The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18
EvANGELINE REHEARsALs.

The rehearsals for "Evangeline," to
be given on Friday and Saturday next
at the Hyperion, are progressing splen-
didIy. Already the various members of
the cast are really very perfect in their
full progress is due to Mrs. Roden-
baugh's unceasing and tireless energy.
The opening scene illustrates the fol-
lowing words:
"Matrons and naidens sat in snow
white caps and in kirtles scarlet and
blue and green, with distaffs spinning
the golden flax for the gossiping looms,
whose noisy shuttles within doors min
gled their sound with the whir of the
wheels and the songs of the maidens.
Solemnly down the street came the par
ish priest and the children paused in
their play to kiss the hand he extended
to bless them"
Another impressive scene is the one
| in which the Indian woman steals into
came in the red light of the sunset, and
tells her story to Evangeline. 1t is in
this scene that Miss Barnes sings The
Garden of Sleep
The chapel scene in which thirty
young men appear, is perhaps the most
dramatic of all. In this scene Mr. Zim-
norman sings the Ave Maria" solo.
The scene illustrates these words:
This is the house of the Prince of
Peace and would you profane it thus
with violent deeds and hearts over
| flowing with hatred? 10, where the
crucified Christ from His cross is gaz-
ing upon pou! See! in those sorrowful
eyes what meekness and holy compass
sion! Hank, how those lips still repeat
the prayer, o, Father. forgive them"
Let us repeat that prayer in the hour
when the wicked assail us. Let us re-
peat it now and say, o Father forgive
| them!'"
1t is really a lovely scene full of reli-
gious fervor and Mrs. Rodenbaugh rem
ders the words finely.
The following are the names of the
women who have consented to act as
patronesses since the publication of the
last list:
Mrs. P. F. Rungee, Mrs. Harry Craw-
| ford, Miss Fannie Fleury, Mrs. James
Scofield, Mrs. George P Hardy, Mrs. c..
| S. H. Read, Miss Ella Smith, Mrs. Fred
Bostwick, Mrs. F. 3. Street, Mrs. Helen
| Griffin, Miss Ida Monroe, Mrs. G. w.
Loveland, Mrs. Walter Bishop, Mrs. G..
| w. Roxbury, Mrs. L. F. Magee, Mrs.
Fannie Haywood Mrs. Edward E. Mix,
Miss Gage, Mrs. L. f. Converse, Mrs.
w. H. Hough, Mrs. w. G. Braley, Mrs
| Wilson Lee, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs.
C. E. Rounds, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. A. C.
| Bushnell, Mrs Charles Bright, Miss j.
B. Mcqueen, Miss Susan S. Merrill
Mrs. G. B. Williams, Mrs. Julia B.
Gamsby, Mrs. Fl. L. Moulton. Mrs. j.
Edward Geary, Miss Verna Hepburn.
Mrs. Harry Welch. Miss Mae Gilbert,
Mrs. Wilhelmina Beecher, Mrs. Louisa
NJ. Andrews.
The chaperones are:
| Mrs. Walter r. Downes, Mrs. S. J..
Fox, Mrs. William G. Lotze, Mrs. Fred
erick B. Street. Mrs. E. Y. Nutting,
Ms. William Robinson, Mrs. Wilson
Lee, Mrs. A. C. Bushnell, Mrs. De Or
Vile Buell., Mrs. w. F. Beecher, Mrs
Charles Bright, Mrs. Harvey l.. Smith.
Mrs. George Martin, Mrs. J. Y. McDer-
mott.
| The following is the completed list Of
those who take part in the flower drill:
| Marguerite Walker, Eunice Peck,
Florence Grosvenor, Edith Stowe. Lucy
Stowe, Anna Macdonald, Grace Street,
Adella Hillman, Ruth Greenwood, Ruth
Mcintosh, Mabel Cobb, Augusta Kiah,
Florence Strong, Ruby Hoyt, Helen
| Bright Bessie Crofllt