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KING PICTURES
By the Fairies of Shorter
|h College.
A VEH ’ J LLY CHRISTMAS.
rt>■ i llmiylilrr" I . 11. of th*- Urral
Fun They Have Had There
Recently.
it dull behind these college walls
the holiday '.’ Ask ot the winds
around sea tried our liugtiiet
exclamations of delitht. It could
bedull where m ven'een girls
that it should be gay, and put
* Heir wits together to make it so.
night our “Commencement.
of Lonesomehurst Deestrict
7*>sitiuns, recitations atd songs would
HBVo done credit to rhe sons and daugh
of any extremely rural district.
Ma ; den’s Prayer,” as prayed by
' Miss Alabamy Touch-me-not Williams,
and the composition on “ The Sorrow of
Neglected Opportunities,” by Miss Sara
Jane Melissy Pegues, deserve special
mention. Miss Pegues, in the course of
her composition, said: “We sometimes
do things we hadn’t ought to, and neglect
the opportunities offered us by our uncles
and aunts, and cousins and mothers and
fathers and relations;” which is very true.
.v, The commencement address was made
by Hon. J. H. E. Q. Dustman, of New
York, and we defy any one to say it
could have been bettered. The Right
Honorable stood with her hands in her
blazer pockets and her hat very much
over one eye during the delivery of the
address, and was heartily applauded in
the wrong place, which somewhat dis
concerted her.
A ladies’ chain, where one keeps a-
Bhookin’ and a-hookin’ and a-hookin’ to
p form it, followed, and finished the exer
i cises of the “Lonesomehurst School”
b and of the evening.
L “ Now, what shall we do tomorrow
j night? We must have something, you
know.”
“ Living pictures, of course,” brilliantly
suggested some one, and living pictures
k we had. But these came later in the
eve ling.
* Immediately after supper we had our
twilight prayer-meeting, as usual; and,
when it was over, Mies Lily Jelks read
us Dickens’ idea of Christmas and the
merriment, jollity and generosity which
b it should bring. A)1 hearts beat in unisou
as these words fell from her lips: “And
therefore, though Christmas has never
. put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket,
k I believe that it has done me good, and it
B will do me good; and I say, God bless it!”
r Miss Ivylyn Duggan, in her own sweet,
I womanly way, read a beautiful selection,
L which told of the holiness and sacred joy
| of Christmas-tide. This was followed
■ by a reading by Miss Eugenia Coffee, who
[ made all feel that she entered into the
i spirit of the occasion. Never had Keble’s
I beautiful “Christmas Day” been given in
Lj'earer, sweeter tones. The present was
and our minds were turned to
B the time when the mighty Founder of
■ Christmas was himself a child.
After supper preparations for the living
Junctures went on merrily, and soon all
r was ready.
Our program was divided into two
parts—historical and classical.
The classical tableaux opened by the
beautiful and pathetic picture of Orpheus
seeking Eurydice. The stage was dark
ened save for the soft glow of the fire
light—which, by the by, was very apro
l pos here, was it not?—that cast weird,
i flickering shadows over the scene. A
•'large placard with “Stygian Cave” bung
over the entrance of a cave made of black
shawl aud overhung with gadding vines.
The audience waited breathlessly for Or
pheus to appear. A hideous blast from
a little tin horn announces his coming,
and be rushes upon the stage, clothed in
a gossamer, frantically blowing his horn,
and looking eagerly to right and left of
him for his beloved Eurydice. Finally
he sees the cave, rushes forward and is
in its gloom, but the sound of his
P horn is still heard fainter, fainter, then
louder, louder yet, and he appears at the
entrance to the cave. The upper world
. is almost gained; Eurydice throws oft her
■ dark wrap and steps forth, her hair about
Bker shoulders, a glad smile upon her
But the smile freezes, her eyes di
r late with horror, and she sinks into
darkness forever, as Orpheus
around.
|B When the curtain is drawn back again,
|K discloses a truly charming scene. Juliet
gracefully over her shoulder and
■looks down upon Romeo. Her large
almost hide her dainty head, but
I her large smile of perfect satisfaction can
I not be hidden. Yonng Romeo, with his
| black skirt, his regent-cut coat, his jaunty
B straw hat and his cigarette, returns the
I smile, and softly plays “Sweet Marie”
[ upon his guitar.
