Arizona republican., 1902-06-22

and showed the excellent musical training given in the convent school Father Ryan's recitation was well delivered. The volume of his voice made his rendition strong and effect i've. The gypsy fantasy was drill by twelve small girls. The sacred tableau was beautiful exhibiting twelve young ladies in snow white costume, each with large wings. representing angels In the middle of the group was large cross, leaning from which was one of the angels holding crown which was soon to deck the brow of weary shepherdess that came that way. The shepherdess recited line at a time of the sweet theme "One Sweetly Solemn 1 Thought which was each time echoed in music by the lips of those in costume.
 The aesthetic drill and poses were somewhat like a military drill. each Of the twentyfour participants wearing wreathes of wheat, drinking cup and a scythe.
 The recitation by Miss Fernvalt was one of the evenings best ren itions. Her delivery was unhesitatins and strong. Her every movement was filled with grace. and she displayed rare amateur ability. indeed. | These numbers were followed by the conferring of honors and diplomas. 1 The presentation of the diplomas was preceded by a talk directed principally 1 to the graduates by Father Pietz. His | illustrations were pretty. He likened | the two graduates to the beautiful | flowers now in full bloom and ready to bear fruit. The knowledge they | learned in school must now be in turn taught by them to others. He eX- pressed his hopes for their success and his confidence in the quality of their | life work.
 1 Following tine granting of diplomas to these two graduates was the con ferring of diplomas upon the grammar graduates and the giving of medals to successful ones of the numerous con tests in the school.
 Miss Thomas, in her essay. "Sculp- 1 tors of Life are We. as We Stand with Our Souls Uncovered Before Us" displayed a great amount of earnest thought and study upon her theme. She was loudly applauded in her sym pathetic delivery.
 exceptionally well. Her subject was
 
 theme showed careful consideration
 and a great amount of work. In her
 essay, as in that of Miss Thomas. the
 construction and illustration were beautiful. She likened her class posi- tion as that of brooklet at it's mouth, having run it's brooklet course through
 meadows. forest and by the many ten
 der flowers, it is now ready to enter
 into the great mysterious river of the
 future. Miss BUrke's delivery was
 clear and she showed herself to be a
 forceful speaker and can well be proud
 of the excellent appearance she made. l The prettiest feature of the evening
 was at this juncture of the evening
 when the admiring friends of Miss
 Burke and Miss Thomas heaped the
 stage with banks of beautiful flowers There were thousands of carnations
 roses and sweet peas.
 The rest of the evening was taken
 up with a drama entitled Kathleen
 or the Cost of a Promise.' The cast
 was as follows.
 Kathleen. Cora B. Thomas; Mrs
 Connors Cher mother) an invalid. Anna
 I. Burke: Granny GilIigen, an old ap-
 pie woman, Katie Burke; Loda. vioiir l player. and Zola, dancer, (sypsies) , Nina Greenwood and Irene Curry; Mrs Royalton, wealthy sister of Mrs. Con- nor. Mary Day: Ethel Royalton ant Lucy Royalton, nieces of the late MT Royalton, Nellie Pagan and \. Fern :wall Madame Felice, French attend | ant to Mrs. Royalton, Katherine Bar } :: nett; Topsy. maid to Ethel and Lucilt : iRoyalton, Bessie Moreno; Magistrate
 Frank F. Campbell; guards, messen gers, etc.
 The performance was good and tn, , characters well chosen. The rendition would in itself be credit to a profes sional troup.
 Anna B. Burke, as the invalid moth | CT. Mrs. Connors, and Cora E. Thomas as Kathleen. each won the admiration : of the entire audience by their pre- , sentation of the characters they repre- sented.
 Granny Gillegen's part, played b, . Katie Burke, was what made the audi ence shriek with delight. Her clear : piercing voice, saying the most iunn.
 things, made the children laugh til
 they cried.
 Nina Greenwood and Irene Curry :. as the dancing gypses, elicited mucl :. favorable comment. Irene, as d grace :. ful little dancer, would be hard t : equal. The park scene in scene tw :. was pretty with the dozen little girl :. all in white playing and enjoying tn j. dancing of the gypsy, "Zolo."
 Mary Day did well in the portraya
 of the character of Mrs. Royaltor
 Nellie Pagan and Norma Fernwalt q | nicces of Mrs. Royalton carried thei = parts magnificently. Katherine Bar :. nett as Madame Felice gave all 8 goo I idea of the French attendant. Her dia = lect was pronouncedly fine. Topsy ,. played by Bessie Moreno, rivale e Granny Gillegen when it came to mak e ing all laugh. Miss Moreno is to b 5, congratulated on the success wit f which she played her role. q The most reasonable modern hot,