Show HIGH SCHOOL PR S NIS ESTHER TONIGHT tina this evening in in the alcazar upuia apera house tile music depart ment of the tho millard MilIard high school NN will ill present its first mice ot of tile the opera queen esther Lii thoi for foi the past six six weeks tha th A cust under mider tile able direction of bruf R E K bassett and prof r F uarl earl stott have been exerting all their energies energies to acquire the di dignity it i ty and grace of tile the characters represented the scenes of the opera are lakon front the court comb of the great persian kill king 7 xerxes 1 I B 0 who reigned over more than provinces extending more f lanil miles from the to tile the indus river mer in in india the story is is taken front from the book of esther which i is s the most interesting in tile old oil testament esther was born in it a jewish province years B 0 being un an orp orphan lian front from ill infancy site she was ns adopted b by lier uncle who trained lier ill in tile i ahn oil ts ot or w owing 0 ing to it a disagreement tile the king decided to choose dinoso a now new queen among tile maidens brought to the palace was as the fair and beati bean girl esther lier whose liose pleasa iii manners obtained favor in ili tile si sight lit of the king hing and llie life king loved esther above all other women PO fo that thai lie ho set bet tho royal crown cron upon lier her head ind and ninde made her queen instead of Vas 7 vashiti liti NO mmordecai discovered a plot lot to kill tile tha king and told esther and she told tile king the king traced out the if plot and tile hie conspirators spira tors were liangco liang cd shortly after this a sian noble human a hy by liis ilis CION erness won tile the favor far of tile king and all tile servants lid did him reverence I 1 when hainan saw that mor alor docan did not bow bo town down to him lie planned a clani cunning 19 sel bellello lello to 10 punish hil him ind all lna jewish people and convinced tile kill kins that the jews jeri were wicked nicked the king ki ng gave haman hainan a decree to to kill all the jews besand and confiscate their property orders were sent ly by ilanan hainan under the kings sea seal to every province commanding comi ni that on oil a certain day I 1 all 1 I tilt lie je jews wa should be killed in men n women omen and ami children mordecai found it a copy of the awful nw fill decree at and id informed Es E ather who at the peril of her life on oil account of the lav that no one could go 90 into tile kings pres enco unhidden unbidden petitioned tile king tor for the or of liei her people the llie king granted tho Petit petition iol with favor haman hainan on if tile advice of liis ills wife had a gallows 50 cubias cubits I erected elected on oll to liang hang mordecai cai an ali attend nut lit informed med the king of aam a 11 1 1 plans lans tile llie kins king remembering good work of Alor mordchai decal in ill saving hini him from the conspirators plot proclaims him bill prenn premi r 1 of the realm and orders ilaman hanian to lie liangjen on his own 50 cubit m gallows after that the people rejoiced throughout tile land cast of Charac characters tem queen esther Cathe rilLe Rasmus ben king archie robi dobison ISO hainan oll starley esthers undo F fail earl stott Zeri derish sli IJ 11 anians amans wian bif mrs mis EL K K bassett Alor mordecait Morde deenis cais sister ethel warner prophetess olea Robi dobison soll be morris hunter beggar rulon dorrity alegi alio the hiigli priest thomas Ili onins Whitte ott d hillman illman II davies davier alma hanson Zeris hs abild aladine dorrity ill iagas go 14 volma peterson Pc torson R rith ith brunson traiani Pr aiani jos jews pages guard maids of conor eto |