. Brutus covering the sleeping page
would have been quite a success had not
Brutus forgotten his mantle. He was
compelled to substitute bis coat instead,
and walked majestically back into his
tent in his shirtsleeves.
Pretty Marguerite, draped in a window
liin, gracefully counted her jewels,
> Faust, with hideous grin, watched
rom the background.
s classical scenes were closed by the
ising of Evangeline,” who tripped
s the stage to the music of “Yankee
le,” and swung her watering pot
lodded her head to keep time. “And
when she bad passed, it waj like the
ceasing of »xoelleut music.”
The hifoiio scaurs were opened by
George Wa-.hing.oii, bucking awsy at a
very small tree with a very large hatchet.
I'be tne was held iu pi-ce by George’s
left hand.
Q leen E<’Z'beth, with the other half
of Marguerite’s window curtain for a
train, aud a pillow shim plaited into a
high collar, s'epped, with grace and dig
nity, upon Sir Walter Raleigh’s cloak,
gallantly offered with S r Walter’s best
b w.
Gi ace Darling went to rescue the sailors
in a cracker b- x, with broom-stick oais
But she was in earnest, as could be plainly
seen in her fao-, and her disregard of
her streaming h iir.
Bai bars Fri.-'chie, wrapped in a bed
qnili, stood upon a piano stool behind a
little side curtain aud fearlessly waved
her flag.
As the curtain rose for the last time
there was a delightful surprise. Miss
Eleanor Churchill Gibbs, with her snowy
hair puffed, crimped and piled high upon
her head, and her throat and shoulders
draped with a soft white lace ’kerchief,
stepped upon the stage from the hall and
bowed to the audience. The audience
was so surprised that they almost forgot
to applaud. Not so when she finished
reading from the Inter-Ocean her pathetic
yet humorous sketch, “Christmas On the
Ole Plantation.”
The “mostest” fun of all, however,
was the fancy dress reception. Oh, it
was delightful! We had representations
of characters from Mary, Queen of Scots,
to the debutante of the nineteenth cen
tury.
Among the prettiest costumes were
those of Miss Eugenia Coffee, as a High
land laddie, and Misses Lily Jelks and
Emma Hubbard as Rowena aud Rebecca.
Miss Cornelia Coffee, representing Jep
tha’s daughter, and Miss Brown, as a
nun, were striking figures. Miss Mary
Pascal! appeared as an Apple Girl; Miss
Julia Dunbar as Evangeline; Miss Beu
lah Alford as Portia; Miss Blanche R mse
a-i a Flower Girl; Miss Irene Hubbard as
a Gypsy; Miss Lida Stillwell as Mary,
Queen of Scots; Misses Sallie Bell Dug
gan and Lake Childress as Helen’s
Babies. Each had costumes charming
and unique.
The most ridiculous figure was the
debutante, represented by Miss Lucile
Williams. The debutante’s sleeves were
so large and her hair piled so high that
sue could scarcely get through the door.
The early part of the evening was spent
in playing “pawn.” You know you spin
a plate and call upon some one to catch
it, and the one who fails to catch it be
fore it falls, pays a pawn. Game after
game followed, and fun and frolic ruled
supreme.
All the grown folks who remained at
the college entered enthusiastically into
our sports, and added to the meiriment
and enjoyment of our never-to-be-forgot
ten Christmas holidays.
A Shortsb Daughteb.
JOHN BOYD THACHER A WITNESS.
He Fully Verifies a Disputed World’s Fair
Award. *
John Boyd Thatcher is laconic and
decisive in his statements. During the
livery campaign just closed in New
York, this marked him especially as
chairman of the democratic state com
mittee. It was equally true of him as
chai man of the executive committee on
awards at the World’s Fair. This is
the positive and sententious way in
which he verifies in an official letter, the
honors won by Dr. Price Baking Pow
der: “I herewith enclose you an official
copy of your award, which in due time
will be inscribed in the diploma and for
warded. ” Thus the question respecting
the award, raised by an envious New
York rival, is settled beyond cavil.
