The Washington herald., 1909-05-28
TOTS PAY HOMAGE
At COMUS' SHRINE
Pupils of Miss Cora ShreYe
Delight Large Audience.
CHASEs THEATER IS FILLED
More Than 100 Children Present
Fantastic ODeretta at the Annual
Spring CarnivaI-AppIause Greets
Rhythm of Motion Portrayed by
NfmbIe Dancers-Repeated Tonight

Those who stand on their chairs every
now and then and discover that the
human race, as a physical proposition. Is
going 70 the pollywOgs. were given 2
jolt ST the base OF the brain last night
81 Chase's. when she pupils il Miss Cora
B Shrsve's dancing classes gave the first
Of three presentations OF their spring
carnival
The rhythm Of motion. the innate grace
of the human figure. the symbolism OF
immaturity. the intoxication Of music,
the exhilaration Of color. all these things
and many more were offered TO an AUDI
ence that packed the body OF the play
house. the balcony, the gallery, and the
sisles at the back. A performance which
would have done credit to adults was
given by pupils ranging in age from just
Ihls side OF the cradle 10 the first glimpse
OF maturity.
The ensemble brought more persons on
the stage than musical comedy Of more
than ordinary pretensions. and yet with
few exceptions the steps. postures, and
evolutions were accurate More than
that. Mss shreve had insuned into her
pupils an appreciation OF the beautiful,
and an ability 10 portray II. and many
little urchin smiled and danced his or
her way about the stage and left behind
an Impression that does not grow on ev-
~ bush, TO be had for the asking
Wreatbed in Smiles.
Bare arms not yet filed out to ripe d.
mensions: slender waists that bent ike
reeds; little legs that passed and Tepassed
each other in the surprising twinkling
Of an eye; faces glowing with pleasure
and wreathed in smiles; and rebelHous
locks Of hair that jumped Up and down
in an ecstasy Of abandon flashed back
ard forth before the footlights until the
eye became dazzled and the mind carried
away 6 drumming OF rhythm and an
impression Of many things beautifully CO
ordinated.
While the girls were in the majority
in point OF numbers. they did not have
the evening all their own way in the
matter Of applause. Master Minor Ellis
had the music Of the spheres IN his
knees, and Emory BOnini looked as
handsome as Little Lord Fauntleroy with
al bis debts paid Among the girls there
we're many pressing for the front rank.
although Miss Adrieune Shreve was much
in the center Of the stage and the center
% che applause
The carnival consisted Of two parts, an
operstJas composed by Miss Cora Shreve
from the popular songs Of the day, and
called The Flowers Serenade," and
vaudeville part which gave opportunity
Tor . variety Of dances, songs. and evolu-
uons- The grand finale. which followed
z national dance and drill, was especially
well received, and showed careful prep
aration and stagecraft-
Interested spectators were Minister W.
Ting-fang and ais wife, VINO occupied a
box on the lower tier.
The Scene of the operetta Is laid II
a seclcded dell in the forest. inhabited By
living flowers. among whom comes Mar
gueEite (Siiss Ruby Raymond, whose
whim il IS 70 roam about the country dis
contented with the world She and Mar
cissus. prince Of Fiowerland CAIiss Helen
Bersnsj. fall in love. Marguerite receives
from the Rose queen Of flowers C8Iiss
AdTielne Shreve). the message OF love
and duty. and learns that 10 I'll well the
station allotted by Providence IS 10 be
happy and c0ntented. 50 she resolves
from them on 10 live in The land Of flow
ers. and everybody IS happy.
Members in Cast.
Other members OF The cast OF the oper-
eta we're: Miss Leona Cauan. Queen Of
Dancing: Miss Ollie Meyers. Queen Of
Nay: Miss Estelle Murray, Lily: Miss
Pauline Floyd, Violet; Miss Elizabeth Wal
ION, Forget-me-nOt; SIiss Margaret DonO-
van, SUnfower; Miss EsteIle Spindler.
chrysanthemum; Misses Nellie Donald
son and Mamie Schuyler. Flowers Of
Spring: Miss Marguerite Heard. Honey
Bee; Mss 8Iadolln Snithson, Awakening;
Miss Henrietta Berens. Rainbow. and
Miss Edna Wilcox, Glow-worm.
Among the numbers most enthusias-
ticallv received were The Glow-voTm,
song and dance by Miss Edna Wilcox;
The Queen Of Flowers" by Masters II.
and Q. Ellis Z. Bonini, J. Spencer, II.
Ramsauer, F. Kaufman. A LOhr. {.
Enders. " Connors, B. Mahoney, Rus
sell and Arnold NcNitt, and ). Z. Mer-
rick; Looking for q Sweetheart" By
Mss Adrienne Shreve; Cupid Dance.
By Miss Edna Wilcox: Dance Of the
3Iayflower.'' by Miss ollie Meyers; La
Aerial. by Miss Estelle Spindier; Dance
OF the Swans, by Miss Louise Tebbetts.
Dance OF the Birds, Butterflies and
Flowers. by ensemble OF very little
girls; Rope Dance by Misses Estells
SpindleT. Bertha Cent?. Esteile Murray,
Ollie Meyers, and Master Minor Ellis:
Whose Little Girl are You27 by Miss
Edna Wilcox and Minor Ellis, song. and
dance by Miss Dorothy White; Gas
tareJte Dance" by Miss Mamie Schuy-
Ter; La Santiago by Miss HEda Ber-
be-ich and Minor Ellis: and the drill. BY
Misses II Schuyler, G. Kain II sum
raers, n Snithson, E. King, z. Walton.
=. Dodd, P. Gafney, H Berens, 3. Cent?,
Spindler. II. Miller r. Benton, o
Meyers, E. Lohr, y Donaldson. F Fos-
ter, E. Boyd, NJ Bishop. r. Raymond.
Ora Helming. and E. Murray.
Assisting Miss Cora Shreve in the pro-
ductiOn are Henry s. Smith, orchestra
leader: George u. Thompson. stage man
aser; PROF. Harry Wheaton Howard. rnusi-
cal director; Prof F. N. Proctor, assist
ant stage manager; Robert z Long. press
representative, and Mss Mabel Cosgrove
pianist. Performances VIII be given 10
night and tomorrow night. beginning at
O'Clock
Complete list.
The complete list Of girl and boys in the
presentation IS: F. Applesate. E. Bacon.
Helen and Henrietta Berens. E Bonini.
H and L. Berberich. E Bagman. L.
Barr. z Dellmore G. Barrow. NJ and
A Bishop. J. Bullas. Janette and Lucille
Suck Ralph Bond, Dorothy and Lillian
Boyd, May Cole, L Callan. William Con-
uors, 3. COsgrove. Ruth and Mildred Cur
ran Elizabeth Clarke, Helen Cookson,
Cora Callan, Jennie Cotton Bertha Ca
bic, Fannie and Bernice Baungarten.
Sanford covington. Lillian Mccormick,
-Antoinette Cross. Natalie Davis, Nellie
Donaldson. Marguerite and Katherine
Donovan. Edna Dorsey Mary Dalton.
Minor and George Ellis. Earl and Bea-
triee Endres. Barbara Euhanks Edna
and Thomas Edwards. Genevieve Essex,