Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-05
MORE THAN PLEASED.
The High School Entertainments a
Surprise to All.

The entertainments given by the
pupils of the High School, with some
outside assistance, on last Friday and
Monday evenings, was a complete sur
prise to the audience In regard to the
general excellence displayed. While
everyone realized that the high school
contained good many bright boys
and girls no one realized the vast
amount of musical and histrionic
talent possessed by many OF the
school, and in this respect the enter
tainment was surprise and q delight
to every friend of our schools.
On the first evening, the first num-
Der was selection by the High School
orchestra which furnished some very
acceptable music during both even.
ings.
The next number was selection
by the girls glee club which was per-
haps more of disappointment to
themselves than to the audience, but
the girls more than made good In
their rendition of ''Doan You Cry,
My Honey" the second evening, when
the conditions surrounding their ap-
pearance were more favorable,
! A male quartette consisting of
Messrs Patterson, Burgess, Morton
and Mead received hearty applause
for the rendition of their number.
| The casket scene from the merchant
of Venice gave excellent opportunity
for those who participated to exhibit
their dramatic talent. Winifred
| Webster as Portia showed exceptional
talent, and Gertrude Moen as Nerissa,
and Percy Thomson, Leon DeNoyelles
and Chas. Nichols as the three wooers,
Bassanio, MOROCCO and Arragon, and
Arthur Singer and Paul Cameron as
attendants, gave excellent support
and completed mastery amateur
presentation of this famous scene.
| The hit of the evening was the
Floradora Sextette "Tell Me Pretty
Maiden" sung by Edna Mabon, Ruth
Baker, Irene Crowell, Winifred Web.
ster, Virginia Nichols, Mae Mitchell,
Frank Lowry, Charles Nichols, Will
Nichols, Leon De Noyelles, Fred
Mitchell and Percy Thomson. Its
difficult music music was we'll ham
handled, and the different movements
were executed in unison and in q
bright catchy manner quite foreign
to the usual amateur manner.
"The Sweet Girl Graduate, " a three
| act play, gave Florence Fields an
opportunity to do herself proud in
the principal character OF the "Sweet
Girl" while the other characters
interpreted by Clair DeLange, Ruth
Thayer, Ottie Johnson, Elsie Woell-
stein, Virginia Nichols, Emma Sven.
SOD, Leon DeNoyelles, Will Kellogg,
Frank Lowry and James Carman com
bined to make most am using comedy,
which portrayed the trials and tribu-
lations of the "Sweet Girl' and her
whole family, incident to her gradua.
tiop.
The second evenings program was
somewhat the same as that IF the
first evening, but with s,me new
features.
The male quartette sang waltz
song, "When Day Fades, "and for an
encore played "Ragtime Baseball'
which, judging by the laughter,
evidently hugely pleased the audience.
"Scenes from Shakespeare" gave an
opportunity for several Of the high
school boys and girls to declaim selec.
lions from Shakespeare in highly
satisfactory manner, and with touch
OF comedy here and there.
The ladies' double quartette con
sisting of Mesd. O'Malley and Scrip.
ture, and Misses Neshiem, Barker,
Hammond, White, Edith Webster,
and Mae Watts, was highly pleasing
number and one of the vocal gems of
the entertainments.
The Floradora Sextetie was re-
peated and burlesque sextette Civ n
which latter feature was truly q
laughing success,