This same rival by the way is widely
advertising an award for itself. The
official record proves this claim wholly
false as thev show the New York pre
tenders was not so much as an exhibitor
at the World’s Fair.
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“How do you like my new dining
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for tomorrow you die?’ ” asked the
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“I think it very appropriate, ’ ’ he said,
with a suggestive glance at the famine
before him. —Detroit Free Press.
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CHEAP RATES.
Western & Atlantic will
sell round trip tickets to all
points within 300 miles et
one and a third fare, tickets
on sale Dec. 29. 30, 31 and
Jan. 1, good returning until
Jan. 3, ’95. C. K. AVER,
Ticket Agent.
THE BOMI TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1894.
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There are Imitations by the score. Be
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Have no equal as a relief and cure for coms
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Brandreth’s Pills
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ALMOST STARVING.
Ex-Governor Northen Appeals For Ne
braska Farmers.
ROMANS SHOULD HELP IN THIS WORK
A Strong Telegram From the Ex-Governor
Which Speaks for Itself —Will
You Assist?
Many farmers of the northwest are
almost freezing and starving to death,
and the telegram from Ex-Governor
Northen printed below should meet
with a liberal response.
There is little that can be added to
the message, but to those who wish to
help, and they should be many, The Tri
bune pledges support in any way pos
sible.
Here is the telegram which speaks for
itself:
Atlanta, December 29.—1 shall appeal
to the people of this state for contribu
tions of food supplies and money for the
destitute people in Nebraska. Three
thousand families in that state are in
almost starving condition. The desti
tutution is appalling. Through the
generous aid of the Western Union free
of cost I have wired to the mayor of
every county town in this state asking
for a thorough canvass of his county.
Railways will deliver to me free from
freight charges at Atlanta. Will you
not write a strong apneal in tomorrow’s
paper, urging all the people to aid by
small and large contributions. This is
a great charity. Georgia has a grand
opportunity to recognize it practically.
I want to send a train load from this
state. Train will leave Atlanta January
15th. W. J. Northen.
INEZ GRENELLI.
Once upon a time —it was in 1888, I
believe—a New Jersey girl was a student
iu Shorter College. It seems to me that
I can see her now trying to suppress her
r, and learn to say “pearl” as the South
ern girl beside her said it; while the
Southron was equally as anxious to in
troduce r, and roll it as did this frank,
sweet-natured, wholesome Yankee girl.
Many and many nights they tried to
teach each other these tricks of speech,
but climatic influences refused to disap
pear, unused muscles disdained to yield
to new training, and the word “pearl”
continued to be a shibboleth. Inez
Grinnell Robins, our merry, kind, earn
est “little Yankee” couldn’t learn to
vowel “pearl” liquidly, as does the
S luthern schoolgirl. But if she could
not say “pearl,” she could sing—oh, how
she could sing! A rich, strong, full voice
of wonderful compass was he’s; all alone
by itself it could fill the great chapel.
-And when she left us to go abroad with
her parents, who lived in Chattanooga,
how we missed her music! Every now
and then echoes reached us of her suc
cess in Europe.
Now comes the sequel. Inez Grinnell
Robins, our own dear Shorter College
luez, is now a famous prima donna
soprano. After studying two years with
Lamperte, in Berlin, aud two more in
Paris, she appeared in London, at the
Crystal Palace, and was received with
enthusiastic approbation. Our Inez this
is, remember; our Inez, whocould not say
“pearl” so as to meet the approval of her
Southern schoolmate. Our Inez it is who
has been flooding the Crystal Palace with
the music of “Elsa’s Dream” from Lo
hengrin and “Non Mi Der” from Gio
vanni.
Now she is called Inez Grenelli. Under
this new name she has won golden opin
ions in Baden Baden and in Paris. She
has recently returned to the United
States, and has met unqualified success
in New York and other Northern cities.
The musical journals come to us filled
with praises of the sweetneis and purity
of her voice, its fine"timbre and remark
able compass. Our Inez has a fair soul:
if it expresses itself through her wall
cultiva'td voice, we do not wonder that
her immense audiences are captivated.
Shorter College is proud of the laurels
won by its daughter. We j tin the loud
chorus of praises to the great American
soprano. Then wrf say, “Our Inez, who
couldn’t say pearl!”
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