El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-15
Relief for Ell Paso's Crowded Schools
CHILDREN's PLAY
IS MUCH ENJOYED
Principals and Choruses En-
thUse Packed House With
Clever Performance.

Alice IN Wonderland was produced
by the children of the Lamar school
saturday afternoon at the Crawford
/ theater- The performance was splen-
| didly given and established a record
Tor amateur performances, because not
once did a child have to be prompted
All OF the children entered SO enthUsi-
astlcaly and spontaneously into the
1 spirit OF the quaint little play that
mere was no one particular star. Clio
Russell, as Alice, made very WinsOme
| heroine and had a remarkably good
stage presence. Her enunciation was
very good. After her solo in the third
act she was presented with a large bO-
Quet of roses. LOWdon Wingo made the
part of the turtle irresistably drOll and
got good deal of fun out of the role
himself His costume was capital, with
a turtle shell back. His scenes with
the gryphon, played by Charles Over
street, were very amusing The
gryphOn looked his name He had red
wings and a long tail that had to be
held up when he danced
Lois McChesney was very good in the
part Of the Duchess, and in one of the
intermisSiOns recited Billy says" quite
cleverly- Robert Page Meyers, as the
white rabbit, acted the fussy little
courtier perfectly. His costume was of
white with a tabard Of red hearts and
a little trumpet
Willard Brown made jaunty. rakish
March hare. He was a brown rabbit.
with a scarlet vest and black coat, and
his long brown ears tapped very ex-
pressively. The Cheshire cat played
by Blythe Johnson, and the dOrmOuSe,
acted by Jack Lewis, were both well
done and exceuently costumed. Madi-
son MUdd, as the king of heart, strutted
about with appropriate dignity, and his
queen. Afaybelle Cunningham, put just
the right amount of temper into her
part with her frequent orders Of "cut
off their heads" The cook was played
by Barlow Morris. Charles Thurston
was the halter; Hurley Griffith, the
kmlTn n x fG
eXecutiOner. and William Bias and Cecil
Boyd, the guards.
ChOruses Are BeEyitching.
The play opened with the chorus Of
fairies, led by Elizabeth Hudspeth as
the fairy queen. The fairies were:
Margaret Hamel, Margaret Gibson. Hell
en- Winters. Martha Langston. Lorraine
Wheeler, Edna May Schresfler. Eliza
beth KentOn and Gladys Primm. The
fairies were bewitchingly costumed in
fluffy white and tinsels, with dainty,
futtery wings. Their graceful dancing
about the sleeping Alice was one Of the
prettiest pictures of the play.
The sneezing chorus of girls in Pier
rot costumes, was a big hit Those tax
ing part were: Sophia Williams, Dan
Ella burke, marguerite Protno: veto
ria Leasch. Pauline Leasch, Willie john
son, Bernice Clark. Christiana Adams,
Madeline Burney and Ruby Henry.
The white rabbit chorus was very
Wei gwen the COSTUMES DGluS dS cute
as could be. Henry Thomas was the
hunter and Joseph Osborne. Clifford
Heffler, Rudeu Parker. Wendell Carton,
Elvis Lee. Robert Gibson, Thomas Phil
lips. James WithOlder, J c. Holford,
Claude Hudspeth. Gregory KranZthOr,
Harris Henning and Richard Finley,
the rabbits.
chorus of the pack of cards and the
dance of the cards and courtiers, which
was perfectly acted Those taking part
in this were: William Bias Cecil Boyd,
John Crockett, Wilfred KranzthOr, HUI
bert LittIetOn, Henry Kidwell, Robson
PomerOy, Theo Lockhausen, Hubert
Sharp, VIII Roberts. Scott Walker, !
Coral Bias. Marion Calnan, Elsie AicVey,
Pauline Huthsteiner, Virginia Knight
Virginia 'Standish. Bessie Roberts. Ruth
Lucille Crenshaw, Julia Schus-
ter and Jeanette Jones.
GIee Club Makes Hit.
The Lamar Boys GIee club made a
decided hit by singing a number Of Sc |
lectiOns during the change Of scenes.
Mudd led. in his kngly robes,
and the other members were in the COS
tunes they wore in the play.
The play was staged in three acts,
the wood in Wonderland. the mad tea /
party. a hall in the queens palace. |
and the final scene in the wood of |
Wonderland.
The Crawford theater was filled to !
the standing room only limit with 1
school children, their parents and /
friends The grOwnups enjoyed the 4
reminders of their childish favOrites /
as much as the youngsters. The'teach- /
ers of Lamar school who drilled the 1
credit for the excellence Of the per- |
fOrmance