The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-30
\ Fine Entertainment.
Piedmont. :. O. Anril y:

had stroke OF luck by way OF ura-
matte talent, beginning with the child
and ending with the adult. Last Sat-
urday evening at Union Hall the citi-
zens Of the Gar cmpirc-that is, the
Colonel s--wcrc treated to surprise
as agreeable as it was novel in Pied.
mont.
\ musicale was rendered by Miss
Lily B. Rice. The half Of the mill
town talent was not represented, but
sufficient appeared before the lights
to make us wish more than the other
half would again soon appear and give
us an excuse to strut little before
our talented vicinitics in Anderson
County, who are fond occasionally Of
blowing off on the good points of their
cnviable citizens.
Miss Rice needs no recommendation
or representation but herself Like
Topscy, she growcd, but it was in lar
ger fields, where the classics flourish,
such as Grccnvillc, Florida, Atlanta
and our own Anderson city; the ripper
foliage of her musical bloom she ex.
pandcd under the reign Of our former
Colonel in Piedmont, but now ;Andcr
the richer cxuberancc Of the present,
where the people learn to love and
know Haydn, Beethoven, and Mozart
rs they learn 10 love aud know Col.
Orr, Mr. Walker, Mr.. IIayne. MIR.
Cobb and Others Of our tutclarics.
Miss Rice is at home, and We trust i'm :
movable.
The talcn. supplied by. Piedmont
might begin with the little children
whose marvellous aptitude for music
was well represented by the perform
ancc of the little ones that evening.
Meandcring through the Olympian
shades Of genius, recitations followed, /,
choruses, etc., till the upper ten of
Piedmont slammed the weight of their
effective originality upon our heads in
the form Of drama. We survived
ths magical spell, but Miss Sara Don
aid, Miss Ida Simpson. Miss Ollie Mar
tin and Miss Horton had better bid us
be aware next time so that we come
with loosened girths for the expansions
of laughter.
DR.. Crymes and Redmond Hender-
son undertook the serious parts of the
drama. It required but little acting
on the part Of DR.. Crymes, pseudo
Count, to warn the young ladies'
against polished strangers and false
titles, but the doctor did the natural
part to a finish; nor was Mr. lIendcr-
son, as the papa of Miss Sara Don
aid, less venerable and dignifed. Miss
Mary Horton, Bclton young lady,
and one of our best teachers, was as
didactic in the part of New York
friend and admirer Of Miss Donald, as
she is known to be in the school-room
Miss Ollie Martip siste. of Prof. Mar
tin, and relativ Of Lawyer Martin.
OF Anderson, was convulsing effect
during the evening, her impersonation
of tacky country girl, and her take
down of her city cousin, and discovery
of the false Count, all acted in her
own particular style, was something
long to be remembered and soon again
desired. Miss Ida Simpson, the de-
mure, sweet sister of the Country
girl was picture Of modest SIM
plicity be6tting the beauty of the
rural home. Miss Donald, as the city
girl and object of the Count" ad-
miration, was also spared the part of
unnatural acting, the character of la
belle becoming her so naturally Miss
Pope, another pretty teacher, with
Miss Sara Donald, Dr. Crymes,
Messrs. Sloan Haync and Childers
performed the choruses which bought
before the audience the merits Of the
vocalist.' fine voices.
Mrs. VIM. F. Lee, in recitation,
caused us to mediate on the willful
foolishncss of borrowing the other
fellow overcoat and wearing it, with
out first removing from its pockets
aught of suspicion that might fall into
the hands of our young wife.
Little Barbara Richardson, in reel
tation, also Jay Singleton and Lila
hudson in song were very good
Nothing was lacking in the enter