A Charming Recital

In i-pite oi the Inilemeniy ol the weather, over 500 pe iple g ithered i:i High School Hall on Saturday éventng, at the recital fjiven ior the benefit of the High Schopl Athle: is Association. The succes.5 oí the entertainment was entirely dne to the hard and earnest wark gtven to it by its proanoter lid manager, Miss Clara MiMüiia.ule, and the young ladie.s and gentlemen who so ably aKisted her. The fir.st mirnber ontlie programme a selectloe oï masic by the L. S. .'. society, was enthusically encored. In fact it geamd as il the boys had started in for a regular siege of encores. And ïiht here is not a bad place to say tliat the systeni iix vogue among a ceriiiiii ellips ol the studente in voeáíerously encouraging every number that is renileri'il, ïut only deiracts irom actual, iionest appausa, but alo preveías peopie quite oïten ïrom appdauding what really does please thean ; thus numbea-s that are ly meritorio as are frequently passed by with ijut siight rejogniiion. After this flrst ancore, liowever, on.y one ütlier was responded to, although oïten demanded. Miss Mabel C'laik's recitatiooi "'Jerry and Me," and Mr. E. U. Caldweirs "The Oíd Cider Mili" were both good uunibers, althougli the wretched acoustic properties oí the hall rendered their utterances almost indiKtint ut times, except tu tliose wlio sat iii itlie seats íiear the stage. 'ih Minuet," by Mise Nellie Mingay was perhaps cüe most aneritorioas nuinber oí the evening. Mits Mingay días a íearless irank way, and always makes the right move ac the right time. She has au exceileno vuke, wl'Ií cultivated, and a grace oí mamiur anu ease oí moveuient with ali, that ijlac-es her in. tiie front rank 011 any piogramme ixi which she takea part. Her eïirots in this number Wre extremely pluaising to the auui&nce. lhe "olunteer Organist," a re.itattan by Mits títebbliis, was rendered in ii L-lear and telling manaer. A ïan ürili which Avas to have beeu peclonned by the Miases "ellie Mts .111,1 Besie J . M. Keady, was done by Mies .Mingay aJoaie,. .Mi.-s Beady beIng unavoidably absent. li lacked eiiictivi'nes.s, liowever, from being done by Li single person. The ïirst part oi the program closed wuli a trombone .soiü uy Mr. Cárl Jones, wliieh lie had to repeat. Tiie secoed part oi the programme opened witu vlower ISoene !■■. u lngofaar," wiih iMr. J. S. Hondy as "ingoíaar," tlie Barbarían, and Mise Clara McÏMoaiagle as "Parthenia." It was the best number oi the evenlng and was louilly appiatíded. "Jiminy Browai's SdBter a Wedding, ' recited by Mi-s Wm-Bter, was a comical selectáon and amueed the auditaice not a little. ïiie reeitation 'Lasca'1 by Mr. O. G. ( lark, and "The ( lassteal Pai-son," by Miss Cora Orcutt, weare bo-tli good numbere and were followed by "Sam's Letter," aiimlicr comteal recitación, by Mr. J. S. Haiidy, wMoh met witli an espeeially good recognition on account of thO Inimitable manner in whfeli it was rendered. Mií-s Millspaugh's solo was handsomely cheered, ae L1 deserved to be, but tlne encoré was not responded to. The "Soene from Únele Tom's Cabía" witli Miss Agness Pïeii'le as Miss (iplvtdia, aaid Mise Nellie Mingay as Topsy was iinique indeed. Miss Pfeiile as tlie dlgiiifiecl Miss Ophelia, was excellent, wliile Miss Mingay with a, blaokened face and curly Wig would have 'been unreaognizable by her best ïriends had not the program tnld who was. Her playing oí the niischievous little "nigger gal" was greatly enjoyed by the audience. The programme doieed with another selectioox by the I. S. X. (uit ar and Mandolín Club. About $40 was realized M the net proceeds ot' the entertainment.