Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-05
CHILDREN IN
FINE PROGRAM
Large Crowd at Auditorium;
Closing Exercises Of st.
Mays School.
EVENING WAS GREATLY
ENJOYED BY ALL PRESENT
Sisters in Charge Of School
Deserving Of Congrat-
ulations.

The closing exercises Of St. ,Mary's
school were held last evening in the
Auditorium, when an excellent pro
gram was rendered. Every humble,
showed careful preparation and thor
ough training, and the whole constitut
ed n OF the finest exhibitions Of
children's work ever seen in Bismarck
Too much cannot be said in praise Of
the splendid work done by the Sisters
Of st. Benedict, of St. Mary'!s school
in training the children for this enter
tainment. r.. " r.. ..., r'
The program opened with a piano
solo by Miss Clara Burbage. This
was followed by a clever and we'll de-
livered address Of welcome 10y Paul
Maasen. An reclamation Of applause
broke from the audience when the cur
tain was raised, disclosing the chill
dren Of the school, dressed in white
upon the stage. The little tots gave
"A Little Boys Walk" in pleasing
fashion. "TheS Bug-a-boo,' a recita
ton, by Margaret Boehm and Eliza
beth Czervinski, followed. The Rail
road Galop" was much enjoyed by
the audience, being a piece of very
realistic acting, which surely made
everyone feel that he was actually
riding upon q railroad train.
The boys did very good work in
their presentation OF the Character
istic Piece" and The jolly Little
Walters" won all hearts. This was an
especially clever drill and well per
formed. The violin solos of Mr.. Don
aid Mcdonald were greatly enjoyed,
as his splendid playing always is
Master Richard Horner made his lis
teners realize the hardships of the
small boy in his we'll rendered recita'
ton, "a Place For Boys" The High
land Echoes, given in the Scotch High
land costume was a pleasing drill
The boys deserve much credit for the
splendid way In which they presented
it.!ff"Carrie's Quarter" showed very
good acting by the girls who took
part in it. Carrie, the little heroine,
did very well, indeed. The Bow and
Arrow drill was very beautiful. The
costumes were most attractive, and
the pretty bows well handled, so that
the effect of this drill Was very charm
ing. Mothers Angel Cake" was a
pleasing recitation for. a little girl and
was wen given by little Miss Gather.
inc Eoesphlug.ss $Y 4.
Firecrscker Drill.
One Iofethe unique features of the
entertainment was the Frecracker
Drill, in which the actors were dress
ed to represent huge ~firecrackers, and
fine locking f~1recrackeEs they were.
This number was received with great
enthusiasm by. the audience, and well
it, deserved to be. The Rainbow Drill
in which the girls taking part were
most tastefully dressed in gowns rep
resenting the rainbow and carrying
rain5ows Of flowers in their hands,
was especially beautiful. The drill
itself in this number was character
lied By such pretty movements, in
which the flower rainboWs figured so
advantageously that it was very pleas
Ing. "The Champion of Her Sex" was
o clever little drama, in which the
older girls showed good acting. The
scenery used in Ten Little 'SunflOw-
ers' was very effective, and made this
favorite little song nor than usually
attractive. The boys again showed up
to good advantage 'in,"The Coon-town
Brigade and The Hypochondriac."
THE Wise and Foolish Virgins"
was avery impressive acting out Of
the we'll known parable. The tiny