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Show Will Be Reproduced Next Saturday Afternoon After-noon at Alhambra The Ninth ward meeting house was the scene of a well staged and clever little playlet last evening when the students stu-dents in the seeond grade of the south Washington school played a revised translation of the w-M known and oft told f.nrv (ale of "Hansel and r.retel " The little lots showed an aptitude for 'he work whbh was remarkable and ihroucho.it the performance it was plain to be seen that there were some embryo stars In the casl. Miss Norma Taylor directed th-work th-work and rewrote the plav that it might be used for the purpose it was Put to The training of the troupe was almost entirely in her care and the performance of her pupils was an indication or the thoroughness with which she had done the work The three acts of the plav were Interspersed In-terspersed with clever bits or song and dance, all of which were well re. celved. A synopsis of these follows Ruth Jackson and Oscar Drowning presented n short sketch svncopntin heir actions to suit the wording of If ou Will Marry Me." Miss Evan gelme rook essayed the role of a solo dancer and acquitted herself nicely One of the hits of the evening wa when W ilson Stevens, aged 3 vears sang "Beautiful Katv;" when It came to introducing a few idiosvnerasies Willie was right there However I this did not greatly eclipse g voun- : soldier boy, Buster Goodmansnn' with his "I Hate to Get Fp in the Morning" song or the graceful young fairies in the dancing scene i : the second act Those taking leading parts were- "I l,1''"''1 Jnjes Hetzler Ashlev ET ete' , EInorn Thurston 1 fa' 'Pr Von Black Ih" mo,her Merle Pecs ?ra"d ma" Austen Ma. en! fhP "ltch Anna Green' |