El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-16

I tiers was Marjory. rnen comes the
singing school
I Clifford Irwin. in powdered colonial
Wig, silken suit and lowered vest,
| was the leader Of the school and he
acted the part perfectly Standing in
front OF the school he directed the
/ singing. criticised the students for pay
ing more attention TO each other than
3 the music and awakened little Joe Lea,
as the sleepy Cherub when he fell
asleep The appearance of the little
I boys and girls, in quaint colonial COS
. tunes and marching in couples. drew
a spontaneous ovation and the great
audience laughed and Chee-ed as long
as the little folks We're on the stage.
Barbara Wallace, as Phoebe Holley.
sang quaint little solo; Jeanette Raw
llngs was Ann TOmpkins Ruth McNary
as Granny Lumkins, Joe Lea as the
Sleepy Cherub. Shirley Booker as Little
Mary. Marion Hurd as Patience PeSham
: and Johnny MCCabe as Fidegty Susan
all had special parts, which delighted
the audience into repeated applause and
cheering This reached its climax when
Boots" Irwin raped for order and
. started the children's class 10 singing
America" The audience arose and
stood while the song was being sung
by the children.
Military Band Concert.
As a part Of the pageant, the 10th
/ infantry band played brief pa
triOtic concert during the intermss-
sion between scenes four and six OF
the colonial episode The SURFING
swing Of military music was all that
was needed to make the patriotic spec
tacle complete When The curtain went
up and showed the army band, IN new
field uniforms and leEgings- ranged IN
a crescent on the stage with SersJ-
Simon Tressing. the principal musician,
standing in the center. the audience
settled back for a musical treat equal
TO the splendid pictures which nad
been given by the amateur actors
The military bands first selection
was Songs From the Old folks. IN
GLIDING all of the old time songs which
the older generation love so well and
of which the younger generation never
hetrs enough As an encore ne 80. ~
played The Mississippi Cabaret as
only an army band can play ragume,
before an appreciative audience
WnshinEtOn's Home.
Another picture from Amc" MS
tory was then depicted IN - scene
on the lawn Of Ferry Farm. ~ home
OF George WashinEJOn's j. ats in
Virginia and mis- bOyhoCd home As
the curtain lifted on this scene elght
FL PasO grandmothers. wearing fine
silks and satins with powdered hair
and rare old shawls, were seated
around tea table on the lawn win
Mrs l. H Montgomery. as Lady Mary
Ball Washington, porting tea stand
ing behind her chair We're Charles
Pollock and J. j. Hahn, in colonial
livery and in blackface to represent
the oldtime negro servitors. This was
an effective scene. and II had toucn
Of pathos in it as the girls OF yester-
year drank their tea and gosslped IN
undertones. The grandmOthers on the
stage included Mrs. Montgomery. Mrs
T. H Spaulding. Mrs g c Crews. ST.
Mrs. h d. Franklin. Mrs 7 J. beall-
rus and Mrs. a 3. Moore Mrs
Stevens. who appeared in the scene.
is more than 81 years old, yet she was
as active as the yoE-ger women
Negro Songs.
While the colonial graCames slipped ;
their tea the plantation hands from
Ferry Farm came on the stage TO fur
nish their typical negro entertainment
to the music Of a fiddle A trio, com
posed Of Charles Armstrong, J, Il
Phillips and Tom Crutcher, dressed as
plantation hands aid IN black face
sang plantation songs and led the en-
semble singing Of the other make-oe-
lfeve darkies Then came the dancing
G + Pollock. in spite OF his zoo ODD
pounds, did a graceful buck and wing
dance. J. J. Hahn gave number OF
Intricate clog steps and then q little.
kinky haired pickanniny darted from
the crowd and started % shuItie MS
feet as only plantation boy can cane
This was the surprise OF the entire
play. for Il was least expected Il was
little Billy Coles. son Of Mr- and MIS-
J. F. Coles and he did shuffles- liss-
bucks and wings anl ended with a
wagon wheel Billy had to come hack
and dance until ne was out OF breath.
TO the clapping OF the audience and
the shouts Of approval
WashinEtOn's Future.
Next. IN a woodland glade, young
George washington appeared IN me
person OF II. l. Fraser He wore tne
buckskin costume Of the virginia
woods and was on Il surveying trip
when Red Rowan, the gypsy glrL IN
the person of Miss Georgina Martin
appeared and told him q his glorious
future which she read in his palm win
clever and most natural acting MISS /
Martin sang two gyp5y songs Win
charming grace, and her type OF DLu-
nette beauty fitted the part perfectly. I
She also received great cluster OF
roses
Next was the Benjamin Franklin cpl I
sode in which young FranKiln apP s-Is /
with a kite over his shoulder, book |
i'm his hand and a basket on MS arm
in which he carries his candles Wnlch /
he has for sale Ernest Sauer was j
young Franklin and Mrs Lillian Cor
coran was the soOthsayer who with |
delicate finish and high artistry told /
him Of his future and who cast spell I
over him in which he saw the Visions I
OF his future greatness as acted out 4
in the following scenes
Colonial Ball.
The first of these dream scenes was :
colonial ball which was participated {
in by a number CT FL Paso.s test I
known society folk Charles Pollock. /
as they entered the ballroom First /
came the Eranddames, who were an
nOunced as famous colonial women. |
Then came Benjamin Franklin. imper- !
sonated by c. A Brandberg. and mar |
quis de Ia Fayette by Lieut. Walter |
Gullion- minuet followed in which ]
the younger couples participated while /
the older persons looked on To the !
stately minuet music OF Mozart the :
young couples. in colonial costumes I
and powdered wigs. stepped off the j
measures of the diRnified dance while /
dear little flower girls scattered bios /
SONS over the ballroom floor.
Lincoln. the Boy
A clearing on Little Creek. In In !
diana. was the setting for the Abraham \
Lincoln episode which introduced the I
Young liberator as a boy. A huskinE .
bee was the attraction which drew the 7
crowd Of young people to the Lincoln I
- him md the L.L-a . -.l-.r---.a !