The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-12-04
CHILDREN PLAY TO WELL
EILIEn HOUSE.

1NNAH
A clever and amusing program, n
OF the best homo-talent shows given
here for some time, was the minstrel
show and vaudeville that the children
OF 81. Johns Sunday school gave last
night at the High School auditorium.
Tho program was divided into three
parts, the nrst consisting Of a min
strei show, the second OF a beauty
chorus and the third OF a ono-act
farce. The intermisslons were filled
in by negro readings Eived by Mira.
w. n. Dracy and by a violin selection
by David Marcus.
In the minstrel show. the children
were seated in a seml-circle. with
the ~interlocutcr, Arthur Everitt. oc-
cupying a,seat OF prominence in the
center. Tho girls were "good-iook-
In black gals In yellow dresses and
big yellow hats, ma wearing large
s%dnflowers pinned at their waists.
The boys worc green knickcrbockers.
white shirts and enormous green bow
ties: and tho ''ond-men" wore dress
suits. red calico ''cut-a-ways'' and
red trousers. One had n vest nude
Of h American flag. Their songs
had "a lively swing. and Excellent tx
preston; ana the solo parts exhibited
some rarely good children's voices.
John Strong sang In "A Typical Tip
perary," and his antics were n fine
Imitation OF a negro minstrel. a part
OF the program for which John
hadn't prepared was the backward
slide Of his camp chair, and It's col
lapse, with him deeply. involved In
TO take his scat, Alabama Moon
by Kenneth Kellar was well done;
and little Ruth RiedlinE sang Chill
Bean" in such sweet n that
she captivated her audience. The
solo part In Kentucky Blues was
sung by arnold Bradford, with a
negro swing in his voice that was IN
good; while little Junior Mntson,
a little lau in overalls with u big
green ncck-tie, braved the horrors
Of the sea of faces before him. and
with good earncstness sang Ding
Toes" He was enthusiastically
cncorod. Nellie Clark and Bcrnardinc
Lewis each ans In the sweetness Of
sweet children's voices with childrcn's
graccs, an appealing song. Daddy,
Dear Old Daddy and Groom, Groom,
Underneath the Moon both Of which
were heartily encored. 4 spirited
readir by Arthur Everitt and OK
collent chorus work by the children
featured the first part Of The pro-
gram.
Dear Little Rose Girr' was a
beautiful duet, beautifully sung by
Miss Betty Morrissctte and Miss Olive
Harden, the former In a dress suit,
and the latter In IL shophcrdcss cos
tune Of pink and white. The beauty
chorus was all that could be hoped
for In beauty n chorus work both,
with Its twelve girls dressed In shep-I
herdress costume, with shephordcss
crooks, and each with n generous
share OF vlvaclty and charm. They
were cnCored i~nsistontly.
The farce. Their First Dinner"
was clever, the leading lady, Miss
Elizabeth Kistler. II very lovely lead
ing lady, with the necessary grace
and beauty in abundance. Ted Brad
ford was a ~henpecked husband that
fitted into the part as though that
were TO be his future destiny. J. NJ.
Riley played the part OF the courtly
Partisan to perfection, and Bob Nc
Alllster, as George Proctor from Lon
don, got the London stare and the
London fog-in-his-throat to Il degree,
Bridget. the maid from Cork. played
by Mrs Charlotte BrlXner Moore.
was the star OF the play. and pro-
voked a storm Of amusement.
Tho house was weli-fillcd, a fact
that, coupled with the reception
which the whole performance re-
ceived at the hands OF the audience,
testified to the ability OF Mrs. Eliza
beth Bradford, the director. Mrs.
Bradford has worked INCREASINGLY for
~, ttt.uungu ~ tho R1uV IN MrH
Moore. VINO played the accompani-
meris, and to Mrs. Bracy, whose
reading were IA little sensation In
themselves; and to David Marcus,
who played q violin number, are also
due a great Zeal OF credit.
ATTENTION. WHITE RIBBoNERs.
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