| Show queen of birds editor os taft I 1 of alie workers for the improvement of our youth there are none more zealous iii that nobl calling than prof H E giles aud nothing could be a belter evidence of this fact than the rendition ol 01 the charming operetta on pioneer day by the kroup of ittle eirls the prof has had in training perhaps a more beautiful piece could not have been selected from the whole rane of musical literature and the happy rendition it received must be witnessed to be appreciated the audience 13 first the witness of a very pretty invitation by the queen of alie fairies to the queen of the birds that the sweetest voiced bird may be in attendance at the gathering of the faries I 1 eliat evening this causes a convocation of the feathered songsters song to try alio be the honored entertainer of queen slab and throng tl e bieu bird the robin the lark and awu wrens try in turn for the crown when it is decided that the lark is the mistress of minstrelsy the mommy scene closes with a chorus of welcome to tho the next meeting is at hunyet when te fairies assemble to hear the af the birds and the modest lark is crowned by the fairy queen but the victory is not con for the lark foi when she meets with hie fairies at midnight in the next scene lo 10 the nightingale is there to content alie honors of alie occasion this she rinds ottlo in doing for the lark resigns her crown almost with an apology and then the audience has a rare when the two songsters song juin in a charming dietr tile whore closes with an exquisite tableau made up of alio two queena and their subjects tastefully arranged in ahe the foreground of a scene in alie wood this piece should not be allowed to rest here buta repetition should be had by all means no one who lias a taste for alie beautiful cither of ear or e c fall thaes he fetn of alie birds iv |
