The Dickinson press., 1907-12-28

uiesSSos 9laI0 S0SEEIlDS ana, l1uR n1n& ESnSys
crowd around Santa. Sleigh bells are
heard in the distance and all join il
chorus Of sleighing song. Al the con-
lclusion, the Childreno Of Nations appear,
who cheer and shout, st. Nicholas!'
Norman now tells SSntas Claus2 that they
have come to give him ! Christmas. The
chorus sings, Hang u Dear SAINTS
Stocking" Santa IL surprised At the
size Of the stocking and asks ii Il belongs
to him. Dorothy ans,werrsl sYes" and
urges him e see what i In II. He finds
a baby is the stocking and she tells him
that she Is ,his "christmas Joy. The
sound Of music i heard in8the distance,
and the chorus sings. oh, Christmas
Star Shine out % Bright.:r Santa once
more addresses TIE children. whereupon
the last, verse. Of the chorus is sung. clos
ing the operetta. . f l. s
The characters we're very ably sus-
tained,sass follows: Norman and Doro.5
thy, J. Beres and j. Weisgerber:: Santa
Claus, M Froelich; Jack Frost. .3
Scheeler; SnsowAakes, seven girls. In
the second act, Frost Sprites., six girls;
Star Shine. Fischer: Silver Spark. with
chorus Of Sprites. r. Mack; Crystal
]. Steckler: Christmas Joy. The
Worlds Gift to Santa Claus, c. Brown;
The White Cat, ]. Wetstein; chorus Of.
Children;of Nations. eighteen boys and
sixteen. girls; pages for santa's Stocking,
F. Scheeler, ]. Berger, ]. Nader and
Schropp. Every part was well taken.
and every participant should be given
due credit, !
a pretty duel, .'lf4Is Were 4 Girl, If
You Were 4 Boy" by Miss A. Kenny
and r. George wal n Of the cutest
specialties on the program and the little
lady and gentleman proved themselves
artists. A3ssff
The rose drill by IL little ladies was a
very pretty feature and it would puzzle
older people to follow the routine exc
.cuted by these gifls.
No Bon the program met with espe-
-cial favor, The pantomime by Miss r.
Wilson was well acted, and the vocal
solo, "NearerM God . Thee" by Miss,
Edith Kim war one Of the favorites Of
the evening. M,
{ The children's symphony was 4 grand
number, showing the work Of about IS
Flittle artists, who have a good idea Of
orchestra work, making . wonderful dis
play Of their skill on Thursday evening.
Miss Edith Kihm's rendition Of the
song, "come Buy My Flowers" was one
OF the prettiest things Of the evening,
and the solo by little Ruby, Shaw, what
Would You Take for Mel" was q very
pleasing number.
Little Emma Wagner helped out the
Entertainment with . violinssolo. Home,
Sweet Home, ] and the expression Of
Thanks to Senator Z. A. Simpson. who 90
generously furnished the hall for the
|operetta, was. atnice piece Of oratory.
A$little play. illustrating the life Of .
child of the streets, was very cleverly
presented BY Il Of the young people.
and special mention could be made Of
every pan but. ii is sufficient to say that
every part was very wsellta and the
whole affair was 4 grand success.
Miss Cola Itch acted as accompa
mist and her good work Ras q great help
Is the entire company. She IS fast be-
coming an artist IL that line. The Sis.
terssdeserye ! large share Of the credit
for the success Of the entertainment.
T.he piano duets BY the Misses kim
and Preet were very entertaining. As were
also the Sduetssbyy Misses Itch Kihm.
Isl was the only entertainment given
bySfhome talent this year-4-iwsiith the e..
!Ieespptihon Of the high school graduating
sexerciisesr-7andtheasl arge audience dem
Gonstrated the popularity asof local enter
Estainments. $%%# S5 h sssss5
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