Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-03

full close with appropriate exercises
on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 20.
At two o'clock that afternoon, all
the school and a large number of the
mothers and friends of the children
gathered together in the large As
sembly Room Then came the big
hit of the year. 1t was in the shape
of an operetta, "The Enchanted
Wood" 1t was no less success
than surprise to those assembled.
The playlet opened with school
scene, in which six children displayed
various faults which the teacher was
unable to correct. After school, the
children wandered off into the woods
to play. 1t turned out to be an en-
chanted wood, an pretty soon the
Youngsters went to sleep. Mother
Goose appeared, at the order OF the
Queen, and, with the help OF the
fairies, changed the children into
other characters. Mabel Lozier be-
came Little Miss Muffit, because she
was always afraid; Eleanor Brown
was changed into Mistress Mary
Quite Contrary for the reason that she
was usually very disagreeable; LII
liam Alves became Little Bopeep, be-
cause she was constantly losing her
things; Jimmy Binner was converted
tn Simple Simon on account of his
tendencies along the vaudeville line;
Allan Carson turned out to be Little
Bow Blue, because he liked to shirk
his work; and Little Howard Lane
was turned into Little Jack Horner
on account of his greediness.
These characters then went off the
stage and the teacher appeared, dis
tressed because she could not find
her charges. Paul Binner, as Police
CAPTAIN, then came upon the scene,
accompanied by his two trusty Lieu
tenants, Nicholas Scuterio and Jack
Hunter Paul offered to take his Boy
Police in search of the missing chill
dren and his offer was gladly accept
ed by the teacher, Marie Martens
The Captain then drew up his COM
pany of about twenty boys and Lieu
tenant Nicholas furnished them with
clubs. They then went through an
excellent drill, performing a regular
manual with their sticks. Martin
Lyons, always comical lad, lived up
to his reputation when, as one OF the
youthful "cops" he walked solicit
ously back and forth among them,
swinging his stick like regular. He
brought down the house.
Several very pretty ensembles OF
Fairies then took place, the Queen OF
the Wood, pretty little Anita McCord,
being the center of the gatherings
Soon the Fairies departed and the
lost children re-appeared upon the
scene. They had awakened and had
discovered that they had spent the
whole night in the Wood. The whole
thing had been a dream, but it had
taught them all valuable lessons
They FASTENED back to school and
there found their distressed teacher
She was overjoyed to see them and
said that it had been worth all the
worry to have the children cured of
their faults.
AS the title of "operetta" implies,
there was a good deal of singing
throughout the performance. Gladys
Stewart as Mother Goose, Anita Nc
Cord as the Queen of the Wood, and
Marie Martens as the School Teacher
had the leading vocal parts. Of the
three, Anita has perhaps the best
voice. 1t is sweet and true and she
takes all her notes clearly, something
which is not always true of young
children. She gives great promise as
a soprano. She has almost always
been on the program at the Church
Christmas entertainments for a song
Gladys and Marie also have good
voices for children.
The six school children all took
their parts exceptionally we'll, and
the whole performance went off
smoothly. This was due to the pains
taking and patient coaching of the
teachers, who worked conscientiously
for this, the most momentous under
taking ever attempted by the school
Miss Crocker, one of the principal
coaches, materially assisted the per-
Torrance at the piano, as did Thomas
Benedict, one of the pupils, on the
violin.
The audience was fairly large and
thoroughly sympathetic. One of the
most interested of the spectators was
Mr.. Chase, our Borough Supervisor
of Schools.
After the play, everyone adjourned
to the Exhibition Room, where the
best work of the pupils for the year
was on exhibition. Anyone doubling
the success of our school needed but
to take one glance around the room to
have his fears dispelled. Miss Brady,
the Principal, and her able assistants,
the Misses Green, Crocker and Gimble,
are to be thoroughly congratulated
upon the great work they have rem
dered this community.
The school closed officially Wednes-
day, June 80. Practically every chllu
was promoted. The outgoing seventh
grade will go to Fort Lee owing to
its small size, but Miss Brady stated
that there will be an eighth grade
here for the incoming seventh.