The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-01
AUDIENCE AT ST. MARY'S HALL ARE
 PLEASED BY PLAY
Mrs. Hancort Presented With Pearl Necklace-En-
 tertainInent Success.

Encore after encore was given the talented juveniles at St Mary's hall last evening by a large and most ap- preciative audience when once more the most alluring characterization of fairy land was presented in the stage for the second successful perform ance The audience was so delighted and enthusiastic that many of the numbers had to be repeated several times.
 Miss Elizabeth Spinning, in her dance, as the queen of Moonland, and the charming two dininutives, Billy Allen and Dorothy Brown, in their waltz, were applauded time after time. As daughter of Italy, Miss Elena Regina made a most delightful l figure, and rendered '1Rigoletto," in Italian with sweet, light stoccato. Miss Veronica Donahue with her beautiful voice more than charmed 1 the audience several times in her songs, and Master Joseph Hancort held his spectators spell-bound by his masterful free hand drawing of the torpedo destroyer Cassin.
 Taken suddenly i'll on the first day
 of the performance, Miss Dorothy
 
 every one longed to see, was compell-
 ed to remain home, and the part of the Blue Bird, written especially for her by the director, was given to Miss i Dorothy Brown, who, in a few hours.
 assumed the roll of the Fairy of
 Happiness and got away with it | splendidly. Although Dorothy F'rench's winsomeness, and merry
 personality was missed, little Miss
 Brown was successful in making up
 for the disappointment and scored a
 hit with the audience in her delight
 full presentation Of the happy bird
 She was especially charming in the
 dance with Billy Allen.
 The twinkling little stars in Moon
 land was one Of the prettiest scenes
 and the beautiful array of fairies ! made it most elegant scene. ] At the close of the performance
 one of the greatest surprises tool ' place. Father Hanley, principal O St. Mary's school, stepped on th' ? platform and heartily thanked the , children for their splendid work anC ) the mothers for their cooperation , which greatly helped to make tn, peIlOTudnC6 d SuCCtSs. 1utll, III III
 most charming tone, he announce 7 that for the great appreciation of tn untiring efforts and most successful
 management of Mrs. Mary Sales Han :, cort in producing this elaborate pro duction, the 150 juvenile actors, pre-
 sented her with a most magnifiCen
 pearl necklace. Mrs. Hancort was s 2 totally surprised, that she remaine t speechless for several minutes. Las : : year shs was presented with a mos
 beautiful boquer of flowers and sh
 had not the least idea of the wonder 8 full gift that was to be given to he '. last night. In talking about it al d terward, Mrs. Hancort said that sh - cannot understand how the young y sters could have kept the secret s u long.
 It The Rev. Father Trainor, pastor (
 the parish gave short talk an l. stated that he :s proud of the spIer J. did standard St. Mary's school d keeping and praised the youngstel n for their hard work and unusual ta d ent.
 l. This afternoon will be the la
 chance for the kiddies to witness tr > production and another five poun n box of chocolates will be given ava