Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-05-28

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! cess. as ali his recitals have been. He
seeFaed to be even more enthusiast.
cally received than ever before The
''Eri King" called forth the heartiest
applause and be very graciousiy re-
sponded. Prof. Ross then presented
him with a very handsome gold headed
cane. the gift Of the management
And, Of course, after such a beautiful
token Of remembrance, be favored
the audience once more, bat to the i
yery hearty, spontaneous applause he
came out leaning heavily on bis new
gift Whether he really was 50 very
tired, or Just wanted 70 pay pretty
compliment to his donors, is a ques-
tion. Prof. Barber is a most clever
gentleman. his pleasing manners have
won him many admirers, which In
creases at bis every visit
The junior class of the High School |
was at home Monday evening TO the |
seniors at the home OF VIM. Cross, also
the High School teachers, Prof. Brew |
er, Misses Shea, Houston and Bald |
win. They played games Of all kinds,
and enjoyed themselves generally. |
There was a profitable guessing con-
test The different states were cut
from blank paper and pinned on the
wall, 10 be given their correct names.
Mr.. Cecil Cohoon guessed the largest
number Correctly, but his gallantry |
would not permit him to accept the
prize, 50 be retreated in favor OF the
three young ladies who came next. In
the drawing Miss Elizabeth Price
won the very pretty water-color. Mr..
Hal Daniels was cons0led with a
water-cOlor Of "Uncle Sam" After
much wit and laughter and delicious
refreshments the crowd dispersed, the
seniors loud in praise Of their younger
brothers and sisters, and their delight
ful. way Of entertaining.
Misses Carrie and Berthe Sproul
closed their academy Friday. 1t has
been another successful year A very
interesting program was given by the
children, to which only the patrons Of
the schools were expected owing to
the limited room. They were very
good indeed The following children
took part: Misses Alice witherspOon,
Eleanor Hill, Norma Haines, Allene
Reed, Christine johnson, Irene ROden,
Masters Morris wilkins, Douglass
johnson, Fred MCGEE, Harry Owen,
VIM. Glendy, Robt. Roden and George
Marshall. These little people sang
aud gave very pretty little recitatIons-
Then followed a play, ''Dr Cure-all,
farce. 1t was very clever thing.
DIR. Cure-alI could do anything in the
world, as his name suggests. A fat
girl could have her ayoirdupois re-
ducedtili she became matcb-like In
her proportion, or the lean Cassius-
like man could, in marvellous short
space Of time, rival the fat man in the
circus. Ii was absurdly humorous
throughout. The characters were +,
taken by Misses Lela Wiley, Nellie
Mckee, Virginia Browning, Ellie
Campbell, Ida Bowles, Olivia Meyers,
Gertrude Fry, Marsha Woolery, Anna
Belle Criswell and Master Aylette
Buckner. The scholarship medal was
won by Miss Anna Belle Criswell, of
Auxyasse. The following received
books for excellency in their work;
Morris Wilkins, Norma Haines and j
Eleanor Hill +
The POSTGRADUATE Piano Recital
by Miss Jean Bragg last evening was a
very enjoyabled one. She was ably
assisted by pupils OF the vocal and
elocution departments. Miss Bragg
opened her programme with Bach's
" Fantasle Chromatique," )" which is a
beautiful thing, and was indeed well 5
played. 1t may be said Of all of Miss
Bragg's work, that she interprets the
old masters with more than ordinary I
talent. She plays with so much feel
ing and expression. Miss Bragg gave
nine selections and each one different.
The last, Concert" in G minor BY
Mendelssohn, was given with the '
three movements. This was by
far, the most pretentious piece, and $
gave Miss Bragg opportunity to fully | s
display her talents. Miss Bertha h
Hornady, very ably played the second d
piano. Intespersed with the plano
music we're number OF good reading
and vocal selections. Miss Arri Rott-
man gave Whitcomb Riley's "Old
Sweetheart Of Mine" This dear old
favOrite Of the popular Hoosier poet
was beautifully given. Miss Rottman .
did not respond to the hearty applause
with an encore. Miss Mary Karnes,
Hardin's nightingale, delighted the Y
audience with two pretty songs Miss !,
Minerva Johnson, always a favorite =
-eader, was particularly amusing In =
The Five O'Clock lay Her Dutch u
lialect was good and her hearty
genuine laughter was real enough toI
,e contagious. p
The banquet last Monday evening L