The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-01-08
PUEBLO, COLO.
Sacred Heart Orphanage.

The annual entertainment given by
the children of the Sacred Heart
Orphanage took place in the orphanage
| hail on me afternoon of New Year S.
without doubt It was one of the most
| successful in the history of the ut
| stItiluon. The beautiful entertainments
! nall which, since our last visit, mas
been mace more attractive by the al
ultion of a new drop curtain, pach-
setting and new scenery makes tne
stage decidedly beautiful. The attend
ance. despite the many attractions Oh
the city and the unfavorable condltlon
of the weather was the largest In the
history of the institution. Every seat
was filled and judging by the appre-
citation of the different numbers, every
body went away very much pieasea
with the work of the children and with
the entertainment.
The entertainment opened with the
song. "Hearken to my message" The
girls. in their different cOiors of red,
white and blue and sweet voices made
the opening number one OF the most
pleasing on the programme. In a teW
well selected words the address uf
welcome was given by Adele Kennedy,
which made the audience feel that the
warmth and sincerity of the welcome
was no mere show, but came from
hearts prompted by deep rooted senti-
ments of gratitude and love.
The kindergarten contribution to the
programme is always entertaining at
the orphanage and this year was no
exception. for the little ones in their
neat costumes made a decided hit i'll
their sympathetic song, entitled what
Would You Take for Me, Papa?" The
audience felt, as they proceeded, that
nothing in the United States mint
could purchase such jewels. Uncle
Sans little drum boys with their
graceful movements and martial airs,
impressed the audience with the con-
viction that if the United States need
ed material for his fighting forces, he
should not overlook the fact that
amongst these drummer boys were to
be had many subjects for West Point.
The girls drill followed and this
number has come to be at the Sacred
Heart orphanage one of the most
pleasing features Of the annual enter
tainment. The girls, with their rings,
went through many intricate move
ments with a grace and skill that
would have done credit to profess
sional. When one remembers the age
of the little girls, the performance was
a remarkable one and excited amongst
the audience many favorable comments
on the training secured by them, so
as to bring it to such a successful
issue.
The millionaire janitor or the clothes
don't make the man, was the part al
lotted to the little boys and they surely
played their parts like little men. The
play was a very difficult one for young
performers, yet it is no eXaggeration
to say that their performance was a
genuine treat to the audience. A very
distinguished gentleman, and we be-
lieve a judge of the juvenile court and
a great Friend of the boys was heard
to say, by the writer, isn't that fine?"
We fully coincide with the distin-
guished jurist's remarks and say for
the boys, their work was really fine.
The play took about an hour and had
for object lesson, "The clothes don't
make the man." I think the audience
was fully impressed as the boys them
selves We're of an error very common
in the world that of paying tribute to
mans supposed wealth instead of a
mans real worth. Not the least pleas
ing number in this little play was the
baseball nine and their singing of the
beautiful song, Baseball" had every
baseball fan in the audience beating
time. To Sam Burris as Professor
F'logg, and Eddie Mills as the million
aire janitor; Joe Hopko as John Madi-
son Jennings; John Mccarthy as the
future United States senator; Willie
Burris as the future senator's pal, and
Miles Shepherd as the baseball enthu-
siast, special mention must be given
The closing address by Mary Keep
struck responsive cord in the au-
dience. The beautiful cantata. Quar-
rel among the Flowers by the large
girls, by the large girls, brought to a
close most interesting programme;
in this, Josephine Corey, as the queen,
carried off the honor, though Lillian
Shields, Mildred Mccarthy, Jennie