The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-06
MANY SEE PUPILS
GIVE THEIR PLAY
DEMONSTRATION Of LongfelIow's Beau
tifui Love Story Of EvangeiIne,
Presented by the Gram
mar School.
PARTS ALL WE'LL TAKEN
Mechanical Effects and Properties
Are Most Faithfully Reproduced
Credit Due to Miss
kiIroy.

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A most creditable dramatization OF
Lcngfellow's beautiful poem "Evange-
line" delighted capacity audience
Friday evening in the high school as
Esembly room by the pupils of the gram
mar school under the direction OF Miss
Elizabeth Kilroy, teacher Of litera.
ture in the grammar school. The
parts We're all well taken, and the
mechanical effects of the play and the
properties, togethe- with the scenery
were presented with attention to the
mlnutest detail.
Those who saw the play given by
these eight grade pupils were amazed
that 50 creditable performance could
be presented by the boys and girls GA
a stage with almost no equipment for
such dramatizatiop. Scenery, light.
ling effects. property and all were
made and handled by the members Of
1.-THE eighth grade.
Miss Kilroy spared no effort IN
drilling the young Thespians in their
parts and directed the entire play Fri
day evening. Much credit must he
Igiven to her for the splendid presenta-
ton of this most beautiful of ali
American love stories.
The work of dramatization of GER
tain classics is being done in all of
the grades, and its possibilities were
shown to advantage Friday evening.
Five Scenes to Play.
The play was in five scenes with
three tableaux. The first scene was
in he 80 Doll in
wealthiest farmer of Grand Pre-, and
portrayed the signing of the betrothal
agreement and the dance of the villa5.
ers at the betrothal. The second
scene was laid in the little church
where the inhabitants are told that
they are prisoners and their lands
confiscated to the crown. The third
scene showed the departure of the
and the burning of their |
homes, with the death Of Benedict oni
the seashore, and the separation oil
Gaoriel and Eyangeline The next
was tableau showing Gabriel in his
canoe passing Evange1ine and Father
Felician and the Canadians while
they were asleep on the island. The
next scene was at Basil's southern
home, and this was followed by two
tableaux showing the wanderers
among the Blackfeet Indians an.
Father Felician converting the red
SKINS. The final scene was the hos
pital scene when Evangeline finds the
dying Gabriel
Woodson Huiskamp as Basil, the
blacksmith, gave most polished in
depreciation to his part Della Hem
ingway made most demure and win
some Eyangeline, and Gerard Higgins
was most devoted Gabriel. Paul
Dysart proved a good commanding Of
ficer and Leonard Matless was a most
devout Father Felician. Others who
had the leading parts played theirs
equally as well.
Leading Parts in play.
Those who took the leads were the
following:
Della Heming way-Evangeline.
Edwin Lantz-Benedict Belfontainc.
Woodson Huiskamp - Basil, the
blacksmith.
Gerard Hfggins-Gabriel.
Joseph Kinneman-Bene lie Blanc.
Leonard Matiess-Father Felicfan.
Paul Dysart-Captain Winslow.
Catherine Pyle-Madam lie Blanc.
Sydney Collisson-Baptiste L Blanc.
lie Roy Schulz-Michael, the fiddler.
Ben Thorn burg-The doctor.
The ORCHESTRA Personnel.
The orchestra was opposed of the
following:
Piano, Florence Alling: first violins,
LIE Roy Schultz, Edwin Lantz, Joseph
Kinnaman; second violins, Mildred
Conlee, Warren Perdew; viola, Louise
Garrison; comets, Leonard Matless, !
Morrell Geiger, Harlie Teller; drums,
Harry Bunner,
These Aided In Play.
Acadians, Spaniards, Indians, sol
diers, sick in hospital, ETC.. Eula Ack- |
ley Viola Atterherg, Martha Beard !
sley, Alice Beckman, Katherine Eldar,
Margaret Hodge, Mildred Humes. !
Lucy Sims, .arma Stanton. Louise
Stern, Mildred Wyatt, Marie Estelle |
Burgen, Gertrude Breheny. Mildred
Conlee, Marjory Fleming, Louise |!
Garrison, Adelaide LaPorte, Florence
Malone, Katherine Pyle, Helen Reeves,
Corrine Weber, Mary Breheny, Vivian
Clark. Margaret Dorsey, Helen Geddes, |
Frances Leffingwell. Dorothy Norton, |
Katherine Strimback, Orville Allen,
Junior Little. Arlo How'd, Clarence
Jingst. Floyd Krichel Stanley Nc
Cutcheon, Lucian Pattee, Emmons /
Patterson, Roy Smith, Harley Keller, |
Eugene Barr, Thomas Connell. Sim |
con Egan, Harold E1ting, Morrill, |
Geiger. Frank Keppel. Gilbert Sar- |
gent, William Shappach. Forrest Sim
onds, Donald vath, Ralph Kirch, Louis |
1agerpusch Cecil Malone, Robert |