The daily sentinel., 1913-11-29
PARENTS DAY.

H PARENTS DAY.
II Tuesday was Parents Day at the
j school house and a most delightful
day 1t proved to be. In spite of the
threatening clouds everything went
along swimmingly. The event of the
day was the ball game between the
married men and the boys, the score
being IA to 6 in favor of the boys.
II was certainly fun to see these Sc
date fathers chasing that elusive lit
tie ball all over the field. With
flushed cheeks and tumbled hair
they looked very much like boys
themselves, but no doubt Wednesday
/ morning found some sore muscles
/ which protested against such exur-
| berance of youth. If the men would
only try II oftener the boys wouldn't
have 1t all their own way. After the
ball game there was a jolly tug of
war and basket ball game and then
everyone went indoors and listened
to program of much excellence CIV
en- by the children. The songs and
| recitations were well given and they
showed training but when the young
sters in Miss Crosby's room filed in
with much pomp and dignity, dress
ed as Indian warriors and squaws,
1 dienee by storm. Little Richard Tai
ley. as Hiawatha, was too cunning
for words, and his confiding and
winning little smile, when he point
ed his deadly arrows straight at the
II audience, lessened the terror and
fright his fierce war paint inspired.
II Frances Sperry, as the "wrinkled,
old Nokomis" gave her lines in a
clear, bell-like voice which sounded
very unlike the old crone she was
intended to represent As a memory
drill the performance was remark
able, the children having 1t almost
letter perfect, the long speeches and
the queer words being delivered with
memory and assurance that was very
good indeed. Miss Crosby has the
method of training children down to
/ perfection. The afternoon closed
with a spirited debate. The question
/ was whether or not the new COM
pulsory school law was a good thing
for Loma," and the affirmative side,
led by the young and eloquent orator
William Kennedy, won the decision.
PARENTS EVENING.
The parents and friends of the
Iona school children gave pro-
gram at the school house Tuesday
evening that surprised everyone by
its excellence and by the talent that
has existed SO long unknown in Lo-
ma. Mrs. Tyler read very anus
ing paper about the experience of
two country danes while ordering
and eating a ten course dinner in n
fashionable hotel in New York. The
male quartette which followed was
very well received, indeed, and was
heartily encored. Mrs. W. B. Smith
gave reading full of thrills and
shivers. telling a heartbreaking sto-
Z ry of Indian vengeance with a great
deal of dramatic power. Miss Ruth
Elliott sang an Irish song with that
silyery tunefullness which endears
her to all who hear her and then
Miss Dora Baders convulsed the au-
dience with German dialect piece
and followed it with another equally
as funny which wound up succintly
with Il have told you this SO you can
see. what an all-fired fool man
can be- and everyone clapped in
joyous appreciation. Following this
came the Methodist male quartette
with my Fathers Comical Mule, y
which was as comical as the title
promised and which had "hee-haw'
chorus which sounded almost too nat
ural, they responded to an encore
with that well-loved song ''Old Black
Joe.'' Miss May Mead then favored
delighted music lovers with two Sc
lections on the piano "The Breakers
and a tuneful little schottische which
made more than one nimble foot mis-
behave. This was a great treat as
Miss Mead handles the keyboard in
mastery manner and her lingering
and technique are very satisfactory.
. Mrs. Harry Mulliner gave a laughr
. able reading of her own composition
| entitled when Hubby Killed the
Rat" and responded with jolly en-
core which was also original. Mrs.
Mulliner's work showed a great deal
| of talent and originality and her
self possession and graceful delivery
| was very charming. Little clifford
Chesterfield then climbed up on the
piano stool and played THE Imp's
Reyel," very well indeed and the
fact that Clifford still wore his re-
gala as an Indian warrior chief was
children, as a natural part of the
| performance. Miss Hazel Crosby
| held the next place on the program
and when her name was announced
. a storm Of applause ensued which
! spoke volumes for Miss Crosby's pop
| ularity as reader. She gave beau
/ tiful number entitled 1.-THE Old Vio-
4 lin" and as her graceful figure bent
/ and swayed to the imaginary bow
4 ing of the old Cremona, while she
/ intoned the pathetic story of man
! dying of hunger in an attic rather
. than sacrifice his beloved violin, her
I deep musical voice reached the hearts
of her hearers and held them en-
tranced to the end. She responded
tc hearty encore with a mirth pro-
voking bit of nonsense that made