ST. MATTHEW'S ENTERTAINMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 5093, 2 August 1895, Page 3

ST. MATTHEW'S ENTERTAINMENT.

The entertainment invi'ii in .St. Matthew's Schoolroom lust evening was certainly one of the best of the series, and Ik large audience thai assembled, uncomfortably filling the /room from end to end, were unaniAnus in their praise of the excellent submitted. The concert portion consisted of selections by the Masterton Orchestra, under Mr A. von Keisenherg, and played in excollentstyle. Songswerercndered by Messrs F. G. Moore, W. Scllar, J. Lilly, C. Ginders, M. Meadows, and R. I' 1 . Temple, and Misses Corbelt and Walker; a recitation by Miss G. Powell; a banjo solo by Mr A. Russell; and piano selection by Miss A. Peterson. The items were .ill greeted with well-merited applause, but the audience were on the tip-toe of expectation as to the next portion of the programme, and encores were not frequent. Misses Pearson, Sellar, Walker, and Mr Meadows played most of the accompaniments. The operetta" Red Riding Hood" formed the principal attraction, and when the curtains parted and disclosed the stage prettily set off as a bush scene, with a host of little ■picnickers, clad infancy costumes, romping about, the effect was splendid. The piece went off without a hitch, the choruses being excellently JBudered, and the solos and part Paging taken by the little ones in a manner which frequently elicited tbo hearty applause of the audience. The principal parts were as follows, and they one and all appeared to advantage, showing caroful training, and no small degree of talent:-" Red Riding Hood." Miss Olive Jago; " Mother," Miss Williams;" Rose," Miss Corbett; " Buttercup," Miss Hilda Corbett; »The Wolf," Master G. Cnllen ;

" Woodman," Master W. Jago; " Robin," Master It. Corbett. i,i Besides solos by the principals, there J were choruses by the picnickers, and also by a small army of" blue-bells," a number of pretty little girls who danced and sang in evident enjoyment. Miss Peterson deserves a special word of praise for acting as pianiste, showing a surprising musical ability for one iso young. The successful rendering of the operetta proved that considerable time and trouble must ki jgAc been oxpendod in tho training wiuck a host of little ones, and speaks volumes in favor of the promoters, Misses Pearson and Corbott, who are deserving of tho highest praise. Tho work of decorating the stage in such a pretty and becoming manner, was under tho management of Mr T. Jago, and to him the hearty thanks of the promotors are due.

During tho month of July just ended, eighteen births were registered at Mas(wton; four marriages and four deaths,