Weekly journal-miner., 1919-06-04
FARMLAND WAS APPRECIATEDBY
 BIG CROWD

An unusually large and apprevia-
 tive audience greeted the children of
 the grammar and primary grades last
 Thursday, drawn there by the antic- ipated pleasure of an evening of
 purest delight, for it was taken for granted that a program of excellence
 was to be rendered.
 The exercises were ushered in by
 a musicale, the young performers some of them quite diminutive-play-
 ing their selections in perfect time and tune, clearly demonstrated the excellence of the instruction in music at the academy. The piano solo by Lucho Hopkins, "Why, How Do You Do, Sir" and the mandolin solo, "The
 Mistletoe Waltz" by Roy Wolfe,
 both little fellows of six brief sum mers, were fine
 The physical exercises by the class of 1929 was perfect and showed skill ful training in these boys of the sec ond grade. Clad in sport suits" Of white, they made great picture even before they began the work, which brought them round after round of applause.
 "The Chariot Race" a sketch from Ben Hur, by the larger boys, proved a revelation. The singing, the Ro- man military drill, the gorgeous dress of the young soldiers and the splen- did command of their general made this number one of the most attract i've on the program.
 The Dream of Fairyland" was something ravishingly delightful, It IS a quaint little operetta which was charmingly rendered by hundred beautiful children, representing fair ies, sprites and angels, bright in dresses of white and black and red, spangled with golden stars, bands of gold encircling their pretty, curly heads and a shining star on each fair forehead
 It is a story of how two little or phans, May and Neva, represented byI little Misses Mildred Settle and Betty Mcdonnell, strayed, from their homes in search of fairies and in their wanderings are discovered and themselves transformed into the elhn tribe.
 As the fairy tale was narrated by Esther Devin, and as the mimic war went on, with the guardian angels, 1 Bennic Swan and Genevieve Hume, | pleading with all their power to bring about a peaceful and happy dcnouc- ment, scenes most sOrrowful were 1 depicted in and about the elhn bow CTS. and among the most impressive was that of the rejoicing of the evil ] spirits for a time because they re- tained the orphans and the sorrow O. | the good fairies because they could ! not rescue the lost ones.
 The songs of the children teeincd 1 wiht childlikc expresSiveness. Their | every word was enforced with be | coming movement of face, limb or body. The graceful execution of the varoius dances, especially the Solo | dance by Helen O'Neill, was most 
 The distinct and excellent speaking ! of little Mildred Wimbish and Sara Hall, the singing of little Betty Me Donuell and ahe beautiful lesson i'll | The Shining Day" fingered in tho memory. Betty sang her way into . ;ne hearts of her listeners. Mildred ! Settle won much praise for ner grace, sweet singing and expression
 The marching of the bands, the dancing of the tiny sprites in red, | the speeches and songs of the lead i CTS, the moving of magic wands and | the singing of the birds, mingled ! with the sweet tones of the piano, at which Miss Nina Verge gracefully ! presided. kept up continuously a [ round of cnrapturing excitement un- til through Loves endearing ,influ- enccs the evil spirits were won over to the fold of the good, the orphans were restored and the black and white dresses got so mixed uD in a kissing and embracing jubilee that they looked like a bouquet of flow CTS mingled gaily.