The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-10
CHILDREN ENTERTAIN.
School Girls and Boys Please Large
Audience at Auditorium. Mrs. X.
II. Terrill, Manager.

II. IerrlIi, Manager.
The school entertainment at the
Auditorium Friday evening was a
great success. financially as well as
otherwise Many people were turn
ed away at the door for lack of
tickets and the hall was crowded
when the first curtain rang up. The
program opened with an overture
by the High School orchestra, led by
w. d. Bartlett. The orchestra dis
tinguished itself last night and
sounded far from "amateurish. A
scene from Uncle Toms Cabin. in
which Aunt Ophelia has an encount-
err with the incorrigible Topsy was
presented by three little girls. Char
lotte Duke making one of the hits
of the evening as Topsy, whose soul
is very black, Rachel Wheelock, as
Miss Ophelia, nearly shaking the
scattered wits from Topsy's brain,
and Marion Watson making a very
charming little Eva.
Lorraine Estee recited How
Grandma Danced the Minuet" and
Miss Estee and Ned Putnam danced
the quaint figures of the calm old
movements very cleverly.
Twelve young girls in airy
gowns and crepe paper hats gave
the Sylvette dance with fairy
grace that won them an encore and
the dance was repeated The young
people were quick on their feet
graceful in their pastures, and
took" decidedly. The dancers were
Mildred Cashen. Ruby Theriault.
Mildred Bell, Beulah Dodge, Lucille
Gale, Ina Gabree, Una Nelson,
Beulah Grout Bertha Thornton.
Beatrice Walker, Helen Ellicott
and Ruth Snow
Miss May Lynch. who has fire.
uuently been heard with pleasure
in the city played Valse de Concert,
Wieniawski, with a clarity of tone
and nimbleness of touch that
brought an encore. Miss Ypnch is a
young women in her teens but her
musical efforts are worthy an
adult.
The quaint settings and fanciful
costumes of the next sketch, The
Marriage of Prince Flutterby, were
an attraction and the young peo-
pie who played this two act sketch
worked together splendidly. Prince
Flutterby, who would marry a girl
beneath his rank was very prettily
represented by Edward Cutler.
Queen Clotilde, Drawing the Kings
anger for her aOn's sake. Miss Cen
evieve Wilson: the stern King
Clovis who banished the girl, Bion
Roberts; Nancy Hollyhock. the
girl herself and really Pincless
Rosalba Elizabeth Barber; Nurse
Doodle, who played one Of the
most clever parts of the evening and
whose acting was natural, Sarah
Daley; the proud little herald. Jack
Heinneman; the mirth-provoking
jester, Brandon Jones; the four very
charming and very pretty aids OF
honor. Pearl Corse, Blanche Lind
say. Hapel Joslyn, Rachel Erwin: a
cute little page, Charles Wilt
son, and the stern guards, John
Henneberry and Wentworth Dut-
ton.
Miss Josephine Mitchell accom-
panied at the piano by Mrs. G. H.
Elmore. gave a fanciful little dance
in costume and The Maids of Savoy.
a very humorous, very pathetic little
two-act piece was productive of ap-
plause. Fanchette was played by
Mildred Cashen, Marie, Helen Bow
man, and the two Tilted damsels won
the sympathy of the audience.
The tambourine dance in costume
was a pretty number, the girls
keeping splendid rhythm and ex-
ecuting their mvements without a
break. The dancers were Nancy
Puffer. Marjorie Jones Marguerite
Cayhue, Islay Strachan, Alice Bar
low, Mildred Booth, Florence Reed,
Ruth Dutton. Marjorie Burnham.
Eleanor Lowe, Eda Piccioli, fol-
lowed by the grand finale in which
the entire company appeared on the
stage
The pianists of the evening were
Mrs. W. o. Comstock, Miss Ger
trude Comstock and Miss May
Lynch.
Mrs. W. E. Terrili had entire
charge of the affair and has drilled
and trained the children for weeks,
achieving complete success as
was evident from the pleasure of
the audience last evening. Her
works was especially noticeable in