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Show THE DESERET EAGLE Liiibie the goddess, has kneeling at her feet a negro slave, Joe Keeley, begging for freedom. In the 2nd Scene the goddess had set the slave free, and he is much elated. One of the most laughable numbers was the one in which Anna Voss, impersonated the earnest preacher, which was entirely original, and Huth a lady singing an operatic solo. The little song k,I don't want to play in your yard," was acted by Lillie Swift and Mamie Young. They quarreled and then made up again, sealed with a kiss. The pantomime cast of Hungry Chinaman" was as follows: The Hungry Chinaman .Leo Hawkins. Ezra Hollo. Carpenter Restaurant keeper Carl Nertell. Waiter Aksel Amundson. The Hungry Chinaman brought forth peals of laughter, especially when lie refused to pay his bill at the restaurant and the carpenter made use of n saw and returned the bill ot f'.ire, then sewe.i him up again, leaving the poor Chinaman to his fate. The Long and the Short of it" was represented by Carl Hertell, the tallest boy in school, and Fred Low, the smallest. The last number was the recitation: -- The Old Oaken Bucket," a beautiful poem that will never grow oldrend-ere- d Di-Lon- g, : Cartel-impersonate- d hv Libbie DeLong, Amy Devine, Ilelmer Mickleson, Andrew Madscn. Leo Hawkins, Aksel Amundson. Mi&s Pratt assisted in the entertainment by singing the songs signed by the pupils. Contributed some orange juice into it. They called it orangeade. It tasted verv good. Elgin Jacobson has a pair of new shoes, which were made in our shoe-sho- p by Ezra Christensen. They are good strong shoes and will wear a long time. 60 to bed on Wednesday night. Aksel and several other of the older pupils were practicing for the enter- tainment. Some of the boys got permission from Mr. Metcalf to go coasting on When they Tuesday afternoon. were coining down the bill John Matilda Lund's sister gave birth Clark collided with a dog. The to a baby boy and died seven hours dog ran off howling. afterward. The liltle motherless All of the little boys except Riley child is living and its grandma wiU Carter, Fred Low and Alex. Wright take care of it. stayed in the house on Monday afterJacob Heck and David Gam called noon. These three little "chaps" here last Thursday night. David had much sport sliding down the chatted with several of the boys in shop steps on their sleds. while Jacob was the sitting-room- , Carl Hertell was down in the boiler-hous- e practicing in the chapel. Thursday afternoon Elgin Jacobson borrowed Ezra standing near the boiler, lie Christcuscu'ss knife on Wednesday. fainted and fell striking his head He was whittling a stick with it and on the iloor. His ear was cut a broke the knife, lie asked Ezra to little. Carl was very pale. forgive him for breaking it. Mrs. Hippe, the lady who teaches Andrew Parks ran away from the girls how to make fancy work, school on Sundav. lie did not ask has not returned from California permission to go home. We have yet. She has been away three or been expecting him to return to four weeks. Amy Devine hopes school, but lie does not come. she will come back to leach the girls Mr. Metcalf informed the older again. pupils on Monday night that be A week ago last Monday, Mawould allow them to give an enter- tilda's brothers went into the barn tainment for and by themselves and They led got two horses. without any help from the teachers. them to the sleigh and hitched them Joe Cameron was meddling with to it. Matilda and her sister got He into the sleigh and their brother an electric lamp and broke it. touched drove them to their brother-in-law'- s then took a button-hoothe electric wire and received a home. shock, lie was frightened, but not came Leo Hawkins' sister-in-lahurt. here Thursday. Mr. Metcalf called John Clark and Ezra Hollo think Leo to the otlice to see her. She think they saw two thieves come in was glad to see Leo and gave $10 at the north-cas- t gate Monday night. to him. Leo was delighted to get the John and Ezra ran. They were 610 and says that he will buy a afraid the theives would steal pair of new shoes, a hat and some them. (?) other things. Mr. Peterson did not conic to the Tuesday evening Mr. Driggs deon Wednesday after- cided to line our waste basket, carpenter-shonoon. He was ill. Mr. Metcalf because when we sharpened our asked Andrew 31 ad sen to act as fell the sharpenings foreman while Mr. Peterson was through onto the floor. He bought absent. some red calico and ruffed it on Mrs. e and then Aksel Amundson asked Ezra Shield's Uollo to please send the small boys sewed it in the waste basket. k, w by Mr. Driggs' class. Amy Devine went to the post office She on Saturday to post a letter. passed John Heiuer's uncle on the street. Elmo Kemp, Charley Wass and John MuMillssaw some "Mummies" in the Deseret Museum on Monday afternoon. Ole Pet tit and Elmo Kemp sweetened some water with sugar and put p lead-penci- ls sewing-machin- |