FESTIVE ORPHANS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 5

FESTIVE ORPHANS.

-^''GENTLBMBNT^HE^ADIESr^i; •''" As was^remarked/apropos, of .a -previous, /occasion] ■ the:'-." imembers -of :fche Wellington.Orphansi-'Club 'are- rathervto be. envied.than,''as^orphan's;should/be,-' /pitied. .'. Siucq. their inaugural .-.assembly, they have prospered, they have joked and made-merry,' '.and on. many, glad occasions have digested 'their cakes' and coffee .'.under -the happiest - auspices'. - Being : an-/institution; for/the-harbour-'ing of.mere maii,.no fetriiriiho eye : ever peeped'in upon their... communionsj; ho pink shell-li kc ear- heard what: was; said: or, what was sung* . But' on, Saturday; evening .this dark and;inscrutablevfra/.;. tornity caiho.jnto:.tho limelight.;/, They: invited tho/.ladies.-. to come'';■and, see them, and ;for-tho riccessitics/of the'occasion: selected, 'the- -Sydney.-. Street •Schoolroom- for .tho/.'recpptmnV • The. ladies. corae, : saw,'/and- heard. ..Also', they approved. •;..The .hall was hardly, big- enough to 'contain, the merry congregation of '.prosperous-lookihg. orphans and, fair ladies.'; -^.Prettily, decorated "with evergreen's, Uts furniture, nicely: arr.' ■ranged; the :hal.l; looked/'/very -cosy, and inviting. . / With '•'■ ah ■■■ ./excellent : ■ :prb? gramme of "various-items,,', a -dainty-lit;-, tie-supper during, the interval,; and : -'a V.Mqst. Orphau," '; ".. knew, /exActly what to do and how!,to do,'it, there was" nothing.,lacking ; to/tho. complete.: sue-' cess' of' tho "'gathering, ' and the; first. '■' 'Ladies' Night" :<&■ the; Orphans' Club will no; doubt be. long/remenibered .by its members 'as one of its -happiest:oc:casions,., to be. fittingly recorded in scar-.' let capitals in.the .official-'archives.;.:'-: .'The .orchestra" was/'/on its best haviour, „ and under theXbatonVof-Mr; Herbert.'Bloy, 'invoked,, in; its opening number, the ; .spirit' of -.sweet' Harmony. Then: the,('Most Orphan" "(Djv/;A:; Wv [za'rd),',who/ was/-"in -his happiest vein, welcomed,.the fair' yisit>6rs?to/the fraternity's temporary abode,' and ''in his characteristic way, /enlarged' upon the occasion..: 'The:,company thon : settled down for,' the : . evening,' while; various talented : members of..:'. the. - Orphanage beguiled the fleeting-hours. -.Songs -were contributed .by./ Orphan- Echlin,/ Carr, Hickmott, Jacobs, :Itobertsori, : ;'ahd Atmoro;, Orphans Fraser-Thompson,. Robr inson, Keenan; recited; Orphan 'Borneo Gardiner,, a -whistler .of parts, trilled, sweet melody from his'.-lips;" Orphan Lainpen gave a-humorous sketch; while Orphans Tingey, Gircllestohe, and Carroll awed the' audience;'■'•' with a dra-; matic sketch entitled "Nero the'''lmmortal." Tlio'proceedings werebrought to .a close with the singing of 'the National Anthem by the assembled company/ ■■.- >;. ; .;:/ ;•;:.,, :-; : ' /'.;■;