The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-19
FARMLAND
Pretty Operetta Presented By
Children.
II Was a Successful EntetaInment-G ood Sum
Realized for Worthy Cause.

The Sunbeam" Society OF little folks
OF the Baptist church gave bright and
interesting entertainment at the Opera
House Friday night, for the benefit Of
the Sunbeams and Mission Band Of the
church. 10 was little operettn in two
acts entitled a Dream OF Fairyland -
In the east were more than sixty chill
dren, ranging in age from the maid and
lad Of fourteen to the tot OF under three
The two leading characters were Misses
Leon Clark and Pearl Stone, whose act
ing and singing showed careful training.
a. both knew their parts well. The
opening chorus, with Miss Matte Tan
sill ~ pianist, "Fairyland," was sung
by the following: Misses Leah Arm
strong, Maud Allison, Mona Rail. Violet
Ball, Margaret Goodrich, HildA Arm
strong. Maud Berry. Louise Payne Mag
gle Snellings, Kathleen Helm. Addic
Helm, Lillian Goodrich. Ellie Hum
phreys, Elsie Stone, Minerva Clark,
Masters Wilmer Williams, Edward Blake,
Horace Cole, Randolph Stone. Harold
Genther, Raymond Jones, Josiah Rowe.
Hansford Rowe, Bonnie towering Jud-
son Sale Ellis Baker, Thos Burruss,
George Stone, Harry Bowen. Herman
Walker, Stuart Williams.
Then appeared two orphans, Misses
Clark aud Stone, who rearchinR for
Fairyland, tel asleep. We're found 10y
good fairies and transformed into fairies
The good FAIRIES were represented by
Misses Doris Pates, Dorothy Freeman,
Mamie Shelton, Hattie Boxley. May
Berry, Lucille Rawlings, Addele Stearns
Helen Undertake, Nora East, Myrtle
Jones. Appearing then as the evil ia les
Were Misses Blanche Jones. Margaret
Saerey, Annie Owens, Lavini8 Helm.
Mabel Armstrong, Myrtle Franklin. Doris
Green, Ruth Downing, Ethel Genther
who, striving to win the two sisters over
To them, fail The sisters were warned
to remain with the good fairies hy the
song Beware sung Icy Miss Alice G
Cole and Mrs &. t. Timberlake behind
the scenes. Ia the second scene the ~ !
fairies again appear and win the sisters
over 10 them. sceIe Of sorrow follows
with the good farles and they pray 10
have the sisters returned. The sisters.
deserted by the evil FAIRIES, reappear and
Miss Clark sings Il prayer to angels to
send the COCOA fairies, and hearing their
voices the sisters hide The good fairies
return, the sisters appear and are jpyfully
welcomed.
The little spr;tes then appear They
were Ruth Clark, Helen Stearns, Vernon
Undertake, Elizabeth Sacrey. Madge
Snellings, Helen Franklin, Julia NJ. Rowe,
Adelaide Rowe. The little tots Of from
less than three 90 seven wore fetching
red costumes. This feature OF the enter.
tainment caught the big audience and
the vociferous applause astonished some
/ OF the little ones 80 that they forgot their
/ parts, which made it all the moe anus
/ ing The evil FAIRIES reappear. ask for
/ pardon and there WAS JOY in Fairyland.
/ The solo parts sung by Miss Pearl Stone.
little Misses Doris Pates May Berrg.
Margaret Sacrey and Ethel Genther and
trio by Misses Ruth Downing, Nora East
and Dorothy Freeman, were especially
pleasing.
/ The children were drilled hy Mrs. j. :.
I Courtney. Mrs T. L. Williams. Miss
/ Lula Williams and Miss Matte Iansill.
aud il was most crrditahly done
A graphophone entertainment was
given after the operetta, refreshments
were sold and the treasury of the two
societies WAS materially added to-
The Starr piano used WAS kindly loan
ed by II. Wallace Garner 4 Co.