Evening journal., 1912-05-25
TOTS DELIGHT
THE CROWN-UPS
Little Folk Of No. 9 School
Entertain in Farce and
Song


A large audience of grown-ups spent
a perfectly jolly Evening with the
Children in the High School auditor
ium last night. at the entertainment
for the benefit OF the Teachers Re-
tireement Fund given by half a hun
dred pupils of No. 9 School Misses
Katherine and Marian McEwan. of
Edinburgh. Scotland. trained the chill
dren and achieved a wonderful sue
cess with them, in securing clearness
Of speaking and charming spon-
taneity of word and action. IL was
one of the best children's entertain
ments ever given In Wilmington II
may be whispered that the Misses
McEwan were delighted with the
children themselves, and said that
they learned far quicker than the
Edinburgh children
The sad case of Mr.. Brown trying
to reduce the amount of his wife's
luggage when they went travelling was
cunningly acted by the little folks,
who as animated luggage were most
amusing
They we're Mr.. Brown, Frances
Doyle; Mrs Brown. Mary Mccall;
Just TO Keep Me Snug, Sara Leopold;
a Dressing Case. Madeline Fell: A
Rug Isabelle Gibson A Perambula-
tor, Ethel Webb; A Bath Marguerite
! Clymer; A Box of the Maids. Eliza
beth Challenger; Brown Paper Par
cells, Ella Mink; Marie Hanf. Ruth
Murphy, Kathryn Lockerman Ruth
Pryor; A Carpet Bag. Maurice Gray;
A Hamper. Fleming Swezy; A Wrap
per, Sara Schwatlo: A Cockatoo.
Thomas Alliston. A Letter Bag, Mar
vim Ewing; Umbrellas Dorothy Swe-
zey Margaret Pierson Elizabeth
Schunder; A Rocking Horse. Evelyn
/ Mayne; A Little Trunk Frank Pier
/ son; A Footstool. Myrtle Lott; A
Water Proof, Esther Cohen; Portman-
/ teau. Edith Marvel; Children, Fred
/ erick Gvontoft Ruth Fell, Nichola
Cerchio, Samuel Groll, Catherine Fra
zier, Elizabeth Parks, scar Groll,
Katherine Jester. Anna White; Young
ster's Spade, Helen Lagerty; Young
ster's Hoop, Greta Cox: Brown Paper
Parcels, Margaret Sisofo, Carlisle
Carpente, Elliott Skinner. Fred Stieg-
ler Baptiste iMlano, Mildred McGin-
nes
There followed wand and dumb
bell drili, the invention of the Misses
McEwan II was a particularly live
/ ly affair IN which the children shook
sleighbells and sang laughing and
sneezing songs with much zeal. and
it is recommended TO parents for use
when the youngsters have too much OF
this thing called "superfuous en-
ergy"
The drillers we're Leroy Corkran
Oliver Chenweth, Paul Wilkinson
William Swezy, Edgar Hathaway
Raymond Hambright, Anthony Col
ombo, James Rulings, Paul Reynolds
Malcolm Cleaver, Edith Simmons
Elizabeth Thomas. Hannah Morford
Mildred Starr. Frances Titus. Marian
Spruance, Marian Truax. Mildre'
Griffith, Marian Banks, Lillian Par
sons. Beatrice Sanderson.
The Maypole dance was a daintily
pretty number. and delighted the au.
dience. Taking part were Sara Leo
4 pold, Elizabeth Thomas. Mildred
Starr. Marian Truax. Marian Spru-
ance. Elizabeth Challenger, Marguer-
ite Clymer. Verona Van Note, Blanche
Salfner.
The playlet THE Queen OF Hearts, .
in which man successfully invades
the colony Of women who have seced-
ed from masculine tyranny was clev-
erly acted. The children played with
an expertness that would have done
credit to adults The cast was as fol-
lows: Queen. Varina Haywood: train
bearers. Gertrude Cohen, Mildred Nc
Chimes; Lady Legalia Frances Or
pen; Lady Mercuria, Ethel Carpenter
Lady Silver Tongue, Verona Van
Note; Princess Tiptilt, Mary Mccall
Princess Rose, Mildred Murdock
Princess Sunbeam. Mildred Gregg
Herald, Claire Mcguire; captain. Ruth
Christy.
Army-Mildred Griffith, Florenc,
Allison, Elizabeth Thomas, Sara Leo
pold, Ethel Webb. Beatrice Sander
son. Marian Truax, Marguerite ely
mer. Grace litter. Emma Keithley
Marian Spruance, Hannah Morford
Ethel Talley, Frances Titus; courties
Raymond Johnson, Malcolm Cleaver
An artistic dance was given by thl
Misses Clare and Louise Mcguire, pri
vate pupils of Miss Marian McEwan
Miss Elizabeth Jack danced YER.
beautifully the Highland Fling. ant
! the Sword Dance. Other children witt
took part were: Anna White. Rutl
Fell, Marvin Mckay, Catherine Frazie
Katherine Jester. Samuel Groll, Eliza
beth Parks. Frederick Grontof, Nicho
= las Cerchio.
: I'll. .ts l.
. bouquets. The concluding number wa
an ensemble, when the Stars an
Stripes we're displayed while III
. IL