Arizona republican., 1914-05-15
K|NOERGARTENS'
 BRIGHT NIGHT
FairyIand at the Ellis Gar den, Where a Score of Pupils Finished the First Stage of Their Educa- tiOnal Career

Ellis Garden was transformed into a veritable Fairyland last evening, with it's countless brilliant lights, it's wealth of blossoms, and it's twenty two sweet and dainty graduates more floWeriike than the blossoms themselves.
 The Kindergarten was crowded with fashionable folk whose small sons and daughters had been pupils of Miss Lucy Terrill Ellis for the past year and who at the conclusion of the attractive program last evening were presented with their first diplomas. Admiring friends of Miss Ellis, and they are legion. sent the childrens best friend and teacher a profusion of sweet peas, in tones of pink and white. The piano held baskets filled to Overflowing with delicate bloom and here and there were great clusters, a beautiful background of the tiny stage where Myrtle Mes senger. Queen of the May, held court Queen Myrtle entered her garden in truly stately fashion and the loving dis cipline with which her followers had been trained was noticeable in the manner in which they acted their parts. Harry Wilkinson as drummer boy. made the initial appearance and after him came Alfred Bell who cleverly inn personated President Wilson and Ken netll McDermith a wonderful Uncle Sam. Leda Reuben was the sun and S,ociputir,1o Fairy Ha1aO Louise Stotts impersonated a pink rose and Helen Newhouse sweet allyssum. The Queens Shetland ponies, Barry GoldWater. Claire Pierce. Leona kieth- line and Junior Hildreth preceded the gardnels and Maypole dancers. The Gardners: Hadley Williams, Jack Page, Delaware Harbridge, Raymond John son, Stanley Gilbert. Richard Ensign and Charles Kavanaugh.
 Maypole Dancers: Dorothy Davies, Priscilla Thayer. Eleanor Goodrich, Ruth Ensign, Louise Fauber (primary). Petsy Bradley. Mildred Shry and Kath rine Christy Kindergarten.
 And then all hail ''The Queen" In a sedan chair of pink roses and sweet alyssum studded in tiny incandescant lights, Queen Myrtle made her appear ance. The prince was Harry Sharpe, the maid of honor. Ruth Drane and the court ladies. Dorothy Plath. Ger trude Whittlesy. Martha Futile. Mary Culver, Marion Whitney and Marion Shedd
 A pretty court ceremony was formal ly observed. Muriel Miller presenting the crown. Robert Jewish the scepter, Watson Deity the bayonet Alice Fowler the lace handkerchief and Bobby Gold water the ring. It was a pretty scene and the participants were pretty pie lures in their pink and white costumes. They wore wreaths of pink sweet peas and with their wands topped with flow CTS and baskets of sweet peas danced around the Maypoe to the admiration of the audience. The gardeners drill. the stately minuet, were delightfully."- given and on all sides were heard ex clamations in praise of the youngsters and their instructors
 Particularly sweet were the solos by Eleanor Goodrich. Dorothy Davies, Betsy Bradley and Kathrine Christy. and the piano numbers by Louise Eau Der and Mildred Shry. Ping Bell in the dance of Spring was q wonderfully graceful little fairy. It was charm ingly arranged program and at it's close when Mrs. Dwight B. Heard delivered the diplomas to the happy kiddies, the surprise of the evening took place. The youthful graduates presented Miss FL lis who leaves shortly for the east, with d handsome travelling bag Miss Ellis is vice president of the kinder garten department of the National association and at it's an nual meeting to be held in St Paul in July will lecture on Agriculture in the 
 Mrs. Robert Terrence, a teacher of the school was also given a remem- brance.
 The graduates-Myrtle Messenger, Marion Shedd. Harry Messenger, Harry Sharpe, Mary Stanley, Woodson. Ruth Drane. Dorothy Plath, Martha Tuttle, Harry Wilkinson. Gertrude Whittlesey. Helen Louise Stotts. Jack Newman, Mary Culver, Katherine Christy. AL fred Bell. Kenneth McDermith. Leda Reuben. Mildred Shrv, Betsy Bradley.
 Petal sea atterers-Rarry Goldwater, Marion Whitney Ping Bell Watson Deity. Alice Fowler. Helen Newhouse. Junior Hildreth. Leona Kiethline Louis Messenger Muriel Miller. Robert Lew is. Claire Pierce, Alma Smalley
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