs
very sweetly. The two young men pre-
sented fine and manly appearance with
their knee breeches and buckled shoes.
just before the cantata was performed their
was slight alarm of fire, caused by lamp
being overturned In one of the upper rooms
oil thu Academy. The promptness and cool
ness of Richard Green, who threw the burn
ing lamp from the window and smothered
the flames with rugs, prevented probably
more disastrous consequences, while few
cool and unexctable gentlemen in the audi
ence averted panic there. The damage
done was very slight, nothing very valuable
being destroyed.
After the program was carried out Mr..
James Nourse introduced Mr. McElwee, the
teacher who will preside at the Andrew
Small Academy next year as principal, and
few appropriate and well chosen remarks
were made by him. DR.. Stone then pre-
sented the children the flowers and gifts
waiting Tor them.
The faculty Of the Academy, who con-
sisted of Mr.. James Nourse, Mrs. Robert
Andrews and Miss l.. B. Friday, certainly
deserve great credit for the admirable man
ner in which they prepared the young PEG
pie for their public appearance. The fol-
lowing is the program:
Chorus, Song Of Mlrth, by the school;
Piano duet, Raphsodie Hungroise, V. An.
drews and M. Ward Piano solo, Ind Valse,
Bessie Beall Baritone solo, Lighthouse Bell,
James M. Nourse; Piano solo, Fantaise
Valse, Eva Beall; Plano duet, Mazurka,
Mamie and Nettie Ward Motion song, The
Clock, Junior Glass chorus-Eeanor Darby
Iona Stone, Willie Beall, Evelyn McAtee,
Ollie Chiswel, Arthur Beall, Albert Cissel,
Brlscoe Gassawsy, Edwin Hendley; Piano
solo. Glissando Mazurke, Mamie Ward
Piano duet, Military March, b. and E. Beall
Piano solo, Grand Polka de Concert, Vlr
ginia Andrews; Chorus, Little Girls Woes,
Little Boys Joys, Junior Glass.
Part 2-The District School at Burberry
Corners. Scene /, Examination OF teachers;
scene 3, First day OF school; scene 3, Closing
exercises OF the term. Cast Of Characters
Schoolmaster, Hezekiah Pendergrass school
committee, John Hend erson, John Boswell
and Norman Gassaway; applicants, Eva
Beall, Anna Smoot and Anna Mossburg
scholars, Margaret Darby, Willie Gassa-
way, Philip Darby, Louise Higgins, Isaac
Chswell, Mabel Ward, Virginia Andrews,
Edwin Broome, Edward Deets, Flea
nor Cissel, Herbert Beall, Gussie Ward,
Maurice Reading, Wilson Tschiffey, Earle
Wall, Matte Bottlemay, Hermon Briggs, Jas.
Purdum, Nettie Ward, Claude Tschiffely;
Ella McAtee, Rose Case and Mamie |
Ward.
Part 3-(lulxotlc 9uakers, a cantata OY |
Allan Dimmyth. Rebecca, Bessie Beall |
Sarah, Ella McAtee; Ruth, Virginia An
drews; Mary, Eleanor Cisse; Rachel, Anna |
Smoot; Hannah, Mamie Ward; Alice,
Louise Higgins Elizabeth, Eva Beall;
Simon, Reginald West; Reuben, Joseph |
Cashel.
Harvest has begun in this section. AL
though the wheat is thin on the ground and |
the straw shor', the heads seem to be well !
filled and free from disease and insects.
Corn is looking well, but the hay prospect |
is not promising
Misses Anna and Mary Lynch, OF Wash
ington, are visiting their grandfather, Mr..
J. T, Kelley.
Miss Helen Nourse will soon return
from visit To Westminster and Williams
port.