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Show THMSGIHGIT SACREO HEART ACADEMY i 1 ontributed i I The coming of the Joyous season of Thanksgiving always brings with it a two fold message of gladness to the citizens of Ogden; one Is repeated repeat-ed throughout the whole world, telling tell-ing all mankind to give thanks for the blessings and good things bestowed be-stowed on them by the " luthor of f-ll Good Things," the other note i struck within our own midst, and comes annually in a chorus of song from the pupils of Sacred Heart acad omy This year's entertainment proved no exception to the performance of former years, and when a goodly number of interested friends and rei atives gathered yesterday afternoon -' P- ni , in the assembly tiall of that institution all felt assured of another rare treat. The performers on this occasion were the members of the class of "14, whose names follow fol-low Misses. Margaret Cramer, Harriet Bean, Margaret Comstock. Althca Brown, Marguerite Toy. Phvllls nun-ran nun-ran and Ruth Thatcher The appearance appear-ance of these young ladles, prettily attired In their black uniforms, and wearing their class flower a white chrysanthemum, also representing their colors, green and white, were greeted with bursts of applause. The artistically decorated stage with Its wealth of ferns, and gorgeous fall flowers formed an attractive setting for the seven bright faces who took their places beneath a beautiful canopy formed by the Stars and Stripes, whose folds seemed to fall h loving embrace around these daughters of America The opening number was a piano finer and consisted of a medley of national airs tastefully rendered b Misses Cramer and Comstock Miss Ruth Thatcher struck the keynote for the program, and In her deep melodious me-lodious voice she gave a brief sketch of the origin of Thanksgh ing. and then In a few well-chosen phrases ex plained the object of their little programto pro-gramto show, by means of extem-paraneous extem-paraneous speeches that every young lady should have chosen at the termination term-ination of her school days some definite def-inite aim which she will try to follow fol-low in her travels through life Miss Thatcher then proceeded to mark out for the audience, the path she had chosen, that of a nurse giving some splendid examples of noble women, who had sacrificed their lives to aid the suffering and afflicted, not least among them being Florence Nightingale Nightin-gale ' the angel of the Crimea.'' Miss Phyllis Duncan next gave an outline of her life-study, and in her gentle, unaffected manner, afforded a fleeting glimpse of the beauties u be found bv a thorough study of English Eng-lish and music and proved conclu-ivel conclu-ivel thai a knowledge of these fine arts gives people a better iden of human hu-man nature. Teaching French was Miss Margaret Comstock s greatest ambition, and with an easy flow of language she succeeded In convincing I her audience that the knowledge of French is of inestimable advantage in traveling in reading and in society. so-ciety. With an earnestness of voice end manner Miss Harriet Bean dlR-cussed dlR-cussed the wonderful and unending study of art. at the same time giving her listeners a faint Idea of ber lovo for this work, which can only per feet when, as the poet says: ' Art Is true art When art to God Is true! " Miss Althea Brown showed her love for little children, when whe exprens-el exprens-el a desire to become a kindergarten teacher, and gave In well-rounded Phrases, and logical arguments a splendid idea at the advantages to bo 1 gained by such schools for small chll dren. Mis Margaret Cramer's aim In life seems not to soar aloft to unknown height of fame, as do those of her I fair companions. She is content to assume the duties of a true wife ami a loving mother and to found a home which will be worthy the name of "Home Sweet Home." Miss Marguerite Toy, who Is well known to Ogden audiences, as t young violinist of much promibe de--Ires to continue her studv of the soulful violin which as she'so apUv expressed it "soothes us in time of sorrow, and gladdens us In time or Joy 1 She brought her speech to an appropriate close by her beautiful aud sympathetic rendition of "My Rosary " Other musical numbers served as pleasant Intermissions between be-tween the speeches. Klai Cramer gave an excellent Interpretation In-terpretation of "The Polka Caprice' by Marshal Loepke. and Miss Com-Btock's Com-Btock's rendition of "La Papllllon" (the Butterfly) showed nktll and dexterity dex-terity of movement. "Then You'll Remember Me" was slmplv and prettily pret-tily given by Miss Duncan on the violin One of the most pleasing numbers of the program wore the se Jecttona "Old Folks at Home" and The Owl and the Pussy Cat" pret- 2ft 8U.g b th cl" of with miss Rich 11 accompanying. This afternoon of pleasure was brought to an Impressive close by the aingtng of the patriotic hymn "Columbia the Gem of th Ocean" by the graduates of 1914 and the entire student body. Rev P. M. Cushnahan, who has been I III for the past few weeks, was pres-ent pres-ent and his old time friends and admirers ad-mirers at Sacred Heart welcomed : htm right heartily In a tew words he congratulated the young performers perform-ers on the very unique procr.im which had afforded all present such a pleasant and Instructive .'"moon, ' and concluded by wishing all a very bright and happy Thanksgiving Besides Father Cushnahan those present were Rev John Ryan, Rev. Father De Stoop of Boise, Idaho, and Rev. E. L. Tierney of London, Can ada. or |