Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-04
Annual Fair Successfully
Launched Last Evening.
The Minstrel Entertainment
Draws Large Audience.
This Afternoon and Evening The
Revenge Of Shari. Hot.Su.Sama.

The sixteenth annual fair under the
auspices of the Chizzle Wizzlc Fair As
ISOLATION was opened at City hall last
evening with a minstrel entertainment
entitlcd, presentation Day at Tony
High School" The entertainment it
self Was an extremely creditable one,
| more especially so when one conSid-
erS the yOuthfulncsS Of the talent ana
the pace set by the large number of
| other minstrel shows given in the city
during recent years. 1t would be diff
cult to beStow too much credit upon
| those who have had the affair in charge
| and brought about such Il signal sue
cess
The bright particular star and the
one who occupied the center of the
stage the greater portion of the time
was jim Stone, who took the part
OIL the school master most acccptably
and closed the evening with Harold
Partridge in quick change turn
which would do credit to the Keith
circuit
After the opening chorus Earl Bithcr
started the fun going with his song.
Faint No Use TO Worry" Harold
Boys" was we'll done as was, in fact.
the whole program. Miss Helen Yorke
sang Moon Dear" very acceptably and
received applause until she was COM
PEELED to respond, repeating the chorus.
Inc end men were all well up in the
business and made their jokes doubly
funny by the manner in which they
were put. The dialogues abounded in
local hits, few men of prominence es-
Gaping. In the olio the violin selection
by Henry Tetreault was a genuine
musical treat.
Inc hrale by the entire chorus was q
medley of the popular songs of the day.
We'll joined together and exceedingly
Wen rendered. The chorus sang finely
throughout the evening, giving cvi-
dence of considerable training and a
large number of rehearsals.
The stage setting was entirely nou-
and unique. 1t consisted of a school
room with scholars all dressed in their
Sunday best ready to show their PAGES
lor the visitors. The idea was carried
entirely through the first part, adding
materially to tho effect of the enter
taiEr1ert. 1t would be useless to try to
enumerate the multitude of humorous
lncid ants, the pranks of the scholars
and the antics of the end men. The
three best scholars, young ladies. who
occupied seats in the front row revealed
their knowledge Of biblical and other
subjects much as the chest" scholars
Ill the average rural school are likely
to dc. These young ladies did much to
make the evening enjoyable.
In the rear of the hal! were four
booths, all decorated in crimson and
white, the school colors ard the front
of each booth representing one of the
letters of the word "Cony." At the first
booth. which was in charge of the class
of 1907, ices and cake were for sale.
Those presiding were Shirley Foster,
Walter Kendall, Walter kimball, Miss
Leila Hanks. Miss Jane Grey, Miss Fay
Clark and Miss Gladly Cornish. The
second booth. which was by 0S, sold
punch and soda and was in charge of
Lee Maddox, George Weber, Stanley
Knowles. Miss Madclyn Lord, Miss
Margaret Lowell and Ellen Dyer The
third booth, which was by '09, was in
charge Ct Edwin RurlciSh, Charles Al
len, Ralph Hutchinson, Miss Theresa
Ncwbert and Miss Emma Packard.
Flowers were sold. The freshmen also