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JUNIOR HIGH PROMOTES
155 TO SENIOR SCHOOL
Presentation of "Princess Chrys-
anthemum," Japanese Oper.
eta, Pleasing Feature Of
Graduating Exercises-Prizes
Awarded to Two

A distinct triumph was scored by the
pupils of the Junior High School in their
presentation OF the Japanese operetta,
princess Chrysanthemum." given in con-
nection with the graduating exercises of
that school at The Strong theatre Thurs
day morning. The large audience, which
filled every seat in the theatre and with
many people standing in the aisles, showed
appreciation by continued applause, which
was prolonged at the close of the last
act, and one gentleman was heard to re-
mark. Mighty we'll done!'
1t was well done. The music was catchy.
The chorus was remarkably well trained
for school children. The principals put
spirit into their parts and several of them
showed musical ability rather unexpected
in young people just entering High School.
And the costumes-wel, all that can
be said for them is not sufficient apprecia-
ton of the work which must have been
put into them to bring about the happy
effect. Outside of professional pieces
which have played in Burlington, and
not even in many OF these. there has not
been a more deliberately costumed enter
tainment, nor any which was in better
taste than that given at The Strung
Thursday.
The story is one well suited to produce
ton by school children. The Emperors
daughter. Princess Chrysanthemum. is
given fete day in honor Of her coming
of age. She has two suitors. Prince
So-Tru and Prince So-Sli She returns
the affection of the former, but Prince
So-Sli conepires with Saucer-Eyes, the
Wizard Cat, who carries of the Princess
to the cave of Inky Night. where she is
kept imprisoned
Through the aid of her magic ring,
the princess summons the Fairy Moon
beam, who promises aid. But the ring
is lost and the fairy disappears. Later.
Prince So-Tru finds the cave Of Inky
Night and RECEIVERS the ring, with which
he gets the aid of the fairy. Tho
Emperor and his followers appear, cap
ture Saucer-Eyes, and carry him back
to the palace, where threats of torture
bring confession, revealing the COM
plicity of Prince So-Sli. The Emperor
orders the execution of So-Sli and Saucer
Eyes. but the princess arrives in time to
prevent this. as she ntercedes for their
lives. The happy conclusion comes with
the uniting of the lovers, Princess Chry-
santhemum and Prince So-Tru.
Eleanor Crockett was charming as the
princess and her singing was a delight
Especially effective was her duet with
Horton Peace. in the part of "Prince
So-Tru.' This was entitled -The Dawn
of Love-" and was one of the most tune
full of the songs. The voices of the young
people blended splendidly. The audience
was most enthusiastic over this number
as evidenced by the continued applause
which followed it.
Alden Eddy was masterful and effective
as the Emperor. What for Will" Top
hn .b.
by Lawrence Farley. was given the proper
amount of dignity and his tuneful song,
'The Golden Butterfly" was we'll done.
Prince So-Sli." the villain Of the
piece, was a full-hedg1d braggadocio, as
interpreted by Herbert Crandall A
source of much amusement was Saucer
Eyes, the Wizard Cat, skillfully played
by Jacob Rosenthal, and his band of
sprites and cats, played by Morris
Schneider, Albert Patton. Richard Elms.
Richard Paul. Philip Pressey. Chester
| Peria- Wallace White. Donald Herberg,
Morgan Potter. Fletcher Potter. James
eastman and Munro Grandy. The dance
of these sprites and cats in the second
act was very well dono. as also was their
umbrella dance in the last act
MISS Eleanor Lockwood was a bewitch-
ing little Fairy Moonbeam. and her song.
The Path of Love-" together with the
dance OF the fairies in the second act
were artistic parts of the performance
The fairy dance was gracefully done by
Miss Lockwood and the Misses Geraldine
Kelley, Lille Wells, Patience Harrinr-
ton, Catherine Bassett. Annette Middle
ton. Marjorie Purinton. Mollie Levin
Margaret Corbin, Virginia Buffum and
Mildred Owen
One of the most appealing melodies Of
inc piece was Lullaby Land" sung by
MISS Helen LaDuke, in the part of "Tu-
LIP one OF the attendants of the prn-
cess. The other ATTENDANTS were: To
TO played by Doris Sornborger; yum
Yum" played by Anna Perkins; and "Du-
Du, played by Blanche Farley
These represent only few of the young
people who took part. There was a stage
full of them, and it would be impossible
to give the names of all. even though
each one added his or her part to the
success of the operetta. AS we have
already said the chorus was we'll trained
and their numbers were very popular
with the audience. The members of the
chorus were taken from the Glee Club
| OF the class of 1890 and there were some
excellent voices among them. Besides
this. their many-colored costumes made
very pleasing effect on the stage
One more group of dancers deserves
special mention. The Japanese dancers.
who appeared in the first act in gayly
colored kimonas. gave one of the prettiest
dances of the performance. These dane
ers were the Misses Jeanette Young,
Jeanette Hays, Marjorie Hill, Marjora
Hill. Eileen Goodwin, Constance Coffey,
Dorothy Hall, Lucille Moore, Dois La
Pier. Doris Towne. Marjorie Booth and
Evelyn Canning.
The splendid success of the operetta
is due in large measure to the untiring
efforts of the supervisors and teachers
who have spent many hours in prepare
ton throughout the spring. The music
was directed by Miss Beryi NJ. Harring-
ton, supervisor of music in the schools;
the dramatization was in charge Of Miss
Maudc f. Patrick, teacher training super
visor in the high school; the costumes
were in charge of Mrs. Angie +. Andrews.
Miss Pearl NJ Grandy, Mrs E. F. Crane.
Miss Josephine Everitt and Miss Edith
Il. Starratt. Miss Lillian F. Holmes acted
as pianist,
1t may be truthfuly said that every
thing in connection with these graduating
exercises was done by the Junior High
School pupils. All of the music for the
operetta was furnished by the Junior
High School orchestra. and the programs
for the graduation were printed in the
Junior High School shop. the work being
done by the pupils themselves.
Between the acts of the operetta. must
Gil selections we're given by Junior High
School talent Between the first and sec
ond acts, Donald Gaines rendered a violin