Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-03-29
THE BROWNIES WHISPERS
ATTRACTIVE PERFORMANCE


The operetta, The Brownies
Whispers, given last Friday evening
in the opera house, under the direc-
tion of Miss Kathryn Geier, music
teacher in the schools, was quite a
success. The house was practically
filled with an interested and highly
pleased audience. The performers
we're the pupils of the grades of the
McConnelsyille schools, and the en-
tertainment was given to secure
money for the purchase Of a piano
for the grades.
The synopsis of the play was as
follows: The gardener has received
an order to decorate a mansion with
flowers from his garden but is per-
picked because he has not been told
the nature of the festive occasion
credit. His daughter assures him
she will solve the mystery, and tries
to help him by calling before him
the flowers of his garden. This
adds to his perplexity, for all the
flowers are lovely.
In the second part, the brownies
decide to help. and they find one
brownie already knows the secret.
Meantime, efforts of the daughter
have been in vain, and she falls
asleep in WEAKNESS. The flowers
and Brownies sing to her and the
latter softly whisper the secret to
her. Awakening suddenly, she finds
herself alone, and remembers the
dream. The occasion causing the
mystery is the birthday of a child.
So. with pleasure, the gardener
takes all the flowers to the mansion
and attends happily
Pearl Whitaker as the gardener
and Miss Bonnie Johnson as the
daughter were excellent in their
parts. The messengers-boys of
the 5th and 6th grades, and the IL
boys who took the part of the
brownies, were likewise fine; and
the daisies, girls of the End grade;
roses, 7th grade girls; lilies. 8th
grade girls; pansies, girls of the 5th
and 9Th grades, and sweet peas, 4th
grade, when all assembled on the
stage made as pretty a Glover bed
as one would want to see-indeed
it was so beautiful it was one to
dream about Added to these were
the sunbeams-3rd graders, and the
raindrops, tots of the 1st grade, all
in their sparklingly beautiful and
appropriate costumes, and the pic
ture was charming indeed.
Among the specialties introduced
was a speech by James Leeper, who
has a mighty fine voice which car
ries WELL His pretty recitation add
ed to the evenings enjoyment. AL
so the 7th and Sth grade boys, with
Harold Kennard soloist, covered
themselves with glory by giving
some catchy songs.
One of the prettiest things of the
whole performance was just at the
close when the child, the celebra-
tion of whose birthday the mystery
was all about, was carried onto the
stage in a beautiful flower trimmed
basket, and lifted from it. Happy
faced little Rosemary Flanagan
was the one TO take this role and
probably a long search could have
resulted in no better selection.
The operetta throughout was
good, the various groups singing
their parts well and going through
their lines, steps, ETC., in connection
in an assured fashion that pleased
the audience. Miss Geier is to be
congratulated upon the success Of
her training. And incidentally con-
siderable praise is due the parents
of the children taking part, for con-
tributing so large share to the
beauty of the performance by carry
ing out the ideas of the leader, in
working the yards Of fancy paper
into such pretty Flower" costumes.
The operetta was preceded by
some very attractive orchestra selec-
tions by Miss Eleanor Erwin, piano,
Dean Northrup. violin, and Edgar
Northrup, saXophone. Miss Opal
Martin was pianist for the operetta
proper.
The sum of S194 was cleared
from the entertainment