Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-02-29
SUCCESSFUL
ENTERTAINMENT
Given Friday Evening by the
Children of the Town.

The entertainment at the Town Hall
Friday night gotten up by Miss Eliza
Martin, with the assistance of Miss
Eunice Hutton, of Victoria, was a de-
cided success. The Hall was filled
with people gathered to hear and see
the efforts of the children, and all en-
joyed the program immensely. The
stage was prettily decorated with flags,
and a lifesiZe representation of George
Washington stood in the rear. Furni-
ture, curtains and pictures added to
the appearance of the stage and furn-
Ished a setting for the plays.
When the curtains were drawn back
at 500, the children were grouped M
on the stage and Miss Gladys Fagg
sang ''The Story of the Ratchet, :"
with chorus by the remainder of the
children. "The Blue and the Gray"
followed, two boys, one dressed in Fed
eral Blue and the other in Confederate
Gray, reciting alternately, and being
Joined later by little girls with flags,
representing peace" The Fan Drill
introduced several Of the very young
misses of the town, and they perform
ed their parts very nicely. Then little
Miss Mildred Curtis recited very pret-
lily. The scene "In Search of No
Workland, was another number to
introduce some of the younger set, and
was very successful. A piano trio by
Misses Eunice Hutton and Henrie and
Sallie Martin. was the next number,
and then Master Roy Curtis told about
going to school. Emma Lasater gave
a recitation, "Washington,' and a
song, Washington, Our Example,"
by the children followed, being a song
and drill combined and very pretty.
Foxy Grandpa" by Lucius Motley,
Harry Coppinger and Clyde Ferguson,
was a very amusing number. Bertha
Bowlen gave a reading, "Washing-
toms Birthday" and then little Miss
Emma Lasater and Master Jim Martin
appeared and enacted a scene, which
pleased the audience so we'll that they
were encored back upon the stage.
Misses Eunice Hutton and Henrie
Martin gave a piano duet. and then
Marie Mosier recited. The short play,
MRS. Oakley's Telephone" was Civ
en- and proved to be very interesting.
The characters we're as follows: Mrs.
Oakley, a bride, Miss Henrie Martin;
Constance, her friend, Miss Sallie Mar
tin; Mary, the cook, Miss Jessie Ow-
ems; Emma, the maid, Miss Grace
Fultz. All the characters were we'll
represented, and the play which took
about thirty minutes, was very enter
tanning.
Then Clyde Furguson and Elizabeth
Deakins enacted a scene in which Mas
ter Ferguson, who appeared black face,
did some singing and fancy dancing,
The pantomine, "Jesus, Lover of
My SOUL" vas the next number, and
was very pretty, indeed. A number
Of girls dressed in flowing robes, went
through the motions illustrating the
song, while Misses Eunice and Clara
Hutton sang the words very softly to
piano accompaniment. Red fire gave
a ststue-like appearance to the actors.
"Taking Sans Photograph" was a
short play full of fun, and the charac-
tiers were represented as follows: Fred,
Robt. Barnett; Blanche, Fred's cous-
In, Rebecca Martin; Maude. also
cousin, Edna Coppinger; Sam,
colored, Robt. Motley.
Miss Brittle Martin gave a reading,
''Mr. ~Sanscript's Slide Down HILL"
which vas very amusing and the pro-
gram wound up with the Coon Con-
characters being represented as
follows: Sambo, Hugh Brewer; Dr.
nah, Jessie Owens; Nose. Douglass
g. w. Jones, Elish Mar
tin; Susanna, Verda Rogers; Topsy,
Sallie Martin. This ended with a
cake walk, and the curtain was drawn.
Miss Eunice Hutton filled in the in
termissions between numbers with
on the piano.
The receipts of the evening we're
ver $18. 0G, with a small
expense.