Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20
MAY CARNIVAL
"THRO' STORY LAND
Tots and Teens on Playhouse
Stage in Annual Dance OF Miss
McClafferty' School.

Tho children held the stage Mt The
Playhouse Saturday afternoon and even
inc assIsted hv their older brothers and
sisters. and witnessed by their loving
friends who throngcd the auditorium at
both performances, and II WAS not easy
to tcU which Of them had the better
time To the little tots It WAS Just another
kind of play. To tho mainas and auntles q
source 0f mild or violent pride ana 10
some 0f the Eruwn-lIps among the pupns
an occasion of anNtctv as to whether or
not thcv would rcmcmhm the figure or
the connt or something. but there were
others those sure uf themselves, and
nroi,cient IN their parts for whom IT. WAS
aII \ 10Y and to some of them triumph
For "Rorn, are born dancers. some achieve
dancing. and some have dancing thrust
upon them as Shakespeare wouid nave
saId perhaps. had he thought OF II ana
wanted to
An of thcsc "somrs" werr represented
IN Tho total ann of - or rnorr particI-
pants. and IT is tribute to the cfhc"ncF
nf Miss Mot lafTcrtvs methods. and the
faithf,IlucSs of her instruction that even
tho TINY tots achieved their point,
and rlronc,tes and rourtscy eventually;
aIbcit not alwavs ~ tho same time as the
leader and thor mates
Tho splrlt of the school. aS gathered
fror tho program rendered. IS h'esei on
tho recognized principles ot 81" corps
dc ballet brought up 20 date. but With
nilt tho cxtre,uc effects attempted ny the
-,ntcrnrctative" or the Eccentric mod
ernrsts and Miss Nct lafferty must I've
concentrated on the result as representa-
tive, IN tho host snnse Of tho art ot rhVth-
mIc motion as applied to the parts and
tho whole ~ the human form drvlne,
"a A unit and n combination with other
units
Notable from tins Standpoint was the
MERMAID number accompanying the
recitation uf Miss Lonso Nurgatrnyd,
IN whrch tho participants scarcely moved
from thclT places, hut with Swavlne forms,
and rCst urcs of arms and heads espresso
tho suitable onotions called M hv the
scntimcnt If tho poem
The opening number had the august
natronagG 81 ncle Sam and Miss Colum-
h,a m whose honor the ensemble. some
IN III the little lads and laSsos. horn
r,pcd IT right mcrrlly t. the particular
delight of thcr plavmatcs among tho
audience and asked a. the TOP ot theIr
voices What Il you 10 for | nClc Sammy
.'In Grandma nav. with recitation
hv Miss Moss Tvlcr. Dance ot thc sea
sons 'Dancc 81 the ShephCrdossCs,
Mother t,tsnsc and BABY $ Prayer.
particlpated IN bv tho Unrest tots, their
baby dolls and the doll S assorted coaches
as hackgrnund Tor tho song ami dainty
dance 81 Miss Gertrude liannigan, were
ensemble numbers. as we'll as the tInalc,
which employed tho entire strength 81
tho company and assisting talent very
effectively Concerted numbers, m which
groups of various ages and extent an
pcarrd wcrr Nav Dav, "FiCkk'-toos.
summer Girls, BLACK and White.
Gathering How crs. "koo-k"o kIub,
"Old-Tmc Polks, Polvhymna.
Knight : Dream and "SWcethearts
Incidental 10 these numbers, the lead
crs had solo and duet roles many OF them
highly crc,iitahlc. especial, SADIE .acohv
N Summer Girls Lillian Rodnan and
Elizabeth Thomas. IN Black and White.
Harlequin. CoumhInc and ltcrrot
motive. Helen Rowe, IN Gathering
Flowers Durant and Elizabeth Stroud,
IN "Oid-umC Polka. the heel and
toe" step OF The Youth of some Of us.
Frances Iacohy. IN tho 'Shephcrdcss
Ruth Morgan and Sadie Iacohy, IN
~Polyhvmnia katherine lester IN Moth
cr t,oos, deserve special mention.
Real art and aptitude were displayed
in the work oi the principals. notably La
Grace vaisc Dv Maue Simon, Queen OF
Hearts. Florence Martin: ''WIH of the
Wi~p. Marc Shields. Who's Who and
Dance Of the Seasons, Helen Simon,
Forasctta. Elizabeth Thomas Knights
Dream. Beatrice Jacohy Cinderella,
EIcanor SNYDER and katharine Callahan,
katharine Gucrncr IN BAL Masquc,
among the misses. and William Icandcl,
a fnc performance IN knights Dream
Frank Sharplcs~. August Lane, Gmlbcr
Monkc. IN anna Yaua Boys : Clement
Alexander. IN ''SwccthcartS. among the
masters.
John HAYES sang plcasingly in the Koo-
koo number Mrs Leonard Wales made
Red Gross appeal through the medium Of
SOLO. m "Sweethesrts, and Miss
Madeline Reed sang and danced IN the
finale
Red Cross Club members and Boy
Scouts were present to swell the fund, IN
the evening
The rnuSlc deserves especial praise for
its mdicious selection and crispncsS Of
tempo and stress Miss Edith Braunsten
was at the piano