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Show SACRED HEART HAS 1 EVENING OF REAL PLEASURE Yesterday evening patrons of the I Sacred Heart academy were held spell-bound spell-bound for two hours as thpy witnessed ' the presentation in the ?chool auditor-I auditor-I lurn of a three-act play and realized 'the wonderful dramatic talent of the thirty young ladies who took part. The 1 1 program was opened b the minims. I who proved with their winsome innocent inno-cent smiles and baby voices the true I worth of their beloved Bishop Glass and showered him with wreaths of smilax. violets, lilies, roses and carnations carna-tions as synibols of their love for him. The drama, "Echoes of Erin's Eas ter Week " whic h followed, was d di-cated di-cated to the r-v P. M Cushnaban, V. G., by the composers, the Misses Helen Kenne and Lorena Humphrey, class '16, who have been studying advanced ad-vanced English for the past scholastic I ear at the institution. The storv Is based on the Irish rebellion of 1916 and the action takes place in the little I town of Athlone, Ireland The plot I centers around the trial of Rogt r ment and the imprisonment bj the English ol a young Irish patriot. Lau I rie Donovan, who lived with his wid-lowed wid-lowed mother in the little village The ; scene is laid in the living room of the ! Ryan household, which, in the second act, is resplendent, with flowers, and I the gay partv dresses of the ladies at the reception News conies that a wealthy and prominent English woman .intends to visit in the little town, at the home of Mrs. Ryan, where Kathleen Kath-leen O'Neil, sweetheart of Laurie, resides re-sides Elaborate preparations are made to entertain their guest, in the j hope that she will be of some influence influ-ence in aiding Casement, and liberating liberat-ing Laurie. However, she proves entirely en-tirely antagonistic to anything pertaining pertain-ing to the Irish, and the climax of the play is reached, when word of iasenieni k conviction is announreu, and the grief-stricken mother of Laurie Lau-rie makes an eloquent appeal to the English woman for her bo . The haughty aristocrat turns a deaf ear to her plea, but the little mother finds her prayers answered when a quiet, unobstrusive English lady of thr village, vil-lage, to whom none has attached much importance, announces that she has gained the young patriot's pardon through her husband's influence. Dainty, petite Delia Williams essayed! the leading role of Kathleen O'Neil with the unaffected ease and decision of a professional and won unanimous applause when she danced "The Irish Washerwoman '' Gladj s Klslingbury, as Mrs. Ryan, showed excellent ability and proved herself the nightingale of Sacred Heart in her perfect rendition of "Killarney" and, "Oft in the Stilly Night." Mary McKenna made a good English woman and proved to have a voice well adapted to dramatic lines Little Willa Astil was a veritable Irish grandmother and Madeline Quillinan kept the audience convulsed with laughter by her amusing gossip and , odd antics Lola Trapp, as Mrs. Dono-1 van, won the audience completely with I her wonderfully pathetic voice, and; i sang "Mother Mnchree" in a rich con-j tralto. The quiet little English lady! was remarkably well portrayed by Joan McCallum. whose musical rendi-' I tion of Kathleen Mavourneen was ex-tremely ex-tremely praiseworthy. Alice Stander! delighted the audience by singing "The! Low-Backed Car" and Annette Hanson received well merited applause for the , able manner in which she played "The I Last Rose of Summer." Those who cave readings were Delia Williams. Joan McCallum. Kathryn Cosgrave, Eileen Ei-leen McNulty, Alice Linsley and Kathryn Kath-ryn Fitzgerald, whose fluent French delighted the ear. Others who took I part deserving special mention were I Gladys Abbey. Marie Covert, Adelaide! Parker. Inez Allen, Aletha Hunter, Ada I Comstock. Hallie DeCamp. Margaret . McConnel, Katie Kelliher, Lorna Wild bur and Marjory Mullen. During the intermissions the Sacred Heart orchestra orches-tra furnished timoly numbers, selected from the famous old Irish melodies and Miss Marguerite Toy. the sweet little violinist, played two delightful selections. At the conclusion of the program Father Cushnahan thanked the authoresses au-thoresses and the young ladies who Jtook part, and then introduced Bishop (ilass. who congratulated Ogden's beloved be-loved pastor, in behalf of all present, on his coming feast day. and paid a splendid tribute to his name. At the conclusion of the second act the Rt Rev. Bishop Glass, in his kind fatherly way, proving his thoughtfulness for the happiness of others, commanded the attention of the audience and leading lead-ing forth two young ladies, introduced to the audience the Misses Lorena Humphrey and Helen Kenney. author-of author-of the drama presented. He referred re-ferred again to the young ladies, at the conclusion of his remarks, saying that perhaps in the future Ogden would be made famous by their names. The honored guests of the evening were the Rt Rev. Joseph S Glass, C. M. D. D.; the Very Rev. P. M. Cushnahan, Cushna-han, V. G.; Very Rev. George Rapier, S. M . Sail Lake; R Luther Dunne. S M . Salt Lake, Rev. J. M. Sullivan, S. M.. Salt -Lake; Rev. Dr. Anzalone. Salt Lake; Rev. J Ryan Eureka, t'tah; Rev. W. J Flynn, Salt Lake, ; Rev. J O Grady. Las Vegas. Nov.; Rev. M. Sheehan, Salt Lake; Rev. J. Lagan, Ogden. |