The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-24

NO. have been invited to attend
Memorial day services at West Indian
ola Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
Autos will be at the fire station to take
out all who wish to attend.
Amity lodge No. 231 will hold cleo
ton of officers Monday evening at
their hall. 900 Kansas avenue. The
rank of knight also will be conferred
on candidates.
Star lodge No. 20, A. o. Z. W., will
hold Memorial day services at their
hall, 831 Kansas avenue. Sunday, May
25, at 8 p. m. The Rev. J. A. Bright
will deliver the address, and the Of
ficers of the lodge will assist. Music
orchestra. All are invited to attend.
Junior High Entertainment.
The two-act operetta. 1.-The Japanese
Girl" given Friday evening by the
Quincy junior high school, was the
most ambitious entertainment ever
given by any of the graduating classes
of Quincy.
and the decorations of cherry blossoms
and chrysanthemums were unusually
beautiful, while the Japanese costumes
of the girls, with their fans and para
soils, were most effective.
Evelyn Myers. in the character of
~ IldIu DdIls d JAPANESE SAL1 VI 'POSA-
ton, took the most prominent part,
and her acting and singing. especially
in her solo parts, were most pleasing.
Eleanor Sutton and Lucille Fisher
as o Kittu San and o kayo San.
cousins of o Hanu San, as her attend
ants, acted their parts in an easy. nat
ural manner which is often lacking in
amateurs. Their voices were good and
showed careful training.
Eva May, as the servant Chaya, de-
serves special mention. Her song,
with the plaintive refrain, Whatever
the evening. Her acting also was nat
ural and free from self-consciousness.
The lullaby song by the chorus
closed the first act and made a most
pleasing tableau.
Mildred White and Mildred Craw-
ford, as Nora and Dora Twin. Ameri-
can girls travelling in Japan with their
governess, were good, and their duet,
I'VE Are Not Finished Yet" was a
clever bit of acting and singing. Eliz-
abet Bottom. as the governess, Miss
Knowall, in answer sang, when /
Was a Girl" Her voice is sweet and
true and she acted her difficult part
well.
The "Tip-toe Chorus, Hush!" by the
chorus, and "Cheres Mademoiselles!"
by Miss Knowall and the chorus were
remarkably good.
One of the final numbers, a Japan
csc dance by eight girls of the chorus,
was one of the prettiest features of the
evening. The girls taking part in the
dance were: Lucille Fisher, Eleanor
Sutton, Vera Tracy, Charlotte Conwell,
Hannah Blaisdell. Thelma Palmer.
Ruth Coates and Dorothy bearing.
The girls in the chorus were: Mil
dred Crawford Dorothy bearing, Ruth
Coates, Anna Blaisdell. Marie Fan
ming, Minerva Garrett. Marie johnson,
Clara Leonard, Thelma Palmer, Des-
demona Peel. Gladys Piersall. Flor
ence Teeter. Dolly Ward. Vera Tracy
and Mildred White.
Robert Knoll as the Mikado made
his appearance only a short time be-
fore the close of the operetta. The part
called for little action or speech. but
what was required he did in a digni-
fled manner. quite as one would sup
poset a Mikado would act. His at
PENDANTS were: Lloyd Blanchard,
Arthur Burton, Willard Cardwell.
Alison French. Ralph Henry, Glen
Howard, Theodore Mcclure, Philip
Miller.
The orchestra of the junior high
school furnished the music.
At the close of the entertainment
| Miss Taylor and Miss Towles were
presented with American Beauty and
Liberty roses in recognition of theiI